Lana Bokay-Poltavets, Senior Project Manager at War Robots, and Boris Burangulov, Executive Producer at War Robots, write about their experiences and lessons learnt in the key mobile gaming market of China © My.games Publishing How to Plan the Chinese Release of Your Game and Avoid Stress China is a gaming market no developer or publisher aiming for success in mobile gaming can afford to ignore. In a series of three guest articles, Lana Bokay-Poltavets and Boris Burangulov from My.games share their insights and lessons learned from marketing games in China. This one is about planing By Team Gamesmarkt • 6 min read
Stephan Steininger, Editor in chief GamesMarkt © GamesMarkt Business A Successful Transition Fuels Growth for GamesMarkt One year after making the switch to English-only, we’re excited to celebrate a successful milestone for GamesMarkt. Our total user base continues to grow, the share of readers outside our core GSA (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) markets has nearly doubled, and our LinkedIn following has increased by 50%. Exactly one By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Dan Clancy, CEO Twitch © Twitch Business Twitch CEO Dan Clancy Shares Outlook for 2025 As in previous years, Dan Clancy, CEO of Twitch, has shared an outlook on the company’s plans and upcoming developments in an open letter. The focus is on increasing reach through collaboration, improving the mobile experience, and expanding sponsorship opportunities. At the beginning of the open letter, which has By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© Webedia/Screenshot Business Webedia Appoints Christian Bombrun as New Managing Director In March, the French media company Webedia will welcome a new Managing Director: Christian Bombrun. Bombrun, who joins from the South African telecommunications company MTN Group, will be responsible for long-term profitability and the further integration of Elephant at Webedia. As Managing Director, Bombrun will oversee Webedia’s operations not By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Has a new name: the team of experts for cultural and creative industries in the state capital of Munich, headed by Olaf Kranz (standing, 1st from left) © Foto: Dominik Parzinger, LHM Business Munich Rebrands Its Creative Competence Team In the Bavarian capital, Munich, the primary point of contact for the cultural and creative industries is getting a new name. The Cultural and Creative Industries Competence Team is now becoming Creative Munich. Ten years after its foundation, the Competence Team for Cultural and Creative Industries is adopting a new By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Participants in the Level Up Accelerator programme © David-Pierce Brill for Games/Bavaria Business Bavaria's Digital Minister Mehring: Cultivate Potential, Think Big At the closing event of the first Bavarian Games Accelerator Level Up, patron Fabian Mehring once again emphasised the importance of the games industry and stressed that Bavaria aims to leverage the potential of its young, creative game studios. The final presentation of the Level Up Accelerator took place at By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
The business initiation trip goes to Manchester and London, even if there is hardly any time for sightseeing © Pexels/Kris Schulze/Szymon Shields Business Trade Mission to UK Game Hubs Manchester and London Takes Shape Shortly after the election, a delegation of German games companies will visit the British gaming hubs of Manchester and London. The German participants have been confirmed, while British companies interested in meeting potential business partners from Germany are still welcome to register. The business matchmaking trip was launched in 2024. By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
In 2024 (photo), the DCP took place in Munich. This year, the award will once again be presented in Berlin. © Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications Business Dr Sabiha Ghellal Heads Jury of this Year's DCP In mid-February, the expert jury of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP German Computer Games Award) will convene and narrow down the submissions in most categories for the main jury, which will meet later and make the final decisions. One decision has already been made: Prof. Dr. Sabiha Ghellal will chair the By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© Tencent Business Tencent Will Take Legal Action to Resolve "Misunderstanding" if Necessary Chinese publisher Tencent has issued a statement after being named on a list of Chinese military companies maintained by the US Department of Defense, the so-called CMC List. Tencent speaks of a misunderstanding, wants to seek dialogue, but will also go to court if necessary. This is stated in a By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© GM Business CES 2025: From Acer, Asus and Cherry to LG and Xbox PC and peripheral manufacturers in particular like to use the CES in Las Vegas as an opportunity to present new gaming models. This was also the case in 2025, when there were new handhelds, laptops, keyboards and gaming collaborations. Acer, for example, traveled to Las Vegas with new handhelds. The By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Ravi Ahuja, CEO und President Sony Pictures © Screenshot/Sony's CES 2025 press conference Business Sony's Strategy of Expanding Game IPs with New Movies and Series At CES, Sony announced new film projects for Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2, an anime series based on Ghost of Tsushima, and the launch of the second season of The Last of Us TV series. It became clear that the cross-media exploitation of IPs is a strategy for the By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© Luis Quintero/Pexels Business Exhibitions, Conferences, Events - the Industry's Upcoming Dates From local indie meet-ups to the global gamescom, the updated version of the GamesMarkt event calendar shows where you can meet the German games industry. Whether it's a fan festival, an esports competition or a traditional trade fair, the games industry is all about making personal contacts and By Team Gamesmarkt • 6 min read
