Early footage from the Deadlock playtest. © GamesMarkt Publishing Valve Shadowdrops Playtest for new Hero Shooter Deadlock Through private playtest invites, Valve is letting players test out its newest game Deadlock. It's the first new Valve title since Half-Life Alyx in 2020. About 18,250 people seem to currently be able to play the game through Valve's playtest programme. More than four years By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Indie Arena Booth Business Indie Arena Booth Premiers App, New Vinyl in 2024 With a new app to better get around the mega stand, the Indie Arena Booth organisers at Super Crowd are taking what they learned from the Polaris app and applying it to gamescom. Apart from a plan, the app features sticker collection and the possibility to win prizes, like a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Caroline Flesch joins Marcel Zurawka and Lars Eble at Bluebottle. © Cindy Ngo Esports Caroline Flesch Joins Bluebottle as Senior Business Developer Esports expert Caroline Flesch joins esports data start-up Bluebottle in Berlin as a Senior Business Developer. She is the first hire of the two founders Marcel Zurawka and Lars Eble. Esports expert Caroline Flesch is joining Bluebottle, the esports data visualisation agency by Marcel Zurawka and Lars Eble, as a By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Hi-Fi Rush now belongs to Krafton. © Krafton Business Krafton Buys Tango Gameworks From Microsoft It was on track to be shut down, now it is saved: Korean publisher Krafton has bought Japanese studio Tango Gameworks from Microsoft and ZeniMax. The deal includes the Hi-Fi Rush! IP, but not others that Tango worked on. Tango is saved: As Krafton has announced tonight, the Korean publisher By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Alexander Freund is the new head of the Bochum Campus. © SAE Institute Campus Alexander Freund Becomes New Head of School at SAE Campus Bochum The former SAE Institute student and lecturer Alexander Freund is the new Campus Manager at his Alma Mater in Bochum. He follows on Christopher Seydholdt, who moves to the SAE Institute Germany central team as a Business Analyst. Alexander Freund is the new Campus Manager at the SAE Institute in By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Open Air Kino Köln Business Open Air Gaming Event Opens in the gamescom Evenings Keep the party going - will be the motto of the Open Air Gaming Event by Open Air Kino Köln, Netgear, Nvidia, Systemtreff, Palit and Youcook. Each gamescom consumer day after 18:00, the Rheinauhafen will be transformed into a gaming party with play stations, influencers and a big cinema By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nexus Business Nexus Nerd Rock Festival 2025 Combines Rock Concerts and Gaming Expo for the First Time With a new concept in July 2025, the Nexus Nerd Rock Festival wants to bring rock and metal concerts, gaming and a Medieval market together in Leipzig. The festival emerged from the Nexo - Nerd Expo in 2022, then without the music aspect. Leipzig's gets a new event By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The game design course at HBK Essen. © Patrick Schnorbus Campus HBK Essen Becomes Unreal Academic Partner As only the third institution in Germany and the fourth in the GSA region, the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HBK) Essen gets accepted into the Academic Partner programme of Epic Games. A representative of the company will test the students' games at gamescom as well. The Hochschule der bildenden By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Bitfall Studios are the winners of the evening. © GDD Business Bitfall Wins Big at German Dev Days Indie Awards 2024 Four prices go to Bitfall Studios and joint-copublishers Instinct3 and Stray Fawn at the German Dev Days. Dieter Schoeller, CEO of HeadUp, gets introduced into the Hall of Fame. More awards go to Munich and Düsseldorf. Yesterday’s ceremony of the German Dev Days Indie Awards at the German Dev By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Nordmedia booth at gamescom 2023. © Nordmedia Business Nordmedia Brings Seven Studios to gamescom's Business Area At the Lower Saxony booth by Nordmedia, seven studios are showing their games, among them About Cannons and Sparrows, 1000 Orks and Quantumfrog. The booth will officially be opened by Lower Saxony State Secretary Frank Doods and nordmedia MD Thomas Schäffer. As many other funding organisations are, Nordmedia will be By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Nathanael Liminski will once more open the political reception at the NRW Gaming Area © Heike Fischer Business NRW Gaming Area Features Six Indie Devs and its own Talk Programme Apart from a political reception by NRW minister Nathanael Liminski, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW is presenting six indie devs from the region at gamescom. Furthermore, the booth will feature its own talk and panel schedule including Lena Falkenhagen, creatives from the movie industry and even streamer Jasmin "Gnu& By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Every year, the Debatt(l)e Royale is the political highlight of gamescom congress. Here: The crew of 2023, already featuring two of this years' participants, Franziska Giffey and Nathanael Liminski. © gamescom Campus gamescom congress Present Bigger Politician Debate and Full Programme With the two main topics of 'Games and Artificial Intelligence' and 'Games and Democracy', this year’s gamescom congress is going to be bigger in space and scope. With the programme now online, this year’s political participants are also booked now: Franziska Giffey, Fabian Mehring, By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
