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75% Fewer Job Ads – Surprising Figures on the German Games Job Market at Games Ground

Given the never-ending reports of layoffs in the gaming industry, the topic of jobs was naturally also on the agenda at the Games Ground Festival. Achim Quinke, who runs Games-Career.com alongside his agency, had some surprising figures to share.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

Deep Rock Galactic's Future, and Why Ghost Ship Partners With Invisible Walls

Ghost Ship Publishing has postponed the Early Access release of Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core until Q2 2026, and has entered into a partnership with Invisible Walls. This studio will now be responsible for the ongoing development of Deep Rock Galactic. Season 6 was also announced at the same time.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read

The Steam Hardware Ecosystem and It's Secret Sauce

A controller. A mini PC. A VR headset. Valve has announced a huge expansion to the Steam Headware ecosystem. Everything is compatible with each other. Everything is a PC. And none of it runs on Windows. A commentary by Marcel Kleffmann.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

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Games Ground Berlin 2025 Officially Opened

With the opening photo and a short welcome speech, the third Games Ground Berlin has been opened, which is open for two days for business visitors and two days for consumers.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Unity Awards 2025 Voting is Underway, With Hopes for Photon, Megagon, Ocomotive, Neoludig and More

Voting for the 17th Unity Awards is open until November 21. The awards ceremony is scheduled for December 2. Until then, all nominees can hope to win, including several studios and a creator from GSA.

By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read

Aldamami Games' Bloodletter Launches at the End of March 2026

The German studio Aldamami Games has announced that its eerie medieval strategy deckbuilder game, Bloodletter, will be released on 31 March 2026. This will be the Berlin-based indie studio's first game.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Indie Game Awards 2025 Nominations

The nominations for the 2025 Indie Game Awards (IGAs) have been announced. Those nominated from Germany, Switzerland and Austria include Assemble Entertainment, Happy Broccoli Games, Joel Schoch, Okomotive, Lululu Entertainment, Philipp Stollenmayer, Playables and Zockrates Laboratories.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Astragon Will Launch Storage Hunter Simulator in Two Weeks

Storage Hunter Simulator is set to reach version 1.0 on 27 November 2025. The game is being published by astragon and was developed by Raccoons Studios, part of the Polish company BeardedBrothers.Games.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Business

Europe's Game Developers Association EGDF Grows With Irish IMIRT as New Member

IMIRT (The Irish Game Makers Association) is the 26th member from 24 countries of the EGDF (European Games Developer Federation),which only accepts national associations but not game companies.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Game Studies Watchlist #45

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include an analysis German hit indie game Signalis, board games, truckers playing Truck Simulator and more.

By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read

Ubisoft Postponed the Release of Its Earnings Results and Halted Share Trading

French publisher Ubisoft was due to present its quarterly results yesterday, but postponed the announcement at short notice, even suspending trading in its shares. No reasons were given.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Business

Games Ground: Press Start, Sustainability, Indies, and Unvarnished Truths

On the first business day of Games Ground, in addition to the approximately 100 indie games on display, numerous first-class lectures and panels dominated the event, even if they did not always receive the attention they deserved.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

Business

Europe's Game Developers Association EGDF Grows With Irish IMIRT as New Member

IMIRT (The Irish Game Makers Association) is the 26th member from 24 countries of the EGDF (European Games Developer Federation),which only accepts national associations but not game companies.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Game Studies Watchlist #45

By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read

Games Ground: Press Start, Sustainability, Indies, and Unvarnished Truths

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

Eintracht Frankfurt Esports and Maggi Extend Partnership

The initial contract was for a relatively short term, but the trial appears to have been successful: Maggi will continue to sponsor Eintracht Frankfurt Esports in order to position itself with its target audience.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

People

Paluten Animated Movie Gets Funding by FFF Bavaria

For their animated movie about the Paluten book series, YouTuber Patrick Mayer and production company Odeon Fiction from Munich are getting 300,000 euros from FFF Bayern in the current movie funding round.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Anja Lorenz Joined ICO Partners as Senior Communications Manager

After spending several years at Kalypso Media and Faktor 3, Anja Lorenz is moving to the British self-publishing agency ICO Partners, taking up the position of Senior Communications Manager Germany.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg

Wiebke Wiesner will become the new managing director of Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). She will succeed Carl Bergengruen on July 1, 2026.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Katharina Popp Joins Owlcat Games as PR Manager

PR expert Katharina Popp started work as PR Manager for Owlcat Games this November. She has been at Marchsreiter for the last seven and a half years.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Unity Awards 2025 Voting is Underway, With Hopes for Photon, Megagon, Ocomotive, Neoludig and More

By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read

ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard Launches 12 February 2026

Not only does Pixel Maniacs' ChromaGun 2 finally release on 12 February next year, it will also come with physical editions for PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch 2.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Spongebob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide

The third new Spongebob game by Purple Lamb is the Vienna studio's most original franchise title yet.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Six New Releases in the German Top 10 in October 2025

October brings major changes to the German games charts. In addition to the new leader, Battlefield 6, five other new entries make it into the top ten, including two titles for the Switch platforms.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

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Unity Awards 2025 Voting is Underway, With Hopes for Photon, Megagon, Ocomotive, Neoludig and More

By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read

Aldamami Games' Bloodletter Launches at the End of March 2026

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Indie Game Awards 2025 Nominations

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Astragon Will Launch Storage Hunter Simulator in Two Weeks

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Business

Europe's Game Developers Association EGDF Grows With Irish IMIRT as New Member

IMIRT (The Irish Game Makers Association) is the 26th member from 24 countries of the EGDF (European Games Developer Federation),which only accepts national associations but not game companies.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Campus

Game Studies Watchlist #45

By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read

Ubisoft Postponed the Release of Its Earnings Results and Halted Share Trading

French publisher Ubisoft was due to present its quarterly results yesterday, but postponed the announcement at short notice, even suspending trading in its shares. No reasons were given.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Business

Games Ground: Press Start, Sustainability, Indies, and Unvarnished Truths

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

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