Johannes Hollaender, Team Lead Gaming at Faktor 3 © Stephan Kragl Business Johannes Hollaender Promoted to Team Lead Gaming at Faktor 3 Johannes Hollaender became Team Lead Gaming at Faktor 3 at the beginning of September 2025. The experienced PR specialist has worked for the Hamburg-based brand, corporate and political communications agency since 2017. Johannes Hollaender was appointed Team Lead Gaming at Faktor 3 in Hamburg on 1 September 2025. He has By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
From left: Srecko Filipovic, CEO Maik Reichelt, Jolina Hetscher and new Head of Marketing Timothy Loftus. © ByteRockers' Games People Loftus, Filipovic and Hetscher Reinforce ByteRockers' Games' Marketing With former Crytek Marketing Manager Timothy Loftus as new Head of Marketing and BXDXO veteran Srecko Filipovic as Marketing Manager, ByteRockers' is dialing up the Communications department. Jolina Hetscher joins as an apprentice. ByteRockers’ Games is reinforcing its Marketing team with three additions: From September on, Timothy Loftus will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Curveball Games © Curveball Leisure Publishing Curveball Leisure Forms Publishing Division Curveball Games Curveball Leisure, a Welsh wholesaler and distributor, has launched a full-service video game publishing division called Curveball Games. The new division is aimed at supporting indie and AA developers with both physical and digital launches. Headquartered in Swansea, Wales, Curveball Leisure was established in 2004 as a distributor and publisher By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar © Marvelous Products Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar One of the most popular farming and life simulation games is back in a modernised form for Switch and PC in the form of Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar. This remake is based on the Nintendo DS game Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar, which was released in Japan in 2008 and By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Olliver Heins, Chief Product Officer of Aonic © dg-corporate.co.uk/ Business Why Aonic Focuses on Small to Mid-Sized Companies By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read
© grownarts Products Paws and Leaves Breaks 150% Kickstarter Funding Before Campaign End With three days to go, grownarts from Brake has already successfully funded the Kickstarter of their narrative adventure Paws and Leaves – A Last Tale. Indie developer grownarts from Brake in Northern Germany enters the last stretch of its Kickstarter campaign with the game, Paws and Leaves – A Last Tale, already By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Christoph Kramer is promoting the Nintendo Switch 2 © Nintendo Business Christoph Kramer Is Promoting the Nintendo Switch 2 Former national football player and author Christoph Kramer has collaborated with Nintendo on several commercials for the Nintendo Switch 2 console. The spots will air from this week onwards. Christoph Kramer is presenting the Nintendo Switch 2 in commercials. In the adverts, the football world champion, TV expert and author By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Heavy Hearts, the game by Dammitbird that wasn't allowed in Early Access © Dammitbird, Shady Corner Games Business Steam Denies Early Access Release for Adult Games Valve is no longer accepting Early Access games with sexually explicit content. The renewed pressure on adult games is part of the chain of demands that payment processors put through to storefronts like Steam and itch, but resistance from affected devs and users demanding free art has risen dramatically. In By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Anton Westbergh, CEO and Co-Founder of Coffee Stain / Jacob Jonmyren, Chair of the Board of CSG © Fotograf Hans-Erik Nygren, HE Nygren AB Business Separation of Coffee Stain Group From Embracer Moves Forward The Embracer Group has announced a new board of directors for Coffee Stain Group AB and confirmed that Anton Westbergh is leaving the Embracer's executive management team. He is set to become the new Group CEO of Coffee Stain Group. Embracer Group AB has announced that, as part By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© Nacon Products Hell is Us A horror soulslike from the makers of Mordheim and Necromonda: Underhive Wars – Hell is Us developer Rogue Factor know their way around horror and dystopian settings. If you thought the soulslike genre of games had reached the deepest diabolical reaches of dystopian game world, along comes Hell is Us. The By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Star Birds © Toukana Interactive Products Toukana Interactive Delays Star Birds Due to Hollow Knight The upcoming release of Hollow Knight: Silksong has prompted Toukana Interactive to delay the Early Access launch of Star Birds by one week. Several other studios are doing the same. At gamescom 2025, 4 September was announced as the Early Access release date for Star Birds. However, this date has By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Remote First © Active Fungus Studios Business Active Fungus Studios: Turning a Difficult Situation Into the Best Possible Outcome By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
