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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.

Suzerain has Sold 650k Units, 500k on Steam — Ata Sergey Nowak and Suzerain game writer Adam Sharp at the Games for Change Festival 2025 (Torpor Games)

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Suzerain has Sold 650k Units, 500k on Steam

Torpor Games' political narrative strategy Suzerain has sold more than 650,000 units, 500,000 of those on Steam.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big — Jörg Friedrich and the Paintbucket Team accepting the award for Best German Game, presented by Dorothee Bär.

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The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big

Paintbucket Games unifies Best Serious Game and Best German Game for the first time ever at the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP) 2026. Tiny Bookshop is Best Debut, Blue Backpack takes home three cash prizes for Constance and The Berlin Apartment. Anno 117 also takes home a deserved trophy.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

German Computer Game Award Back To Alternating Between Munich and Berlin — Dorothee Bär, announcing the decision along with Fabian Mehring (GamesMarkt)

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German Computer Game Award Back To Alternating Between Munich and Berlin

After it was gone for two years, the fixed rotation of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis between Berlin and Munich is back again. The last two years, the DCP location was chosen in open competition - however, Berlin and Munich had won anyway.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

InterfaceX26 Showcases Fake OS Games, Brings Users To Rally Valve for an Official Tag (Update)

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InterfaceX26 Showcases Fake OS Games, Brings Users To Rally Valve for an Official Tag (Update)

Cobalt Lane, Jumpy Bit, Grey Alien Games and Muscle Cat have teamed up for InterfaceX26, a Steam Showcase for "Fake OS" games. Apart from showcasing the games, InterfaceX26 gamifies tagging the games for an official Valve tag with a bustom web app.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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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G+ 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

United Wizards of the Coast Seeks MTG: Arena Union

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United Wizards of the Coast Seeks MTG: Arena Union

The team behind the TCG videogame Magic: The Gathering Arena is driving for Wizards of the Coast to voluntarily recognise their new union United Wizards of the Coast.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 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

19. GameCamp Munich Takes Place in October — Website screenshot (GC Muc)

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19. GameCamp Munich Takes Place in October

The 19. GameCamp Munich will take place from 23-25 October 2026 at the SAE campus. Before that, the next GameCamp is coming up in May in Bayreuth.

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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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G+ 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

Magic: The Gathering -Secrets of Strixhaven — (Wizards of the Coast)

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Magic: The Gathering -Secrets of Strixhaven

Secrets of Strixhaven might only deliver five Archetypes for its Limited environment, but these pack a punch. The set boasts much stronger Draft and Sealed possibilities than TMNT or Lorwyn Eclipsed before.

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

Hessen Serious Game Funding Call 2026 Now Open — Hesse's Minister for Economic Affairs, Kaweh Mansoori, is patron of the games funding program | Picture: Peter Jülich/HMWVW

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Hessen Serious Game Funding Call 2026 Now Open

The 2026 round for Hessen Serious Game, the funding program of Hesse Economic and Infrastructure Bank, is now open until 18 May. Concepts, prototypes/vertical slices and development can be funded, with two info sessions being offered in the next two weeks.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read