© Yager Publishing Yager Pays Tribute to Its Shut-Down Shooter in Fortnite Berlin-based Yager is launching its own Fortnite island, intended as a tribute to ‘The Cycle: Frontier’. However, a comeback of the now-discontinued shooter does not seem entirely out of the question. A year ago, the Berlin-based developer Yager Development shut down the online shooter The Cycle: Frontier after the number By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Benjamin Zuckerer (Lead Product Manager, Managing Director) and Thomas Brünger (Product Manager Development) © CipSoft Publishing CipSoft's new MMO: Benjamin Zuckerer on Persist Online By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
LFK president Wolfgang Kreißig at the event. © Reiner Pfisterer Publishing LFK Baden-Württemberg, Playing History and Suspicious Games Premier Impact Game in School Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK), Suspicious Games and Playing History have released their Impact Game The Feed yesterday during a press conference at Schickhardt-Gymnasium in Stuttgart in the presence of Sandra Boser, State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport. The Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK), Suspicious Games By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Square Enix Publishing What Square Enix Is Doing Differently When Launching Final Fantasy XVI on PC Just over a year after its release on PlayStation 5, Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy XVI to PC, but this time without store exclusivity, at a lower price, and hopefully with a better technical port thanks to a previous demo. Square Enix chose the beginning of this year' By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Rockfish Games Publishing Rockfish Games Doubles Down on Everspace 2 The first DLC for Everspace 2, Titans, has been released, featuring two massive space encounters. But Rockfish Games has even bigger plans and will be creating a second, even bigger expansion. Hamburg-based Rockfish Games has released Everspace 2: Titans, the first major DLC for Everspace 2, on Steam, GOG, Xbox By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© SWR Publishing SWR Launches Audio Game App Pale Blue Südwestrundfunk (SWR) continues to be open to the medium of games. The new podcast project 'Hellblau' is accompanied by an audio game app developed in cooperation with Pangolin Park. The topic of the podcast and audio game is the multicrisis. Hellblau - Der 5 Minuten Padcast zur Multikrise By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Fellow Traveller Publishing Fellow Traveller Reflects on Successful 2024 With Strong Year Ahead Narrative publisher Fellow Traveller confirms six titles to release over the next twelve months and celebrates major milestones for Citizen Sleeper and 1000xResist. Founder and Managing Director Chris Wright is proud of the company's slow and steady approach. Boutique narrative games label Fellow Traveller has announced that it By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© GM Publishing German Games Charts August: From The Outer Rim and Chinese Novels The German games charts have a new number 1, but there should have been a new double top consisting of Star Wars Outlaws and Black Myth: Wukong. However, one company did not submit any data for the chart collection. August was an exceptionally strong month this year: Star Wars Outlaws By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Vienna and Dortmund to host two Genshin Impact benefit concerts in November © HoYoverse Events Two Genshin Impact Benefit Concerts in Vienna and Dortmund This November HoYoverse, the company behind Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero, has announced two benefit concerts to be held in Dortmund and Vienna. Both concerts will be open to the public, with ticket prices starting at under 10 Euros. The proceeds will also be donated. Young musicians will By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Xbox Publishing Microsoft Launches Xbox Game Pass Standard The new Game Pass Standard is positioned between Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate on Xbox consoles. For 12.99 Euros per month, subscribers get access to a wide range of games, but no longer to new Day One releases. Microsoft is rolling out the changes to Xbox Game By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Focus Publishing Space Marine 2 Becomes Focus’ Best Launch Ever With two million players in the first 24 hours after launch and the best concurrent user rate of all Warhammer games ever, Space Marine 2 has become Focus Entertainment's best launch ever overnight. Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 was well on its way to be a big success By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Black Myth: Wukong , the new title from Chinese developer and publisher Game Science, is celebrating huge success in the West © Game Science Publishing Black Myth: Wukong Takes Over PS5 Charts Black Myth: Wukong, the new title from Chinese developer and publisher Game Science, is celebrating huge success in the West. In August, the game reached number 1 in both the North American and European PlayStation Charts, which have now been released by Sony. It is an impressive achievement that Chinese By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
