Construction Simulator 4 Marcel Kleffmann May 23, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post © astragon Echo Generation 2 © Cococucumber Products Echo Generation 2 In Echo Generation 2, six playable characters, each with their own story, face a cosmic threat. This sci-fi, Stranger Things-inspired deck-building RPG from Cococucumber is fully inspired by the '80s and '90s. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read The teams behind the Forensics: Crime Scene Detective (photos: Binary Impact/Aerosoft/LKA RLP) Products Forensics: Crime Scene Detective Releases 13 July Forensics: Crime Scene Detective by Binary Impact, Alchemical Works and Aerosoft will release 13 July. Made in cooperation with the Rhineland-Palatinate State Criminal Police Office, a press meet was held on Friday at the LKA RLP's police office. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read Products Ivy Juice's My Little Cafe Nightmare Sells 10.000 Units Ivy Juice's and SethMadDev's cozy creepy simulator My Little Cafe Nightmare has sold 10,000 units in ten days. By Pascal Wagner • Business Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory and Other Xbox Studios Are at Risk Several Xbox studios are reportedly facing closure or potential sale, according to multiple media reports. This includes Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions and Ninja Theory, although other Xbox studios are also reportedly at risk. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read (Photo: Institut für Ludologie / Jens Junge) Campus Survey Looks for Public Value of Archiving Analogue Games A survey of Sabine Fürst at the BFI Wien is looking for the Public Value of Archiving Analogue Games. It is endorsed by several board game associations and archives from around Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Echo Generation 2 © Cococucumber Products Echo Generation 2 In Echo Generation 2, six playable characters, each with their own story, face a cosmic threat. This sci-fi, Stranger Things-inspired deck-building RPG from Cococucumber is fully inspired by the '80s and '90s. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read (photo: Duncan / Xbox) People Head of Xbox Game Studies Craig Duncan Steps Down According to media reports citing internal emails, Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan and Chief of Staff Louise O’Connor, both originally from Rare, have stepped down. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Campus Game in Lab Funding Calls for Board Game Research Applications Board game researchers, take note: Game in Lab, the board game research funding programme by Asmodee and Innovation Factory, is giving away up to 20,000€ per funded project. The call is open until end of September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read UKIE-CEO Nick Poole and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer | Pictures: UKIE; House of Commons Politics UK: Government Announces Social Media Ban For Under-16s; UKIE Responds With Relief Keir Starmer’s UK government has announced plans to introduce a social media ban for under-16s. The first restrictions are set to be introduced as early as spring 2027. Video games are excluded from the regulations. UKIE reacted with relief, but nevertheless points to the stricter PEGI rules. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Echo Generation 2 © Cococucumber Products Echo Generation 2 In Echo Generation 2, six playable characters, each with their own story, face a cosmic threat. This sci-fi, Stranger Things-inspired deck-building RPG from Cococucumber is fully inspired by the '80s and '90s. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
The teams behind the Forensics: Crime Scene Detective (photos: Binary Impact/Aerosoft/LKA RLP) Products Forensics: Crime Scene Detective Releases 13 July Forensics: Crime Scene Detective by Binary Impact, Alchemical Works and Aerosoft will release 13 July. Made in cooperation with the Rhineland-Palatinate State Criminal Police Office, a press meet was held on Friday at the LKA RLP's police office. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Products Ivy Juice's My Little Cafe Nightmare Sells 10.000 Units Ivy Juice's and SethMadDev's cozy creepy simulator My Little Cafe Nightmare has sold 10,000 units in ten days. By Pascal Wagner •
Business Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory and Other Xbox Studios Are at Risk Several Xbox studios are reportedly facing closure or potential sale, according to multiple media reports. This includes Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions and Ninja Theory, although other Xbox studios are also reportedly at risk. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
(Photo: Institut für Ludologie / Jens Junge) Campus Survey Looks for Public Value of Archiving Analogue Games A survey of Sabine Fürst at the BFI Wien is looking for the Public Value of Archiving Analogue Games. It is endorsed by several board game associations and archives from around Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Echo Generation 2 © Cococucumber Products Echo Generation 2 In Echo Generation 2, six playable characters, each with their own story, face a cosmic threat. This sci-fi, Stranger Things-inspired deck-building RPG from Cococucumber is fully inspired by the '80s and '90s. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
(photo: Duncan / Xbox) People Head of Xbox Game Studies Craig Duncan Steps Down According to media reports citing internal emails, Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan and Chief of Staff Louise O’Connor, both originally from Rare, have stepped down. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Campus Game in Lab Funding Calls for Board Game Research Applications Board game researchers, take note: Game in Lab, the board game research funding programme by Asmodee and Innovation Factory, is giving away up to 20,000€ per funded project. The call is open until end of September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
UKIE-CEO Nick Poole and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer | Pictures: UKIE; House of Commons Politics UK: Government Announces Social Media Ban For Under-16s; UKIE Responds With Relief Keir Starmer’s UK government has announced plans to introduce a social media ban for under-16s. The first restrictions are set to be introduced as early as spring 2027. Video games are excluded from the regulations. UKIE reacted with relief, but nevertheless points to the stricter PEGI rules. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
