© GM Products Capcom, astragon/Team17 and THQ Nordic Reveal Line-Ups With just a few weeks to go before gamescom, more and more details about the planned appearances at gamescom are being revealed. Following Bandai Namco, Capcom, astragon/Team 17 and THQ Nordic have now also unveiled almost all the details. Almost all the details, because the companies naturally want to By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Kojima Productions/Nintendo Products Switch 2 Makes Its Debut in the German Sales Charts In terms of games, June was another relatively quiet month this year. The first new entry made it to 10th place, and despite the new Nintendo console only just hitting the shelves, Mario Kart World became the first Switch 2 exclusive to make it into the Top 20. June has By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© CD Projekt Products CD Projekt Red and Trigger Announce Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 At Anime Expo, Polish game developer CD Projekt and Japanese anime studio Trigger jointly announced a second instalment of their Netflix anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. CD Projekt Red is thus demonstrating how important it is to the Polish game developer to extend its complex game worlds into other media, especially By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Bandai Namco Products Bandai Namco Unveils New My Hero Academia Game at Summer Showcase At its Summer Showcase, Bandai Namco revealed news about more than a dozen games, mostly content updates. The biggest new announcement was My Hero Academia: All's Justice. Namco Bandai announced My Hero Academia: All's Justice with a video from producer Aoba Miyazaki, who presented the first By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Plaion Products Plaion Lets Players Sing on Switch 2 Plaion has confirmed that it will release an updated version of its karaoke software Let's Sing this year. Although there will be no dedicated Switch 2 version, the Switch version will be compatible with the new console. In terms of content, Let's Sing 2026 once again By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
In 2024, the Indie Booth Arena was one of the main attractions for many visitors to gamescom. © Indie Arena Booth 2024, Rolf Otzipka Products Indie Arena Booth Announces Line-Up for Gamescom 2025 More than 200 studios from 39 countries will be represented at the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom in 2025. The 2,037.5 square metres have been filled with the help of numerous partners, sponsors and publishers Publishers such as Neowiz, Raw Fury, PM Studios and ESDigital will be using By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
StarVaders © Pengonauts, Playworks and Joystick Ventures Products StarVaders With so many roguelike deck-building games out there, it's hard for a game in this genre to stand out. However, StarVaders achieves this with its clever design, variety, and colourful presentation. It offers a wild mix of mecha roguelike deck-building and tactical shoot-'em-up. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Pixabay/Pexels Products Trollgames and Thoughtfish Receive Federal Funding The number of approved funding applications and thus the total amount of federal funding for games in 2025 continues to rise. Around €400,000 will go to Trollgames and Thoughtfish. This means that a total of 14 applications or partial applications from 2025 have been successful so far. The Berlin By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Broken Arrow © Slitherine Products Broken Arrow This is by far the biggest release yet from UK-based strategy games publisher Slitherine: Broken Arrow, from Steel Balalaika. This real-time modern warfare tactics game has already sold over 150,000 copies during the Advanced Access period. Slitherine's success with Broken Arrow was evident from the By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Zockrates Laboratories Products Zockrates Laboratories Releases Ruffy and the Riverside German indie studio Zockrates Laboratories from Nuremberg and US publisher Phiphen Games have released Ruffy and the Riverside. This hand-drawn 3D platformer took over seven years to develop. The project has also received multiple grants. The hand-drawn 3D platformer Ruffy and the Riverside is launched on PC (Steam By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dorothee Erpenstein, Managing Director FFF Bayern © FFF Bayern Products Bavaria is Funding XR Projects with €390,000 At the latest FFF Bavaria funding meeting for XR, a total of seven applications were approved. The projects receiving support demonstrate why it makes sense to promote XR as a separate category, as it is neither film nor gaming. Five production grants and two project development grants – that is the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
