Cat Quest III Marcel Kleffmann August 07, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Cats and Pirates in Cat Quest III © The Gentlebros / Kepler Interactive Products Crimson Desert Has Sold Five Million Copies Sales of Crimson Desert from Pearl Abyss continue to be strong. In less than a month since its release, the open-world action-adventure game has already sold over five million copies. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read People of Note © Iridium Studios & Annapurna Interactive Products People of Note In People of Note from Iridium Studios and Annapurna Interactive, music is at the heart of everything: the dialogue, the characters, the game world and the turn-based battles, which are presented as interactive musical performances. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Products InterfaceX26 Showcases Fake OS Games, Brings Users To Rally Valve for an Official Tag Cobalt Lane, Jumpy Bit, Grey Alien Games and Muscle Cat have teamed up for InterfaceX26, a Steam Showcase for "Fake OS" games. Apart from showcasing the games, InterfaceX26 gamifies tagging the games for an official Valve tag with a bustom web app. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring with representatives of the funded studios in front of the Gamerei | Picture by GamesMarkt Funding Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring Hands Over Funding Cheques A few weeks after FFF Bayern published the funding decisions, Bavaria’s Minister for Digital Affairs, Fabian Mehring, presented the cheques to the grant recipients at the Gamerei in Munich. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read From left to right: Philipp Sattler (Editorial / Brand Director für buffed.de & MMORE), Thilo Bayer (Brand Editorial Director bei Computec Media), Tobias Meyer, Managing Editor of PC Games, Play 5 and N-Zone at Computec Media © Computec Media Business Buffed and PC Games Merge All editors previously responsible for Buffed/MMore will be moving to the PC Games editorial team. This will strengthen PC Games. Buffed will continue to operate. PC Games MMore will be discontinued. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Lead Game Designer Andrea Salamone talks about character design, voice over and quality assurance in Screamer (Milestone) People Interview: How Screamer Made Languages a Character Trait Make it feel like Tekken: Anime story racer Screamer by Milestone has taken a unique stance in their career mode. We spoke to Lead Game Designer Andrea Salamone about multi-language voice over as story-defining mechanic, voice over QA and cyberpunk. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Subnautica 2 © Unknown Worlds Entertainment / Krafton Publishing Krafton Is Still Supporting the Early Access Launch of Subnautica 2 "Krafton is currently focusing on supporting the Early Access launch of Subnautica 2," states the South Korean company, even though it is no longer listed as the publisher of Subnautica 2. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Industrial chic at the Swiss Game Hub: we spoke to General Manager Sebastian Tobler (Swiss Game Hub) People Swiss Game Hub: "Combining Creative and Tech in a Hyper-Scalable Industry" About a year ago, Swiss Game Hub moved into new premises offering more space and strong support from the City of Zurich. The first year brought new developers, successful studios and great events, as General Manager Sebastian Tobler reports. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien. (Dominik Butzmann/BMBFSFJ/photothek.de) People Family Minister Karin Prien Speaks at game Summer Festival 2026 On 9 June's Summer Festival of the game association, Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien will be guest speaker. Democracy education and reaching young people will be the topic of the day, followed by informal exchanges. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Crimson Desert Has Sold Five Million Copies Sales of Crimson Desert from Pearl Abyss continue to be strong. In less than a month since its release, the open-world action-adventure game has already sold over five million copies. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
People of Note © Iridium Studios & Annapurna Interactive Products People of Note In People of Note from Iridium Studios and Annapurna Interactive, music is at the heart of everything: the dialogue, the characters, the game world and the turn-based battles, which are presented as interactive musical performances. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Products InterfaceX26 Showcases Fake OS Games, Brings Users To Rally Valve for an Official Tag Cobalt Lane, Jumpy Bit, Grey Alien Games and Muscle Cat have teamed up for InterfaceX26, a Steam Showcase for "Fake OS" games. Apart from showcasing the games, InterfaceX26 gamifies tagging the games for an official Valve tag with a bustom web app. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring with representatives of the funded studios in front of the Gamerei | Picture by GamesMarkt Funding Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring Hands Over Funding Cheques A few weeks after FFF Bayern published the funding decisions, Bavaria’s Minister for Digital Affairs, Fabian Mehring, presented the cheques to the grant recipients at the Gamerei in Munich. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
From left to right: Philipp Sattler (Editorial / Brand Director für buffed.de & MMORE), Thilo Bayer (Brand Editorial Director bei Computec Media), Tobias Meyer, Managing Editor of PC Games, Play 5 and N-Zone at Computec Media © Computec Media Business Buffed and PC Games Merge All editors previously responsible for Buffed/MMore will be moving to the PC Games editorial team. This will strengthen PC Games. Buffed will continue to operate. PC Games MMore will be discontinued. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Lead Game Designer Andrea Salamone talks about character design, voice over and quality assurance in Screamer (Milestone) People Interview: How Screamer Made Languages a Character Trait Make it feel like Tekken: Anime story racer Screamer by Milestone has taken a unique stance in their career mode. We spoke to Lead Game Designer Andrea Salamone about multi-language voice over as story-defining mechanic, voice over QA and cyberpunk. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Subnautica 2 © Unknown Worlds Entertainment / Krafton Publishing Krafton Is Still Supporting the Early Access Launch of Subnautica 2 "Krafton is currently focusing on supporting the Early Access launch of Subnautica 2," states the South Korean company, even though it is no longer listed as the publisher of Subnautica 2. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Industrial chic at the Swiss Game Hub: we spoke to General Manager Sebastian Tobler (Swiss Game Hub) People Swiss Game Hub: "Combining Creative and Tech in a Hyper-Scalable Industry" About a year ago, Swiss Game Hub moved into new premises offering more space and strong support from the City of Zurich. The first year brought new developers, successful studios and great events, as General Manager Sebastian Tobler reports. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien. (Dominik Butzmann/BMBFSFJ/photothek.de) People Family Minister Karin Prien Speaks at game Summer Festival 2026 On 9 June's Summer Festival of the game association, Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien will be guest speaker. Democracy education and reaching young people will be the topic of the day, followed by informal exchanges. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
