Daily GamesMarket Daily - 07 October 2026: Steam & game Charts, Bavarian Education, KIDS Act, TOMMI Awards & more Steam charts of the week, game charts of the month, the nominations for the TOMMI awards and the Subotron Live Pitch are up today. Also: feedback on the EU Kids Act is needed. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Development Subotron Live Pitch and FROG Exhibition Participants 2026 Revealed Five young studios from four universities in Austria have been revealed as participants at Subotron Live Pitch 2026 on 27 November. The exhibition games for Future and Reality of Gaming a week before are also now public. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
One of the games universities in Bavaria is Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, but other institutions have even more special programmes and labs to offer (LMU) Campus Games Education under Bavarian Skies Games research is big at Bavarian education institutions. The free state has several of the best games programs in Germany, as well as some truly unique offers. We have collected all universities with games courses, as well as some highlights. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Tabletop Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast After the Magic: The Gathering Arena team had already unionised, now the teams behind tabletop Magic and Dungeons & Dragons are joining United Wizards of the Coast. Leadership is asked to recognise the union until 13 October. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Awards TOMMI Nominations 2026 Include ChromaGun 2, Tiny Bookshop, Walk the Frog The TOMMI 2026 nominations are online now, and the winners are now being decided by the children and youth jury. From 30 October, winners will be revealed daily on KiKA. Included game nominations are Pixel Maniacs, Walk the Frog, neoludic, Quantumfrog and more. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Hochschule für Bildende Künste / University of Fine Arts Braunschweig (Hbk Braunschweig) Tabletop AG Games Announces Methods at Play Jam for Analog Games The AG Games is looking for applicants for a "Methods Jam", styled like a game jam, for the study of analog games. It will be held in March 2027 in Braunschweig, with submissions open until 25 October. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(DevGamm) Events First DevGamm Serbia Sells Out For the first DevGamm Serbia x FTW! in Belgrade, the organisers saw 730 attendees, maxing out the venue. By Pascal Wagner •
Rebecca Snell is the new Senior Vice President Social Games at board game giant Asmodee. (Snell/Asmodee) Tabletop Rebecca Snell Becomes SVP Social Games at Asmodee Rebecca Snell is the new Senior Vice President Social Games at board game giant Asmodee. The marketing expert has been in lead positions at the Lego Group, Bacardi and P&G before. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Events GameCamp Munich Returns 23 October 2026 GameCamp Munich returns from 23-25 October 2026 at the SAE Institute in the Bavarian capital. By Pascal Wagner •
Collector boosters will also be smaller than before: with only 12 cards per pack (Wizards of the Coast) Products Magic Introduces Full-Rare 'God Packs', Cuts Foil Commons Coming with the Nauctis set in 2027, both play boosters and collector boosters will have chances to be a 'God Pack' full of Rares. This will likely break the Limited format substantially, especially Sealed and drive prices for collector boosters higher, despite smaller packs. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Products Snapshots: A Visit to the Bandai Namco Cross Store in London London houses one of only two physical Bandai Namco Cross Stores, both in the UK. We've been on site to check out the concept and showcase store, which focuses heavily on gachapon machines and TCG play spaces. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
(All photos: Hooded Horse) Products Endless Legend 2 Amplitude's Endless Legend has been responsible for many shakeups in the 4X strategy genre over the years, and now Endless Legend 2 enters a market in which the genre staple Civilization struggles. Will Hooded Horse and Amplitude make the most of it? By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
