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Polaris Convention 2024: Tickets Available and First Creators

The Polaris Convention will take place for the third time in Hamburg this October. The ticket shop is now open. There is also a first look at the list of creators who will be part of the programme: Gronkh, Gnu, Lara Loft, PietSmiet, Rocket Beans TV, and DoktorFroid are on

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Ubisoft Forward During Summer Game Fest 2024

Ubisoft is the first major publisher to announce its own showcase event as part of Summer Game Fest 2024. The company will present new games and updates on 10 June in Los Angeles. There will be no E3 in 2024. But there will still be plenty of games-related events in

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Dragon's Dogma 2 Sales Top 2.5 Million Units

Since its release on 22 March 2024, Dragon's Dogma 2 has sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide. The huge success of the fantasy action RPG may have even surprised Capcom, as the first instalment was released twelve years ago. Capcom has announced that Dragon's

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Triple-I Initiative Showcase With More Than 30 Games Announced

On 10 April, the Triple-i Initiative Showcase will make its debut. The joint event for independent video games will feature announcements and reveals from the studios behind Slay the Spire, Darkest Dungeon, Hyper Light Drifter, Vampire Survivors and others. The Triple-i Initiative is a new showcase highlighting independent developers in

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Phil Spencer Considers Alternative Digital Retailers on Xbox Consoles

With the console market stagnating and hardware subsidies outdated, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has talked about opening up the Xbox console ecosystem to other digital retailers. Such openness would help reduce the fragmentation of the gaming system as a whole. Xbox boss Phil Spencer is open to the idea of

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Royal Revolt 2 Celebrates 10 Years With Over 40 Million Downloads

The free-to-play strategy tower defence game Royal Revolt 2 celebrates its 10th anniversary with over 40 million downloads. The game is a success story for Frankfurt-based Upright Games. A decade after its initial release in 2014, Royal Revolt 2 continues to be a success. Developed by Upright Games of Frankfurt

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Business

Belgian Games Market Grows to 708 Million Euros

EA Sports FC 24 is the best-selling game and the PS5 the best-selling console in Belgium in 2023. This is according to market data recently published by the Video Games Federation Belgium. The total market grew by more than 20 percent. This means that the Belgian games market has experienced

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Game Music Concert Sells out LMU Grand Aula

With a game concert full of strategy titles, German games and classics, amateur emsemble MünchenKlang successfully filled one of Munich's most prestigious venues. The concert was curated by Yannick Süß, game composer for THQ Nordic, and moderated by BR's Henrik Oerding. The Game Music - Live

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

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Wooga's first "real" gamer event in Germany

The first "real" gamer event organized by Wooga in Germany took place last weekend in Bottrop. Around 200 players from the June's Journey community attended. On 23 March, Wooga held its first real-time community event. The Berlin-based company behind the billion-dollar hit June's Journey

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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kr3m Internationalises Online Games Platform Playground

For the first time, kr3m has signed up French daily Le Monde as an international partner for its Playground online games platform. Further international deals are expected to follow. kr3m has long been an established partner for media companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The online games platform Playground, developed

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Metacritic #1 Game Publisher in 2023 Is Capcom

Just like in 2019, Capcom has won the annual game publisher ranking on Metacritic. But how did publishers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Europe fare? Which publishers released the best games in 2023? This question is answered by Metacritic's annual game publisher ranking, now in its 14th year.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Tencent Shifts Strategy to Focus on Own IPs

Despite strong year-end results, Tencent is not satisfied with its performance. In the future, the Chinese giant will focus more on its own games and less on third-party IPs. Tencent generated revenues of 609 billion yuan (78 billion euros) across all its businesses in 2023, up ten percent from 2022.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read