Pitch Level Up 2025 © Jan-Marius Komorek Business Over 60 Mentoring Sessions at Pitch Level Up 2025, Plus Expert Talks and Peer-to-Peer Reviews On 20 February, Gamecity Hamburg hosted its annual Pitch Level Up event, where gaming experts give 1:1 feedback on game pitches. Participants came not only from Hamburg, but also from Cologne and Bavaria. The fourth edition of Gamecity Hamburg's Pitch Level Up took place on 20 February. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Friedrich Merz, CDU leader and likely next German chancellor © CDU / Tobias Koch Business Germany Has Voted: What Does It Mean for the Local Games Industry? The results of the 2025 Bundestag elections are in. The most likely constellation for the next German government is a coalition between CDU/CSU and SPD. But what do the parties have in mind for the games industry? So far, not much. According to the preliminary official results of the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Matthias Kolb, Country Manager GSA & Eastern Europe at [Bandai Namco Entertainment © Bandai Namco, Kolb Publishing Bandai Namco Takes Over Box Distribution From Electronic Arts in GSA Bandai Namco Entertainment will distribute physical versions of Electronic Arts games in Germany, Switzerland and Austria from March 2025. This is a further expansion of Bandai Namco Entertainment's partnerships in the distribution of boxed game editions. Bandai Namco Entertainment is taking over the physical distribution of Electronic Arts By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Für Uns 2025 © Für Uns 2025 Website Business Creators and Streamers for a Constructive Discourse on the Internet Before the Elections On 21 and 22 February, some of Germany's biggest creators, influencers and streamers will come together at a "secret" location and at the gamescom LAN to set an example of togetherness and to emphasise the importance of political participation in the run-up to the federal elections By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
tea makes game / The Elision Effect © tea makes game Business "Tea Makes Games" and the Appeal of Experimental Games Last year, "tea makes games", a student from Trier, Germany, released her first commercial game, The Elision Effect. GamesMarkt spoke to her about the challenges, inspiration and making experimental games. Under the pseudonym "tea makes games", Theia Bähr released her first commercial game last year: The By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Dune: Awakening © Funcom Publishing Dune: Awakening Release Date Confirmed While Funcom had previously announced a spring 2025 release date, it has now been confirmed that Dune: Awakening will be released on PC in May, just a few days after Doom: The Dark Ages. The character creator and a benchmark are already available on Steam. Norwegian developer and publisher Funcom By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Rogue Command © Feneq Business Feneq: How a Two-Man Team Wants to Shake up the RTS Genre With the courage to create a game in the supposedly dead RTS genre and combine it with contemporary roguelike and deck-building mechanics, feneq released Rogue Command in November 2024. For the two-person team, this has been a journey of over five years. They are fully behind the concept, and so By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming / Dom Matthews, Studio Head of Ninja Theory / Katja Hofmann, Senior Principal Researcher and Lead of the Game Intelligence Team © Microsoft Development Microsoft Introduces Generative AI Model for Gameplay In a recent announcement, Microsoft unveiled Muse, a generative gameplay AI model that promises to open up new possibilities in gaming and game development. It is intended to be used for faster creative ideation and to make older games available again. Xbox has presented Muse, a generative AI model for By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Ex-yakuza Goro Majima as a pirate with no memory and his loyal crew © Sega Products Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii A little over a year after the hugely successful and popular Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, fan-favourite Goro Majima returns with his own spin-off, featuring loads of over-the-top action as a modern-day pirate and, of course, plenty of yakuza craziness - in a good way. One year after the events By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© HandyGames Publishing HandyGames Adds 12 Retro Games From Orangepixel to Its Publishing Line-Up As part of its "Hidden Gems Strategy", HandyGames is expanding its publishing line-up with 12 retro games from Orangepixel. The partnership is described as a "major milestone for both companies", combining Orangepixel's creative vision with HandyGames' publishing expertise. HandyGames has announced a new By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Christiane Gehrke, Senior Event Communication & Sales Manager at Factory-C © Factory-C Business Home of Indies at gamescom 2025 Keeps Growing Even more space, even more variety for indie games: The Home of Indies at gamescom 2025 is growing to 440 square metres this year and bookings are now open. Factory-C, the Berlin-based communications agency specializing in gaming and esports events, is returning to gamescom with Home of Indies. Now in By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Autumn, Swann, Kat, and Nora in 1995. © Don't Nod Products Lost Records: Bloom & Rage The next narrative journey from the creators of Life is Strange is called Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. It's also the first game from Don't Nod Montréal, and it's one of the most important titles for the French company, as their last few games By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
