Tag: Toys
Antitrust authority sets conditions for acquisition of Activision by Microsoft
From Call of Duty to Candy Crush With a takeover of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft would secure control of successful games. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Microsoft’s acquisition of game maker Activision Blizzard…
Now the children are also making savings
Nuremberg The children are saved last. The toy industry has been encouraging itself with this saying for decades. But by 2022, parents and grandparents had apparently exhausted all other savings…
Pokémon Go is said to be the basis for the “most detailed map in the world”.
san francisco Little cartoon monsters jump from house to house in downtown San Francisco, hide behind skyscrapers and finally engage in battle at the harbor. They’re scenes from the mobile…
US antitrust authority FTC wants to block Activision purchase by Microsoft
Activision Blizzard logo With the takeover, Microsoft wants to become the third-largest game development company. (Photo: AP) Washington The US antitrust authority FTC wants to block the mega takeover of…
Digital location Germany: Games funding exhausted until 2023
Dusseldorf The Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) is temporarily stopping new applications for federal games funding. This emerges from an industry circular from the BMWK. “The great…
Cloud gaming fails due to a lack of courage on the part of Google and Telekom
san francisco At the world’s largest computer games fair Gamescom in Cologne in 2019, an upheaval in the global industry was to be initiated. The best games should no longer…
The comeback of the Berlin games company Wooga
Nai Chang The CEO took over the leadership of the game developer Wooga 2020 from founder Jens Begemann. (Photo: Wooga) Berlin After the media-covered visit by then Chancellor Angela Merkel…
Gamestop share up 15 percent – cooperation with crypto exchange ensures price jump
Gamestop branch The computer games retailer wants to shift its business more and more into the digital world. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The stock of the US computer games retailer Gamestop…
Tencent doubles stake in Ubisoft
Ubisoft booth at Gamescom games fair Visitors to the Gamescom trade fair 2022 in Cologne play at a booth of the gaming company Ubisoft. (Photo: IMAGO/Rüdiger Wölk) Dusseldorf With investments…
Games industry between awakening and consolidation
Cologne At first glance, the euphoria in the Cologne exhibition halls seems great: After a three-year Corona break, visitors are again allowed to attend Gamescom – the largest video game…
Shortage of skilled workers: Why Innogames publishes salary bands
Entrance area of Innogames in Hamburg The company discloses its salaries. But not only financial incentives are needed in the industry. (Photo: Innogames) Dusseldorf The Hamburg-based computer game manufacturer Innogames…
GameStop chief financial officer leaves – stock falls in after-hours trading
GameStop store front The company’s stock plummeted after the market closed. (Photo: Reuters) Bangalore Mike Recupero has left the US company, reports the politics and news website Axios, citing a…
Financial investor wants to turn toy manufacturer into a global brand
Dino figure in front of the Schleich company headquarters The toy manufacturer wants to compete internationally with the big players. (Photo: Schleich) Munich New logo, new packaging, new slogan: Schleich…
This is how the Playstation manufacturer reinvented itself
Tokyo Sony is currently playing for its future on the lawn of the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. In February, company boss Kenichiro Yoshida agreed with English football club Manchester City…
Hackers steal $600 million in crypto from computer game
Frankfurt It is one of the biggest crypto thefts in history: hackers stole around 600 million dollars from the online computer game “Axie Infinity”. A total of 173,600 ethers and…
Investors discover the virtual world for themselves
Cologne It’s coming soon: “Welcome to the Metaverse!” Football club Manchester City is building a virtual replica of its stadium together with Sony. Fans should be able to watch every…
Investors discover the virtual world for themselves
Cologne It’s coming soon: “Welcome to the Metaverse!” Football club Manchester City is building a virtual replica of its stadium together with Sony. Fans should be able to watch every…
Sony wants to build electric cars – with Honda
Tokyo When Sony unveiled a prototype for an electric car at CES in Las Vegas in 2020, some industry observers still spoke of a PR stunt. But the Japanese are…
Become Snoop Dogg’s neighbor
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. In the early 2000s, a man named Dennis Hope made a name for himself when he seriously claimed…
In the Metaverse hype, billions are spent on nonsense
Mark Zuckerberg “The hype surrounding the metaverse will result in billions of euros being spent on nonsense.“ Dusseldorf For people who work professionally with the Internet, it is good manners…