SNK's upcoming Fatal Fury game was prominently through the entire event, taking up most space on the WrestleMania fighting stage. © WWE Network Business The State Connection Behind WrestleMania 41s Biggest Gaming Ad Saudi Arabia's has been criticised for sportswashing efforts in esports before. But the monarchy is using its integrated gaming and esports ventures to lever influence in other entertainment branches as well, as recently seen at the biggest wrestling event of the world. A guest article by Pascal Wagner. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Final Fantasy set for Magic: The Gathering © Wizards of the Coast / Square Enix Business Magic: The Gathering Reveals Final Fantasy Cooperation on Gaming Site For the first time, Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast has revealed the first concrete details of one of its gaming cooperations through a gaming website. On Monday, the company dropped the face cards of its commander decks on IGN. Over the last few days, Wizards of the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Distribution Channels for Games © GamesMarkt, PP Business The Games Industry's Perspective on 2025 - Part #5: Products & Distribution By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The Games Industry's Perspective on 2025 - Part #3: Games Location Germany © GamesMarkt, PP Business The Games Industry's Perspective on 2025 - Part #3: Games Location Germany By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
gamescom 2024 // Polaris 2024 © Koelnmesse GmbH, Bernd Lauter // Hamburg Messe und Congress/Rolf Otzipka Business The Games Industry's Perspective on 2025 - Part #2: Exhibitions and Events By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© GamesMarkt, PP Business The Games Industry's Perspective on 2025 - Part #1: General Outlook By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Founder of Secret Item Games and current one man studio Oswald Weber. © Secret Item Games Development Secret Item Games: "You Must be Able to Take a Punch" From Indie to AAA: On a regular basis, we have a look at a studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: Secret Item Games from Dortmund. Once a development and porting team of six people, founder Oswald Weber is now going it alone again – working hard to survive the By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
John Romero in interview with GamesMarkt, showing off his recent autobiography. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Events John Romero: "Be Proactive, Just get Your Name out There" On site at DevGamm Lisbon, we sat down with Doom maker and Romero Games founder John Romero to talk about the industry layoffs, moving a game company from the US to the EU, the recent strides of Ireland's new games tax break and different ways indie developers can By Pascal Wagner • 10 min read
© itch.io Development Itch.io Now Requires Gen AI Content to be Tagged in All Games and Asset Packs The indie store itch.io has introduced a requirement for game developers and asset pack makers to disclose if their products utilise Gen AI content. Users can then filter for Gen AI and Non AI tags separately if they choose. Indie game online store itch.io has introduced a requirement By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Torpor Games Business In Development: Modular Building Kit in Torpor Games' The Conformist By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Jens Andersson (left) and Axel Torvenius from MachineGames in interview with GamesMarkt. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business Axel Torvenius and Jens Andersson: "MachineGames Stands for the Cinematic, the Story First Approach" By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Steam's own rating system is not part of IARC, but it uses the same age rating steps than all the others in Germany. © Valve Business Steam‘s Long Way to German Youth Protection Compliance By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
