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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.

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Refining not only the gameplay but the difficulty of Returnal, Housemarque delivers a stunning new PS5 exclusive with Saros. In the center of this now stands Arjun Devraj, portrayed by gifted British actor Rahul Kohli.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

New Young Workers Event Press A To Learn in Leipzig — Press A To Learn will take place at the MacroMedia Leipzig campus (campus photo: Sebastian Widmann/MacroMedia)

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New Young Workers Event Press A To Learn in Leipzig

With Press A To Learn, Games & XR Mitteldeutschland, MacroMedia Leipzig and Next Level: Saxony! are introducing a new knowledge transfer format. It will take place on 10 May 2026 for the first time.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Madeira Games Summit 2026 Reveals Full Speaker Lineup

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Madeira Games Summit 2026 Reveals Full Speaker Lineup

The 2026 edition of Madeira Games Summit, this time not directly before DevGAMM Lisbon but on 7-8 May, has revealed its full speaker lineup.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 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

Caggtus 2026: Our Impressions — Webedia's FYNG City dominated the hall floor. It was effectively an integrated cityscape that included a stage, decorations, Webedia's content center, Samsung's ball pit and the Activision x Blizzard joint booth (GamesMarkt)

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Caggtus 2026: Our Impressions

As the games industry magazine for Europe and Germany, we had to visit caggtus. And while the biggest German LAN party is already enough to visit Leipzig, there was a lot more to love about the event than that.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Insomnia Dev is Offering Booths at "Indie Castle" on gamescom — This knight builds his own castles: Insomnia MD and founder Mike Tkacz is the head behind the construction of the Indie Castle (Mike Tkacz)

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Insomnia Dev is Offering Booths at "Indie Castle" on gamescom

Insomnia Dev is building a whole castle at gamescom as a new indie booth in Hall 10. Booth space is still available, prices are transparent. A new livestream under the brand is planned as well.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

RadiGaMe Transfer Conference Caps Deradicalisation Cluster — From left: Christoph Hebbecker of Attorney-Generalship Cologne, Levke Burfeind (HateAid), Sebastian Galla (Ruhr University Bochum) and moderator Robert Pelzer (TU Berlin) (GamesMarkt)

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RadiGaMe Transfer Conference Caps Deradicalisation Cluster

At the RadiGaMe cluster transfer conference, research partners from law, police, civil society, games industry and media gathered to exchange and consolidate their knowledge and research results.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Venice After Dark: "Developers Deserve a Partner who Loves Games" — From left: Helge Borgarts, Jan Klose (Artex) and Sebastian Grünwald (Grünwald)

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G+ Venice After Dark: "Developers Deserve a Partner who Loves Games"

Artex, Sebastian Grünwald and Weltenwandler have shadowdropped their adventure Venice after Dark on Friday at caggtus. We spoke to them about the publishing market for indies, the game's concepts and the difficult position of adventures today.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Playables: Games by People, Not Companies — Michael Frei (left) and Mario von Rickenbach in their natural element (Playables)

G+ Playables: Games by People, Not Companies

Games have to be playable, but do Playables have to be games? With Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei, creativity is everything. We talked to the makers of KIDS, Time Flies and Pocket Boss about Switzerland, game feel and working with Panic.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read

Fair Play Democracy Steps Into the Light With Open Letter

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Fair Play Democracy Steps Into the Light With Open Letter

Fair Play Democracy, an alliance of academics and serious game makers together with over 50 signatories from games, politics, media and civil society is calling for games to use their power and possibilities to fight against anti-democratic sentiments. Everyone can now co-sign the open letter.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

ByteRockers' and RBTV Debut Docuseries Indie Made — Daniel Budiman (left, RBTV) and Maik Reichelt (ByteRockers' Games)

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ByteRockers' and RBTV Debut Docuseries Indie Made

Showing how games "outside the mainstream" are made: Daniel Budiman of Rocket Beans and Maik Reichelt of ByteRockers' have kicked off their new joint documentary series at caggtus 2026.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Pithead Studio: Realising Our First "Indie" Game — A "Zeche" wherever they go: Björn and Jennifer Pankratz are Pithead Studios (Pithead).

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G+ Pithead Studio: Realising Our First "Indie" Game

Pithead Studio alias Björn and Jennifer Pankratz have released their first new game after Piranha Bytes on Friday, as a shadowdrop on Caggtus' Webedia FYNG show. We talked to them about being just the two of them again and what they wanted to bring back with Cralon.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read