GCB Inside – Wooga with Dennis Korf

People from 49 different countries work at Wooga, and according to Managing Director Dennis Korf, that’s what plays a key role in developing creative games and continuously driving them forward. The users are just as diverse as the company, and Wooga aims to reflect that in its games—whether through the characters or the plot.

Wooga is known for many different games, but its most famous title, “June’s Journey features a strong, independent young woman with whom players embark on adventures and solve criminal cases. Dennis makes it clear that the diversity they champion isn’t just a catchphrase: “You can’t make a game about strong women if you only have a studio full of men!”

What makes Wooga special is that connecting with players—both in the game and in real life—is important to them. For example, they host real-life events for the community while also working to keep their games as up-to-date as possible. They achieve this, among other things, through collaborations with cutting-edge partners, such as the universe surrounding “Wicked”.

In the new “GCB INSIDE,” Dennis shares what he finds so unique about Berlin—where our capital city ranks among the best in Europe—and offers more insights into the games.

You cannot make a game about a strong woman, if you’re only having a studio with men, right?

I’m Dennis Korf, Managing Director of Wooga, maker of June’s Journey.

So Wooga is known for creating many games. The biggest game now currently live is June’s Journey. It’s been live for nine years. It’s played by millions each day, so it’s a huge game, especially with women. Really popular about a main character who explores a murder scene and then goes on adventures. Strong, independent female character.

I think what makes Wooga special is that we really connect with the players, so we see the emotional connection.

I can mainly talk for myself. I started in January 2025. When I got in contact with Wooga, I knew them for the long years of creating games. So high respect for Wooga. I think it’s also how Wooga is perceived in the industry.

When I got in, I saw a really big pool of talented people. Loads of creativity. Of course, a game that’s out there, really big category leader. So it’s a lot of potential. So for me, the buzz in the studio is really strong. So there are 49 nationalities in the studio, and this diversity makes it also that it comes to life.

It’s a live game, so it’s no longer where you release a sequel. You keep on expanding the game that you have. Because it’s hard to make that connection with a player. The player wants to invest time. They usually play a game for more than one year, the game that they love. So they are connected with the game. So if you’re so connected, you know, you need to stay in. You need to keep them in. We need to refresh the game and make it fun for them.

We recently did the first IP collaboration with Agatha Christie and with Wicked into the game, just to give new content to the players to connect it to the other things that they love in the real world.

We really aim for the employees to have fun making games together. So we want to feed this creativity and we really believe that when employees and when the team work closely together, when they connect, when they have different ways of thinking, diversity in thinking, and a bounce ideas off each other, that we get to the best results.

So you cannot make a game about a strong woman if you’re only having a studio with men, right? You need to have this diversity.

So if you think about Berlin. At least for me, I think about creativity, about creative people, open-minded people, diversity in culture, in every person I’ve ever seen. Having this creative pool coming together is unique. You don’t have that much in even Europe already. So I think this already if you compare it to Germany, it’s a unique place where nobody is pretending, everybody is how they are.

Published 16.09.2026