Bandai Namco and Koei Tecmo Expand European Distribution Partnership

Publishing

G+ "We've Been Extremely Lucky," Dave Richard of Behaviour Interactive About Dead by Daylight

During the anniversary celebrations of Dead by Daylight, we spoke with Dave Richard, the game's Senior Creative Director, about its continued success. After all, the game reached 250,000 concurrent players across all platforms in its tenth year.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

Publishing

How Many Dudes?

How Many Dudes? from Butterscotch Shenanigans sold over 100,000 copies in just 50 hours. It's the studio's fastest-selling game to date. But what exactly is this roguelike autobattler all about?

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Publishing

Knights Peak and Saber Interactive Extent Publishing Agreement

Knights Peak and Saber Interactive have extended their existing agreement to publish Tempest Rising to include the expansion The Veti’s Wrath as well.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily - 11 August 2026: MTG Renaming, gamescom dev survey, Olivier Derivière, Nacon Safeguard Proceedings & more

GamesMarket's daily editorial editorial comment and an overview of all news of the day, not just to your inbox, but freely available online as well. The topics of the day: the safeguard proceedings regarding Nacon's insolvency, Stop Killing Games suing PlayStation, MTG renaming its gaming division.

By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read

Products

Crystals of Irm Releases Sometime After gamescom

Deck 13 Spotlight and developer David Schütze have said retro RPG Crystals of Irm will release in "***ber 2026" - so September at the earliest.

By Pascal Wagner •

Products

Big Walk Reaches a Million Sales in One Week

Panic has shared that House House's game Big Walk has reached one million sales in one week. Combined with the PlayStation Plus redeems, the player numbers seems to be even higher.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Aerosoft and Z-Software Announced Autobahn Police Simulator 4

The German Autobahn is calling: One of the most successful franchises from Aerosoft and Z-Software is the Autobahn Police Simulator series, which began with the release of the first instalment in 2015. Now, Autobahn Police Simulator 4 has been announced for PC and consoles.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

gamescom

gamescom dev Speaker Survey 2026: Economic Challenges Dominate Opinions

The results of the gamescom dev 2026 speaker survey, held with 100 speakers, shows that economic uncertainty, a destroyed junior-to-senior pipeline due to AI and bad discoverability are on the industry's mind.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

Business

Safeguard Proceedings Initiated: How Nacon's Future Will Be Secured

Bigben Interactive, Nacon's parent company, announced an agreement in principle with the main financial creditors, as well as the filing of a petition for the commencement of accelerated safeguard proceedings. This is what it means for Nacon.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read