Game Dev Roundtable @ ver.di: A Growing Push for Unionisation Pascal Wagner August 11, 2025 – 13 min read Share this post Game devs are increasingly looking to organise and unionise. We talked to Service Union ver.di IT Secretary Matthias Grzegorczyk and two game devs about German unionisation efforts. © ver.di; Matthias Grzegorczyk Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director of Aerosoft, at the FS Conference 2024 © Aerosoft Business Aerosoft's FS Conference Takes Place for the 20th Time The FS Conference, Germany's leading event for flight simulation enthusiasts, is being held for the 20th time. It will be held at the Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport terminal on 15 November. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read 18th Play – Creative Gaming Festival by Initiative Creative Gaming e.V. and jaf – Verein für medienpädagogische Praxis Hamburg e.V. Business 'Take Care' is the Motto of Play - Creative Gaming Festival 2025 From 12 to 15 November 2025, the 18th Play – Creative Gaming Festival will take place in Hamburg's HafenCity under the motto 'Take Care'. The festival will explore how responsibility, care and social participation can be made visible and tangible through games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Business Power of Play: Japan As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries. GamesMarkt summarizes the results. This time: Japan. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director of Aerosoft, at the FS Conference 2024 © Aerosoft Business Aerosoft's FS Conference Takes Place for the 20th Time The FS Conference, Germany's leading event for flight simulation enthusiasts, is being held for the 20th time. It will be held at the Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport terminal on 15 November. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read 18th Play – Creative Gaming Festival by Initiative Creative Gaming e.V. and jaf – Verein für medienpädagogische Praxis Hamburg e.V. Business 'Take Care' is the Motto of Play - Creative Gaming Festival 2025 From 12 to 15 November 2025, the 18th Play – Creative Gaming Festival will take place in Hamburg's HafenCity under the motto 'Take Care'. The festival will explore how responsibility, care and social participation can be made visible and tangible through games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Ninja Gaiden 4; Team Ninja, PlatinumGames, Koei Tecmo Games & Xbox Game Studios Publishing Products Ninja Gaiden 4 The Year of the Ninja is approaching its climax. Following Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Ragebound, the franchise is celebrating the return of its main line 13 years after Ninja Gaiden 3 with Ninja Gaiden 4. This latest instalment is as bloody as ever, but has also been significantly modernised. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Business Power of Play: Japan As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries. GamesMarkt summarizes the results. This time: Japan. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Opening ceremony of gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show | Picture by Koelnmesse Business Gamescom Asia Thrives in Bangkok, 2026 Edition in the Works gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show was a resounding success: over 200,000 visitors and 5,590 trade visitors speak for themselves, and a sequel is already planned for 2026. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read Bijan Khezri, Group CEO and majority shareholder of Marquard Group AG; Marquard Business Marquard Group Focuses Entirely on Gaming and IT, Lifestyle Brands Sold The separation from lifestyle brands and the focus on the German brands 4Players, Computec and Golem mark the completion of the strategic realignment process. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director of Aerosoft, at the FS Conference 2024 © Aerosoft Business Aerosoft's FS Conference Takes Place for the 20th Time The FS Conference, Germany's leading event for flight simulation enthusiasts, is being held for the 20th time. It will be held at the Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport terminal on 15 November. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
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Business Power of Play: Japan As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries. GamesMarkt summarizes the results. This time: Japan. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director of Aerosoft, at the FS Conference 2024 © Aerosoft Business Aerosoft's FS Conference Takes Place for the 20th Time The FS Conference, Germany's leading event for flight simulation enthusiasts, is being held for the 20th time. It will be held at the Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport terminal on 15 November. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
18th Play – Creative Gaming Festival by Initiative Creative Gaming e.V. and jaf – Verein für medienpädagogische Praxis Hamburg e.V. Business 'Take Care' is the Motto of Play - Creative Gaming Festival 2025 From 12 to 15 November 2025, the 18th Play – Creative Gaming Festival will take place in Hamburg's HafenCity under the motto 'Take Care'. The festival will explore how responsibility, care and social participation can be made visible and tangible through games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Ninja Gaiden 4; Team Ninja, PlatinumGames, Koei Tecmo Games & Xbox Game Studios Publishing Products Ninja Gaiden 4 The Year of the Ninja is approaching its climax. Following Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Ragebound, the franchise is celebrating the return of its main line 13 years after Ninja Gaiden 3 with Ninja Gaiden 4. This latest instalment is as bloody as ever, but has also been significantly modernised. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Business Power of Play: Japan As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries. GamesMarkt summarizes the results. This time: Japan. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Opening ceremony of gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show | Picture by Koelnmesse Business Gamescom Asia Thrives in Bangkok, 2026 Edition in the Works gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show was a resounding success: over 200,000 visitors and 5,590 trade visitors speak for themselves, and a sequel is already planned for 2026. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Bijan Khezri, Group CEO and majority shareholder of Marquard Group AG; Marquard Business Marquard Group Focuses Entirely on Gaming and IT, Lifestyle Brands Sold The separation from lifestyle brands and the focus on the German brands 4Players, Computec and Golem mark the completion of the strategic realignment process. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
