Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth © IMAGO / Avalon.red, IMAGO / SOPA Images People Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth Cast in The Legend of Zelda After a long wait, it is now clear who will play the two leading roles in the film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda: Bo Bragason has been cast as Zelda, while Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will take on the role of Link. It has been known since 2023 that ‘The By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© Three Headed Monkey Products Daedalic Signs Three Headed Monkey Studios Ghost Haunting, funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, has found a publisher. Developer Three Headed Monkey Studios has signed with Daedalic Entertainment. The Hamburg-based Daedalic Entertainment will publish the point-and-click adventure game Ghost Hunting developed by the young Cologne-based indie team Three Headed Monkey Studios. A release date has By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Business Impressum / imprint GamesMarkt Hohenlindener Str. 4 81677 München +49 1512 6769630 [email protected] Contact : https://www.gamesmarkt.de/contact Chefredakteur / Editor in Chief Stephan Steininger (verantwortlich im Sinne §10, Abs. 3, MDStV) Redaktion / Editorial team Marcel Kleffmann Pascal Wagner Verlag / Publisher Steininger, Wagner, Kleffmann GbR Hohenlindener Str. 4 81667 München +49 By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© Rocket Beans Business Beans Entertainment Plans Game Two Restart With New Financing Model For a year now, the popular gaming format Game Two has been facing closure when its current contract with ZDFneo expires. Now, production company Rocket Beans Entertainment has made a decision. The Game Two format will continue in a modified form and will be financed by the Rocket Beans Supporters By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© Tomas Lissåker, Smallfield Photo Business Comment: Nordic Voices Call for Resilience, Reform, and Reinvention By Team Gamesmarkt • 4 min read
Christian Körner and Jörg Adami lead UFAGG © Picture: UFA Boris Breuer People Christian Körner and Jörg Adami Lead New Label UFAGG The TV and streaming production company UFA has founded a new label, UFA Good Games (UFAGG). The aim is to develop new entertainment concepts and thereby tap into new target groups. The first project is the development of the UFA Creator Academy. With the UFA Good Games (UFAGG) label, UFA By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games Products Transport Fever 3 Swiss-based Urban Games has announced Transport Fever 3. The next instalment in the transport management series will be released for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2026. Urban Games has announced its fourth game. Transport Fever 3. The independent video game developer, which is based in Schaffhausen, By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Project Manager Karina Iglhaut at Bayern Design introduces Robin Rottmann and Anja Krendlinger at the mcbw Morning Session. © Pascal Wagner Business Games/Bavaria Presents Games Industry at MCBW At the yearly design week expo throughout Munich, Games/Bavaria has reached out for different creative industries to connect with the game development space in Bavaria. This year's Munich Creative Business Week (mcbw), the yearly event for the creative industries organised by Bayern Design, is aligned around the By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Posing proudly with the certificate: Wolfram Weimer (left, new Minister of State for Culture) and new Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). © Foto: Kay Herschelmman, kulturstaatsministerin.de People Wolfram Weimer Officially Sworn in as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Journalist and publisher Wolfram Weimer has been officially sworn in as Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM; Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media following the election of the Chancellor). Friedrich Merz (CDU) presented the former publishing director with the certificate at the Chancellery. According to media reports, By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Starbreeze is apparently also interested in post-release support, which includes the Jacket character pack, for example, a cross-promotion with Hotline Miami © Plaion/Starbreeze Products Starbreeze: Strategic Repurchase of Payday 3 Publishing Rights From Plaion With the buyback of the Payday 3 publishing rights, Starbreeze apparently wants to break away from contractual commitments. In any case, the purchase is intended to accelerate the content development roadmap and broaden the strategic opportunities for the IP. In return for the rights, Plaion's parent company, Embracer, By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© Pexels/Thirdman Events Important Deadlines for the Games Industry in GSA and Europe Whether it's a funding application, speaker or award submission – with the growing number of festivals and awards, it's easy to lose track of what's going on. A guide to help. As the saying goes: only those who take part can win—whether at major By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© Gamesmarkt Guide Games PR Agencies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria Not every company can justify the cost of setting up its own PR department in GSA. In the new Games Market Guide by GamesMarkt, we have compiled a list of potential PR partners including Quinke Networks, BXDXO and Swordfish for you. Finding the right partners is not easy. In addition By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
