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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.

Rockfish Gets Maximum Funding, tobspr games over 2 Million for "Project 3"
Christmas for space and automation players: German Federal funding reveals the next Everspace and the next shapez title.
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Rockfish Gets Maximum Funding, tobspr games over 2 Million for "Project 3"

With the latest funding announcements from the Federal Ministry for Research, the maximum German games funding amount of 8 mil to Rockfish is official. Furthermore, tobspr might be working on shapez 3 already - with over 2 million in games funding. SimLand and Tap Nine also get significant amounts.
By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
GG Bavaria Business Day 2026: Today's Program, Tomorrow's DCP (Update)
From left: Alain Milly from Microids, Andreea Chifu from Bright Gambit and Max Kübler from Daedalic and moderator Laura Peter opening the first panel of the day (GamesMarkt)
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GG Bavaria Business Day 2026: Today's Program, Tomorrow's DCP (Update)

The GG Bavaria Business Day on 28 April not only serves as a preamble event to tomorrow's DCP in Munich, it is also a welcome opportunity to showcase Bavaria's games industry and bring it into contact with funding and colleagues from around Europe.
By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
PandaBee Studios: "Mining is One of the Best Mechanics for Games"
PandaBee at their caggtus 2026 booth were Beards Go Underground was shown to the public for the first time, from left: Julien Schillinger, Gustav Mehner and Nathan Taylor. (Elisabeth Conrad)
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PandaBee Studios: "Mining is One of the Best Mechanics for Games"

At yesterday's Second Wind Showcase, PandaBee from Leipzig revealed their mining game Beards Go Underground, a potential deckbuilding smash hit from Germany. We talked to studio co-founder Julien Schillinger about the game idea, making mining feel smooth, and deckbuilding inspirations.
By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Exclusive Gameplay Preview: Beards Go Underground
Dig up gold with tools and explosives, chain combos together and work to keep enemies in check in Beards Go Underground, the mining deckbuilder. (All screenshots in this article: GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner)
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Exclusive Gameplay Preview: Beards Go Underground

We played an exclusive gameplay preview of Beards Go Underground, the upcoming mining deckbuilder by PandaBee Studios, and were absolutely enamored by what could well become the internet's next card-based digging obsession.
By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
MDM Funds Seven Game Studios in First 2026 Round
Phillipp Illmer of Level Labs is one of the recipients of the funding round for DrillScape. Level Labs had exhibited their game at the Indie Ground at caggtus Leipzig as part of their membership in the Press Start accelerator (GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner)
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MDM Funds Seven Game Studios in First 2026 Round

Seven studios receive games and transmedia funding from the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung now. Among them are several that exhibited at caggtus too, such as Level Labs, RotxBlau and the narrative company Narradiver.
By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read