GameDuell in the news
- Ranking of the 35 biggest German game developers published by Gameswirtschaft.de
11.01.2017
- Our tool tip in Making Games Magazine December 2016
20.12.2016
- Gamasutra: First Grand Gin Rummy Tournament has started
16.11.2016
- Office Drop In - A tour of GameDuell's Office
29.08.2016
- GameDuell Studio Portrait on Gamesauce.biz
27.06.2016
- Our tool tip HAXE at Making Games Magazine 04/16
22.04.2016
- Guest article at Heise Developer about glassfish / JEE7 migration
23.03.2016
- GameDuell joins the federal games association GAME (German)
01.12.2015
- Belote.com organizes World Championship (French)
17.11.2015
- The Importance of High-Quality Artwork in Mobile Games
06.11.2015
- JAXenter Java Magazin: JEE-7-Migration im laufenden Betrieb (German)
12.08.2015
- Q & A with our lead developer at Freie Universität Berlin (German)
31.07.2015
- Cross-Platform Game Development with the GameDuell DuellTool
24.07.2015
- How to get a job at Berlin casual developer GameDuell
24.07.2015
- GameDuell hires Nintendo
03.07.2015
- The Duell Tool is finally out there
02.06.2015
- Under the blue sky (German only)
26.05.2015
- Deutschlandradio Kultur on GameDuell's healthy lifestyle (German only)
19.05.2015
- El Passion features GameDuell as one of the 10 most promising Berlin startups
13.05.2015
- Making Games Magazine: From Core to Casual
05.05.2015
- Berliner Morgenpost lists the most popular apps from Berlin
14.01.2015
- Tagesspiegel about meeting of games industry with Berlin Senator of Economic Affairs (German)
17.10.2014
- Gründerszene publishes virtual GameDuell office tour (German)
30.09.2014
- Berliner Zeitung about the boom of creative industries (German)
30.09.2014
- Interview Feature with our new art director on Gamasutra
19.09.2014
- Deutsche Startups: “Als Gründer sollte man nicht an den Exit denken” (German)
25.06.2014
- Making Games Magazine 3/2014 (German)
04.06.2014
- Skillgaming.de Review Balloon Blast (German)
19.05.2014
- Gamesindustry.biz about GameDuell's Casual Connect Presence
20.02.2014
- Bloomberg TV: What Merkel's Re-Election Means to German Startups
23.09.2013
- Die Welt: Weniger Bauchgefühl, mehr Analyse (German)
18.09.2013
- Muensterlandzeitung.de: 18, 20, weg - Skatspiel wird 200 Jahre alt (German)
04.09.2013
- Tagesspiegel: Das liebste Spiel der Deutschen (German)
04.09.2013
- Pocketgamer: Don't count on chat apps being the next big gaming platform, warns GameDuell
10.08.2013
- GDC Europe: Michael Kalkowski talks about 120 new game positions GameDuell intends to fill this year
08.08.2013
- GamesMarkt: GameDuell investiert in Wachstumsmärkte (German)
30.07.2013
- Westfalenpost: Entwickler-Branche boomt - Smartphone-Spiele immer beliebter (German)
24.06.2013
- Morgenweb: Trend zu einfachen Spielen (German)
14.06.2013
- Gamesauce: Casual Connect Asia - GameDuell founder Michael Kalkowski talks about "What Brings Out the Best in People"
21.05.2013
- Deutsche-Startups: "Und herzlich winkt die Queen – Hausbesuch bei GameDuell" (German)
17.05.2013
- RBB Inforadio: "Berliner IT-Branche im Aufwind" (German)
26.04.2013
- TV Berlin: "Politik trifft auf Online-Spiele" (German)
25.04.2013
- Tagesspiegel: "Spielend informiert" (German)
25.04.2013
- IHK Berlin: "Angekommen im Mittelstand? Wirtschaft und Politik zu Besuch bei erfolgreichen Berliner Start-Up Unternehmen" (German)
25.04.2013
- Berliner Zeitung: "Außer Berlin nur noch das Ausland" (German)
12.04.2013
- Gamesindustry.biz: "GameDuell: Langfristig komplexere Spiele schaffen" (German)
27.03.2013
- Telecomsemea.net: "tyntec verifies GameDuell's 80m users"
22.03.2013
- IT-Director.com: "Leading Casual Games Provider Selects tyntec For SMS Verification"
21.03.2013
- Pandodaily.com: "GameDuell turns to tyntec for SMS-based verification of gamer identities"
21.03.2013
- Pocketgamer.biz: "GameDuell CEO Bolik on how mobile fits into the social publisher's aggressive cross-platform plans"
21.03.2013
- Pocketgamer.biz: "Berlin special: A snapshot of how German online game companies are successfully going mobile"
21.03.2013
- Pockergamer.biz: "Gis a job: GameDuell kicks off mobile push with 130 new jobs"
28.02.2013
- Siliconallee.com: "GameDuell Eyes Up Casual Gaming; Recruiting 120 New Staff"
27.02.2013
- Gamasutra.com: "Developing Windows Store Apps with HTML5 - A Showcase"
12.02.2013
- Gruenderszene.de: "Berlin 2.0: Eine Gründung ist kein Sprint, sondern ein echter Marathon" (German)
22.08.2012
- Insidesocialgames.com: "GameDuell: Cross-platform players monetize 25% more than those on a single platform"
20.07.2012
- Gamesindustry.biz: "HTML5: Too Good To Be True?"
11.05.2012
Building on the strength as one of the largest cross-platform games communities in the world and following the recent successes of its Belote.com and Grand Gin Rummy card games, GameDuell will focus on its core business of community card and board games.
Focus on expanding core business
The company is going to expand its popular games and community web platform GameDuell.com. In addition, GameDuell will continue to develop community card and board games for mobile, Facebook and web on its dedicated cross-platform technology and infrastructure that GameDuell has built up over the recent 24 months.
As part of the effort, the Berlin-based games company closes its in-house arcade game development studio. GameDuell thanks all leaving team members for their valuable contribution and is supporting them in finding adequate new career opportunities.
“GameDuell has traditionally been very strong in developing synchronous multiplayer card and board games and building communities around them. The market of hit-driven arcade games has become extremely competitive. We feel that we can achieve more for our community of players by focusing on the areas, where we are one of the market leaders. As part of our strategy, we will now focus on our core strengths in developing and operating community games and utilizing our cross-platform technology. In this field we have a healthy business with a proven track record of 13 years”, comments the CEO of GameDuell, Kai Bolik.
GameDuell has just launched its new multiplayer card game Grand Gin Rummy as a free-to-play mobile app on iOS and Android in late February. Right from launch it was featured globally by Apple in the App Store as one of the best new mobile games. A Facebook version is planned to be released in April.