Products Oeuf Stephen's Sausage Roll maker increpare games launches Oeuf, a tight, meditative challenge platformer in which one or several eggs are looking for the way back into their nest. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Mehring and the winners of the GG Awards 2026 (Kaspar Kozub / StMD Bayern) People GG Awards 2026 Honor Irox, Cobalt Lane, Memory Forge, Fire Totem and Spicy Sushi With Oku, A Webbing Journey, OrbiTower, Incredibug and Imprinted, five brand new games won the GG Awards at GG Bavaria 2026. Digital Minister Fabian Mehring presented the community choice award and gave out game certificates to the Level Up Accelerator participants. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Marathon Marathon’s amazing gunplay and tremendous visuals are hampered only by the choices it doesn’t let players take, for now. A snapshot of a game in flux. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Gregorios Kythreotis is founder of Eteo Games and editor of Eteo Archetypes (Eteo) People Why Does A Game Studio Start a Games Magazine? The Creative Director behind Sable has expanded: Not into a publishing scheme or PR, but into games culture journalism. Eteo Archetypes is an ongoing collection of writing by some of the best culture authors in gaming. We talked to head of Eteo, Gregorios Kythreotis, about it. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Products Magic: The Gathering – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles MTG x TMNT is out today, and while the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles make for a middling Limited experience, the Commander deck will do wonders for people building decks and despairing over the secondary market. Check out our first review of a Magic: The Gathering set here. By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read
Products Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set Releases in German 24 March The Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set Heroes of the Borderlands releases in German on 24 March 2026. Wizards of the Coast has also announced new themed seasons that are anchored around horror, high fantasy and champion key books. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
People Jean Guédon is Assassin's Creed's New Head of Content Ubisoft has revealed series veteran Jean Guédon as Assassin's Creed new Head of Content. He starts off strong: With making Black Flag Resynced official, patching Unity up for current consoles and talking about Hexe, Invictus and the last phase of Shadows' support cycle. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Quantumfrog and Pumuckl at gamescom 2025, with MD and founder Hendrik Rump in the front right (Rump) People G+ How the Northern Lights at Quantumfrog Made the First Pumuckl Game in 26 Years Pumuckl is a household name in Germany, and Quantumfrog from Oldenburg release his first game in 26 years today. We talked to MD and founder Hendrik Rump about crafting a Bavarian Kobold in Northern Germany and how three generations of Germans have been influenced by Pumuckl. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Products Pumuckl and the Crown of the Pirate King Straddling the difference between relaxing puzzler and children’s game, Pumuckl and the Crown of the Pirate King by Quantumfrog is one of the best successors to Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. The local coop mode adds even more to the family fun. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Business Gaming Istanbul Returns from 18-20 September 2026 As GamesMarkt has learned exclusively from the organisers, Gaming Istanbul (GIST) is set to return in 2026 from 18-20 September. The GIST Festival and GIST Connect have reached more than 61.000 B2C and 1.700 B2B visitors in 2024. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Natalie Denk is now working on a financial education serious game at social enterprise Three Coins in Vienna (Denk/Three Coins) People Natalie Denk Becomes Serious Game Project Manager at Three Coins One of the heads behind FROG and the former lead of the Center for Applied Game Studies in Krems, Natalie Denk is now making a serious game on financial education at Three Coins in Vienna. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Johannes and Simone Grünwald are Slime King Games. Their game Under the Island is an homage to classic titles like Alundra, Terranigma and Zelda (Slime King Games) People G+ Slime King Games: How Under The Island was Made Almost eight years did Under the Island cook in the minds of Johannes and Simone Grünewald. Now, the game is one of the best retro exploration adventures has been out for two weeks. We talked to Slime King Games about the design, the release and their next plans. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
