Jari-Pekka Kaleva, Managing Director of the European Game Developers Federation © EGDF Business WALGA Becomes the 24th Member of EGDF The European umbrella organisation for games developers, European Game Developers Federation (EGDF), welcomes WALGA as a new member. It is the second new member this year, after the Estonian association Gamedev Estonia. The total number of member organisations has thus increased to 24 from 22 countries. The discrepancy is due By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dirk Ohler, Head of Product Management & Winfried Diekmann, Managing Director © GamesMarkt, Marcel Kleffmann Business Aerosoft - A German Simulation Pioneer Looks Ahead By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
The Game:in e.V. founders announcing their way to registration in August 2023. © GamesMarkt Business Game:in Now Officially Registered as Association The diversity initiative Game:in is now Game:in e.V.: After the registration process, the association now accepts individual members who want to support their endeavours for equality and diversity in the gaming industry. Game:in goes “e.V.”: The initiative for diversity in gaming is now a “eingetragener By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Koji Kobayashi, Senior Executive Officer, Konami Digital Entertainment and Romy Gai, Chief Business Officer at FIFA © Konami Digital Entertainment and FIFA Esports Esports Cooperation Agreement Between FIFA and Konami Konami Digital Entertainment and FIFA have announced an esports collaboration. Two FIFAe World Cups will take place on mobile and console later this year. The matches will be played in eFootball. Among the member associations taking part in the first FIFAe World Cup are many big names, but not Germany, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Proxy Studios Development Erlangen Studio Proxy Announces Release Date for Zephon On 8 November, Proxy Studios from Erlangen will release their new 4X strategy game Zephon. The title builds heavily on the experience Proxy gathered with their dystopian 4X game Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War. Independent game studio Proxy Studios from Erlangen in Germany has revelaed the release By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nintendo Business Nintendo Announces Alarm Clock Alarmo As if Pokémon Sleep went physical: Nintendo has announced Alarmo, a physical alarm clock full of sensors and Nintendo gaming content. The clock can measure sleep movements, provide Nintendo game audioscapes and can be updated via the Nintendo Online network. It's as if Pokémon Sleep went physical: Nintendo By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© A Maze. Business Early Bird Tickets and Date for A Maze. 2025 Are Set The next A Maze. will take place from 14 to 17 May 2025 at silent green, Panke Culture and Transmediale Studio in Berlin. The first 250 cheaper tickets are now available. The organisers are also looking for idea submissions currently. From 14 to 17 May 2025 at silent green, Panke By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Behind the scenes at 505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni. © 505 Games Events Assetto Corsa Evo World Premiere at ADAC SimRacing Expo 2024 505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni, both from Italy, will present Assetto Corsa Evo at the ADAC SimRacing Expo 2024 in Dortmund, from 18 to 20 October. It will be playable for the first time with a dedicated demo build. At the ADAC SimRacing Expo 2024, which takes place from 18 By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The Largest Game Companies in Germany. Graphic is free to use and share if unadapted. Datasource: game e.V., gamesmap. © GamesMarkt Business These are the Biggest Game Companies in Germany The game association has collected employee numbers on the biggest game development and publishing companies in Germany. For easier visual comparison, GamesMarkt has compiled the numbers into one free to use graphic. The German Games Industry Association game has published data on the biggest gaming companies in Germany. The data By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© Gunzilla Games Publishing Gunzilla Games Has Launched the NFT Shooter Off The Grid Gunzilla Games, headquartered in Frankfurt, has released Off The Grid in Early Access on PC and consoles. The battle/extraction royale third-person shooter is the studio's first project, and its monetisation is based on NFTs and blockchain. Although a release was planned for this year, Gunzilla Games has By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Polaris Red by Xperion Business Polaris Convention Gets Bigger With Polaris Red by Xperion The Polaris Convention, taking place for the third time this year, is getting bigger. Under the name Polaris Red by Xperion, the gaming experience at Hamburg's MediaMarkt on Mönckebergstraße will become part of Germany's second-largest gaming event. In addition to the main event, the Polaris Convention By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© CrazyBunch; Assemble Entertainment Development Hamburg Studio CrazyBunch is Closing After 2024, the Hamburg studio CrazyBunch is closing its doors. Team members shared the news that after the current project Tattoo Tycoon is wrapped up, the studio will be shut down. The team was among other games responsible for two reboots of the Leisure Suit Larry series. At the end By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
