Construction Simulator 4 Marcel Kleffmann May 23, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post © astragon Products Lost in Cult Holds Five Nominations for the Creativepool Awards 2026 UK media publisher Lost in Cult is nominated five times at the Creativepool 2026 awards, several times each for their Editions and Design Works. McDonald's x Minecraft is also on the shortlist for branding. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced © Ubisoft Products Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced With over 230 million copies sold, Assassin's Creed is arguably Ubisoft's most important franchise. Although the release of Assassin's Creed Hexe is still some time away, the French publisher is launching Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, a remake of one of the most popular games in the series. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Products Gothic 1 Makes a Top-10 Debut in German Games Charts in June 2026 THQ’s role-playing game remake failed to take the top spot, partly because EA Sports FC has returned to number one, boosted by the World Cup By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Fuhon by Twinleaf Studios gets the biggest funding amount this round (Twinleaf) Funding Medienboard Gives €1,244mil to Games and XR Projects In the third funding round 2026, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg funds 11 games and 5 XR projects with 1,244 million euros. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read gamescom Gamescom Dev Talk Review: Product/Market Fit In this week's gamescom dev talk review, we look back at a presentation that explores the basics of commercial game marketing. Martin Wein from GameFlex explains what “product-market fit” means, why it's important, and why it's often missed. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read gamescom First gamescom dev legal summit Announced On gamescom dev Tuesday this year, the event will for the first time hold a legal summit. It is organised by game and Video Games Europe. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Mundi Vondi is one of the founders of Klang Games, the company behind Seed (Klang) People G+ Mundi Vondi on Running Persistent MMO Worlds in Seed For the early access launch of Seed, we spoke to Klang Games' Mundi Vondi about the company's move from Iceland to Berlin, the challenges of persistent online economies and the rise of cosy MMOs. By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read Products Lost in Cult Holds Five Nominations for the Creativepool Awards 2026 UK media publisher Lost in Cult is nominated five times at the Creativepool 2026 awards, several times each for their Editions and Design Works. McDonald's x Minecraft is also on the shortlist for branding. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business Sony's Exit of Physical Discs: German USK Sees Importance of Its Digital Ratings Affirmed In Germany, age ratings for physical games are assigned on a different legal basis to those for online games. The USK is officially recognised for both procedures and views Sony’s withdrawal from discs relaxed from a youth protection perspective. What matters is the reliability of age ratings. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Products Lost in Cult Holds Five Nominations for the Creativepool Awards 2026 UK media publisher Lost in Cult is nominated five times at the Creativepool 2026 awards, several times each for their Editions and Design Works. McDonald's x Minecraft is also on the shortlist for branding. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced © Ubisoft Products Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced With over 230 million copies sold, Assassin's Creed is arguably Ubisoft's most important franchise. Although the release of Assassin's Creed Hexe is still some time away, the French publisher is launching Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, a remake of one of the most popular games in the series. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Products Gothic 1 Makes a Top-10 Debut in German Games Charts in June 2026 THQ’s role-playing game remake failed to take the top spot, partly because EA Sports FC has returned to number one, boosted by the World Cup By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Fuhon by Twinleaf Studios gets the biggest funding amount this round (Twinleaf) Funding Medienboard Gives €1,244mil to Games and XR Projects In the third funding round 2026, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg funds 11 games and 5 XR projects with 1,244 million euros. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
gamescom Gamescom Dev Talk Review: Product/Market Fit In this week's gamescom dev talk review, we look back at a presentation that explores the basics of commercial game marketing. Martin Wein from GameFlex explains what “product-market fit” means, why it's important, and why it's often missed. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
gamescom First gamescom dev legal summit Announced On gamescom dev Tuesday this year, the event will for the first time hold a legal summit. It is organised by game and Video Games Europe. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Mundi Vondi is one of the founders of Klang Games, the company behind Seed (Klang) People G+ Mundi Vondi on Running Persistent MMO Worlds in Seed For the early access launch of Seed, we spoke to Klang Games' Mundi Vondi about the company's move from Iceland to Berlin, the challenges of persistent online economies and the rise of cosy MMOs. By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read
Products Lost in Cult Holds Five Nominations for the Creativepool Awards 2026 UK media publisher Lost in Cult is nominated five times at the Creativepool 2026 awards, several times each for their Editions and Design Works. McDonald's x Minecraft is also on the shortlist for branding. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business Sony's Exit of Physical Discs: German USK Sees Importance of Its Digital Ratings Affirmed In Germany, age ratings for physical games are assigned on a different legal basis to those for online games. The USK is officially recognised for both procedures and views Sony’s withdrawal from discs relaxed from a youth protection perspective. What matters is the reliability of age ratings. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
