Interactive Innovation Conference © ESA Business ESA Hosts Interactive Innovation Conference in Las Vegas The inaugural Interactive Innovation Conference, or iicon, will take place in Las Vegas at the end of April 2026. The Entertainment Software Association's event will bring together leaders from industries related to interactive entertainment. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced the Interactive Innovation Conference (iicon), an event By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 © Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel Products Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (PC) Almost a year and three months after Marvel's Spider-Man 2 launched on PlayStation 5, the action-adventure game is swinging its way to PC. Although Sony only revealed the PC features shortly before release. After Marvel's Spider-Man (PS: 2018; PC: 2022) and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Megagon Industries team photo in 2024 © Megagon Industries Business Megagon Industries: With Funding to Self-Publishing and Over 500,000 Players on the Slopes By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
Farming Simulator 25 has sold over three million copies since its release in November 2024. © Giants Software Publishing Three Million Farming Simulator 25 Unit Sales in Three Months Farming Simulator 25, from publisher and developer Giants Software, has sold over three million copies since its release in November 2024. A new roadmap teases upcoming content, including free additions. More than three million people have already played Farming Simulator 25. The game was released on 12 November. "Three By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Portside Game Assembly is the expert conference for internationally successful indie game studios. © Photos from top left to bottom right: Bjoern Weinbrandt, Bytro Labs, Scherer and Nordhaus GmbH, Jan-Marius Komorek Business Portside Game Assembly Is a New B2B Conference for Indie Game Leaders With the Portside Game Assembly, Gamecity Hamburg welcomes studio heads and directors from successful indie game studios to a new B2B conference on a ship and other locations in Hamburg. The Portside Game Assembly will celebrate its premiere as a B2B conference for international indie game leaders on 27 June By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive © Paradox Business Paradox Interactive Buys Haemimont Games Paradox Interactive has acquired Bulgarian developer Haemimont Games to strengthen its position in the management genre. In the past, Haemimont Games has worked with Kalypso Media, THQ Nordic and also Paradox. Paradox Interactive of Sweden has signed an agreement to acquire all shares in Haemimont Games. The acquisition of the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA © Archive Picture Business Electronic Arts: Share Buyback, Tracab Acquisition and Switch 2 as an Opportunity EA released its Q3 report after lowering its guidance. EA Sports FC 25 regained momentum, a single Chief Technology Officer was appointed and Tracab Technologies was acquired. CEO Wilson sees Nintendo Switch 2 as an opportunity. After lowering its targets for the third quarter due to weaker performances from EA By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Chris Mitchell, Senior Director of Marketing at Razer, presented several sets of Sensa HD products to Anneke Hänel, Digital Officer at Elbschule, at Razer's EU headquarters. © Razer Business Haptic Hardware: Razer Teams up With the Elbschule in Hamburg Razer has invited pupils from the Elbschule in Hamburg to a test event at the headquarters of esports team Mouz to give hearing impaired students the chance to try out haptic hardware. The school will also receive a number of these products. In collaboration with the Elbschule in Hamburg, which By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© World's Edge Publishing Two Age of Empires Games Coming to PlayStation 5 Following the announcement that Forza Horizon 5 will be coming to PlayStation 5, two more ports of Xbox games have been announced, this time successful real-time strategy games. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, first released on PC in November 2019, and Age of Mythology: Retold, first released in September By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Wreckfest 2 © THQ Nordic and Bugbear Entertainment Publishing Wreckfest 2 Enters Early Access in March 2025 THQ Nordic and Bugbear Entertainment will release Wreckfest 2 in Early Access on PC in March 2025. The demolition racer will be built together with the community. Austrian publisher THQ Nordic and developer Bugbear Entertainment from Finland will release Wreckfest 2 in Early Access on PC on 20 March 2025. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Assetto Corsa Evo © 505 Games Products Assetto Corsa Evo Just over ten years after the release of Assetto Corsa, Italian developer Kunos Simulazioni has released the sequel Assetto Corsa Evo, initially in Early Access. The franchise is very important for publisher 505 Games. The sequel to Assetto Corsa (2014), Assetto Corsa Evo is the third game in the Assetto By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Sales Status of Nintendo Switch, FY25. © Nintendo Business Switch Hardware and Software Sales Fall Sharply, Nintendo Revises Guidance Last quarter, sales of Switch hardware and software fell so sharply that Nintendo had to lower its forecast for the fiscal year. Despite this, more than 150 million Switch consoles have now been shipped. Nintendo has released its financial results for the first nine months (April to December 2024) of By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
