© TGA Publishing The Game Awards 2024 - All the Announcements and Highlights in One Place This year's Game Awards saw a host of new games, world premieres and new content. Sega, Plaion and 2K Games had plenty on show too. From Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and Okami to Split Fiction and Elden Ring Nightreign, here are the announcements at a glance. The biggest By Marcel Kleffmann • 11 min read
everyone will be able to try Squid Game: Unleashed © Netflix/The Game Awards Publishing Netflix Breaks Tradition with New Release Strategy for Squid Game: Unleashed For the first time since entering the mobile gaming market, Netflix will make a title available to non-subscribers for free. At least for a limited time, everyone will be able to try Squid Game: Unleashed, which is released days before the start of the second season. The announcement was made By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The Witcher IV © CD Projekt Red Publishing The Witcher IV Revealed at The Game Awards 2024 CD Projekt Red has unveiled The Witcher IV, the first game in the new Witcher saga, with a cinematic trailer at The Game Awards 2024 in Los Angeles. The role-playing game aims to be the most immersive and ambitious open-world Witcher game to date. During this year's The By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Epic Games Publishing Telefónica to Preinstall Epic Games Store in Germany, the UK and Spain Telefónica and Epic Games have entered into a strategic partnership, beginning with the preinstallation of the Epic Games Store on Android phones across the Telefónica network. Additional initiatives targeting mobile gamers are planned for the coming year. This collaboration holds long-term potential benefits for mobile gamers, game studios, and mobile By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
There were opportunities to play Lego Horizon Adventures and Astro Bot in the event area. © Andreas Krupa events PlayStation and Astro Bot Draw Crowds to Düsseldorf Sony Interactive Entertainment Germany held a PlayStation 5 event in Düsseldorf last week. Astro Bot climbed the Rheinturm, while visitors could try out games at the event area on the Landtagswiese. The event was very well received. On 6 and 7 December, Sony Interactive Entertainment Germany organised a special event By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Wholesome Business Wholesome Snack With Stray Fawn, Metaroot, Rokaplay, Tiny Roar, Toukana and More By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Marco Alessandro Minoli, Director of Publishing © Slitherine Publishing Slitherine Presents Games Line-Up for 2025 2025 will be a big year for strategy games specialist Slitherine. That's because next year will see the release of RuneQuest: Warlords, which was announced yesterday, and Broken Arrow, which is likely to be their biggest release to date. Slitherine, a UK and Italy-based publisher of strategy games, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
EA Sports FC 25 / Farming Simulator 25 © EA / Giants Publishing German Games Charts November 2024: A Giant Leap for Giants Software The best new entry in the German November Games Charts is Farming Simulator 25 from Giants Software, even tough it didn't make it to the first place. At the top kicks EA Sports FC 25 again. Speaking of EA. Eight games in the top 20 are from Electronic By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Happy Broccoli Games Publishing Happy Broccoli Games Develops Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping At the Wholesome Snack before The Game Awards, Happy Broccoli Games from Berlin announced the return of Eugene McQuacklin. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping is set to build on the success of its predecessor in 2025. German indie studio Happy Broccoli Games is back with another stand-alone adventure in By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Epic Games/Lego Publishing Epic Games and Lego Massively Expand the Lego Fortnite Universe Epic Games and Lego have announced transformative changes that will turn Lego Fortnite even more into a digital platform for Lego content. The original game will be rebranded as Lego Fortnite Odyssey, while a new game, Lego Fortnite Brick Life, is set to launch on December 12. These developments come By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Deck13 Spotlight and Umami Tiger Publishing Deck13 Spotlight and Umami Tiger Are Expanding Chained Echoes Umami Tiger, the new studio founded by Matthias Linda, and Deck13 Spotlight have announced the Ashes of Elrant DLC for Chained Echoes. The expansion will be released in the second quarter of 2025. The German JRPG Chained Echoes, which won 'Best German Game' at the 2023 DCP, is By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Living Room from Thoughfish from Berlin and Tier One: Direct Action from Niorun vom Vienna (right) © Screenshot Publishing UploadVR Showcase Features VR Games from GSA Studios The winter 2024 UploadVR Showcase, hosted by the prominent US magazine specializing in virtual reality, shone a spotlight on two studios from the GSA region: Berlin’s Thoughtfish and Vienna’s Niorun. Visibility is crucial for success in the VR sector, where games often struggle to receive the same attention By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
