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Stephan Steininger

Stephan Steininger

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

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

Gamescom Dev Leadership Summit Reveals First Speakers — Stephan Reichart at the devcom Leadership Summit 2025 which is rebranded as gamescom dev leadership summit for 2026 © game events

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Gamescom Dev Leadership Summit Reveals First Speakers

In just over two months, the leadership summit will take place for the first time under its new name, gamescom dev. Although the program is not yet final, the first speakers have already been confirmed and have now been announced.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Gamecity Hamburg Organises 5th Pitch Level Up

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Gamecity Hamburg Organises 5th Pitch Level Up

On February 17, Pitch Level Up will take place for the fifth time at Space in Hamburg. There, developers can present their pitches to experts and receive individual feedback.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Sweden: Cross-Party Working Group Presents Knowledge Report on Games — Picture: Melker Dahlstrand/Swedish Parliament

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Sweden: Cross-Party Working Group Presents Knowledge Report on Games

A working group of the Swedish Parliament's Culture Committee has now presented a nearly 200-page knowledge report on games and board games. Among other things, the authors call for games to be recognized as a cultural sector and for a national strategy for the games industry to be developed.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Leipzig Honors Polynormal Games and Fenarock With Start-up Award — Anja Hähle-Posselt, Head of the Office for Economic Development of the City of Leipzig, with the award winners Vanessa Lusian from the start-up Feynarock, Dieu Linh Vu and Lars Bönsch from the start-up Polynormal Games, and Clemens Schülke, Mayor for Economic Affairs, Labor, and Digitalization of the City of Leipzig (from left).| Picture: Philip Müller/GECKO.1

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Leipzig Honors Polynormal Games and Fenarock With Start-up Award

For the fourth time, the city of Leipzig, in collaboration with R42 Games Accelerator, has awarded a start-up prize for promising games and media companies. This time, the winners are Polynormal Games and Feynarock.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Safe In Our World Introduces New Ambassadors

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Safe In Our World Introduces New Ambassadors

From 80 applications, Safe In Our World, which advocates mental health awareness in the video game industry, has introduced its new ambassador class for 2026, including two from the GSA region.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Playing Mantis Announces Debut Title Solstride

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Playing Mantis Announces Debut Title Solstride

Founded in early 2025, the studio Playing Mantis announced its debut game Solstride at the German Indie Showcase. It is, in a sense, a test project for the studio builder by Thomas Rössig and Thorsten Hamdorf, which is currently in stealth mode.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read