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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.

Josh Sawyer Opens 27th DemoDay at TU Munich (Update) — The organising team of 27th DemoDay TUM, the keynote speaker and a prominent streamer: Among them Johanna Pirker (center front), David Plecher (second from left), Josh Sawyer (center back) and Maurice Weber (third from left) (GamesMarket)

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Josh Sawyer Opens 27th DemoDay at TU Munich (Update)

New 'games professor' Johanna Pirker at TUM opens her first DemoDay with a bang: Josh Sawyer from Obsidian held the keynote about working in small teams in front of a full hall of students. The keynote is now free to watch online as well.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Limbic's New City Builder Corsair Cove Debuts at FYNG, Two German Games Shadowdrop — Venice After Dark, Cralon and Corsair Cove were the stars of the show (Artex/Pithead/Limbic)

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Limbic's New City Builder Corsair Cove Debuts at FYNG, Two German Games Shadowdrop

After Friday evening's FYNG show at caggtus Leipzig 2026, Cralon by Pithead and Venice After Dark by Weltenwandler, Artex and Sebastian Grünwald were spontaneously released. Limbic Entertainments new pirate city builder Corsair Cove has been newly announced as well.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Confoederatio Ludens: Researching Swiss Game History — The CH Ludens crew regularly meets up for research and workshops (Pfister)

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G+ Confoederatio Ludens: Researching Swiss Game History

A team of researchers from four universities has been researching the entire history of Switzerland as a games production and publication market for three years now. We spoke to the team about entering the project’s last year, and how Switzerland’s past formed its present indie boom.

By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read

Luciana Viganò: A Lawyer Making Games, Making Politics — Luciana Viganò is a lawyer, game maker and President of the SGDA (Lezzilegal)

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G+ Luciana Viganò: A Lawyer Making Games, Making Politics

She studied law, then founded her own studio to make games, then joined Switzerland’s game developer association. Today, Luciana Viganó is President of the SGDA – without giving up any of her other paths.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

Interview: How Screamer Made Languages a Character Trait — Lead Game Designer Andrea Salamone talks about character design, voice over and quality assurance in Screamer (Milestone)

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G+ Interview: How Screamer Made Languages a Character Trait

Make it feel like Tekken: Anime story racer Screamer by Milestone has taken a unique stance in their career mode. We spoke to Lead Game Designer Andrea Salamone about multi-language voice over as story-defining mechanic, voice over QA and cyberpunk.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Family Minister Karin Prien Speaks at game Summer Festival 2026 — Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien. (Dominik Butzmann/BMBFSFJ/photothek.de)

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Family Minister Karin Prien Speaks at game Summer Festival 2026

On 9 June's Summer Festival of the game association, Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien will be guest speaker. Democracy education and reaching young people will be the topic of the day, followed by informal exchanges.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

First Speakers for DevGAMM Gdansk 2026 Are Up — (DevGAMM)

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First Speakers for DevGAMM Gdansk 2026 Are Up

Tom Kaczmarczyk of IndieBI, Kat Schreiber of Disobey, Danylo Hoshko of Activision Blizzard/Infinity Ward, Agnieszka Gałecka of 11 bit studios and Michał Gembicki of Bloober Team are the first announced speakers for DevGAMM Gdansk 2026. More submissions are still open.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

GameCamp Bayreuth 2026 Takes Place on 16-17 May — GameCamp Bayreuth 2025 (Lena Remmert)

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GameCamp Bayreuth 2026 Takes Place on 16-17 May

The next "unconference" takes place in Bayreuth when the GameCamp is held on 16-17 May at University of Bayreuth. Anyone can spontaneously hold a talk, collaborate on lectures and workshops or even host a small game jam. Tickets are free.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Two German Typing Games Conquered Steam Around This Weekend — Tap Tap Loot and Cool Story Bro (Irox/ZoroArts)

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Two German Typing Games Conquered Steam Around This Weekend

A good weekend for typing game lovers: While ZoroArts alias Mateo Covic has released his multiplayer chaos typing game Cool Story Bro on Friday, Turtle Knight Games and publisher Irox Games have released the spiritual successor to Bongo Cat, Tap Tap Loot, just this Monday.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Kevin Nielsen Leads New Webedia Events Unit — Kevin Nielsen is taking over as head of the new Webedia Events unit (Webedia)

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Kevin Nielsen Leads New Webedia Events Unit

With a new Events unit in the Webedia Group, Webedia Germany is driving their FYNG and FYNT event business, such as this week's caggtus booth together with Bethesda. Nielsen reports to Dawid Hallmann, Director of Webedia Gaming & Tech and has cross-border collaboration with Poland in mind.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

SNEG and Games Workshop Bring Back Classic Warhammer Video Games — Warhammer 40,000 Chaos Gate is one of the classics returning in Warhammer Classics (Games Workshop, SNEG)

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SNEG and Games Workshop Bring Back Classic Warhammer Video Games

Games Workshop and SNEG have brought back more than 20 classic Warhammer titles on Steam, with future-proof compatibility options as well as Steam integrations.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Second Nexus Festival Introduces Band Lineup - and Coldmirror — Future Palace playing at Nexus 2025 (Anne Göthe)

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Second Nexus Festival Introduces Band Lineup - and Coldmirror

Dead by April, Within Destruction, As December Falls, Grailknights - and Coldmirror: The second Nexus Festival in September has introduced the first bands and stars for the Nerd meets Rock meets Medieval Market event in Leipzig.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read