Jasmin Oestreicher, CEO Instinct3 & Co-CEO and Co-Founder Sidekick Publishing / Melvin Frank, Co-CEO & Co-Founder Sidekick Publishing © SAVO Media - Photography & Filming Business Instinct3 Launches Full-Service Game Publisher Sidekick Berlin-based creative agency Instinct3 has announced the launch of Sidekick Publishing, a new full-service publisher for indie and A to AA studios. The first title to be published under the Sidekick banner is Deadly Days: Roadtrip, developed by Pixelsplit and set to be showcased at gamescom. Instinct3 has already been By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Spellgarden Games, Team17 Digital Business Spellgarden Games and Team17 Release Ritual of Raven Competing for attention against the spontaneously called Nintendo Indie World Showcase and its shadow drops, Ritual of Raven by Spellgarden Games and Team17 has released yesterday. It’s not easy competing against Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase and its surprise releases when your game drops on the same day. Yesterday By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© neoludic Games Business Neoludic’s Tiny Bookshop Shadowdrops During Nintendo Indie Showcase In todays Indie World Showcase by Nintendo, neoludic's Tiny Bookshop has been featured with an immediate release on Steam and Switch. The game from Cologne had been funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. During today’s Indie World Showcase by Nintendo, Tiny Bookshop by Cologne indie studio neoludic By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nintendo Products Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase on 31 July Nintendo has announced the first Partner Showcase following the Switch 2 launch. This 25-minute livestream will feature upcoming Switch and Switch 2 games from Nintendo's distribution and development partners. A new edition of Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase will be broadcast on Thursday, 31 July at 15:00. This By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Assemble/ZoroArts Products Paddle Paddle Paddle by ZoroArts and Assemble Entertainment Releases Today ZoroArts alias Mateo Covic and publisher Assemble release the coop rage game Paddle Paddle Paddle today. The game marks Covic's first cooperation with a publisher, but the young developer has been very active before as well. Publisher Assemble and developer Mateo Covic alias ZoroArts have announced that the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Cronos: The New Dawn © Bloober Team Products Bandai Namco Distributes Physical Versions of Bloober Team's Cronos: The New Dawn Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has entered into a partnership with Bloober Team on Project Cronos: The New Dawn. Under the terms of the agreement, Bandai Namco will be responsible for distributing, selling and marketing physical copies of the game in specified regions. Bloober Team has granted Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Xbox Business Xbox Moves Forward With Aggregated Gaming Library This week, Microsoft is launching test runs of the aggregated gaming library on the Xbox app for Windows PCs and handheld devices as part of the Xbox Insider programme. The Xbox app for PCs now has publisher tabs, too. From this week onwards, Xbox Insiders will be able to preview By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Call to Arms: Panzer Elite © Digitalmindsoft and THQ Nordic Products Call to Arms: Panzer Elite From Digitalmindsoft and THQ Nordic Digitalmindsoft from Ulm and THQ Nordic from Vienna will "soon" launch Call to Arms: Panzer Elite in Early Access. This tactical tank simulation was developed with funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Call to Arms: Panzer Elite, developed by Digitalmindsoft, has found a publisher: By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© 42 Bits Products Aerosoft Is the New Publisher of 42 Bits' Fata Deum - the God Sim Fata Deum has a new publisher. The god strategy game, developed by 42 Bits Entertainment (Christoph Schulze), will now be published by Aerosoft under its Aerosoft Move label, rather than by Hooded Horse. It is set to launch on Steam in Early Access in September 2025. In this god game, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Bus Bound © stillalive studios, Saber Interactive Products stillalive studios Is Partnering With Saber Interactive on Bus Bound At the PC Gaming Show, Saber Interactive and stillalive studios announced Bus Bound, a new bus driving experience from the developers of Bus Simulator 21 and Bus Simulator 18. Austrian studio stillalive, which is part of the RCP Family, has announced Bus Bound, a simulation game to be published and By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
What other games are available to play on Nintendo Switch 2 besides Mario Kart World? And what is yet to come? A screenshot from The Duskbloods. © FromSoftware Business Nintendo Switch 2 Games: The Launch Line-up and Beyond By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
© Nintendo Products Day-One Releases and Upcoming Games for Nintendo Switch 2 The Nintendo Switch 2 is available from today, 5 June 2025. But which first- and third-party games will be available, and which will be released in the coming months? Although Nintendo itself does not have many games available for the Switch 2 launch, there is strong support for the new By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
