EA Sports FC 26 / Borderlands 4 © EA / 2K Products Take-Two Dominates the German Games Charts in September 2025 By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds © Sega Products Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Sega has launched Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, the latest addition to the long-standing Sonic Racing franchise, on PC and consoles. Featuring races across land, sea, air and space, this classic-style fun racer is surprisingly strong. While Mario Kart has made the leap to an open racing world on the Switch 2 By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Virtual production at SWR. The Südwestrundfunk (SWR) is a regional broadcasting corporation covering the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. © SWR/Christian Koch Business SWR Launches New Pen-and-Paper Format Live on Twitch SWR is launching a new interactive pen-and-paper format called "Fehler im System" (Errors in the System), which will be broadcast live on Twitch. From 7 p.m. on 24 and 25 October, twitch.tv/ard will be the place to be for dice rolling and puzzle solving with By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Spindle © Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost Products Spindle Released by Wobble Ghost and Deck13 Spotlight Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost have released Spindle for PC and Switch. This old-school action-adventure game explores the many ways we deal with death. And yes, there is a pig companion. In July 2021, Deck13 Spotlight and Wobble Ghost announced the action-adventure game Spindle, which is being released today for By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Thomas Reisenegger, co-founder and ceo of Future Friends Games / CloverPit © Thomas Reisenegger / Panik Arcade, Future Friends Games Business How CloverPit Completely Beat Future Friends' Best-Case Predictions CloverPit, an indie game by Panik Arcade and Future Friends Games, went up against Hades II, EA Sports FC 26, and Silent Hill f. It exceeded the publisher's best-case sales predictions by achieving over 750,000 sales. We spoke to CEO Thomas Reisenegger about this outstanding success. Amidst By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Absolum © Dotemu Products Absolum Hades 2, Megabonk, CloverPit, Rotwood, Deadly Days: Roadtrip and Abyssus demonstrate the variety of roguelites, to name but a few. Dotemu also proves with Absolum that this extremely popular concept works brilliantly with arcade-style brawling action. Absolum is often referred to as 'Hades meets Streets of Rogue 4' By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Paul Nguyen - Warding Witches (Solo-dev) & Sonorode (EDM and video game music composer/producer) / Alexandra Batty - Headup (Senior Communications Manager) / Dieter Schoeller - Headup (CEO) / Robin Rottmann - Games/Bavaria (Teamlead) © Alexander Hartung for Games/Bavaria / Schoeller Headup Business How Headup Signed Warding Witches at GG Bavaria At GG Bavaria 2025, Paul Nguyen, a solo developer and game music composer, presented his current hobby project in an impromptu performance. Headup discovered the project there and signed it up. It's a local Munich indie success story. Paul Nguyen is the sole developer of Warding Witches, which By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
Tattoo Tycoon © CrazyBunch and HandyGames Products CrazyBunch and HandyGames to Release Tattoo Tycoon in Two Weeks HandyGames and CrazyBunch will release the tattoo shop management game, Tattoo Tycoon, in October 2025. The project has received almost €300,000 of federal funding. Publisher HandyGames and developer CrazyBunch (Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry & Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice) will release Tattoo By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Sacred 2 Remaster © THQ Nordic Products THQ Nordic Set to Release Sacred 2 Remaster in November Sacred 2 Remaster, which was announced at the THQ Nordic Showcase 2025, now has a release date. This updated version of the action role-playing game is set to launch on PC and consoles in November. Sacred 2 Remaster will launch on 11 November 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Aesir's The Legend of Khiimori drops Windstorm IP © Aesir and Mindscape Products Aesir's The Legend of Khiimori Drops Windstorm IP The new game from Aesir Interactive was originally intended for release as a Windstorm game. Now, Aesir, NightinGames and the game's publisher, Mindscape, have agreed with Alias Entertainment to remove the Windstorm brand from the game. The Legend of Khiimori will no longer be branded as a Windstorm By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era © Hooded Horse, Ubisoft, Unfrozen Products Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Delayed Until 2026, Demo Available Hooded Horse, Ubisoft and Unfrozen have postponed the Early Access launch of Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era until 2026. However, fans can still try out a demo before Early Access, which is an increasingly popular strategy. Unfrozen, Ubisoft and Hooded Horse have decided to postpone the release of By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Lisa Kneidl, PR Manager @ Larian Studios © Kneidl, Larian Business Lisa Kneidl Joined Larian Studios Lisa Kneidl has taken up a new position as in-house PR manager at Larian Studios, after spending more than seven years at British self-publishing agency ICO. Lisa Kneidl, who was born in Germany, left the British self-publishing agency ICO (video games, tabletops and more) in October 2025 after more than By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
