Construction Simulator 4 Marcel Kleffmann May 23, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post © astragon Yerba Buena © Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment Products Yerba Buena Not only is Yerba Buena the settlement from which the modern city of San Francisco grew, it is also the name of a creative first-person puzzle-platformer from Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment. The game features a unique copy-and-paste mechanic for manipulating the game world. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Products G+ Two Game Sales Awards for Nintendo and One for Microsoft in May 2026 In May 2026, three games received a Sales Award from game - the German Games Industry Association. Two of the awards went to Nintendo and one to Microsoft. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales © Square Enix Products The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales The HD-2D visuals seen in Octopath Traveler and the Dragon Quest remakes have so far been reserved for turn-based RPGs featuring party systems. However, this is about to change with The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Business Instinct3 And Drinks & More Expand the Knabe-Drinks Portfolio Ahead of Gamescom Instinct3, run by content creator HandsOfBlood, has announced the launch of KnabeMix – a cola-and-orange mixed drink – in collaboration with drinks partner Drinks & More. To mark the launch, the Twitch series “Techno Freitag” is making a comeback. A campaign featuring Sonya Kraus is also planned. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Business The €27 Billion Danger Zone: How the EU's Digital Fairness Act Threatens to Disintegrate the F2P Monetization Stack In 'Zoran's Update', experienced games manager Zoran Roso comments on current industry topics on LinkedIn. This time, he is looking at the issue from an industry perspective to see what consequences the EU’s plans might have on the monetisation of free-to-play games. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read Yerba Buena © Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment Products Yerba Buena Not only is Yerba Buena the settlement from which the modern city of San Francisco grew, it is also the name of a creative first-person puzzle-platformer from Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment. The game features a unique copy-and-paste mechanic for manipulating the game world. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Picture: adidas Business Adidas and Supercell Launch a Multi-Phase Collaboration in Brawl Stars The collaboration between adidas and SuperCell spans everything from the digital world of the game to high-street retail. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Picture by Medienförderung RLP People Medienförderung RLP Appoints Anika Thun to Its Board and Funds Five Games with €200k With the appointment of Dr Anika Thun from Kalypso Media, the board of the Medienförderung RLP has also gained an experienced games manager, who will now help shape the strategic development of the media funding programme. Meanwhile, the results of the 10th funding round have been announced. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Amir Satvat and Seth Rosen are two of the speakers now announced for gamescom dev 2026 | Pictures: gamescom dev gamescom Amir Satvat to Open Gamescom Dev With Keynote Speech; Further Speakers Confirmed A good two months before the start of gamescom dev, the organisers have announced Amir Satvat as the opening keynote speaker. Seth Rosen, Fleur Marty, Kim Belair, Fiona Cherbak, Nikky Armstrong, Mia Ginaé Watkins, Noor Amin and Emi Nguyen have also been confirmed as speakers. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Yerba Buena © Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment Products Yerba Buena Not only is Yerba Buena the settlement from which the modern city of San Francisco grew, it is also the name of a creative first-person puzzle-platformer from Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment. The game features a unique copy-and-paste mechanic for manipulating the game world. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Products G+ Two Game Sales Awards for Nintendo and One for Microsoft in May 2026 In May 2026, three games received a Sales Award from game - the German Games Industry Association. Two of the awards went to Nintendo and one to Microsoft. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales © Square Enix Products The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales The HD-2D visuals seen in Octopath Traveler and the Dragon Quest remakes have so far been reserved for turn-based RPGs featuring party systems. However, this is about to change with The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Business Instinct3 And Drinks & More Expand the Knabe-Drinks Portfolio Ahead of Gamescom Instinct3, run by content creator HandsOfBlood, has announced the launch of KnabeMix – a cola-and-orange mixed drink – in collaboration with drinks partner Drinks & More. To mark the launch, the Twitch series “Techno Freitag” is making a comeback. A campaign featuring Sonya Kraus is also planned. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Business The €27 Billion Danger Zone: How the EU's Digital Fairness Act Threatens to Disintegrate the F2P Monetization Stack In 'Zoran's Update', experienced games manager Zoran Roso comments on current industry topics on LinkedIn. This time, he is looking at the issue from an industry perspective to see what consequences the EU’s plans might have on the monetisation of free-to-play games. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
Yerba Buena © Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment Products Yerba Buena Not only is Yerba Buena the settlement from which the modern city of San Francisco grew, it is also the name of a creative first-person puzzle-platformer from Mad About Pandas and Focus Entertainment. The game features a unique copy-and-paste mechanic for manipulating the game world. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Picture: adidas Business Adidas and Supercell Launch a Multi-Phase Collaboration in Brawl Stars The collaboration between adidas and SuperCell spans everything from the digital world of the game to high-street retail. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
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Amir Satvat and Seth Rosen are two of the speakers now announced for gamescom dev 2026 | Pictures: gamescom dev gamescom Amir Satvat to Open Gamescom Dev With Keynote Speech; Further Speakers Confirmed A good two months before the start of gamescom dev, the organisers have announced Amir Satvat as the opening keynote speaker. Seth Rosen, Fleur Marty, Kim Belair, Fiona Cherbak, Nikky Armstrong, Mia Ginaé Watkins, Noor Amin and Emi Nguyen have also been confirmed as speakers. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
