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 Under the Hood: Modular Building Kit in Torpor Games' The Conformist In our regular GamesMarkt series In Development, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood in their game making process. This time, Torpor Games shows the modular building set for their coming Suzerain prequel 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 From 15 November 2024 onwards, games without age rating will no longer be available to German customers on Steam. The road up to this point has been long, and Valve as well as agencies have fought for solutions, including potentially better ones for consumers. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Unphased on his third trip to the stage: Sven Ahlgrimm receives the Excellence in Audio award for Oddada. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Development Oddada and Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 Succeed at DevGamm Awards 2024 At the DevGamm Awards 2024, Manor Lords won the Grand Prize of the twelve categories collectively endowed with 100,000 euros in prize money. Star of the evening however was Oddada developer Sven Ahlgrimm, who received two prizes on behalf of Christoph Minnameier's Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 and By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Impressions from DevGamm Lisbon 2024. © All pictures: GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business Impressions from DevGamm Lisbon 2024 On 14 an 15 November, DevGamm is inhabiting the Oitavos Hotel in Cascais near Lisbon for the second time. GamesMarkt is live on site and presents photo impressions of the game area, opening talks, the speakers, organisers and more. DevGamm Lisbon is the DevGamm's westernmost setting: After Gdansk By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
John Romero and Maria Chyrvona opening DevGamm Lisbon 2024. © GamesMarkt, Pascal Wagner Business John Romero Starts Up DevGamm Lisbon 2024 With a keynote by developer legend John Romero, the second DevGamm in Lisbon started today. With attendees from more countries than any DevGamm before and the prestigious keynote speaker, CEO Maria Chyrvona expects a strong event during the next two days. The second edition of DevGamm Lisbon from 14 to By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Kissaki Studios Development NRW Studio Kissaki Releases Mindbug Online Kissaki Studios from NRW has released a big one: Mindbug Online, the free to play PC and mobile version of Richard Garfields dueling card game. The board game license lies with Nerdlab Games from Bavaria. Kissaki Studios from Salzkotten in North Rhine-Westphalia has released the game they have worked on By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Gentle Troll Development Gentle Troll Releases Tavern Talk: Tempest Tantrum DLC The successful cosy game Tavern Talk from Würzburg studio Gentle Troll has received its first DLC, Temper Tantrum, yesterday. The game currently stands at very positive Steam ratings, the DLC will release on Switch as well later on. Gentle Troll has also hinted at their next project. Yesterday, the first By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The starting lineup of 1312 Interactive. © 1312 Publishing New Indie Publisher 1312 Interactive Established in India A new Indian publisher for indies has formed in Hyderabad. 1312 Interactive by Mantena Raviteja and Deepak Gurijala aims to "elevate India’s presence in the global gaming community". The company's name does not refer to what you might think. Just this week, a new indie By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Loot für die Welt © Loot für die Welt Business Loot für die Welt 11 Charity Collects €387,700 in Donations The charity stream Loot für die Welt 11 has collected almost 400,000 euros for charity this weekend. After additional merchandise sales are processed, the money total more than half a million euros will be donated to charity organisations in Germany and around the globe. The eleventh instance of charity By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
