Cristian Pana leads the new Amazon games studio. © Amazon Business Amazon Opens new Bucharest Games Studio With a new studio founded in Bucharest, Amazon Games seeks to further its presence in Europe. Under the leadership of Ubisoft veteran Cristian Pana, Bucharest games will support Amazon's service games in all business phases. With a new studio founding in Romania, Amazon seeks to further its European By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Jennifer Burckhardt People Aesir Hires Psychologist Jennifer Burkhardt as Junior Producer Since this May, psychologist Jennifer F. Burkhardt is the newest part of Aesir's Producing team in Munich. Since this month, Aesir Interactive has a new Junior Producer: Jennifer F. Burkhardt, studied psychologist and experienced lecturer and workflow & communication analyst, is now part of the team in Munich. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
How are German institutions and European self-regulatory bodies handling the DSA? We talked to (from top left, clockwise) Dr. Jan Eumann, Director of the Media Authority of Rhineland- Palatinate and Chairman of the KJM, Dr. Tobias Schmid, Director of the Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia and European Commissioner of the DLM, Dirk Bosmans, Director General, PEGI and Lorenzo von Petersdorff, Deputy Managing Director, USK. © Todd Trapani/Pexels, Landesanstalt für Medien NRW, Jens Jeske, USK, PEGI Business How Minor Protection Agencies are Grappling With DSA's New Standards By Pascal Wagner • 8 min read
Fully loaded: The top floor of the KunstKulturQuartier in Nuremberg was completely packed with a game dev audience. © GamesMarkt/Pascal Wagner Development Indie Outpost Fills Nuremberg Venue, Speakers Honour Pixel Maniacs By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Lead actress Ella Purnell and show runner Jonah Nolan on the set of the Fallout series. © 2022 Amazon Content Services LLC Business Fallout TV Series Hits 65m Views and Young Viewer Record The Fallout TV series by Bethesda and Amazon MGM Studios had the most successful start with young viewers of all Amazon series. Globally, it reached 65 million viewers in just over two weeks. Big successes for Bethesda and Amazon MGM Studios: The Fallout series was streamed by more than 65 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Serious Bros Development Serious Bros. Ports Imagine Earth to Switch and PlayStation Braunschweig studio Serious Bros. is porting their 2021 planet builder Imagine Earth to Switch and PlayStation consoles in May. Serios Bros, the indie development team from Braunschweig, is porting their laid-back sci-fi builder Imagine Earth from to Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The game is currently available on PC By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Microbird Development Dungeons of Hinterberg Releases 18 July 2024 The much-anticipated Dungeons of Hinterberg by Vienna studio Microbird and Curve Games will release in July for Xbox, PC and Game Pass. The anticipated Austrian action adventure Dungeons of Hinterberg by Microbird from Vienna and publisher Curve Games has gotten a release date: The game will release for PC, Xbox By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Games Ground Business Games Ground Berlin Shares First Look at Programme and Tickets Games Ground Berlin has revealed its schedule structure as well as the two ticket categories that will be sold from 1 May onward. On 1 May, the ticket sales period for Games Ground Berlin this November will commence. The starting period will consist of a limited stock sale that includes By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read