Lars Winkler, Square Enix: Sich erfolgreich immer neu erfinden Pascal Wagner June 22, 2023 – 3 min read Share this post Lars Winkler, Marketing & PR Director von Square Enix. © Winkler / Square Enix. SJ Xue, Vice President of Growth and Corporate Development at thatgamecompany, will lead the thatgamepublisher initiative Publishing Thatgamecompany Launches Publishing Label Thatgamepublisher thatgamecompany, known for Journey, Flower, flOw and Sky: Children of the Light, has launched a new publishing label: thatgamepublisher wants to support “creative developers who use interactivity to expand what games can make people feel”. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Apple Changes Its Business Terms for Apps in the European Union © Apple Business Apple Changes Its Business Terms for Apps in the European Union Following collaboration with the European Commission, Apple announced changes to its business terms for apps and alternative app marketplaces in the European Union. There are now unified business terms for developers that distribute apps in the EU. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Publishing Pokémon Pokopia Sold Over 5 Million Copies Just in time for the release of the new Expansion Pass, Nintendo has reached a milestone with Pokémon Pokopia. The title has sold over 5 million copies worldwide, both physically and digitally. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily - 7 September 2026: TIGA Tax Credits, Sales Numbers for Onimusha, Exit 8 & Dawnwalker, Puzzlez & more TIGA is asking for better Expenditure Credits in the UK, Daedalic launches a new DLC for Star Trek, and we got strong sales numbers from several titles today. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown © Daedalic Entertainment and gameXcite Products Q Trials and Equinox DLC for Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown Daedalic Entertainment and gameXcite have announced the next steps for Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown. The free 'Q Trials' game mode and the 'Equinox' DLC are set to launch in early October. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA © TIGA Products TIGA Calls on the UK Government to Enhance the Video Games Expenditure Credit TIGA, the trade association representing the UK's video games industry, has urged the government to enhance the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) scheme as a means of stimulating economic growth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Products The Exit 8 Has Reached Three Million Sales After a movie adaption in 2025 and global success, Japanese indie hit The Exit 8 by Kotake Create and Playism has reached three million sold units. By Pascal Wagner • Events Paris Game Biz Shows Publishers' Guidelines for 2026 Paris Game Biz has compiled a Publishers' Guidelines document that goes out to applicants and attendees of the event. In it, needs of attending publishers such as sought-after genres are relayed. GamesMarket has provided a supporting French market portrait in it as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read puzzlez - a shapez game © tobspr Games Products Tobspr Games' New Standalone Game Is puzzlez - a shapez game German indie developer tobspr Games has announced puzzlez - a shapez game, a standalone puzzle game based on the shapez series. It is intended to mark the start of a new series. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
SJ Xue, Vice President of Growth and Corporate Development at thatgamecompany, will lead the thatgamepublisher initiative Publishing Thatgamecompany Launches Publishing Label Thatgamepublisher thatgamecompany, known for Journey, Flower, flOw and Sky: Children of the Light, has launched a new publishing label: thatgamepublisher wants to support “creative developers who use interactivity to expand what games can make people feel”. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Apple Changes Its Business Terms for Apps in the European Union © Apple Business Apple Changes Its Business Terms for Apps in the European Union Following collaboration with the European Commission, Apple announced changes to its business terms for apps and alternative app marketplaces in the European Union. There are now unified business terms for developers that distribute apps in the EU. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Publishing Pokémon Pokopia Sold Over 5 Million Copies Just in time for the release of the new Expansion Pass, Nintendo has reached a milestone with Pokémon Pokopia. The title has sold over 5 million copies worldwide, both physically and digitally. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily - 7 September 2026: TIGA Tax Credits, Sales Numbers for Onimusha, Exit 8 & Dawnwalker, Puzzlez & more TIGA is asking for better Expenditure Credits in the UK, Daedalic launches a new DLC for Star Trek, and we got strong sales numbers from several titles today. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown © Daedalic Entertainment and gameXcite Products Q Trials and Equinox DLC for Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown Daedalic Entertainment and gameXcite have announced the next steps for Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown. The free 'Q Trials' game mode and the 'Equinox' DLC are set to launch in early October. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA © TIGA Products TIGA Calls on the UK Government to Enhance the Video Games Expenditure Credit TIGA, the trade association representing the UK's video games industry, has urged the government to enhance the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) scheme as a means of stimulating economic growth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Products The Exit 8 Has Reached Three Million Sales After a movie adaption in 2025 and global success, Japanese indie hit The Exit 8 by Kotake Create and Playism has reached three million sold units. By Pascal Wagner •
Events Paris Game Biz Shows Publishers' Guidelines for 2026 Paris Game Biz has compiled a Publishers' Guidelines document that goes out to applicants and attendees of the event. In it, needs of attending publishers such as sought-after genres are relayed. GamesMarket has provided a supporting French market portrait in it as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
puzzlez - a shapez game © tobspr Games Products Tobspr Games' New Standalone Game Is puzzlez - a shapez game German indie developer tobspr Games has announced puzzlez - a shapez game, a standalone puzzle game based on the shapez series. It is intended to mark the start of a new series. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
