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Sony Gives the PS5 a Color Makeover With the Hyperpop Collection

Starting March 12, Sony Interactive Entertainment will launch three new color variants for the PS5. In addition to the new console covers, there will also be DualSense wireless controllers in Techno Red, Remix Green, and Rhythm Blue.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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StarRupture

The factory automation genre is getting a major addition with StarRupture. Creepy Jar's game not only offers logistical and production line challenges, but also focuses on co-op, exploration, survival and combat on an alien planet that is regularly swept by devastating fire storms.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read

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Urban Games Largely Self-Financed the $25m Budget for Transport Fever 3

"Transport simulations had an audience of millions in the 1990s and early 2000s, but then a vacuum emerged, which we were able to fill with Train Fever and the Transport Fever series. Thanks to steady growth, we are now number one in this genre." Basil Weber, Founder and CEO of Urban Games.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read

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Skate Story

After six years of development and two delays - it was originally scheduled for release in 2023 - Skate Story by Sam Eng and Devolver Digital has finally been released. The game is an extraordinary, surreal, psychedelic skateboarding experience like no other.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

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Studios From GSA and Europe at the Mundo Gaming Showcase

Over 30 studios and games, many of them from Europe, including some from the GSA, presented themselves at the Mundo Gamer Showcase shortly before Christmas.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Metaroot: How a Super Small Publisher Landed a Really Big Hit

The tiny Swiss publisher Metaroot landed a major hit with The Farmer Was Replaced, developed by solo developer Timon Herzog. A postmortem about an underserved niche and the importance of communication and information sharing.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read

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Indie Game Awards 2025 - The Winners *Update*

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was disqualified from the Indie Game Awards 2025 in both categories for using generative AI in the development process. Blue Prince by Dogubomb and Raw Fury is the new Game of the Year.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

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Cloudheim

Noodle Cat Games wants to shake up the cooperative action-adventure game landscape with its debut title, Cloudheim, and it's already doing a surprising number of things right.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

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Jumpgate and Tivola Sign Contract with Mobile Games Publisher for New Game Project

Jumpgate has announced the signing of a new development contract with an unnamed mobile games publisher. The contract is for a game that is also still unknown, which will be produced largely by Tivola.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

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Santa Ragione's Horses Recoups Costs Despite Ban

The Italian studio Santa Ragione has revealed that Horses, despite bans from Steam and Epic, has recouped costs. The studio is also chiming in again on the discussion around the bans from stores, and is critisising Steam's overall economy for indies.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

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Nightshift and 3RG Three River Games Launched Varthos

Berlin-based indie studio Nightshift Game Development and Passau-based publisher 3RG Three River Games have released Varthos - Heir to the Throne in Early Access.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Three Platinum Sales Awards Go to 2K, Activision, and Ubisoft

In November 2025, three games received a game Sales Award in Platinum. The awards for sales of over 200,000 copies in Germany went to 2K Games, Activision and Ubisoft.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read