Geoblocking: Marktabschottung oder legitimes Mittel Christian Rauda October 05, 2023 – 4 min read Share this post Dr. Christian Rauda, Rechtsanwalt und Partner, GRAEF Rechtsanwälte © Graef Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim © Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild Products Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Indie publisher tinyBuild is going strong at the moment. Sand: Raiders of Sophie in June, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs in August, and Graveyard Keeper 2 in September, were all commercial successes. However, Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim easily tops them all. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 © Activision Products Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Black Ops 7 was not particularly well received by players or critics, and it did not perform well in terms of sales like its predecessors. It is now up to Infinity Ward to restore the shooter franchise to its former glory with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – and they have certainly succeeded. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read Helen Chiang during an interview on Bloomberg (Screenshot from Bloombergs YouTube channel) Helen Chiang Responds to Speculation Surrounding Her Departure In a LinkedIn post, Helen Chiang has spoken out for the first time since leaving her role as COO of Xbox after just three months. In it, she dismissed speculation in the press about her departure. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 02 Nov 26: Astragon Development, Stefanía Halldórsdóttir, GAMEinander, Karsten Lehmann, Headup A new visitor record in Bangkok, bad news for Germany as a software development hub, and plenty of staff-related news as the month gets underway – November is off to a busy start in terms of the news. By Team GamesMarket • 7 min read gamescom Gamescom Asia Closes With Record Visitor Numbers With 219,546 visitors from 113 countries, gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show has surpassed last year’s record. The number of exhibitors and pavilions also rose significantly once again. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim © Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild Products Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Indie publisher tinyBuild is going strong at the moment. Sand: Raiders of Sophie in June, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs in August, and Graveyard Keeper 2 in September, were all commercial successes. However, Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim easily tops them all. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 © Activision Products Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Black Ops 7 was not particularly well received by players or critics, and it did not perform well in terms of sales like its predecessors. It is now up to Infinity Ward to restore the shooter franchise to its former glory with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – and they have certainly succeeded. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
Helen Chiang during an interview on Bloomberg (Screenshot from Bloombergs YouTube channel) Helen Chiang Responds to Speculation Surrounding Her Departure In a LinkedIn post, Helen Chiang has spoken out for the first time since leaving her role as COO of Xbox after just three months. In it, she dismissed speculation in the press about her departure. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 02 Nov 26: Astragon Development, Stefanía Halldórsdóttir, GAMEinander, Karsten Lehmann, Headup A new visitor record in Bangkok, bad news for Germany as a software development hub, and plenty of staff-related news as the month gets underway – November is off to a busy start in terms of the news. By Team GamesMarket • 7 min read
gamescom Gamescom Asia Closes With Record Visitor Numbers With 219,546 visitors from 113 countries, gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show has surpassed last year’s record. The number of exhibitors and pavilions also rose significantly once again. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
