Aesir Interactive Announces Unicorn Academy And Unveils Its New Corporate Identity

Business

It's our Indieversary! Get GamesMarket+ for Just 1€ a Week

To mark one year of independent publishing, we are offering the deepest discount yet: A full year of GamesMarket+ access for one euro a week. That's just 52€, more than half off!

By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read

Business

Sony Announces Closure of PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita

Five years after the first attempt, Sony Interactive Entertainment has once again announced that the PlayStation Stores on the PS3 and PS Vita will be shut down. The store is set to be discontinued on both platforms by July 2027. This will make it impossible to purchase new content.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

GamesMarket Plus

G+ Alpine Power: How to Keep a Studio 'Still Alive' for 16 Years

From indie to AAA, we periodically showcase a studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: stillalive studios from Innsbruck (Austria).

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Campus

Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #26

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include interface relations in games, a technical breakdown of Lushfoil, control systems and more.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

People

Good Gaming Support: Mick Prinz on Bleak Funding Situation

"The outlook for funding civil society projects is currently just as bleak as it is in the gaming industry"; Mick Prinz of Good Gaming Support talks us through the imminent closure of the project after Demokratie Leben! announced to cut its funding.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read

Awards

Tommi Awards: New Subtitle And Call For Entries For 25th Edition

With a history spanning 25 years, the Tommi Award is one of Germany’s oldest children’s software awards. To mark its anniversary, it is being relaunched as the Tommi Games Award. At the same time, the submission period is opening and the search is on for members of the children’s and youth jury.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Campus

Association for Applied Game Studies Constituted

The former members of the closed Centre for Applied Game Studies from Krems have reconstituted themselves into the Association for Applied Game Studies under chairwoman Natalie Denk. It's the third dedicated game studies association in GSA.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

The Luxury Console Dilemma: How AI-Driven Console Costs Hand Mobile a Structural Edge

In the latest edition of Zoran’s Update, industry expert and consultant Zoran Roso analyses why rising console prices are putting manufacturers in a strategic bind and playing into the hands of mobile gaming.

By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read

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GamesMarket Daily 02. July 26: Road to gamescom, Christoph Hartmann, Alexis Bonte, Chris Kohler, Creative Europe

It won’t be long until gamescom. So not only is Christoph Hartmann starting a new job and Stillfornt beginning the search for a new CEO, but we’re also launching our ‘Road to gamescom’ special, in which we’ll be bringing together all the key information about the event over the coming weeks.

By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read