Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Pascal Wagner May 16, 2024 – 1 min read Share this post © Nintendo Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim; Rockbee Team & Polden Publishing Products Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim The two Majesty games still have many fans, including those at Rockbee Team. They are reviving the distinctive gameplay formula featuring indirect control in Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Horses of Hoofprint Bay (left; Thogli Studios) and It's Always Happy at Chubby's (Pixel Maniacs) have been announced recently. Products Cozy or Spooky? Two Bavarian Game Announcements Have it All Two Bavarian game studios, Thogli Games from Fürstenfeldbruck and Pixel Maniacs from Nuremberg, have announced their new game projects around Halloween: A horse game homage, including horse game expert Alice Ruppert, and a horror culinary quest respectively. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Menace (for spoiler reasons, this screenshot is not from the new trailer.); Hooded Horse and Overhype Studios Products Overhype Partners With Syama Pedersen and Hoplite VFX to Give Menace a Cinematic Treatment Hooded Horse and Overhype Studios have partnered with Syama Pedersen and Hoplite VFX to create a cinematic trailer for Menace. This marks the first time the titular enemy has been shown in action since the original announcement. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Business European Funding: €2 Million for Games Tools and Projects With its funding line Innovative Tools and Business Models, Creative Europe Media is awarding €7.7 million to Media projects, of which almost two million went to German games tools or initiatives by BlueBottle, Second Stage and SpielFabrique. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Nintendo Switch 2; Nintendo Business Switch 2 Sales Are so Strong That Nintendo Is Raising Its Forecast Nintendo has sold over ten million Switch 2 consoles in just four months. Consequently, the company has raised its full-year forecast from 15 to 19 million. Software sales are also "strong". By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Daniel Marx, CEO of Osmotic Studios, resigns. The company had to let go most of their staff over the course of the year. Osmotic Studios Effectively Over, CEO Daniel Marx Resigns With his own resignation, Osmotic Studios CEO Daniel Marx shared that the Hamburg team had almost completely been let go. The company persists under co-founder Michael Kluge, but will not handle original productions at the moment. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Ampere Analysis: $1.4bn Was Spent on Remakes and Remasters in 2024 & 2025; Ampere Analysis Business Ampere Analysis: $1.4b Was Spent on Remakes and Remasters in 2024 & 2025 Between 2024 and 2025, gamers spent $1.4 billion on remakes and remasters. Remakes generated higher revenue and engagement. These are the findings of new research by Ampere Analysis. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Business Power of Play: South Africa As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries. GamesMarkt summarizes the results. This time: South Africa. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim; Rockbee Team & Polden Publishing Products Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim The two Majesty games still have many fans, including those at Rockbee Team. They are reviving the distinctive gameplay formula featuring indirect control in Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim; Rockbee Team & Polden Publishing Products Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim The two Majesty games still have many fans, including those at Rockbee Team. They are reviving the distinctive gameplay formula featuring indirect control in Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Horses of Hoofprint Bay (left; Thogli Studios) and It's Always Happy at Chubby's (Pixel Maniacs) have been announced recently. Products Cozy or Spooky? Two Bavarian Game Announcements Have it All Two Bavarian game studios, Thogli Games from Fürstenfeldbruck and Pixel Maniacs from Nuremberg, have announced their new game projects around Halloween: A horse game homage, including horse game expert Alice Ruppert, and a horror culinary quest respectively. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Menace (for spoiler reasons, this screenshot is not from the new trailer.); Hooded Horse and Overhype Studios Products Overhype Partners With Syama Pedersen and Hoplite VFX to Give Menace a Cinematic Treatment Hooded Horse and Overhype Studios have partnered with Syama Pedersen and Hoplite VFX to create a cinematic trailer for Menace. This marks the first time the titular enemy has been shown in action since the original announcement. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Business European Funding: €2 Million for Games Tools and Projects With its funding line Innovative Tools and Business Models, Creative Europe Media is awarding €7.7 million to Media projects, of which almost two million went to German games tools or initiatives by BlueBottle, Second Stage and SpielFabrique. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Nintendo Switch 2; Nintendo Business Switch 2 Sales Are so Strong That Nintendo Is Raising Its Forecast Nintendo has sold over ten million Switch 2 consoles in just four months. Consequently, the company has raised its full-year forecast from 15 to 19 million. Software sales are also "strong". By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Daniel Marx, CEO of Osmotic Studios, resigns. The company had to let go most of their staff over the course of the year. Osmotic Studios Effectively Over, CEO Daniel Marx Resigns With his own resignation, Osmotic Studios CEO Daniel Marx shared that the Hamburg team had almost completely been let go. The company persists under co-founder Michael Kluge, but will not handle original productions at the moment. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Ampere Analysis: $1.4bn Was Spent on Remakes and Remasters in 2024 & 2025; Ampere Analysis Business Ampere Analysis: $1.4b Was Spent on Remakes and Remasters in 2024 & 2025 Between 2024 and 2025, gamers spent $1.4 billion on remakes and remasters. Remakes generated higher revenue and engagement. These are the findings of new research by Ampere Analysis. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business Power of Play: South Africa As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries. GamesMarkt summarizes the results. This time: South Africa. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim; Rockbee Team & Polden Publishing Products Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim The two Majesty games still have many fans, including those at Rockbee Team. They are reviving the distinctive gameplay formula featuring indirect control in Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
