Horses, by Santa Ragione (Santa Ragione) Products Santa Ragione's Horses Recoups Costs Despite Ban The Italian studio Santa Ragione has revealed that Horses, despite bans from Steam and Epic, has recouped costs. The studio is also chiming in again on the discussion around the bans from stores, and is critisising Steam's overall economy for indies. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Photo: Simon Jolbej/Xperion/Bisalina // Livestream Bisalina Speedruns People Lucina Hum: Bringing Speedruns from the Niche to the Stage Event organiser Lucina Hum has proven that Speedrunning is more than a peculiar niche with her prestige event Bisalina Speedruns. And while charity work might not make rich, the streamer and moderator has proven her staying power in the German event space. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
From left: Theresa Thoma, The Mane Quest's Alice Ruppert and Anna Glinsmann. (Thogli/The Mane Quest) These German-Swiss Cooperators Want to Bring Good Old Horse-Gaming Back Thogli Studios and The Mane Quest's Alice Ruppert have teamed up for Horses of Hoofprint Bay to bring back good, retro-inspired horse games. We interviewed the team behind the FFF Bayern funded project about their ambitions and how they met. By Pascal Wagner • 9 min read
Photo: Manuel Buß People Manuel Buß is new Lead of GameUp! RLP Following on Senad Palic, the new Project Lead for GameUp! RLP at the Innovation Agency Rhineland-Palatinate is recent gamesAHEAD Chairman and MD of KnotHorn Studios Manuel Buß. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The advisory board of USK (USK) People Heico Michael Engelhardt Remains Chairman of USK Advisory Board In its reconstitution, the advisory board of USK re-elected Heico Michael Engelhardt of SOS Children's Villages SH as chairman. Katja Engelbert of the Youth Ministry of NRW is now deputy chair. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Silent Hill f won big (Konami). Austrian streamer René Wurz moderated through the event (Photo: Will Fahy) Products Silent Hill f is the Horror Game of the Year During the Horror Game Awards 2025 moderated by Austrian influencer René Wurz (Luigikid) and presented by Lost in Cult, Silent Hill f was the superstar of the evening. Resident Evil and R.E.P.O. also won awards. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(KiKa) Products Megagon, the Good Evil and funline Media win TOMMI Children Awards 2025 At yesterday's TOMMI Awards, Megagon Industries' Lonely Mountains became best PC children's game and Rascal's Escape by the Good Evil best Education title. Both had narrowly missed a German Developer Award just this month. Other winners include Nintendo, funline Media and EA. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The visitor floor of GG Bavaria 2025 (Games/Bavaria) Business GG Bavaria 2026 Adds Additional Exhibition Day Three exhibition days for B2C visitors instead if two: GG Bavaria 2026 will be 24 hours longer. In turn, the business and career day which was part of the event before will be rescheduled to another date in 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
CEO Maria Chyrvona on stage at DevGAMM Lisbon 2025 (DevGAMM) People Interview: Why DevGAMM Breaks Into MENA Not only was DevGAMM Lisbon 2025 the biggest conference in Europe so far, the organisers are breaking new ground with a Dubai event in 2026. We spoke to Maria Chyrvona about the trajectory, her first two years as CEO and entering under-served markets. By Pascal Wagner • 8 min read
Leon Janßen is the new president of E-Sport Verband Bayern. Sandra Bloy has announced her retirement yesterday. (E-Sport Verband Bayern) People Leon Janßen is New President of the Bavarian Esports Association Sandra Bloy has retired as President of the E-Sport Verband Bavaria, her and the Digital Ministry announced yesterday. Her successor is Leon Janßen, former Organisational VP. Daria Cimpanu holds that position now. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The crew of Games/Bavaria accepting the check for the first batch of money for 2026 from Digital Minister Fabian Mehring (holding the check) (StMD) Bavaria Doubles Games Funding in 2026 At the Christmas party of Games/Bavaria, Digital Minister Mehring confirmed that the funding for games, esports and XR will double to the target amount of more than 9 million euros in 2026. Minimum 4 million of that will go directly to studios. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Bavarian Digital Minister Fabian Mehring announcing the secured funding for the Gamerei until 2028 (Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Digitales) Munich's Gamerei Lease Secured Until 2028 at Least At Games/Bavaria's Christmas party, Bavarian Digital Minister Mehring had presents in store. One of them: The Munich games hub Gamerei will be securely funded as long as he is Minister, so at least until mid 2028. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
