© Honeycomb /Meridian GMT Business Honeycomb Heads to Lelystad with New Products, Repenning with New Company Just before GDC the flight simulation community is set for an important and probably tense FlightSim Weekend in Lelystad, Netherlands. Honeycomb Aeronautical plans to unveil several new products. Meanwhile, former Honeycomb CEO Nicki Repenning has announced the debut of his new company, Meridian GMT, along with its product roadmap. This By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© epay Business epay Partners with VaultN The Dutch smart distribution platform VaultN has announced a partnership with epay on LinkedIn. This news follows epay’s recent collaboration with Mission: Control, which was revealed just one day earlier. Ahead of GDC, epay is expanding its presence in the gaming sector. After announcing its strategic partnership with Mission: By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
gamescom asia (Archive Picture) © Koelnmesse Business BMWK Funds Market Exploration Trip to Singapore and Thailand Following a recent gaming market exploration trip to the UK, the German games industry is once again invited to participate in a new opportunity. In October, with support from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), a delegation will travel to Singapore and Bangkok, including a visit By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© game Business Games Companies Rate Competitiveness as Poor, Criticize Political Commitment Amid ongoing coalition negotiations for a new government, the game association has published data from its latest industry barometer, revealing a pessimistic mood within the German games industry. Many companies are calling for stronger political support. Felix Falk, Managing Director of game, describes the results as "alarming." According By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
SpielFabrique's Odile Limpach and Thierry Baujard founded the European Videogame Accelerator (EVA) which supported more than 80 studios since 2016 © SpielFabrique Development European Videogame Accelerator Selects 21 Studios for 2025 The jury of the European Video Game Accelerator (EVA) 2025 has reviewed all submissions and selected 21 studios and solo developers from across Europe. This year, there are no teams from Germany or Switzerland, but one from Austria—12B3 Games. The selection process does not follow a fixed country quota, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Seb Downie-Blackwell, rcp Studio Partner, and Ali Boroumand CEO Black Cube Games © rcp Development remote control productions Acquires Minority Stake in Black Cube Games The Tale of Bistun developer Black Cube Games (BCG) is the latest studio to join the remote control productions (rcp) family. The Munich-based production house is expanding despite challenging times and has acquired a minority stake in the Dutch indie developer. Currently, BCG is developing its roguelike wrestling game Realm By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Stephan Reichart at the devcom Leadership Summit 2025 © game events Events devcom Leadership Summit: Prioritizing Quality Over Quantity Before heading to GDC, GamesMarkt spoke with Stephan Reichart, Managing Director of game events and organiser of devcom. The discussion covered the premiere of the devcom Leadership Summit, the unique insights and networking opportunities it provided, areas for improvement in 2026, and how the devcom Leadership Dinners are extending the By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© Mission:Control Publishing Mission:Control and epay Enter Strategic Partnership By combining their solutions, Mission.Control and epay want to provide the gaming industry with a comprehensive tool for making data-driven sales and marketing decisions in real time, thus optimising revenues and the effectiveness of campaigns. The strategic partnership between Mission:Control and epay brings together the Dutch company' By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
With Dungeons of Hinterberg and Songs of Silence, the GSA region has two multiple BIG Award nominees © Microbird Games, Chimera Entertainment Business 12 Nominations for Studios from the GSA Region at the BIG Festival A total of 962 games from 71 countries were submitted for the BIG Festival at gamescom latam. Now, the 90 finalists have been selected—including 12 games from 9 studios in the GSA region (Germany, Switzerland, and Austria). In addition, more exhibitors have been confirmed for the event. Even though By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Com2uS Publishing AWS Adds Hive to AWS ISV Accelerate Co-Sell Programme Com2uS gains powerful support from AWS for the international marketing of its Hive platform. Hive now has more than 100 titles from nearly 70 companies under contract. Shortly before GDC, Com2uS Platform announced a partnership with AWS. As a result, Com2uS Platform has been selected for the Amazon Web Services By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Hendrik Lesser, President of the European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) © rcp Business Hendrik Lesser Concludes Discussions of EGDF About Challenges in 2025 In 2025, the industry will face challenges just like in the previous year. This is the core statement of a post by EGDF President Hendrik Lesser, giving his conclusions about the latest discussions within the association, which held a call with its members about the state of the industry at By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The main jury of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2025 © BMWK / Andreas Mertens Business DCP Main Jury Meets in Berlin The main jury for the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP; German Computer Games Award) is meeting in Berlin to make its decisions. The nominees are expected to be announced soon, while the winners will only be revealed at the gala in mid-May. The countdown has begun for the Deutscher Computerspielpreis. On 12 By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
