© DCP Business Submissions for the DCP Still Possible Until Friday Studios and publishers have until the end of the week to submit their products for the DCP, including entries for the international category. Nominations for Studio of the Year and Player of the Year are also still possible. The submission phase for the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP; German Computer Games Award) By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
GameStop outlet © Archive Picture Business GameStop Closes 69 Stores in Germany by the End of January Following the recent shutdown of its German web store, GameStop will close a total of 69 stores in Germany by the end of January 2025. Following the announcement in December that GameStop would be winding down its operations in Germany (GamesMarkt reported), the company has announced specific store closures. A By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
SPD General Secretary Dr. Matthias Miersch will talk to Felix Falk of game © SPD/MK Business Matthias Miersch is a Guest at the #gamechanger Talk on the 2025 Election The upcoming federal election will shape the future of games policy in Germany. To explore the parties' positions, Felix Falk from game will host conversations with leading political representatives in the coming weeks. The first guest in the new series of #gamechanger talks will be SPD General Secretary Dr. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Another Galaxus logistics center is being built in Neuchâtel, which will supply the German market as well as customers in Switzerland and France © Galaxus Business Galaxus Germany Is Growing Disproportionately With a 27 percent increase in sales, the German division of Swiss online retailer Galaxus has experienced significant growth. Compared to 2022, its sales have nearly doubled. However, the company is still far from achieving the same level of market dominance it enjoys in its Swiss home market. In Switzerland, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Helldivers 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle © DICE, SIE, Playstack, Game Science, SIE, Bethesda Business 28th Annual DICE Awards Finalists With One Nominee From Germany The nominees for the 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards have been announced. A total of 60 games from the year 2024 have been selected. Among them is a game from Germany. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced the nominees for its 28th Annual D. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Dataspelsbranschen Business Dataspelbranschen Reflects Positively on Scholarship Program The first King & Swedish Games Industry Scholarship concluded with a final game jam held at King’s offices in Stockholm. The Swedish association, Dataspelbranschen, has expressed satisfaction with the program and is already eager to create further opportunities for newcomers to the industry. A total of 25 women and By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Steininger Business BMWK Provides Information About New Funding and Corrects Misunderstandings On January 14, the BMWK and the DLR Project Management organise a webinar on the new federal funding guidelines. In its first funding newsletter of the year, the BMWK also addresses misunderstandings regarding the budgets of funded games and the rules for combining funding sources. The virtual kick-off event for By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Gunnar Lott and Chris Schmidt © Stay Forever/archive picture 2017 Business Gunnar Lott Focuses on Stay Forever Co-founder Gunnar Lott has stepped down from the agency Visibility right before its rebranding as keySquare. Moving forward, he will dedicate his efforts to his long-running games podcast project Stay Forever. Lott co-founded Visibility Communications in 2013 (in German) alongside Carolin Freitag, who served then and will continue serving as By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Happy Broccoli Games Publishing Happy Broccoli Games and Snapbreak Cooperate for Mobile Release Duck Detective: The Secret Salami will also be released for mobile platforms in April. Berlin-based studio Happy Broccoli Games is working with Swedish indie publisher Snapbreak. Snapbreak Games started as an indie publisher in early 2017. The mobile game is scheduled to be released on April 9, and pre-registration on By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
In its news section, Streams Charts evaluated the most-viewed streamers in various regions and countries and published the corresponding data in graphs like this one about the Most Watched German Streamers © Streams Charts Business German Streamers eliasn97 and Papaplatte Among the Top 20 Worldwide Streams Charts has published its rankings of the top ten streamers in 2024 based on viewer hours across various regions. We’ve compiled this data into a comprehensive list. Naturally, the resulting top 90 is not exhaustive. For instance, data from Chinese streams is missing entirely. Additionally, Streams Charts only By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch © Dvora Studio, Headup Publishing Headup Releases Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch in Early Access This Month Developer Dvora Studio and publisher Headup have announced an updated Early Access release date for Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch. The game is a mix of deck building, dungeon defense, tactics and automated combat. It will be released later this month. Düren-based indie publisher Headup will release Dvora's dungeon defence By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Xbox Publishing Xbox Developer_Direct Returns on 23 January Microsoft has announced the first games showcase of the year (so far). On 23 January, four games will be featured in the Developer_Direct, including Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. On Thursday, 23 January at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK / 7pm CET, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
