Kritzelkratz 3000: Back in the Game with Remasters and Ports

Development

W4 Partners With Tencent to Bring Godot to Asia

In the current Series B funding round, W4 Games, the enterprising arm of open-source engine Godot, has collected about €15,4mil from OSS Capital, LUX, Naval Ravikant and Tobias Lutke. Together with Tencent, now a main investor, expansion to Asia is planned.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

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Xsolla Unveils Its Largest Product Rollout Yet: New Tools Give Studios Control Over Their Own Growth

Advertorial | Xsolla is heading to Cologne for gamescom dev and gamescom with a range of new services and products. Learn more at xsolla.pro/gmktgc, or connect with the team at gamescom, Hall 2.2, #A030-B035.

By Xsolla • 4 min read

Development

G+ Under the Hood: Unusual Prototyping for Tufuur

In our regular GamesMarket developer series, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood of in their game making process. This time, The Umbra Collective leads us through prototyping the world for their upcoming game Tufuur with Play-Doh.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

gamescom

Frank-Walter Steinmeier Sends Presidential Message to Gaming Industry

In a presidential address, Frank-Walter Steinmeier opened the gamescom congress 2026, paying tribute to the industry while also highlighting risks and challenges. It was the first visit by a German federal president to gamescom.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Bavaria Continues Funding for Games/Bavaria Initiatives, Including Gamerei

At the Bavaria booth reception during gamescom 2026, Digital Minister Mehring gave away a cheque over 633,100 euros to Games/Bavaria, to secure another 18 months of Gamerei operation in Munich and several other games location initiatives.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

gamescom

gamescom dev grows 15% From Last Year's Edition

The first gamescom dev under the new name welcomed 15 per cent more visitors than last year. Next up is the leadership summit in Lisbon, from 23-25 March.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

E-Paper

gamescom daily 2026 #2

The official gamescom daily magazine for 27 August 2026, presented by GamesMarket. Topics include the full schedule of the gamescom congress including the visit of President Steinmeier, Indie Hits on the showfloor and more.

By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read

Products

Xbox Phases in Digital Entitlements for Physical Discs

Xbox users can get digital entitlements for the games they own on disc soon, after an Xbox Insider phase starting 31 August has concluded.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

G+ State of D2C Game Monetization Survey

The latest study by FastSpring and Omdia is devoted entirely to the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) strategy.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read