Xsolla: Why Cross-Platform Games Are Important to Developers and Publishers Marcel Kleffmann March 21, 2025 – 7 min read Share this post Chris Meredith, Senior Vice President Business Development - EMEA at Xsolla © Xsolla / Ivan Weiss Chris Hewish, President Xsolla © Christer Berg People Chris Hewish on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Chris Hewish, President Xsolla (US), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Business Swedish Workers Achieve Union Contract at King Unionen and Engineers of Sweden have achieved a union contract signing at Swedish mobile game dev and Microsoft subsidiary King. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business The Neural Brush: How DLSS 5 Rewrites Remaster Economics and Divides PC vs. Console Strategy In his latest update, industry expert Zoran Roso analyses how Nvidia’s DLSS5 is cutting the production cycles of remaster projects by years, and how this could fundamentally change the video game economy. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 28 Sep 26: Polaris, Chris Hewish, IIDEA, Petri Alanko, Neoludic & Wild River, Zurich Pop Con, Minecraft Chris Hewish brings our major C-level survey on the current state of the European games industry to a close. At the same time, we continue our ‘Game Music Petri Alanko’ series. There’s also news on funding, Polaris, Minecraft and IIDEA, amongst other things. By Team GamesMarket • 6 min read People IIDEA Strengthens Its Board With Pier Luigi Parnofiello and Manuel Del Rosso The Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association has further strengthened its board with two new appointments. The new members are Pier Luigi Parnofiello, CEO of PG Esports, and Manuel Del Rosso from Warner Bros. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Jens Bergenström, Chief Creative Officer (Mojang) Products Minecraft Gets World Hotel, Easier Creator Access, and More At Minecraft Live, Mojang has announced the first themed Minecraft Hotel at Minecraft World, the release date for Minecraft Dungeons II, and the first big dimension update for Minecraft Java and Bedrock since 2011 with the 'Sift'. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Chris Hewish, President Xsolla © Christer Berg People Chris Hewish on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Chris Hewish, President Xsolla (US), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Amina Appiah Lewis In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations. By Madeleine Egger • 7 min read Events Gamecity Hamburg Brings Six Studios to Polaris 2026 Duck 'n' Run, Chasmic Drop, Tiny Roar, Heartdriven, EdelErde and thatFain: Gamecity Hamburg exhibits with six indie studios at Polaris Convention in Hamburg from 9-11 October. Playa Games will also be there. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Chris Hewish, President Xsolla © Christer Berg People Chris Hewish on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Chris Hewish, President Xsolla (US), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Business Swedish Workers Achieve Union Contract at King Unionen and Engineers of Sweden have achieved a union contract signing at Swedish mobile game dev and Microsoft subsidiary King. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business The Neural Brush: How DLSS 5 Rewrites Remaster Economics and Divides PC vs. Console Strategy In his latest update, industry expert Zoran Roso analyses how Nvidia’s DLSS5 is cutting the production cycles of remaster projects by years, and how this could fundamentally change the video game economy. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 28 Sep 26: Polaris, Chris Hewish, IIDEA, Petri Alanko, Neoludic & Wild River, Zurich Pop Con, Minecraft Chris Hewish brings our major C-level survey on the current state of the European games industry to a close. At the same time, we continue our ‘Game Music Petri Alanko’ series. There’s also news on funding, Polaris, Minecraft and IIDEA, amongst other things. By Team GamesMarket • 6 min read
People IIDEA Strengthens Its Board With Pier Luigi Parnofiello and Manuel Del Rosso The Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association has further strengthened its board with two new appointments. The new members are Pier Luigi Parnofiello, CEO of PG Esports, and Manuel Del Rosso from Warner Bros. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Jens Bergenström, Chief Creative Officer (Mojang) Products Minecraft Gets World Hotel, Easier Creator Access, and More At Minecraft Live, Mojang has announced the first themed Minecraft Hotel at Minecraft World, the release date for Minecraft Dungeons II, and the first big dimension update for Minecraft Java and Bedrock since 2011 with the 'Sift'. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Chris Hewish, President Xsolla © Christer Berg People Chris Hewish on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Chris Hewish, President Xsolla (US), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Amina Appiah Lewis In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations. By Madeleine Egger • 7 min read
Events Gamecity Hamburg Brings Six Studios to Polaris 2026 Duck 'n' Run, Chasmic Drop, Tiny Roar, Heartdriven, EdelErde and thatFain: Gamecity Hamburg exhibits with six indie studios at Polaris Convention in Hamburg from 9-11 October. Playa Games will also be there. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
