(TIGA Awards 2025) Awards TIGA Reveals 2026 Awards Shortlist UK trade association TIGA has revealed the extensive shortlists for their Games Industry Awards show on 18 November in London. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Events Play26 Festival Focuses Music from 18-21 November Hey, Listen! From 18-21 November, the topic for this years Play26 festival in Hamburg will be music. An extended schedule is offered for school classes and a youth team is co-curating the festival. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Jari-Pekka Kaleva, Managing Director of EGDF; Genoveva Christova, President of CreaTech Bulgaria; Tsvetan Rusimov (Imperia Online), Board Member of CreaTech Bulgaria and Hendrik Lesser, President of EGDF, at gamescom (CreaTech) Politics CreaTech Bulgaria Joins EGDF The Bulgarian creative cluster CreaTech joins EGDF as the 27th member of the association. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Cherry Xtrfy) Products Cherry and Spark Announce Cooperation German peripheral maker Cherry and Quebecoise wireless communication company Spark have announced their cooperation through "the worlds first ultra wideband keyboard", which operates wireless outside of the 2.4 GHz band. By Pascal Wagner •
Daily GamesMarket Daily - 7 September 2026: TIGA Tax Credits, Sales Numbers for Onimusha, Exit 8 & Dawnwalker, Puzzlez & more TIGA is asking for better Expenditure Credits in the UK, Daedalic launches a new DLC for Star Trek, and we got strong sales numbers from several titles today. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Products The Exit 8 Has Reached Three Million Sales After a movie adaption in 2025 and global success, Japanese indie hit The Exit 8 by Kotake Create and Playism has reached three million sold units. By Pascal Wagner •
Events Paris Game Biz Shows Publishers' Guidelines for 2026 Paris Game Biz has compiled a Publishers' Guidelines document that goes out to applicants and attendees of the event. In it, needs of attending publishers such as sought-after genres are relayed. GamesMarket has provided a supporting French market portrait in it as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business GDC State of the Industry Survey Moves to November The GDC State of the Industry Survey by Informa moves from January to November releases, meaning it is open for answers now for the second time in 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business Finnish Game Studio MiTale Starts Transmedia Publishing MiTale from Finland has announced that it will start into publishing. The indie studio from Turku not only covers digital games, but also board games, graphic novels and books. Submissions will start early next year. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Campus FH of BFI Vienna Rebrands to HWG Vienna BFI Vienna University of Applied Sciences rebrands to BFI Vienna University of Business and Society. The school is one of Vienna's games business education institutes. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily - 3 September 2026: GTA VI Controller, EU Children Survey, Speedrun Charity, Hamburg Funding The EU Childrens Survey is a part related to the Digital Fairness Act that's seldom discussed. We also take a look at the upcoming Disney game by Frontier, and have seen the GTA VI PlayStation controller. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Products PlayStation Announces GTA VI Controller Editions PlayStation is celebrating GTA VI with two special editions of their DualSense controller, sold through their own direct to consumer store. By Pascal Wagner •
