Just2D Interactive and Drova - Forsaken Kin: How the Dream Project Came to Be Marcel Kleffmann October 15, 2024 – 4 min read Share this post The founding foursome: Johannes Hauffe, Christian Sandkämper, Kai Bornemann and Julian Voss were brought together by their studies and a passion for gaming. © Sven Kloss/OVGU Business GDC State of the Industry Survey Moves to November The GDC State of the Industry Survey by Informa moves from January to November releases, meaning it is open for answers now for the second time in 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business Finnish Game Studio MiTale Starts Transmedia Publishing MiTale from Finland has announced that it will start into publishing. The indie studio from Turku not only covers digital games, but also board games, graphic novels and books. Submissions will start early next year. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read CygamesEdge © Cygames Business Cygames Launched New Brand CygamesEdge Tokyo-based video game publisher and developer Cygames has launched CygamesEdge, a new brand focused on small- and medium-sized projects. By Marcel Kleffmann • 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
Business GDC State of the Industry Survey Moves to November The GDC State of the Industry Survey by Informa moves from January to November releases, meaning it is open for answers now for the second time in 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business Finnish Game Studio MiTale Starts Transmedia Publishing MiTale from Finland has announced that it will start into publishing. The indie studio from Turku not only covers digital games, but also board games, graphic novels and books. Submissions will start early next year. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
CygamesEdge © Cygames Business Cygames Launched New Brand CygamesEdge Tokyo-based video game publisher and developer Cygames has launched CygamesEdge, a new brand focused on small- and medium-sized projects. By Marcel Kleffmann • 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
