Kritzelkratz 3000: Back in the Game with Remasters and Ports Marcel Kleffmann May 21, 2024 – 4 min read Share this post Team picture (from left to right): Martin Zimmer, Benjamin Schmidt (in the front with hat), Simon Koch, Nico Faltermeier, Odin Seiffert, Andreas Scholl, Michael Müller and Pascal Heiler, who took the picture. © Pascal Heiler The W4 founders from left to right: Fabio Alessandrelli, Remi Verschelde, Juan Linietsky, Nicola Farronato (W4) 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 gamescom 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 From left: Aleksandra Franz, Hanna Metelmann and Jennifer F. Donovan a.k.a. The Umbra Collective about prototyping with unusual materials. (The Umbra Collective) 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 GamesMarket Daily - 4 September 2026: Hardware Theft @ Gamescom, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nintendo, HWG Vienna, Icecrack Games, and more In response to the hardware theft, the gamescom organisers have released a more comprehensive statement and promised to address the incident. In other news, Microsoft is making changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming, while Nintendo has announced not one, but two presentations for next week. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Nintendo Switch 2 © Nintendo Products Two Nintendo Direct Presentations Next Week Nintendo has announced two Direct presentations for next week. The first, The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, will take place on Tuesday 8 September, followed by a new episode of Nintendo Direct on Wednesday 9 September. By Marcel Kleffmann • 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 gamescom 2026 Business Area hall 4.1 © Koelnmesse GmbH Oliver Wachenfeld gamescom Gamescom Organisers Respond to Hardware Theft At gamescom 2026, hardware was stolen from the business area. This fact quickly spread throughout the industry. While the organisers' initial response was largely met with rejection and criticism, they are now striking a different tone. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Sil and the Fading World © IceCrack Games / Arc Games Products Arc Games Signed Icecrack Games' Sil and the Fading World IceCrack Games, an independent game development studio based in Switzerland, has found a publisher for its debut game, Sil and the Fading World: Arc Games. It's a solo-raiding action RPG that combines MMO-inspired raid boss encounters with ARPG character progression and buildcrafting. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Xbox Cloud Gaming - Cloud Playtime Update © Xbo Business Xbox Cloud Gaming: Monthly Xbox Game Pass Hour Limit and Access Without Game Pass Microsoft is introducing changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming. From November, a playtime limit will be introduced for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, depending on their subscription type. Additionally, users will be able to purchase cloud gaming hours without a Game Pass subscription. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The W4 founders from left to right: Fabio Alessandrelli, Remi Verschelde, Juan Linietsky, Nicola Farronato (W4) 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
gamescom 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
From left: Aleksandra Franz, Hanna Metelmann and Jennifer F. Donovan a.k.a. The Umbra Collective about prototyping with unusual materials. (The Umbra Collective) 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
GamesMarket Daily - 4 September 2026: Hardware Theft @ Gamescom, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nintendo, HWG Vienna, Icecrack Games, and more In response to the hardware theft, the gamescom organisers have released a more comprehensive statement and promised to address the incident. In other news, Microsoft is making changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming, while Nintendo has announced not one, but two presentations for next week. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Nintendo Switch 2 © Nintendo Products Two Nintendo Direct Presentations Next Week Nintendo has announced two Direct presentations for next week. The first, The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, will take place on Tuesday 8 September, followed by a new episode of Nintendo Direct on Wednesday 9 September. By Marcel Kleffmann • 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
gamescom 2026 Business Area hall 4.1 © Koelnmesse GmbH Oliver Wachenfeld gamescom Gamescom Organisers Respond to Hardware Theft At gamescom 2026, hardware was stolen from the business area. This fact quickly spread throughout the industry. While the organisers' initial response was largely met with rejection and criticism, they are now striking a different tone. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Sil and the Fading World © IceCrack Games / Arc Games Products Arc Games Signed Icecrack Games' Sil and the Fading World IceCrack Games, an independent game development studio based in Switzerland, has found a publisher for its debut game, Sil and the Fading World: Arc Games. It's a solo-raiding action RPG that combines MMO-inspired raid boss encounters with ARPG character progression and buildcrafting. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Xbox Cloud Gaming - Cloud Playtime Update © Xbo Business Xbox Cloud Gaming: Monthly Xbox Game Pass Hour Limit and Access Without Game Pass Microsoft is introducing changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming. From November, a playtime limit will be introduced for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, depending on their subscription type. Additionally, users will be able to purchase cloud gaming hours without a Game Pass subscription. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
