Daily GamesMarket Daily - 25 September 2026: Slitherine Dominion Days, Swedish Unions, Russell Kay, Space Metal Mania & more We see today how it looks when a union does what workers unionise for, and have more European leadership insights for you with answers from Russell Kay. Several releases and port announcements round out the day. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Business Swedish Workers Achieve Union Contract at King Unionen and Engineers of Sweden have achieved a union contract signing at Swedish mobile game dev and Microsoft subsidiary King. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
From left: Aleksandar Marjanovic, Dr. Jacob Mendel, and Daniel Rapp, the new Strategic Advisory Board. People Marquard Group Forms Strategic Advisory Board Aleksandar Marjanovic, Dr. Jacob Mendel, and Daniel Rapp are the new Strategic Advisory Board of Marquard Group from Switzerland, the company behind 4Players and Computec. Their fields: gaming, automotive, and defense. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Business Discord's Age Verification Returns After Discord succumbed to a public outcry over privacy concerns regarding age verification and a subcontractor they wanted to use, the age verification process on Discord now returns. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Serious Games Summit) Tabletop Serious Games Summit Connects Risk-Assessors and Game Makers At the Serious Game Summit in Lucerne, 45 analogue game makers, risk managers at public organisations and researchers came together to discuss the possibilities of games for adult teaching and crisis management education. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
FROG 2026 takes place at Belvedere Museum in Vienna (Subotron/FROG/City of Vienna) Campus Stephan Schwingeler is Keynote Speaker of FROG 2026 Professor Stephan Schwingeler will be the keynote speaker of the Future and Reality of Gaming conference 2026 with a talk on Game Art. FROG takes place 20-22 November in Vienna. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The front side of the Next Level: Saxony! area (Elisabeth Conrad) Events How Saxony Presented Itself at Nexus Festival 2026 As a Leipzig event, Nexus was naturally filled with games from the region. Most developer booths were organised by Games & XR Mitteldeutschland under their Next Level: Saxony! label. Here are all the games that were there. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Swiss Game Awards ceremony 2023 at the Gamesweek Zurich (SGDA) Awards Swiss Game Awards 2026 Accept Submissions for Games and Content Creators Until 30 September and 18 October respectively, the SGDA accepts submissions for games and content creators for the Swiss Game Awards 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Arhi Makkonen, Senior Level Designer at Remedy Entertainment, at gamescom 2026 (GM PW) People G+ Arhi Makkonen on Control Resonant: "Level Design was at the Center" Control Resonant is not just a sequel to Remedy's Control, but an entirely new experiment. We spoke to Senior Level Designer Arhi Makkonen about making Manhattan weird(er), excluding parry systems from the game and taking inspiration from great games. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
(ESA/NASA) Products European Space Agency and Pokémon Reveal Museum Exhibition, Pikachu in Space The ESA and The Pokémon Company have detailed their cooperation for World Space Week in October. A traveling exhibition will show “Space and Pokémon” in several European museums. A Pikachu toy was also at the ISS this summer. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Nexus combines gaming, metal and rock music and countless other sub- and pop-culture hobbies. (Elisabeth Conrad) Events Nerd Rock Festival: A 'Nexus' Becoming the Best of All Worlds Despite music always taking center stage at Nexus Nerd Rock Festival in Leipzig, the combinatory concert, ren faire and pop culture convention has potential for game developers, not least because of the efforts of local and regional actors like Next Level: Saxony!. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Ahmed Ouahab is the new Director of Sales and International Growth at 4Players (Ouahab/4P) People 4Players Hires Ahmed Ouahab as Director of Sales and International Growth With Ahmed Ouahab as their new Director of Sales and International Growth, 4Players GmbH wants to tap new regions in gaming and increasingly non-gaming contexts. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
