Marcel Kleffmann
Previews

Assassin's Creed Shadows

Since its first release in 2007, the Assassin's Creed series has sold over 200 million copies worldwide. It is Ubisoft's flagship brand and has evolved from a stealth action-adventure to an action role-playing game with huge game worlds. Now it's time for the next major game in the franchise, which combines both stealth action and action RPG.

13. March 2025 11:04

Previews

Monster Hunter Wilds

At the end of February 2025, Capcom will release the follow-up to its two most successful games to date: Monster Hunter Wilds is already casting such a shadow that Sega has brought forward the release of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii by a week to avoid the Monster Hunters.

12. February 2025 08:36

Previews

Worshippers of Cthulhu

There are many games based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. But a city-building strategy game in which you lead a cult to awaken Cthulhu so he can reshape the cosmos is really something new.

24. January 2025 08:17

Business

The International 2025 Takes Place in Hamburg

The International, the annual esports Dota 2 championship tournament, is taking place in Germany this year, in Hamburg to be precise. This is the second time that the massive event has been held in Germany.

22. January 2025 15:21

Business

Latest Trends and Insights From the GDC 2025 State of the Game Industry Report

The 13th GDC 2025 State of the Game Industry Report includes the following findings: 11% of respondents were laid off in the past year, half of all developers are self-funding their games, and 80% of developers are focused on creating games for the PC market.

22. January 2025 14:30

Previews

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PC)

The Remake trilogy continues on PC and compared to the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Square Enix has both improved the port and changed the release strategy with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Why this change of strategy?

22. January 2025 14:08

Publishing

Over Five Million Copies of Mortal Kombat 1 Sold

While Mortal Kombat 1 may not be able to match the huge success of Mortal Kombat 11, the latest game in the long-running franchise has sold more than five million copies worldwide.

22. January 2025 11:56

Publishing

Best Selling Physical Games in Europe 2024

EA Sports FC 25 was by far the most successful physically distributed video game in Europe across all platforms. The game from Electronic Arts topped the annual charts in all 17 countries surveyed. Its predecessor was also very popular.

22. January 2025 10:53

Publishing

Balatro Sells More Than Five Million Copies

Nobody expected such a huge success. Balatro, from solo developer LocalThunk and Playstack, has now sold five million copies - also thanks to numerous award nominations.

22. January 2025 09:01

Business

Bohemia Interactive Was "Extremely Successful" in 2024

The largest Czech game studio, Bohemia Interactive, increased its revenues by 34% in 2024. The company sold almost five million games and DLC.

21. January 2025 14:50