© IMAGO / Westend61 Business JIM Study Shows Solid Gaming Use Among German Teenagers The results of the new JIM study on the use of AI and how often German young people are confronted with problematic content on the internet are particularly striking. When it comes to gaming, there are hardly any changes. Since 1998, the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK; State Media Authority By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© feibel.de Business Tommi Awards for Sony Interactive Entertainment, Plaion and Quantumfrog For over 20 years, the children's software prize Tommi has been awarded to apps, educational offerings, and games. This year, Sony and Plaion were able to win the games-related categories. As in previous years, the award ceremony took place as part of the Team Timster media magazine on By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
E-Paper GamesMarkt 467 Topics in this issue include: What the industry expects from 2025, all trade fairs, conferences and industry dates 2025, brand of the month Monster Hunter Wilds and highlights and new releases of Q1. By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
Freshly confirmed: Glenn Micallef is among the members of the European Commission team led by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (front, 4th from right). However, the Maltese-born Social Democrat, who is the EU Commissioner for Youth, Culture and Sport, only partially makes it into the spotlight in the group photo (back, 2nd from right). Photo: Dati Bendo, European Union, 2024 © Dati Bendo, European Union, 2024 Business New EU Commission Confirmed: Glenn Micallef Takes Over Culture Portfolio On November 27, 2024, the European Parliament approved the new EU Commission. Alongside Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's team, Glenn Micallef was confirmed as the EU Commissioner for Youth, Culture, and Sport. The formation of the new European Commission was far from a foregone conclusion. Notably, debates By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Elon Musk @ X © X Business Elon Musk Plans AI Game Studio at xAI The world's richest man wants to "make games great again". To do this, he plans to set up an AI game studio at xAI because "too many game studios are owned by massive corporations". Once again, he lashed out at the woke culture. Elon By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
© UNICEF Innovation Business UNICEF and GVGC Partner to Empower Girls in Tech and Gaming UNICEF and the Global Video Game Coalition (GVGC) have announced a partnership to equip adolescent girls with essential digital and leadership skills. Launched as part of the Game Changers Coalition, the initiative aims to address the gender digital skills gap and empower girls to pursue careers in tech and gaming. By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Paluten Freedom © 2nd Wave / Community Editions / Irina Zinner Business Odeon Film, Toon2Tango, and Paluten Bring Paluten Freedom to the Big Screen German gaming YouTuber Paluten is teaming up with Odeon Fiction and Toon2Tango to bring an animated theatrical film based on his popular web series Paluten Freedom to cinemas. Paluten, real name Patrick Mayer, is directly involved in the scriptwriting process for the movie, which is set to be released by By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Samantha Brock and Henner Hentsch © game Business Hate and Hate Speech: What Challenges are There for Games Companies? Hate and hate speech are and remain an issue that affects not only platform operators but also game companies. Samantha Brock and Henner Hentsch from game - The German Games Industry Association, summarize the challenges for game publishers and developers in a guest article. At the end of September, the By Team Gamesmarkt • 5 min read
© Proxy Studios Business Zephon Proxy Studios from Erlangen has been successful with Warhammer 40,000 Gladius for six years, now they take their 4X expertise into their own IP with Zephon. The narrative-driven strategy game features the best from Gladius, engaging battles and map control with a strong story hook. Did you know that By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
© Pexels/Element5Digital Business Become Part of the Big GamesMarkt Survey 2025 As in previous years, GamesMarkt is currently conducting our big annual industry survey. We need your help for that – without participants, a survey is nothing, after all. If you work in the industry, please take 15 minutes of your time to participate! For the traditional annual GamesMarkt survey, we are By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
E-Paper GamesMarkt 466 Topics in this issue include: Alternative app stores, youth protection, Super Mario Party Jamboree and the best games of the season. By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
The smallest game companies in Germany that have already released a commercial game, based on data provided to GamesMarkt by the studios for portrait articles. © GamesMarkt Business These are the Smallest Game Companies in Germany (That Have Already Released a Title) Company size is well and good, but it doesn't make a game. Based on data from the studios that we covered in studio portraits, GamesMarkt has compiled the smallest game dev studios in Germany that have successfully released a commercial title already in a free to use graphic. By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
