European Games Key Markets: France in 2023 Marcel Kleffmann September 04, 2024 – 4 min read Share this post © GamesMarkt Business What Halo Studios’ Restructuring Signals About AAA Economics and Xbox Strategy In his latest newsletter, industry expert Zoran Roso uses Halo Studios as an example to analyse how the lethal combination of technical debt, corporate vendor tenure limits, and monolithic organizational design forced one of gaming’s most iconic IPs to completely pivot its operational playbook. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read According to Circana, the best-selling game in the US in August was: NBA 2K27 (Picture: Take-Two Interactive) Business US Video Games Market Remains Below Last Year’s Levels in August At US$4.26 billion, the US market saw a 9 per cent year-on-year decline in sales volume in August. This time, the drop in turnover is primarily attributable to software. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Business Paramount and Di Bonaventura Producing a Cyberpunk Movie Paramount Pictures is working with CD Projekt Red on a live-action adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077, according to the US magazine Deadline. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is on board as a producer. A report to this effect on Deadline was confirmed on X by CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Eímear Noone was guest at one of the Game on Symphony concerts in Munich (BR). Events Game on Symphony Plays at RBB in Berlin on 23 October The next Game on Symphony concert of ARD Klassik takes place in Berlin on 23 October at the RBB. Afterwards, the concert series moves back to Munich for a December issue. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Esports Esports in Bavaria: Youth Culture and Grassroots Movement Esports belongs to gaming the way the Alps belong to Bavaria. And when it comes to esports, Bavaria is blazing its own trail – one that encompasses international highlight tournaments as well as community engagement and responsibility across the region. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Events Wooga Launches After Hours Berlin Game Dev Talks Taking inspiration from the Core Talks, Wooga is organising an event in Berlin where local game developers can meet and exchange ideas. The first topic is 'Reinventing a live game without breaking it'. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read The Swiss team of Oopsie Daisies (Oopsie Daisies) Products Arte and Oopsie Daisies Release Tom the Postgirl on 29 October Arte and the Swiss studio Oopsie Daisies have announced the release date for Tom the Postgirl as 29 October. The 'creepy cute game' is described as "between Adult Swim and children's book". By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Valor Mortis © One More Level and Lyrical Games Products Valor Mortis Finally, a fresh setting: In Valor Mortis from One More Level (Ghostrunner) and Lyrical Games, players take on the role of a resurrected soldier of the Grande Armée, wielding Napoleonic-era weaponry and supernatural powers in a reimagining of 19th-century Europe. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Forever Ago © Third Shift, Annapurna Interactive Products Forever Ago In Forever Ago, a single-player narrative road trip adventure game, players accompany an old man on a quest for redemption. This is the debut game from German studio Third Shift, published by Annapurna Interactive. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business What Halo Studios’ Restructuring Signals About AAA Economics and Xbox Strategy In his latest newsletter, industry expert Zoran Roso uses Halo Studios as an example to analyse how the lethal combination of technical debt, corporate vendor tenure limits, and monolithic organizational design forced one of gaming’s most iconic IPs to completely pivot its operational playbook. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
According to Circana, the best-selling game in the US in August was: NBA 2K27 (Picture: Take-Two Interactive) Business US Video Games Market Remains Below Last Year’s Levels in August At US$4.26 billion, the US market saw a 9 per cent year-on-year decline in sales volume in August. This time, the drop in turnover is primarily attributable to software. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business Paramount and Di Bonaventura Producing a Cyberpunk Movie Paramount Pictures is working with CD Projekt Red on a live-action adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077, according to the US magazine Deadline. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is on board as a producer. A report to this effect on Deadline was confirmed on X by CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Eímear Noone was guest at one of the Game on Symphony concerts in Munich (BR). Events Game on Symphony Plays at RBB in Berlin on 23 October The next Game on Symphony concert of ARD Klassik takes place in Berlin on 23 October at the RBB. Afterwards, the concert series moves back to Munich for a December issue. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Esports Esports in Bavaria: Youth Culture and Grassroots Movement Esports belongs to gaming the way the Alps belong to Bavaria. And when it comes to esports, Bavaria is blazing its own trail – one that encompasses international highlight tournaments as well as community engagement and responsibility across the region. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Events Wooga Launches After Hours Berlin Game Dev Talks Taking inspiration from the Core Talks, Wooga is organising an event in Berlin where local game developers can meet and exchange ideas. The first topic is 'Reinventing a live game without breaking it'. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The Swiss team of Oopsie Daisies (Oopsie Daisies) Products Arte and Oopsie Daisies Release Tom the Postgirl on 29 October Arte and the Swiss studio Oopsie Daisies have announced the release date for Tom the Postgirl as 29 October. The 'creepy cute game' is described as "between Adult Swim and children's book". By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Valor Mortis © One More Level and Lyrical Games Products Valor Mortis Finally, a fresh setting: In Valor Mortis from One More Level (Ghostrunner) and Lyrical Games, players take on the role of a resurrected soldier of the Grande Armée, wielding Napoleonic-era weaponry and supernatural powers in a reimagining of 19th-century Europe. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Forever Ago © Third Shift, Annapurna Interactive Products Forever Ago In Forever Ago, a single-player narrative road trip adventure game, players accompany an old man on a quest for redemption. This is the debut game from German studio Third Shift, published by Annapurna Interactive. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
