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Pascal Wagner

Pascal Wagner

Pascal Wagner is Chief of Relations of GamesMarket and Senior Editor specialised in indie studios, politics, funding and academic coverage.

Terraria Meets Dome Keeper in There is More from Erlangen

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Terraria Meets Dome Keeper in There is More from Erlangen

Carsten Herzog alias ByteBeyond from Erlangen has revealed the Early Access release date for There is More, a procedural mining roguelite: The game will come out 3 March, with Steam Deck compatibility.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Prime and Bethesda Announce Fallout Shelter Reality TV Series — Fallout Shelter game, with a Fallout TV show cooperation (Bethesda Game Studios)

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Prime and Bethesda Announce Fallout Shelter Reality TV Series

People locked in a bunker, pitted against each other in challenges and moral dilemmas: What sounds like a horror series is indeed the coming Fallout Reality TV show, named and styled after management game Fallout Shelter.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Europe’s Oldest Game Studies Course Is Getting Closed — The University for Further Education Krems is closing the doors of their Center for Applied Game Studies. Center Lead Natalie Denk is looking to save projects like FROG otherwise. (Walter Skokanitsch / Denk)

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Europe’s Oldest Game Studies Course Is Getting Closed

The University for Further Education Krems in Austria is ending the oldest game studies course in Europe and closing its Center for Applied Game Studies. This marks the loss of two of the oldest institutions in European Game Studies. Former Center Head Natalie Denk however has plans.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Concert Plays in Frankfurt — The Prague concert. (Warhorse / Shooter)

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Concert Plays in Frankfurt

After a sold-out premiere in Prague, the Kingdom Come: Deliverance II concert tour by Warhorse Studios and Shooter Promotions moves to Frankfurt am Main on 12 February.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Games Workshop Reaches Record Half Year Performance, Bans AI From Warhammer — Kevin Rountree, CEO of Games Workshop, has delivered the interim report for the second half year of 2025.

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Games Workshop Reaches Record Half Year Performance, Bans AI From Warhammer

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is no AI. In Games Workshop's earnings call, CEO Kevin Rountree explained that Warhammer will incorporate no AI art and will not allow the usage. Also, the company posted record revenues in H2 2025, even with a middling video game release slate.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

This German-Japanese Duo Brings Japanese Superstars to Europe — Bringing stars like (starting second from left) Kenji Ozawa, Chihiro Fujioka and Hafu Hafu Ode-n from Japan to Europe: Anemone "Animo" Mournian (left) and Daniel Vetter (sitting) at CCON Stuttgart (Gentle Gamer)

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This German-Japanese Duo Brings Japanese Superstars to Europe

Anemone "Animo" Mournian and Daniel Vetter alias GentleGamer have started an agency bringing Japanese stars like Kenji Ozawa and Chihiro Fujioka to European events. We interviewed the team how they found together, their first contact with Japanese talents and their first gig at CCON Stuttgart.

By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read

Pocketpair and Bushiroad Partner Up for Palworld Card Game

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Pocketpair and Bushiroad Partner Up for Palworld Card Game

A trading card game with collectable creatures? Palworld Official Card Game is in the works at TCG makers Bushiroad, Pocketpair has announced. The physical game will be released on 30 July 2026.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Otto and Brockhaus Now Lead Instinct3's Artist Management Division — Felix Otto and Solveig Brockhaus (Instinct3)

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Otto and Brockhaus Now Lead Instinct3's Artist Management Division

Instinct3 promotes Solveig Brockhaus and Felix Otto to lead the Artist Management division of the Spandau agency. They will head the division for employed and independent creators, respectively.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Imprinted is Munich Veteran Developer Cobalt Lane’s Debut Title — Imprinted (Cobalt Lane)

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Imprinted is Munich Veteran Developer Cobalt Lane’s Debut Title

A new studio sitting in Munich has announced their horror title Imprinted: Cobalt Lane is made up out of and working with veteran faces of the German industry such as Filippo Beck Peccoz, Simone Mändl and Josef Attenberger of DU&I or Alexander Zacherl.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Pro Helvetia Opens Games Funding Call for 2026 — The Swiss Games booth at gamescom (Swiss Games)

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Pro Helvetia Opens Games Funding Call for 2026

Game workers in Switzerland can apply for prototype, production and post-production funding until 1 March with Pro Helvetia. A gamescom travel call is open until 1 February. Pro Helvetia has also updated their funding guidelines for some disciplines.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

MDM Funds Seven Games With 655,000 Euros — Code: 9 by Riding Turtles, one of the funded games of the first MDM 2026 round. (Riding Turtles)

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MDM Funds Seven Games With 655,000 Euros

The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) funds 55 media products with 5.8 mil €, of which 655,000 € go to 7 game and XR products. Among them are Code: 9 by Riding Turtles, Vivid by Team Nava and Actrio Studio's DeMaré.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Interview: How Godot Rose to The Challenge — (Andrè Buse, GodotFest)

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Interview: How Godot Rose to The Challenge

With the fame of open source engine Godot came new and bigger events – but also novel challenges. GamesMarkt spoke to the organisers of the brand new GodotFest in Munich and interviewed Emilio Coppola, head of the non-profit Godot Foundation, about the rise of an engine.

By Pascal Wagner • 9 min read