Cat Sales: The Night of the Autodesk Kittens
The Munich distributor presented Autodesk’s trade-fair new products in a trendy atmosphere
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Microsoft with strong increase in sales and profit
The world’s largest software group, Microsoft Corporation, sharply increased sales and profit in the first quarter of the current 2007/2008 financial year thanks to excellent business with its Vista operating system, Office software and entertainment division.
Bigpoint receives the OnlineStar Audience Award
Following the main vote, the winner of the winners has now been decided. Internet users have decided: www.bigpoint.de is their favorite website.
dc days: A look behind the scenes of the game studio
Christopher Schmitz from Ubisoft initiates listeners into the work processes of game development.
Xbox 360 Arcade: Microsoft brings stripped-down entry-level console
Casual gamers as a new target group for the inexpensive model.
Bigpoint enters into media collaborations with Finnish and Danish television broadcasters
Browser games from Germany in high demand internationally.
King.com one of the fastest-growing companies in Great Britain
With a revenue increase of 184 percent compared with the previous year and annual revenue of more than 13 million pounds in 2006 (19 million euros), King.com has been included in the list of British TECH TRACK 100 companies for the first time. Innovative game ideas as well as the constantly growing popularity of online games are reasons for the record revenue.
News from The Witcher
On Tuesday, ATARI celebrated the German premiere of the computer game 'The Witcher' in Frankfurt am Main. Around 250 guests had accepted the internationally active publisher’s invitation and come to CineStar METROPOLIS to experience the presentation of the fantasy role-playing game on the large cinema screen.
NosTale – MMORPG from Asia now in Germany
With NosTale, Gameforge 4D brings one of Asia’s most successful MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) to Europe: The open beta has started in German.
“Go East”- Bigpoint expands into Russia
Market entry through media partnerships with the two largest Russian online portals.
BIGPOINT receives the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50”- Award
With a sales increase of over 4500%, browser-game developer achieves second place.
Nearly one thousand copied GameBoy Advance games seized from female eBay sellers
Nearly one thousand illegally copied Nintendo Catridges with a sales value of 40,000 euros were produced by a police search of two women in northern Hesse.
EA Plans BioWare and Pandemic Acquisition
Electronic Arts plans to acquire BioWare and Pandemic in an expansion of its action, adventure and role-playing development portfolio.
BIGPOINT receives the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50”- Award
Hamburg-based Bigpoint GmbH, a leading provider of browser-based online games (browser games), took second place at the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50” awards ceremony. With the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50”, auditing and consulting company Deloitte honors German companies that have demonstrated special entrepreneurship and innovative strength at a rapid pace.
Online Games Build Offline Communities
German World of Warcraft players use online communities and local gatherings to extend game relationships beyond virtual worlds.
ZDF tivi Online Game Wins GIGA-Maus
ZDF tivi's Startklar für 1, 2 oder 3 wins a GIGA-Maus award for an online game about preparing a television studio.
gamearea Promotes Frankfurt Games Sector
gamearea FRANKFURTRHEINMAIN adds a blog and industry events to connect regional game developers, publishers and technology companies.
OGame Gameforge Classic Still One of the Most Popular Online Games
According to a recently published study by the market research institute Nielsen/Netratings, OGame is one of only three MMOG (Massive Multiplayer Online Games) - alongside “World of Warcraft" and “The Tribes" - to have made it into the top 10 most popular German online games.
Kaspersky Lab Publishes Study on Password Theft in Online Games
Online games continue to enjoy growing popularity. But the more people plunge into virtual pleasure, the more lucrative it becomes for criminals to concern themselves with this subject. Because: virtual possessions can be worth real money in real life. And so some users of online games have specialized in swindling real money through the theft of virtual property.
Console Software Nears PC Game Revenue
German console-game revenue reached €321 million through July 2007, narrowing the gap with PC-game revenue of about €342 million.
Microsoft Backs Xbox 360 with Halo 3
Microsoft is positioning Halo 3 as a major Xbox 360 release, with more than 1.25 million preorders ahead of its 26 September launch.
Games Industry Targets Broader Audiences
Game publishers at the 2007 Games Convention are expanding family and casual offerings as handheld software drives market growth.
Sony Sets PlayStation 3 Sales Target
Sony aims to sell 500,000 PlayStation 3 consoles in Germany by March 2008 while retaining its €599 European price.
GCDC 2007 Draws Record Attendance
More than 900 attendees from over 35 countries joined the 2007 GC Developers Conference, up from 650 in 2006.
Atari Shows 2007 Games Convention Lineup
Atari's Games Convention lineup includes The Witcher, Ace Combat 6, Race 07, Eternal Sonata, and several licensed console titles.
Jamba Shows Mobile Games at Games Convention
Jamba and Mr Goodliving will present sports, action, multiplayer, and other mobile games at the Games Convention.
Online Gamers Fear for Their Image
Online gamers are spending more and more time in virtual worlds.
GCDC 2007 Opens with Record Attendance
The fifth GC Developers Conference opened with more than 870 attendees and sessions on online gaming, outsourcing, and business development.
Spatial View Adds Glasses-Free 3D Gaming
Spatial View's MU 1913 is a 19-inch glasses-free multiuser 3D gaming display based on NEC's MultiSync LCD90GX2.
