Marco Alessandro Minoli, Director of Publishing, Slitherine © Slitherine Publishing Slitherine Celebrates Ten Million Sales of Five Games and Has High Expectations for Broken Arrow Slitherine, a publisher specializing in strategy and wargames, is celebrating over ten million sales of its licensed strategy games. Meanwhile, Broken Arrow, scheduled for release in June, is on over 800,000 wishlists. Slitherine is a British publisher of strategy and wargames, founded in 2000. The company is responsible for By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© FGS Publishing Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2025 - the Big Overview With Focus on GSA The Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2025, a digital event with lots of trailers of lots of games, lasted just over an hour and a half. Which German, Austrian and Swiss companies were featured, and what were the most important announcements? This year's Future Games Show Spring Showcase By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
© Discord Publishing Discord Announces First Mobile Ad Format In June, Discord will roll out its Video Quest advertising format on mobile devices for the first time. With this move, the platform aims to offer advertising partners broader reach. A year ago, Discord introduced its rewarded ad formats, Video Quests and Play Quests. Since then, the platform has run By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Headup Publishing Headup Publishes Vessels of Decay From Simon Jakobsson and Aurora Punks Publisher Headup and developers Simon Jakobsson and Aurora Punks have announced an agreement that will see the Düren-based company publish Vessels of Decay for PC. Vessels of Decay is a post-apocalyptic horror game. It will be released this summer on PC Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, PS4/PS5, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Possessor(s), The Knightling, Ruff and the Riverside, Skate Story and Forever Skies (from left to right) © PlayStation Blog Publishing Three of the Five Indie Games Presented by PlayStation Are from Europe As part of Indie Day, PlayStation showcased five upcoming indie games on its blog, including titles from Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland. Indie games continue to play an increasingly important role in the PlayStation experience, which is why the company recently highlighted five upcoming titles from smaller studios in its By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, and Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition (from left to right) © EC - Audiovisual Service/Mikko Mäntyniemi /Bogdan Hoyaux Business G+ EC Publishes Preliminary Findings, Google Rails Against DMA By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© Xbox Publishing Xbox Has Paid out $5 Billion to Independent Developers Microsoft/Xbox supports independent developers through a number of initiatives, the most prominent of which is ID@Xbox. Since its launch in 2013, more than $5 billion has been paid out to independent developers. At the Game Developers Conference 2025, Microsoft gave a recap of its ID@Xbox programme - the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Toplitz Publishing Toplitz Productions Signs Play2Chill Publisher Toplitz Productions and Polish studio Play2Chill have signed a publishing deal for the city-builder Aztecs: The Last Sun. The game is scheduled for release in the second half of 2025. After a relatively quiet period, Toplitz Productions has signed another studio with Play2Chill. The publishing agreement covers Aztecs: By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Super Mario Party Jamboree / Kingdom Come Deliverance II / Monster Hunter Wilds © Nintendo / Capcom / Plaion Publishing Multi-Platinum Award for Super Mario Party Jamboree; Two More Gold Awards in February 2025 The strength of the Mario Party franchise is once again demonstrated by Super Mario Party Jamboree. Released in October 2024, the game has sold over 600,000 copies in Germany. Furthermore, two more game Sales Awards in Gold were awarded to Capcom and Plaion in February 2025. In February 2025, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Monster Hunter Wilds © Capcom Business G+ Monster Hunter: What's Behind Capcom's Monstrous Success By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Pax Augusta © Roger Gassmann and Senatis Publishing Roger Gassmann and Senatis to Release Pax Augusta in April 2025 For more than six years, solo developer Roger Gassmann has been working on Pax Augusta, a city-building game designed to be as authentic as possible. Together with German publisher Senatis, the game will be released in April 2025. German publisher Senatis and Swiss solo developer Roger Gassmann will release By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Focus Publishing Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 Announced After Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 reached the six million player mark in January, the game's successor has been announced. Focus Entertainment Publishing, Games Workshop and Saber Interactive are working on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3. Focus Entertainment Publishing, a subsidiary of Pullup Entertainment Group, Games By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
