Gothic: A Shadow's Quest (mockup) © THQ Nordic Publishing Gothic Board Game Spin-off From THQ Nordic After the Darksiders board game, THQ Nordic's board game division is working on another project based on one of their most recognisable franchises, Gothic. The crowdfunding campaign has already been followed by over 4,000 people. THQ Nordic has announced Gothic: A Shadow's Quest during Gamefound& By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Robert Habeck visits HandOfBlood © Screenshot taken bei GamesMarkt Business Chancellor Candidate Robert Habeck Visits HandOfBlood As a cultural medium of the digital society, games and gamers are playing a significant role in the election campaign. This is likely why Vice Chancellor and “Games Minister” Robert Habeck made his Twitch debut during a visit to HandOfBlood. Robert Habeck is no stranger to the games industry. As By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© game - the German Games Industry Association Publishing Five Awards for Best-Selling Games in December 2024 In December 2024, the game association honoured five games for particularly strong sales. Helldivers 2 and Super Mario Party Jamboree both sold more than 400,000 copies. Three games broke the 100,000 sales barrier. In December, game - the German Games Industry Association honoured five games for outstanding sales By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© ExoGenesis Publishing ExoGenesis Signs Publishing Deal With Headup For Inayah Inayah - Life After Gods, the first game from ExoGenesis Studios, has found a publisher: Headup. This partnership includes handling Inayah's distribution and supporting its launch on multiple consoles. ExoGenesis Studios has entered into a global publishing and distribution partnership with Headup, based in Düren, Germany, for the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Megagon Publishing Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Comes out Next Week First downhill biking, now downhill skiing. Megagon Industries, the Berlin-based indie team behind the successful biking game Lonely Mountains: Downhill, will release Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders next week. Berlin-based studio Megagon Industries will release Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders for PC and Xbox on 21 January 2025. The game will also By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Urban Strife © White Pond Games and MicroProse Products Urban Strife White Pond Games and MicroProse present Urban Strife as a classic, turn-based, strategic fight for survival in a zombie apocalypse. The Early Access game is reminiscent of Jagged Alliance and Dead State, but needs a bit more development time, although the core is actually quite good. Old school TBS. Post-apocalyptic By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
The Global Game Jam by The Länd in Karlsruhe in 2024 was probably the largest GGJ in Germany, and it will take place again in 2025 © MFG Baden-Württemberg Development 38 Locations in GSA Confirmed for Global Game Jam As of now, slightly fewer locations in Germany have registered compared to last year. Among the participants are numerous universities, as well as hubs like Gamerei, R42, and Lab4u. Several studios, including InnoGames, Kolibri Games, and Limbic, are also joining the event. This year's Global Game Jam (GGJ) By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
HanseMerkur Challengers DACH: Evolution © TaKeTV Esports Valorant League: New Direction and Extended Partnership With HanseMerkur The official GSA Valorant league is starting with a new concept this year and is also expanding its partnership with existing title partner HanseMerkur. For the first time, esports teams will be actively involved in the "HanseMerkur Challengers DACH: Evolution" in an executive role. The top German-speaking Valorant By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Olly Barnes and Simon Hade (from left) © Nextbeat Business Simon Hade and Olly Barnes Found NextBeat Backed by Supercell Following Supercell's full acquisition of Space Ape Games, former managers Simon Hade and Olly Barnes have launched a new company, NextBeat, taking the music-focused games Beatstar and Country Star with them. NextBeat aims to open up new revenue channels for the music industry through apps and games, with By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
EA Sports FC 25 / Hogwarts Legacy © EA / Warner Bros. Publishing German Games Charts December 2024 With Many Returners and Old Favourites EA Sports FC 25 continues to top the PC and console charts in Germany in December 2024. In time for Christmas, numerous games and long-running titles have returned. Seven games from Electronic Arts are in the top 20. The official charts for December 2024, published by the game association, have By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Guidelight Games / Ghost Ship Publishing Products SpellRogue Rolling dice and manipulating them to cast spells is the basic idea behind SpellRogue - a deck-building roguelike with turn-based combat. The game comes from Guidelight Games and Ghost Ship Publishing, both based in Denmark, with the latter having big plans for this year. SpellRogue is about using magic dice, By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© EG7 Business Enad Global 7 Closes Toadman Interactive and Cuts Jobs at Piranha Games Swedish group Enad Global 7 has announced plans to optimise its business. As a result, the team at Piranha Games will be reduced and Toadman Interactive will be closed. Toadman also had an office in Berlin. Enad Global 7 (EG7) has announced the initiation of a business optimisation plan at By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
