Monster Hunter: What's Behind Capcom's Monstrous Success Marcel Kleffmann March 17, 2025 – 3 min read Share this post Monster Hunter Wilds © Capcom EA Sports FC was the best-selling console game, whilst Battlefield 6 was the best-selling PC game in Italy in 2025 Business Italian Games Market Remains Stable at €2.4 billion With a market volume of around €2.4 billion, the Italian games market has remained largely stable, partly thanks to a slight increase in console sales. This is according to a new report by the industry association IIDEA. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Business 2tainment Files For Bankruptcy Magdeburg Local Court has opened insolvency proceedings in respect of the assets of the Magdeburg-based publisher 2tainment. The company’s future prospects are unclear. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Funding Games & XR Mitteldeutschland Germany Grows to 50 Members With its latest new members, the regional association Games & XR Mitteldeutschland (Central Germany) has grown to 50 member companies. The association had recently outlined plans to strengthen its presence in the individual federal states. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Products Nintendo Announced New Mobile Game Pictonico! Slated for release on 28 May, Pictonico! is Nintendo's newest mobile game. It takes users' photos and builds Wario Ware like minigames around them. By Pascal Wagner • The afterparty at Digital Dragons 2026 in Krakow. (Picture: Digital Dragons) Awards Digital Dragons Awards Celebrate Bloober Team, 11 bit & Pixel Perfect Dude At yesterday's Digital Dragons Awards, Bloober Team and 11 bit studios took home most prizes. Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur took home the award for best international game. Pixel Perfect Dude won best Mobile game. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Map Map - A Game About Maps is Pipapo's current project. The newly funded prototype is also about mapping (Pipapo) Funding Gamecity Hamburg Funds Map Map Successor and Four Other Prototypes The prototype funding session of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft's Gamecity Hamburg has awarded money to five studios: Pipapo Games, Odd Zeroes, Studio Gutheil, Chasmic Drop and Bird Outside Studio. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read GIST Executive Board Member Cüneyt Devrim is one of the organisers. (GIST) People G+ Gaming Istanbul: "Istanbul's Biggest Advantage is Access" With Gaming Istanbul 2026's date reveal, we talked to Executive Board Member Cüneyt Devrim, about what defines Istanbul in the Turkish gaming market, how GIST handles B2B and B2C combination spaces and much more. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read Endix © Endix Events Endix Reveals Full Exhibitor Line-up for 23-24 May Edition The playable digital expo, Endix, has revealed the full line-up of exhibitors for its 23–24 May 2026 edition. Among them are THQ Nordic and Gameforge 4D. The spring showcase features over 50 titles. New to this edition are live developer panels hosted inside the digital expo world. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Campus DGSW Announces First Conference The German Society for Game Studies DGSW has announced its first conference at and together with Hochschule Darmstadt, only three weeks before the event takes place. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
EA Sports FC was the best-selling console game, whilst Battlefield 6 was the best-selling PC game in Italy in 2025 Business Italian Games Market Remains Stable at €2.4 billion With a market volume of around €2.4 billion, the Italian games market has remained largely stable, partly thanks to a slight increase in console sales. This is according to a new report by the industry association IIDEA. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Business 2tainment Files For Bankruptcy Magdeburg Local Court has opened insolvency proceedings in respect of the assets of the Magdeburg-based publisher 2tainment. The company’s future prospects are unclear. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Funding Games & XR Mitteldeutschland Germany Grows to 50 Members With its latest new members, the regional association Games & XR Mitteldeutschland (Central Germany) has grown to 50 member companies. The association had recently outlined plans to strengthen its presence in the individual federal states. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products Nintendo Announced New Mobile Game Pictonico! Slated for release on 28 May, Pictonico! is Nintendo's newest mobile game. It takes users' photos and builds Wario Ware like minigames around them. By Pascal Wagner •
The afterparty at Digital Dragons 2026 in Krakow. (Picture: Digital Dragons) Awards Digital Dragons Awards Celebrate Bloober Team, 11 bit & Pixel Perfect Dude At yesterday's Digital Dragons Awards, Bloober Team and 11 bit studios took home most prizes. Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur took home the award for best international game. Pixel Perfect Dude won best Mobile game. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Map Map - A Game About Maps is Pipapo's current project. The newly funded prototype is also about mapping (Pipapo) Funding Gamecity Hamburg Funds Map Map Successor and Four Other Prototypes The prototype funding session of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft's Gamecity Hamburg has awarded money to five studios: Pipapo Games, Odd Zeroes, Studio Gutheil, Chasmic Drop and Bird Outside Studio. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
GIST Executive Board Member Cüneyt Devrim is one of the organisers. (GIST) People G+ Gaming Istanbul: "Istanbul's Biggest Advantage is Access" With Gaming Istanbul 2026's date reveal, we talked to Executive Board Member Cüneyt Devrim, about what defines Istanbul in the Turkish gaming market, how GIST handles B2B and B2C combination spaces and much more. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Endix © Endix Events Endix Reveals Full Exhibitor Line-up for 23-24 May Edition The playable digital expo, Endix, has revealed the full line-up of exhibitors for its 23–24 May 2026 edition. Among them are THQ Nordic and Gameforge 4D. The spring showcase features over 50 titles. New to this edition are live developer panels hosted inside the digital expo world. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Campus DGSW Announces First Conference The German Society for Game Studies DGSW has announced its first conference at and together with Hochschule Darmstadt, only three weeks before the event takes place. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
