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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.

Blueberry from Mellow Games Releases Today (Update)

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Blueberry from Mellow Games Releases Today (Update)

Hidden Trap's and Mellow Games' Blueberry release today, 28 May 2026 on Steam.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Nordic Game 2026: Impressions — The Gallerian is one of Nordic Game's three stages. Here, RV There Yet? developer Tim Badylak, CEO of Nuggets Entertainment shares insights into development (all photos in this article: GamesMarket)

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Nordic Game 2026: Impressions

From 26 to 29 May 2026, the 22. Nordic Game runs in Malmö, Sweden. GamesMarket is on site and brings you impressions from the Slagthuset conference center.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Festival of Creative Industries In Moldova Hosts Game Conference — The FIC festival brings Moldova's creative industries together - in 2026 for the seventh time (FIC)

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Festival of Creative Industries In Moldova Hosts Game Conference

With five days of conference, each one for a different media industry, the 7. Festival of Creative Industries in Chișinău, Moldova also features a whole day for game industry connections, with John Goodale, Owlcat Games and Moldova's indie wonder Vadim Andreev (Troleu), among others.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Europe-Wide Skill-Evaluation Gamebadges Looking for Educators and Testers

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Europe-Wide Skill-Evaluation Gamebadges Looking for Educators and Testers

The EU-funded skill evaluation system GameBadges by universities and associations from Finland, Belgium, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Denmark are looking for educators and game workers to refine their Europe-wide skill badge system.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

22. Nordic Game Starts in Malmö — Nordic Game 2026's moderator Zahrah Isaacs at the conference opening (GamesMarket)

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22. Nordic Game Starts in Malmö

Today, the 22. Nordic Game conference opened in Malmö, Sweden. Four days full of program and exhibition were debuted by Program Director Jacob Riis, moderator Zahrah Isaacs and a walk through Jesper Kyd's career by Kyd himself and Laced Music's Mat Ombler.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

LFG Con 2026 Closes With 2,500 Attendants and Politicians in High Places — Among cosplayers: Federal Minister Dorothee Bär (top center), Bavarian Minister Fabian Mehring (bottom center) and County Council Oliver Bär (fourth from right), as well as LFG organisers (bottom row, from left to right) Johannes Wurm, Stefan Preisinger, Kevin Pollak and Ariane Pollak (GamesMarket)

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LFG Con 2026 Closes With 2,500 Attendants and Politicians in High Places

Keeping on par with 2025, the LFG Con on Sunday closed with 2,500 attendants. Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär came for a spontaneous visit and joined a political panel with Hof County Council Bär, Bavarian Minister Mehring, SkinBaron and GamesMarket.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

German Olympic Committee Establishes DOSB E-Sports gGmbH — Leon Ries, DOSB Board Member for Youth, is part of the initiative (DOSB)

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German Olympic Committee Establishes DOSB E-Sports gGmbH

The German Olympic Committee has established a new esports initiative. The DOSB E-Sports gGmbH goes into operation on 1 June.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Wizards of the Coast Not Voluntarily Recognizing Union — John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast, has sent out letters to unionising workers at the company. (Hasbro)

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Wizards of the Coast Not Voluntarily Recognizing Union

With letters urging workers to "consider" their decision, Wizards of the Coast's President John Hight has made clear that the company will not voluntarily recognise the unionisation efforts of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Bavarian-Made LLM-Battler Promptables for SWR X Lab Is Out — Paul Redetzky's Emergo Entertainment is making Promptables for ARD/SWR. (ARD/Emergo)

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Bavarian-Made LLM-Battler Promptables for SWR X Lab Is Out

Emergo Entertainment, Ivy Juice Games and Neuroforge have made an LLM-driven creature battler in which you prompt your creature's attacks for the ARD AI podcast. The game is out today.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Bubsy 4D

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Bubsy 4D

Bubsy 4D isn't Fabraz' masterpiece (Demon Tides is), but this is still the best Bubsy game ever created and a really good 3D platformer, especially if you like the speedrunning aspect of the levels.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

French Union STJV Reacts to Probable Layoffs at Quantic Dream — Spellcasters Chronicles is going to be shut down on 19 June (Quantic Dream)

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French Union STJV Reacts to Probable Layoffs at Quantic Dream

After Quantic Dream and NetEase have shuttered Spellcasters Chronicles after only four months of live service, french game workers union STJV has published demands to halt layoffs and for management to take responsibility.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

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Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

ZA/UM's successor to Disco Elysium has to fight its own bitter history, and some quirks in presentation, but remains a stellarly written political fiction and very unique video game.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read