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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.

EU Funded Game Companies Gather in Brussels — From left: Moderator David Deleu, Matteo Lana from Italian Tiny Bull Studios, Benjamin Lochmann from Pixel Maniacs, Thierry Baujard of SpielFabrique and Valentina Birke of Super Crowd ((EU Commission)

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EU Funded Game Companies Gather in Brussels

This week, grant recipients of the Creative Europe Media funding met in Brussels to discuss funding and gather input for the upcoming European funding round from 2028 to 2034.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Media Accreditation for gamescom 2026 Now Open — Journalists and creators can skip the queues. (Koelnmesse)

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Media Accreditation for gamescom 2026 Now Open

Media accreditation for gamescom 2026 is now open. For the first time, journalists and creators only need one form to visit both gamescom and gamescom dev.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

fischerAppelt Promotes Marilyn Salamov to Senior PR Account Executive — Marilyn Salamov is Senior PR Consultant at fischerAppelt (Arndt Oehmichen)

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fischerAppelt Promotes Marilyn Salamov to Senior PR Account Executive

Marilyn Salamov has been promoted to Senior PR Account Executive Technology at fischerAppelt. She is one of the contacts for the PR of gamescom congress and DCP at the agency.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Lay, Wefers and Mathia are the Game Industry’s New Liaisons at DLR Projektträger — From left: Department Head Dr. Patrick Lay, Project Manager Dr. Stefanie Wefers and Deputy Project Manager Paul Mathia (DLR Projektträger)

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Lay, Wefers and Mathia are the Game Industry’s New Liaisons at DLR Projektträger

The new liaisons for the games industry at DLR Projektträger have been introduced: Department Head Dr. Patrick Lay, Project Manager Dr. Stefanie Wefers and Deputy Project Manager Paul Mathia will be the contacts for games and funding.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Secrets of Strixhaven Preview: All Products, all Mechanics

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Secrets of Strixhaven Preview: All Products, all Mechanics

We sat down with the Wizards of the Coast set designers for Secrets of Strixhaven to discuss the key mechanics of the upcoming set, new card treatments, Special Guests and product types available at release.

By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read

Zero Parades Launches 21 May with Full German Localisation

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Zero Parades Launches 21 May with Full German Localisation

The next title of Disco Elysium company ZA/UM, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, will launch in just two months. The game will feature localisation in German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish to start, with more to come.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Ikea Celebrates 20 Years of Japanese Stores With Pokopia Collab — Pokémon Pokopia (Nintendo/The Pokémon Company/Koei Tecmo)

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Ikea Celebrates 20 Years of Japanese Stores With Pokopia Collab

To mark 20 years of stores in Japan, Ikea is cooperating with Pokémon Pokopia. While certain events will only be held in Japanese stores, the Ikea Island in game will be visitable from everywhere, featuring Ikea rooms and furniture.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

This Austrian Made A Supernatural Fan Game And DLC Over 12 Years, All For Free — Jürgen "Jot" Brunner alias Ilikescifi has made Uebernatural and its DLC The Heaven We Deserve over the last 12 years. (Ilikescifi)

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G+ This Austrian Made A Supernatural Fan Game And DLC Over 12 Years, All For Free

Jot Brunner alias Ilikescifi made Uebernatural, a Supernatural series fan game, released it in 2021 and delivered a story DLC today. All of it is free. We interviewed him on love for the series, his time in the GSA games industry and more.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read

Super Meat Boy 3D — (Headup/Sluggerfly)

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Super Meat Boy 3D

Super Meat Boy is a tough nut to crack in 3D, but Sluggerfly brought their absolute best to make a successor in style, form and humour.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

This is the Main Jury Who Decided the Best German Games of 2026 — The full main jury of the DCP 2026 (BMFTR)

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This is the Main Jury Who Decided the Best German Games of 2026

The winners of the DCP are decided; we just don't know who they are yet. Yesterday and today, the Main Jury of the German Computer Game Award has gathered and ruled over the fate of this year's best German games.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

VG Wort Now Includes Boardgame Authors, Royalties for Game Materials — More money in the bank for board game authors, at least through VG Wort royalties (www.kaboompics.com)

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VG Wort Now Includes Boardgame Authors, Royalties for Game Materials

The German VG Wort, collecting society for authors, now uses the board game database of of the Altenburg Game Archive and releases royalties for board game authors. Spiele-Autoren-Zunft demands funding for the continued database maintenance from the Federal Government.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Super Meat Boy 3D Releases 31 March, Physical Releases Come 30 June

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Super Meat Boy 3D Releases 31 March, Physical Releases Come 30 June

The two Northrhine-Westphalian companies Sluggerfly and Headup are releasing Super Meat Boy 3D at the end of this month. The 3D version of the snappy precision platformers comes out for all platforms. Meridiem produces physical NSW2 ans PS5 versions in June.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read