Events Paris Game Biz 2026 Shares Program and Participant Numbers 120 studios, 30 of which from outside France, delegations from Greece, Poland and UAE, 40 investors: Paris Game Biz starts on 20 October and has released its talk program now. One of the highlights: A studio tour of the Sloclap offices. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Events Invest in Games 2026 Takes Place 11 November in Stockholm Dataspelsbranschen's Invest in Games conference for the Swedish games industry takes place on 11 November Biblioteket Live in Stockholm. New this year are exhibitor stands and bookable meeting tables. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Game composer Takeshi Furukawa (All photos: Takeshi Furukawa) People G+ Game Music Makers: Takeshi Furukawa Game composer Takeshi Furukawa from Los Angeles has scored Planet of Lana I & II, The Last Guardian and Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender. We spoke to him about how game music has reached film music in professionality, refraining from middleware and more. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
The Stortingssalen of the Norwegian parliament, who requested the report (Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) Politics Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority Proposes Ways To Classify Lootboxes as Gambling At the request of the Norwegian Parliament and Ministry of Culture and Equality, the Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority has proposed three ways on how to amend Gambling definitions to protect consumer from loot boxes and skin gambling. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Events Splitscreen Croatia Announces Speaker Lineup The new games event at the Croatian coast Splitscreen has opened early bird sales and announced the speaker lineup, including Rami Ismail, Rebecca Lautner, Astrid Refstrup, Cristoffer Bodegard and many more. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Funding MGZstart Funding Submissions Open for 2027 Until 30 Novembers, media makers in North Rhine-Westphalia can apply for the MGZstart 2027 funding of Mediengründerzentrum NRW. Games can be funded as well and have been in the past. By Pascal Wagner •
Tabletop Electric Callboy Releases Its Own Neverrift TCG Expansion German metalcore band Electric Callboy goes TCG: With a full expansion for the German TCG Neverrift, out in December. By Pascal Wagner •
(Multiverse C, Raphael Kast) Events Game on Symphony Plays at RBB in Berlin on 23 October The next Game on Symphony concert of ARD Klassik takes place in Berlin on 23 October at the RBB. Afterwards, the concert series moves back to Munich for a December issue. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Swiss team of Oopsie Daisies (Oopsie Daisies) Products Arte and Oopsie Daisies Release Tom the Postgirl on 29 October Arte and the Swiss studio Oopsie Daisies have announced the release date for Tom the Postgirl as 29 October. The 'creepy cute game' is described as "between Adult Swim and children's book". By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Burn With Me by Nozomu Games Out Now Burn With Me by Munich studio Nozomu Games has released on 12 October 2026. The game combines hand-drawn graphics with live-action hand movements, creating an eerie atmosphere. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Hamburg Messe und Congress / René Zieger) Events Fifth Polaris Reaches 55,000 Visitor Record For its fifth anniversary, Polaris Convention in Hamburg has reached 55,000 people. It is the biggest German games & pop culture fair after gamescom. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Not nearly as raunchy as the old titles, with some clever gags and especially popular in the German speaking areas, the new Larry games are leaving storefronts (Assemble) Products Assemble Retires Leisure Suit Larry Reboots Likely for licensing reasons, Assemble Entertainment takes the two Leisure Suit Larry reimaginings by CrazyBunch off storefronts on 23 October. Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice are on sale until then. The license sits with EA through Codemasters. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
