It’s hard to believe how time flies. Another year has already passed since Goodgame Studios was founded, and now we’re celebrating our sixth anniversary! A lot has happened in such a short period of time, and we are very proud of what we have accomplished and a big thank you to our active player community, since our loyal fans are the ones who made our success possible in the first place. Read more
Developing your very own game – the dream of so many friends of the pixel. The development process for an entire game is extensive, and includes everything from finding an idea to designing, prototyping, and all of the various production and release phases. The special thing about Goodgame Studios: every day we work on making our games even better and produce new updates on an almost weekly basis. The development that goes behind a weekly update is almost the same as for an entire game. That’s why in today’s blog we’ll share with you how an update for one of our most successful title Goodgame Empire actually comes to life – this time for the Blade Coast event. Read more
We may already know a lot, but we don’t know everything yet! That’s why we’re always open to new things. Twelve of our tool developers from the game technology studio took part in the first Goodgame Studios Code Retreat in order to improve their skills in test-driven development and pair programming. Urs, the organizer and host of the event, comes from it-agile and is currently working as a Scrum Master at Goodgame Studios. Here he explains the basics of a Code Retreat. Read more
As part of our new advertising campaign, we’re launching a series of TV trailers for our most successful title, Goodgame Empire! The three installments are currently being aired in Germany, Switzerland, USA and Australia.
All over Germany there’s talk about skill and talent shortage – but not here. Thanks to our tried and tested success strategies, we are able to meet our staff requirements and continue to hire new colleagues. In this guest blog entry, Ina, our Head of Human Resources & Talent Acquisition, will present our six ingredients for successful recruitment so that every company that’s interested can try it for themselves: Read more
Many kings in the great Goodgame Empire strive for glory and riches. Some aspire to hold all the power for themselves – that may be bold or it may be foolish! Others know that the key to power is to skillfully apply diplomacy to further their influence and form alliances. Learn all about what diplomacy involves in the newest entry in Sir Ulrich’s commander’s logbook! Read more