Online Game Developer Gameforge Secures Initial Financing
Gameforge AG, the largest independent developer and publisher of browser-based Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG), announces the entry of investment company Accel Partners into the company as part of an initial financing round.
Game-TV Streams Daily from Games Convention
Game-TV.com will stream daily news, interviews, esports, and online-role-playing coverage from Games Convention.
Gamecity Hamburg Joins First GC Asia
Gamecity Hamburg will bring Bigpoint, Daedalic, Exit Games, and Fishlabs to the first GC Asia in Singapore.
Gameforge Secures First Financing Round
Accel Partners has invested in browser-based MMOG developer and publisher Gameforge, which reported more than 40 million registered users.
buffed.de Launches Print Role-Playing Magazine
Computec Media is extending online role-playing brand buffed.de into a 128-page bimonthly print magazine.
Europe Leads Global Video-Game Growth
A PwC forecast expected Europe's game market to grow 10.2 percent annually, with online and mobile games driving expansion through 2011.
Serious Games Berlin Network at the Games Convention for the First Time
The Serious Games Berlin network, active since January 1, 2007, is represented this year at Europe’s largest trade fair for interactive entertainment, the Games Convention, from August 22 to 26, 2007 in Leipzig.
Halo Coming to the Cinema Soon?
The gaming scene is speculating about an adaptation for the cinema. Video game Halo 3 is not only being released for PC and game consoles, because The science-fiction shooter Halo 3 is a video game made for the X Box 360 and, just in time for the sales launch this autumn, is causing discussions with interesting rumours.
IDG Transfers Usage Rights for eSport League to Game-TV
GameStar will in future concentrate on new services and the further expansion of its high-reach website / Cooperation offers advertising customers new, cross-media marketing concepts.
The eSports Award 2007
At the Leipzig Games Convention (August 23 - 26, 2007), Turtle Entertainment GmbH is honouring the heroes and supporters of eSports with the eSports Award for the fourth time.
Ensemble Founders Reunite at GCDC 2007
The creators of Age of Empires reunite at the GC Developers Conference ten years after the RTS series began.
“Die drei ???”: New Adventures for PC and Cell Phone for the Cinema Film
Exozet and USM Digital Media turn adventure novels into games / Presentation at the Games Convention
BenQ Backs NGL ONE Finals at Games Convention
BenQ will supply FP93GX+ displays for the NGL ONE eSports finals at Games Convention 2007.
Computer Games Market Grows to Two Billion Euros for the First Time
Sales have already risen to a combined 873 million euros in the 1st half-year.
An increase of 21 percent is expected for the full year.
Eidos Presents Games Convention Line-Up
Eidos is presenting five European and probably eight world premieres at this year’s Games Convention in Leipzig. Among other things, Lara Croft is celebrating her console debut on Nintendo’s Wii.
Game developer 10tacle wants to buy stake in Climax
The Darmstadt computer-game developer («GTR2», «Neocron 2») wants to acquire 29 percent of the shares in its English competitor Climax Group Ltd. (Portsmouth).
Gameforge cooperates with Polish Internet portal
Strategic partnership with Onet.pl brings Gameforge subsidiary nearly 10 million unique visitors per month
SIGGRAPH: FIEA shows its students’ game project
The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) presents its students' latest game project, Master Plan.
Leipzig Trade Fair crowns the 2007 GC video jockeys
Video podcast for the Games Convention online starting today.
Games exhibition at Games Convention
Unique special exhibition shows 35 years of gaming history from 1972 to 2007.
Games world is becoming digital at a rapid pace
While revenue from traditional board games hardly increased in recent years, digital games for computers, consoles and mobile phones generated record revenues.
Market for game consoles in Germany grows
The market is growing rapidly despite some initial weaknesses among the new generation of high-tech devices.
GC Opens Live Game-Development Studio
Games Convention visitors will be able to watch a four-person team build and test a game over four days.
gamersprofile.de online
Web 2.0 application for growing gaming market officially launches today.
Computer games for download – Saturn enters cooperation with Computec Media
After Saturn already offered music and application software on the Internet, games are now also available for convenient download at www.saturn.de.
THQ brings Smudo into the game
THQ Entertainment GmbH announces the collaboration with the well-known hip-hop artist and racing driver Smudo.
Around 22 percent growth in console games
Revenue from console software rose by more than one fifth to around 203 million euros in the first half of 2007. media control announces this.
E3: New PSP from Sony
Yesterday, Sony presented a new PSP at E3, which is expected to go on sale from September. The price does not change.
Huber: “Strengthen Bavaria’s position in the digital games industry”
At the first ‚Gaming Industry Round Table’, Bavarian Economics Minister Erwin Huber yesterday discussed the situation of the digital games industry in the Free State together with media and industry representatives. “The digital games industry is one of the most dynamic submarkets of the media industry, with growth rates of between 5 and 10 % per year.
Sony Delays European Launch of the Playstation 3
Video game console now not expected until March 2007 / US and Japan dates remain in place
First Full Professorship for Computer Games
TU Ilmenau establishes a chair for computer and video games
Study: HDTV Boom Through Football World Cup and Video Games, Mobile TV Disappoints
Market researchers at Deloitte see HD breakthrough this year, but only restrained response to mobile TV offerings