© game - the German Games Industry Association Publishing Five Awards for Best-Selling Games in December 2024 In December 2024, the game association honoured five games for particularly strong sales. Helldivers 2 and Super Mario Party Jamboree both sold more than 400,000 copies. Three games broke the 100,000 sales barrier. In December, game - the German Games Industry Association honoured five games for outstanding sales performance By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© ExoGenesis Publishing ExoGenesis Signs Publishing Deal With Headup For Inayah Inayah - Life After Gods, the first game from ExoGenesis Studios, has found a publisher: Headup. This partnership includes handling Inayah's distribution and supporting its launch on multiple consoles. ExoGenesis Studios has entered into a global publishing and distribution partnership with Headup, based in Düren, Germany, for the game By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Megagon Publishing Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Comes out Next Week First downhill biking, now downhill skiing. Megagon Industries, the Berlin-based indie team behind the successful biking game Lonely Mountains: Downhill, will release Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders next week. Berlin-based studio Megagon Industries will release Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders for PC and Xbox on 21 January 2025. The game By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
EA Sports FC 25 / Hogwarts Legacy © EA / Warner Bros. Publishing German Games Charts December 2024 With Many Returners and Old Favourites EA Sports FC 25 continues to top the PC and console charts in Germany in December 2024. In time for Christmas, numerous games and long-running titles have returned. Seven games from Electronic Arts are in the top 20. The official charts for December 2024, published by the game association, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Happy Broccoli Games Publishing Happy Broccoli Games and Snapbreak Cooperate for Mobile Release Duck Detective: The Secret Salami will also be released for mobile platforms in April. Berlin-based studio Happy Broccoli Games is working with Swedish indie publisher Snapbreak. Snapbreak Games started as an indie publisher in early 2017. The mobile game is scheduled to be released on April 9, and pre- By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch © Dvora Studio, Headup Publishing Headup Releases Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch in Early Access This Month Developer Dvora Studio and publisher Headup have announced an updated Early Access release date for Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch. The game is a mix of deck building, dungeon defense, tactics and automated combat. It will be released later this month. Düren-based indie publisher Headup will release Dvora's dungeon By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Xbox Publishing Xbox Developer_Direct Returns on 23 January Microsoft has announced the first games showcase of the year (so far). On 23 January, four games will be featured in the Developer_Direct, including Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. On Thursday, 23 January at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK / 7pm CET, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Stunlock Publishing V Rising Hits 5 Million Sales Open-world vampire survival game V Rising has sold over five million units. Swedish developer Stunlock Studios thanks the community and plans to expand the game in 2025. Since its launch (May 2024 on PC and June 2024 on PlayStation 5), V Rising has attracted five million players to the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© SIE Publishing Midnight Black Collection of PS5 Accessories Grows Sony Interactive Entertainment is launching the Midnight Black Collection of PlayStation Portal remote player and other accessories on 20 February 2025. The galaxy-inspired colour scheme has already been released for the DualSense wireless controller and PS5 console cover and will be expanded for the PlayStation Portal remote, DualSense Edge By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Ride with Mavuika in Berlin on 12 January. © HoYoLove Events HoYoLove Organises Bike Safety Event in Berlin HoYoLove e.V. has joined forces with the ADFC Berlin and other partners to raise awareness about the visibility of cyclists in traffic. The event 'Ride with Mavuika' will take place on 12 January. On Sunday 12 January 2025, fans of Genshin Impact and other HoYoverse games will By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tales of the Shire: A Lord of The Rings developed Weta Workshop © Weta Workshop / Private Division Publishing Private Division Portfolio Reportedly Finds New Owner According to a media report, the Private Division portfolio has found new owners in private equity firm Haveli Investments and former Annapurna Interactive employees. Take-Two Interactive announced in November 2024 that it had sold Private Division and its portfolio, but didn't disclose the buyer. According to a By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Lenovo Legion Go S © Lenovo Publishing SteamOS on First Third-Party Handheld as Microsoft Looks to Improve Windows Handheld Gaming The first third-party handheld running SteamOS has been unveiled at CES 2025. More are expected to follow. Microsoft has also confirmed that it is working to improve the Windows handheld gaming experience. Lenovo unveiled the Legion Go S at CES 2025. The gaming handheld will be available in two By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
