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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.

2026 Elections in Berlin: What Do the Parties Plan for Gaming? — Berlin's House of Representatives is elected on 20 September 2026. What are the positions of the parties in regards to the German gaming industry? (Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin/PlayStation)

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G+ 2026 Elections in Berlin: What Do the Parties Plan for Gaming?

With the state elections coming in September in Germany's 'games capital' Berlin, we are collecting the parties' positions on gaming and the games industry. So far, the Greens have positioned themselves strongly for studios, the House of Games and XR, while the CDU do not mention games at all.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Nina Schild Has Been Promoted to Webedia’s PR Senior — Nina Schild is now Webedia Germany's Senior PR & Communications Manager (Webedia/Schild)

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Nina Schild Has Been Promoted to Webedia’s PR Senior

Webedia's Nina Schild, PR liaison for the German publications like GameStar, FYNG and GamePro, has been promoted to Senior position.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Assemble and Conradical Announce Idle Desktop Poker Card Corner

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Assemble and Conradical Announce Idle Desktop Poker Card Corner

Swiss dev Conradical Games, maker of Desktop Dungeon, and Wiesbaden-based publisher Assemble have announced Card Corner, a chill poker game for the corner of your screen. The demo is out now, the game on 9 March.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma — Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma © Marvelous Europe

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Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is a spin-off of a spin-off. This action RPG, farming, and social simulation hybrid is made particularly accessible by a number of streamlining features without compromising the core elements.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Under the Island

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Under the Island

Under the Island by Slime King Games is more than a loveletter to The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. It brings so many of its own ideas to the table that it could well have been a Nintendo-made GBA Zelda itself.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Discord: Game Screenshots Will Be Filtered By "AI Validation and Human Review" — Discord is currently clarifying a lot of questions regarding their age verification, but several questions emerge with new information given (Discord)

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G+ Discord: Game Screenshots Will Be Filtered By "AI Validation and Human Review"

In an interview with Discord, we were able to learn that game studios will have to look out for the content of screenshots on their Discord servers when the age verification rolls out. Questions about the security of ID data still remains in light of recent developments.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Sandro Odak is ZA/UM's New Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer

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Sandro Odak is ZA/UM's New Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer

The company behind Disco Elysium recruits one of GSA's best PR heads: Sandro Odak, formerly of Techland, Microsoft and Webedia, is Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer for the company that is currently working on Zero Parades. His first job: Announcing the demo of the game for 23 February.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Interview: Ben Lochmann on Accessibility and Visual Clarity in ChromaGun 2 — Benjamin Lochmann is the CEO of Pixel Maniacs, the studio behind ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard.

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G+ Interview: Ben Lochmann on Accessibility and Visual Clarity in ChromaGun 2

For the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we spoke to Pixel Maniacs CEO Benjamin Lochmann about their tremendous colourblind mode and what challenges the visual design of their colour-focused game faced in playtesting.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard

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ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard

Pixel Maniacs' latest game is up there with the top games in the first person puzzler genre. While some problems exist in terms of visual clarity, the accessibility options and the tremendous player progression feel more than make up for it.

By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read

Talk & Play Berlin 2026 Now With MBB Funding — (Talk & Play)

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Talk & Play Berlin 2026 Now With MBB Funding

The next Talk & Play event in Berlin will take place on 23 February. The event series has now gotten funding from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg as well.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Benjamin Rostalski: "Variety of Perspectives is the DCP Jury's Great Strength" — Benjamin Rostalski (right) and moderator Uke Bosse at German Computer Game Awards 2025 (Rostalski/DCP)

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G+ Benjamin Rostalski: "Variety of Perspectives is the DCP Jury's Great Strength"

We interviewed Benjamin Rostalski, Head of the Award Office of the German Computer Game Awards, about the jury selection, the award process and who can and can't become juror.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Paintbucket Develops Babylon Berlin Game for the Final Season

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Paintbucket Develops Babylon Berlin Game for the Final Season

While Babylon Berlin goes into its fifth and final season, Berlin game studio Paintbucket will soon release a game based on the hit series and books for PC and Mac in cooperation with the SWR.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read