At a visit In Germany, from left: Thomas Pottkämper (Co-Founder and Studio Manager of Ubisoft Mainz), Manuel Reinher (Creative Director of Anno 117: Pax Romana), Alexander Schweitzer (Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate), Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and Benedikt Grindel (Zone Managing Director at Ubisoft; form left to right) © Ubisoft Business Ubisoft Numbers Down After Last Years' Record, Hopeful for Turnaround in 2027 and 2028 Ubisoft's numbers are down from Assassin's Creed: Shadows' record release in March 2025, which is also due to investment and transformation cost in the new group structure. The company expects a strong turnaround in 2028, however. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Awards Nyx Game Awards 2026 Open Submission The Nyx Game Awards have opened early submissions for this years' show. By Pascal Wagner •
Gray Merchant of Asphodel card art over WotC promotional video material. (Wizards of the Coast / Scott Murphy) Tabletop Magic: The Gathering Drives Hasbro Growth in Q1 2026 Numbers Unsurprisingly, Wizards of the Coast is keeping Hasbro's numbers in the black with Magic: The Gathering. The digital gaming sector also grew slightly. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
MAG-C 2026 (Messe Erfurt) Events MAG-C 2027 Starts Ticket Sales Messe Erfurt has started ticket sales for MAG-C 2027. The manga, anime and gaming fair takes place 23-24 January 2027 in Thuringia's capital. By Pascal Wagner •
Products Warhorse Confirms Tolkien RPG and New Kingdom Come Warhorse Studios has confirmed that they are not only working on more Kingdom Come, but also that the rumoured Lord of the Rings RPG is indeed in development. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Mick Prinz, Project Lead of Good Gaming Support (AAS) People Amadeu Antonio Foundation Launches Good Gaming Support With a new portal, Good Gaming Support by Amadeu Antonio Stiftung is offering help, counseling and education around hate, right-wing extremism and toxicity in gaming. Led by Mick Prinz, the platform starts with knowledge and endorsement by Janina Hille, Daniel Budiman and Fabian Siegismund. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Products Thrifty Business The newest cosy game by Spellgarden is a management sim with incredible graphics, laid back shop management and, most importantly, full decoration customisation. Thrifty Business is a banger in the vein of Sticky Business. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Nintendo Announced New Mobile Game Pictonico! Slated for release on 28 May, Pictonico! is Nintendo's newest mobile game. It takes users' photos and builds Wario Ware like minigames around them. By Pascal Wagner •
The afterparty at Digital Dragons 2026 in Krakow. (Picture: Digital Dragons) Awards Digital Dragons Awards Celebrate Bloober Team, 11 bit & Pixel Perfect Dude At yesterday's Digital Dragons Awards, Bloober Team and 11 bit studios took home most prizes. Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur took home the award for best international game. Pixel Perfect Dude won best Mobile game. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Map Map - A Game About Maps is Pipapo's current project. The newly funded prototype is also about mapping (Pipapo) Funding Gamecity Hamburg Funds Map Map Successor and Four Other Prototypes The prototype funding session of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft's Gamecity Hamburg has awarded money to five studios: Pipapo Games, Odd Zeroes, Studio Gutheil, Chasmic Drop and Bird Outside Studio. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
GIST Executive Board Member Cüneyt Devrim is one of the organisers. (GIST) People G+ Gaming Istanbul: "Istanbul's Biggest Advantage is Access" With Gaming Istanbul 2026's date reveal, we talked to Executive Board Member Cüneyt Devrim, about what defines Istanbul in the Turkish gaming market, how GIST handles B2B and B2C combination spaces and much more. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Campus DGSW Announces First Conference The German Society for Game Studies DGSW has announced its first conference at and together with Hochschule Darmstadt, only three weeks before the event takes place. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
