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ZBD © ZBD Business ZBD Launches Payments Stack Built for Games ZBD has announced a new platform offering embedded financial infrastructure for money lifecycle in games. This new line of products sees the company expand to support PC and console games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
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Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #32 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's edition focuses on Zelda 2, Nintendo vs Magnavox, FROG 2026 and more. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Business The Public Gaming Privatization Wave: Why Public Equity Markets Are Losing Their Grip on Video Game Publishing In his new update industry expert Zoran Roso analyses why the rigid demands of linear quarterly earnings are causing a systematic valuation breakdown against the multi-year, hit-driven development cycles of interactive entertainment. By Zoran Roso • 5 min read
ZBD © ZBD Business ZBD Launches Payments Stack Built for Games ZBD has announced a new platform offering embedded financial infrastructure for money lifecycle in games. This new line of products sees the company expand to support PC and console games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 20 August 2026: Mattel, ProbablyMonsters, Womenize! Federal Funding, Black Pony Immersive & More Federal funding received by Womenize! is the news of the day, making a good thing better. Two Mattel news congregate, although they are not necessarily related. And we collected new service offers for you. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Harvey Smith, CEO and Creative Director at Black Pony Immersive | Ben Horne, COO and Executive Producer at Black Pony Immersive © Black Pony Immersive Business Harvey Smith and Ben Horne Set Up Black Pony Immersive Veteran game developers Harvey Smith and Ben Horne have founded Black Pony Immersive, a new game studio specialising in the design and development of first-person action RPGs - specifically, immersive sims - in which players create their own experiences through emergent game systems. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
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