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Stephan Steininger

Stephan Steininger

Stephan Steininger is Director of Operations and Editor-in-Chief of GamesMarket. As part of the magazine since its inception in 2001, he knows the GSA games industry by heart.

FPS Star Developer Vince Zampella Dies in Car Accident — Screenshot "Gaming Interviews" on YouTube with Vince Zampella and Battlefield-General Manager Byron Beede

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FPS Star Developer Vince Zampella Dies in Car Accident

Vince Zampella, co-founder of Respawn and responsible for the Battlefield franchise at Electronic Arts, among other IPs, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. The accident has caused sadness throughout the industry.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Studios From GSA and Europe at the Mundo Gaming Showcase

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Studios From GSA and Europe at the Mundo Gaming Showcase

Over 30 studios and games, many of them from Europe, including some from the GSA, presented themselves at the Mundo Gamer Showcase shortly before Christmas.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Serious Play Conference: European Edition Planned for Mid-June in Mainz

Serious Play Conference: European Edition Planned for Mid-June in Mainz

Tickets for Serious Play Europe 2026 are available at the super early bird rate until the end of the year, and the call for speakers is open until February 1. The European offshoot of what it claims to be North America's largest serious games conference will take place on June 18 and 19 in Mainz.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Jumpgate and Tivola Sign Contract with Mobile Games Publisher for New Game Project — Tivola received the DCP in the Best Mobile Game category for Cat Rescue Story in 2024. | Screenshot: Tivola

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Jumpgate and Tivola Sign Contract with Mobile Games Publisher for New Game Project

Jumpgate has announced the signing of a new development contract with an unnamed mobile games publisher. The contract is for a game that is also still unknown, which will be produced largely by Tivola.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

EFGAMP Collaborate with Women in Games and Joins Its New Partnership Board

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EFGAMP Collaborate with Women in Games and Joins Its New Partnership Board

The European network of games archives, EFGAMP, and Women in Games have agreed on a partnership that will serve as a framework for collaboration on several projects. EFGAMP will also be part of the new Partnership Board, which Women in Games presented at the beginning of December.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Bandai Namco Sells Limbic Entertainment to Private Investor

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Bandai Namco Sells Limbic Entertainment to Private Investor

Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has divested Limbic Entertainment, a studio that had been part of the company since 2022. The buyer is an unnamed private investor specializing in video games.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Newzoo Reviews 2025 so far and Sees Fundamental Change in the Market

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Newzoo Reviews 2025 so far and Sees Fundamental Change in the Market

Shortly before Christmas, Newzoo issued a new market forecast based on data from the first eleven months of the year. It assumes a global market volume of US$197 billion. In addition, market researchers have identified a concentration of the most important IPs among fewer and fewer companies.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

1SP Agency Opens New Office in Munich — Markus Oeller and Torsten Oppemann (from Left), both Co-Founder and Co-CEO of 1SP Agency

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1SP Agency Opens New Office in Munich

1SP Agency has opened a cross-agency hub in Munich. Employees from the Insight, FLZR, and MSM.digital units, as well as the holding company, will work together under one roof at the location in the Bavarian capital.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Rhineland-Palatinate Supports Six Game Projects With Almost €200,000 — Heike Raab and Verena Schmidt (from Left) | Picture by Staatskanzlei RLP/ Unger, Medienförderung RLP

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Rhineland-Palatinate Supports Six Game Projects With Almost €200,000

In its ninth funding period, Medienförderung RLP selected 30 projects for support, including six games. For the first time, these were reviewed and evaluated by its own jury.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Punkt PR Replaces SZ Scala as PR Agency for Nintendo in GSA — Silja Gülicher-Dütsch, Senior PR & Licensing Manager Nintendo D-A-CH (GSA)

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Punkt PR Replaces SZ Scala as PR Agency for Nintendo in GSA

Following a new tender for its PR budget in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, Nintendo has awarded the contract to Hamburg-based Punkt PR. The transition from long-standing partner SZ Scala is expected to be completed by March 31, 2026.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

MFG Presents New Academy Program

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MFG Presents New Academy Program

AI, content creation, and storytelling are the focus of the new 'MFG Akademie' program for the first half of 2026. Parallel to the seminar program, there are 2026 dates for industry get-togethers, including the Open Stage Games BW events and the Gamestate Festival BW.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Cologne-Based OG Collective Becomes Content Agency for House of Games Berlin — The House of Games Berlin will be located at Lux. © Daniel Hinz

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Cologne-Based OG Collective Becomes Content Agency for House of Games Berlin

Bit by bit, the House of Games is taking shape: Following a restricted tender process, OG Collective has been awarded the contract as the project's content agency and will be responsible for developing and implementing a communication strategy.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

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