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Xbox Games Showcase Followed by [Redacted] Direct in June

This year's Xbox Games Showcase in June will feature games from Activision and Blizzard for the first time, as well as games from Bethesda, Xbox Game Studios and third-party partners. The Showcase will be followed by a special Deep Dive. The Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Turtle Knight and CobraTekku Have Released Footgun: Underground

Footgun: Underground, the debut title from Turtle Knight Games based in the Hessian town of Weiterstadt, has been released. The game is published by CobraTekku Games, the indie publishing division of BXDXO. Indie studio Turtle Knight Games and publisher CobraTekku Games have released Footgun: Underground on PC (Steam). In this

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Strong Steam Launches of Manor Lords, Rotwood, Dead Island 2, Rusty's Retirement and Oddsparks

Manor Lords had the best launch ever for a city builder on Steam, but Rotwood and Rusty's Retirement also had strong CCU peaks. Dead Island 2 by Plaion reached over 12,000 concurrent players with its Steam release. Oddsparks by Massive Miniteam and HandyGames achieved the second highest

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

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Five Migrant Stories Told in Songs of Travel by Causa Creations

Causa Creations will release its new game Songs of Travel, an interactive animated graphic novel that tells the story of how different migrants have found their place in the world, for Android and iOS in May 2024. Songs of Travel, developed by Austrian studio Causa Creations, is an animated graphic

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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First Game From Horizont Computergrafik to be Released in May

In May, the first game from Berlin-based Horizont Computergrafik will go into Early Access: Rogue Voltage. The title has already won several awards. The original game pitch was: "Oldschool Final Fantasy, but you play it like a Zachtronics-style engineering puzzler". Horizont Computergrafik will release its first

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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No BlizzCon This Year, but Blizzard Confirms gamescom Presence

This year, there will be no BlizzCon.  However, Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that it will be attending gamescom to bring the community together and showcase upcoming releases. There will be no BlizzCon this year. "This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Over Five Million Frostpunk Units Sold in six Years

Survival city builder Frostpunk has been a huge success for 11 bit studios, selling five million units in six years. The sequel, due out in July, is already on more than two million Steam wishlists. On the sixth anniversary of Frostpunk's release, 11 bit studios have announced that

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Kickstarter for Songs of Silence Ends With 4.5 Times Funding Target

The goal was 23,000 Euros, in the end over 103,000 Euros were raised. Chimera Entertainment's Kickstarter for Songs of Silence has been successful. The game will go into early access in May. For the Munich-based company, the Kickstarter was more of a marketing tool. The

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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THQ Nordic Reveals Store Pages and Collector's Edition for Gothic 1 Remake

With an expensive and limited Collector's Edition, THQ Nordic is revealing more details about Gothic 1 Remake developed by Alkimia. While THQ Nordic, soon to be Coffee Stain & Friends subsidiary, is still not revealing the release date of their Gothic 1 Remake made by Alkimia Interactive (not

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Aerosoft and Thera Bytes Announce Global Farmer

German companies Aerosoft and Thera Bytes have announced their second joint project: Global Farmer. The farming simulation uses OpenStreetMap to allow players to build a farm anywhere in the world. Publisher Aerosoft from Büren near Paderborn and developer Thera Bytes from Munich have announced Global Farmer for PC. In this

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Infogrames is Revived by Atari as a Publishing Label

Atari has established a new publishing label under the well-known Infogrames brand. The "new" brand is a legacy brand known for game development and worldwide distribution from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. Infogrames has also announced the acquisition of its first IP, the Totally Reliable

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Plaion Announced Kingdom Come: Deliverance II for 2024

While the German Computer Game Award 2024 were handed out, Plaion announced one of its most important games to date in a digital event: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. The medieval role-playing game will be released later this year. Audentes Fortuna Iuvat, Fortune Favours the Brave - this was the slogan

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read