Megagon Industries: With Funding to Self-Publishing and Over 500,000 Players on the Slopes Marcel Kleffmann February 06, 2025 – 7 min read Share this post Megagon Industries team photo in 2024 © Megagon Industries Business What Ubisoft’s German Reductions Reveal About Its Tencent-Backed Realignment In his latest update, industry expert Zoran Roso analyses why the recent job cuts at Ubisoft Germany are evidence that Tencent’s financial injection is actively dismantling the cross-studio co-development model that has defined European triple-A production for over a decade. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read Business Plaion Subsidiary Fishlabs is Cutting Jobs According to its own statements, the Hamburg-based developer Fishlabs is cutting jobs in its development and support teams. The Plaion subsidiary has not provided any details on the scale of the job cuts. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read The Maximilianeum, seat of the Bavarian State Parliament (Picture: Bildarchiv Bayerischer Landtag/Rolf Poss) Insights Goldmedia Study: Huge Potential in Bavaria For the first time, Medien.Bayern has funded a detailed study by Goldmedia of Bavaria as a gaming location, with the aim of providing a data-driven basis for further developing its gaming strategy. The result: the current situation in Bavaria is impressive, but there is huge potential for growth. By Stephan Steininger • 11 min read Politics Paid Random Items: PEGI Changes Age-Rating of Some Released Digital-Only Games In October, the pan-European rating system PEGI began raising the age ratings of digital-only games that had already been released, when these games utilise paid random items such as loot boxes. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read gamescom latam 2026 © game, Koelnmesse Brasil Events Gamescom Latam 2027: Call for Speakers and BIG Festival's Indie Game Submissions Calls for speaker proposals are now open for gamescom latam 2027. Submissions are also open for free indie game exhibitor opportunities at BIG Festival. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read PlayBern Festival 2026 © PlayBern Events PlayBern Festival 2026 in Early November The PlayBern Festival 2026 will take place from 6 to 8 November at the Quartierzentrum Nord in Bern. This year's event will explore storytelling in games through text, mechanics, sound, visuals, and level design. By Marcel Kleffmann • Patricia Freiberger is the new Project Assistant for caggtus Leipzig 2027 (event photo: Leipziger Messe / Niclas Schmidt; headshot: Freiberger) People Leipziger Messe Brings Patricia Freiberger On Board as caggtus Project Assistant Patricia Freiberger is the new project assistant for caggtus Leipzig at the Leipziger Messe. She took over from Michelle Hammer on 1 October, who remains in the team and is responsible for several other parts of the event. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read The new brand identity of caggtus Leipzig 2027 (Leipziger Messe GmbH) Events caggtus Leipzig Changes Brand Identity, Sells out LAN The fifth caggtus Leipzig will take place with a new, much cuter logo and mascot identity. In addition, LAN places for the event are already sold out. The concept of the fair: A consumer expo plus a LAN hall with sleeping spaces, both visitable separately or in combination. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition © Sega Products Sega Stopped Selling Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition Just a few days after its release, Sega Europe and Creative Assembly halted sales of Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition. This is in response to clear criticism from customers. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Business What Ubisoft’s German Reductions Reveal About Its Tencent-Backed Realignment In his latest update, industry expert Zoran Roso analyses why the recent job cuts at Ubisoft Germany are evidence that Tencent’s financial injection is actively dismantling the cross-studio co-development model that has defined European triple-A production for over a decade. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
Business Plaion Subsidiary Fishlabs is Cutting Jobs According to its own statements, the Hamburg-based developer Fishlabs is cutting jobs in its development and support teams. The Plaion subsidiary has not provided any details on the scale of the job cuts. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The Maximilianeum, seat of the Bavarian State Parliament (Picture: Bildarchiv Bayerischer Landtag/Rolf Poss) Insights Goldmedia Study: Huge Potential in Bavaria For the first time, Medien.Bayern has funded a detailed study by Goldmedia of Bavaria as a gaming location, with the aim of providing a data-driven basis for further developing its gaming strategy. The result: the current situation in Bavaria is impressive, but there is huge potential for growth. By Stephan Steininger • 11 min read
Politics Paid Random Items: PEGI Changes Age-Rating of Some Released Digital-Only Games In October, the pan-European rating system PEGI began raising the age ratings of digital-only games that had already been released, when these games utilise paid random items such as loot boxes. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
gamescom latam 2026 © game, Koelnmesse Brasil Events Gamescom Latam 2027: Call for Speakers and BIG Festival's Indie Game Submissions Calls for speaker proposals are now open for gamescom latam 2027. Submissions are also open for free indie game exhibitor opportunities at BIG Festival. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
PlayBern Festival 2026 © PlayBern Events PlayBern Festival 2026 in Early November The PlayBern Festival 2026 will take place from 6 to 8 November at the Quartierzentrum Nord in Bern. This year's event will explore storytelling in games through text, mechanics, sound, visuals, and level design. By Marcel Kleffmann •
Patricia Freiberger is the new Project Assistant for caggtus Leipzig 2027 (event photo: Leipziger Messe / Niclas Schmidt; headshot: Freiberger) People Leipziger Messe Brings Patricia Freiberger On Board as caggtus Project Assistant Patricia Freiberger is the new project assistant for caggtus Leipzig at the Leipziger Messe. She took over from Michelle Hammer on 1 October, who remains in the team and is responsible for several other parts of the event. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The new brand identity of caggtus Leipzig 2027 (Leipziger Messe GmbH) Events caggtus Leipzig Changes Brand Identity, Sells out LAN The fifth caggtus Leipzig will take place with a new, much cuter logo and mascot identity. In addition, LAN places for the event are already sold out. The concept of the fair: A consumer expo plus a LAN hall with sleeping spaces, both visitable separately or in combination. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition © Sega Products Sega Stopped Selling Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition Just a few days after its release, Sega Europe and Creative Assembly halted sales of Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition. This is in response to clear criticism from customers. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
