Impressions from Fantasy Basel 2025 (Fantasy Basel) Business Fantasy Basel Returns 14-16 May 2026 Fantasy Basel returns 14-16 May 2026 to the Swiss border city. Many big gaming names are already announced, like Baldur's Gate III voice actors, Nintendo, Media Markt and World of Games. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business Cyprus Job Market is Less Mobile, Highly Mature Values Value and InGame Job have released a separate Cyprus report taken from their Game Industry Employment Survey 2025. The results show Cyprus as relatively static in job mobility, with high burnout risk. Juniors and Regulars remain underrepresented, however. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
AlexiBexi alias Alexander Böhm is now part of Astronauts, the Beans Entertainment creator brand (Beans Entertainment) People Astronauts Agency Hooks AlexiBexi AlexiBexi alias Alexander Böhm is now managed by Astronauts, the Beans Entertainment creator agency. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Johannes Roth is back as Core Production with a N64 brew called Phazer 64 (Roth/Core Production) People Mimimi's Johannes Roth is Back With Phazer 64 As Founder and MD of Mimimi, Johannes Roth hadn't directly programmed games since 2015. Now, three years after Mimimi's closure, he's back with his own game: Phazer 64, published under the new company name Core Production. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Vasco Oliveira, co-founder of Loading Studios, whom we met at DevGAMM Lisbon 2025 with his games (GamesMarket) People Lisbon Devs Are Collecting for Reconstruction After Storm Kristin Retro GameBoy studio Loading Studios from Lisbon has started a charity bundle after storm Kristin has hit the Portuguese regions of Leiria and Marinha Grande hard. All proceeds in February go to Caritas for reconstruction efforts. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Slime King Games / Top Hat Studios) Products Under The Island by Slime King Games Releases 17 February Slime King Games from Bavaria and publisher Top Hat Studios will release retro Zelda-like Under the Island on 17 February. The core team consists of UI artist Johannes (former InnoGames) and art director Simone Grünewald (former Daedalic) and features beautiful pixel art. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Creative Innovation Lab Seek to Fund Digital Solutions for Audiovisual Media Creative Europe Media has opened a fundings call over 7€ mil for tools, models and methods to enhance cultural and creative industries. While games are unfortunately not in the center, audiovisual media in general is covered and related industries are invited. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Impression from Indigo 2025 (David Rozing) Business Indigo Returns 2-3 June 2026 to Rotterdam Now in its second year under the Benelux Games Promotional Initiative, the Indigo B2B game event returns to Rotterdam on 2 and 3 June. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Mag-C 2025 (Jerrografie) Business Mag-C 2026 Sees 30% Growth in Exhibitors 165 exhibitors from 47 countries will show their products and services to consumers this weekend at Erfurt's Mag-C. That means the popculture convention has grown 30 per cent in comparison to last year. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The team of Gentle Troll with CEO Michel Wacker to the right (Gentle Troll) Products Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker Kickstarter Funds in Under One Hour Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker by Gentle Troll has been funded in under one hour yesterday. From then until this morning, all available stretch goals have also been reached, with the team adding more gradually. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Austrian Supreme Court (OGH, Oberster Gerichtshof) has ruled in favour of companies incorporating lootboxes into game modes that are skill-based enough (Austrian Court) Business Austrian Supreme Court: Lootboxes Are Not (Always) Gambling The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Sony and EA, stating that lootboxes in FIFA Ultimate Team aren't gambling since enough skill is involved. While that's a big setback for the players that sued, it also gives clear reference to when lootbox modes are or aren't "skill-based". By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Only the first few of a wide range of judges (Screenshot) People German Computer Game Award 2026: The Full Jury The full jury of DCP 2026 includes people from all ranges of the games industry. Jury head is once again Prof. Dr. Sabiha Ghellal of HdM Stuttgart. The DCP takes place on 29 April in Munich. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
