Everspace 2: Wrath of the Ancients © Rockfish Games Publishing Rockfish Games Is Back With Another Expansion for Everspace 2 The Everspace 2 team from Hamburg (Rockfish Games) is expanding its space looter-shooter RPG with several new star systems, a new player ship, a new campaign and side missions. Rockfish Games has announced a second expansion. Everspace 2: Wrath of the Ancients will continue the story, adding new star systems By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© ESL Esports Four German Esports Teams to Compete at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025 The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is heading to Katowice, Poland for another Counter-Strike showdown. Four teams from Germany are also taking part in this major tournament. The first ESL Pro Tour (EPT) Championship of the year returns to Katowice for the 13th time (29 January to 9 February), with the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap © Robot Entertainment Products Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Following the (late) success of Orcs Must Die! 3, Robot Entertainment releases the spin-off Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, which retains many of the core elements of the series, but this time without a linear campaign, focusing instead on replayability with roguelite elements. A good idea? Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Ubisoft's three locations in Germany. © Ubisoft Business Ubisoft to Cut 185 More Jobs, Some of Them in Düsseldorf As part of its ongoing restructuring, Ubisoft will be cutting more jobs at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Reflections. Another studio in the UK will be closed completely. Ubisoft is to make a further 185 jobs redundant in Europe. The sites affected are Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
A look at the R42's gaming area. © Gecko.2 Business Game Jam on Data Literacy in Leipzig R42, Gecko.2 and the Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) will host the first German Game Jam on data literacy on 7 February 2025 in the R42 building. The focus of the Game Jam is to address aspects that are underrepresented in games, such as ethical and social issues, as By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
In 2024 (photo), the DCP took place in Munich. This year, the award will once again be presented in Berlin. © Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications Business Dr Sabiha Ghellal Heads Jury of this Year's DCP In mid-February, the expert jury of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP German Computer Games Award) will convene and narrow down the submissions in most categories for the main jury, which will meet later and make the final decisions. One decision has already been made: Prof. Dr. Sabiha Ghellal will chair the By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© MFG Business MFG: VFX and Games Industry in BW is Young, Successful, and Growing Rapidly Baden-Württemberg has become the most important location for animation and VFX in Germany. This is the core message of a new study by Goldmedia, commissioned by MFG. The success of funding is also visible in the games sector. However, the successes in the games industry were already evident in previous By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Dead Island 2 / Farming Simulator 25 / Nobody Wants to Die © Deep Silver / Giants Software / Plaion Publishing Xbox Excellence Awards Presented for First Time, With Two GSA Winners Microsoft has presented the Xbox Excellence Awards for the first time, in four categories ranging from sales to player engagement. Two GSA companies were among the winners. Giants Software, based in Schlieren near Zurich, has won two Xbox Excellence Awards for Farming Simulator 25. The simulation game was named a By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Taipei Game Show Business Taipei Game Show 2025 Draws Record 370,000 Visitors in Four Days With almost 370,000 visitors according to its own figures, the Taipei Game Show has set a new record and also exceeded the total number of visitors to gamescom 2024. However, comparing the B2B success, almost 18 times as many trade visitors travelled to Cologne that to Taipei. The Taipei By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black © Koei Tecmo Products Ninja Gaiden 2 Black The return of the Ninja Gaiden franchise was the big surprise of the recent Xbox Developer_Direct. Not only was the next mainline entry, Ninja Gaiden 4, announced, but a remaster of Ninja Gaiden 2 was also released. So what is this new edition? The Ninja Gaiden franchise from Koei By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
The Animus Hub (work in progress) © Ubisoft Publishing Animus Hub Becomes New Home for Assassin's Creed Games With the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ubisoft is also launching the Animus Hub, which will serve as a portal and platform for the latest games in the series. However, Ubisoft does not see it as a launcher. When players launch Assassin's Creed Shadows for the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Thomas Kœgler, CEO of Asmodee / Lars Wingefors, Chair of the Board of Asmodee Group © Embracer Group Business Trading in Asmodee Class B Shares Expected to Commence on 7 February The Embracer Group continues with its planned demerger into three separate listed companies. At the beginning of February, all shares held by Embracer in its subsidiary Asmodee will be distributed to Embracer shareholders on a 1:1 basis. On 5 February 2025, Embracer Group will distribute all shares in Asmodee By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
