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 People G+ Jasmin Oestreicher on Freedom, Curiosity and What She Expects From Leadership A change of perspective paved the way for Jasmin Oestreicher to become co-founder and co-CEO of her own publishing house, Sidekick Publishing. When it comes to equality in the industry, she is genuinely optimistic, but also holds the industry’s leaders to account. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read Products The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is Out Now CD Projekt Red's free The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered Update is out right now for existing users on all platforms, as well as on Battlenet and Microsoft Store. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders / Rail Nation © Megagon Industries / Travian Games Funding Federal Funding Goes to Megagon Industries and Travian Games The German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme has awarded funding to two more game studios. Grants were awarded to Megagon Industries and Travian Games, with one of them receiving over one million euros. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Events Ivipro Days Trieste Return With International Online Programme The Ivipro Days of Italian Videogame Program return to Trieste from 5-7 November, with online talks starting for everyone on 12 October. The event explores video games as lenses on memory, the world around us, and Italian heritage, as well as bringing indies forward. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games & Paradox Interactive Products Transport Fever 3 The logistics and transport simulation market is effectively dominated by just one title: Transport Fever by Urban Games. Transport Fever 3 is bigger and more extensive than ever, with particular expansion of the economic simulation and tycoon elements. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read Stick it to the Stickman © Free Lives & Devolver Digital Products Stick it to the Stickman After spending a year in Early Access and amassing 300,000 wishlist entries on Steam, Free Lives and Devolver Digital have finally released version 1.0 of their chaotic, physics-based brawler, Stick it to the Stickman. It's now time to fight to the top of the corporate ladder - and beyond! By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 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
People G+ Jasmin Oestreicher on Freedom, Curiosity and What She Expects From Leadership A change of perspective paved the way for Jasmin Oestreicher to become co-founder and co-CEO of her own publishing house, Sidekick Publishing. When it comes to equality in the industry, she is genuinely optimistic, but also holds the industry’s leaders to account. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
Products The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is Out Now CD Projekt Red's free The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered Update is out right now for existing users on all platforms, as well as on Battlenet and Microsoft Store. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders / Rail Nation © Megagon Industries / Travian Games Funding Federal Funding Goes to Megagon Industries and Travian Games The German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme has awarded funding to two more game studios. Grants were awarded to Megagon Industries and Travian Games, with one of them receiving over one million euros. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Events Ivipro Days Trieste Return With International Online Programme The Ivipro Days of Italian Videogame Program return to Trieste from 5-7 November, with online talks starting for everyone on 12 October. The event explores video games as lenses on memory, the world around us, and Italian heritage, as well as bringing indies forward. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games & Paradox Interactive Products Transport Fever 3 The logistics and transport simulation market is effectively dominated by just one title: Transport Fever by Urban Games. Transport Fever 3 is bigger and more extensive than ever, with particular expansion of the economic simulation and tycoon elements. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
Stick it to the Stickman © Free Lives & Devolver Digital Products Stick it to the Stickman After spending a year in Early Access and amassing 300,000 wishlist entries on Steam, Free Lives and Devolver Digital have finally released version 1.0 of their chaotic, physics-based brawler, Stick it to the Stickman. It's now time to fight to the top of the corporate ladder - and beyond! By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
