CipSoft's new MMO: Benjamin Zuckerer on Persist Online Marcel Kleffmann September 19, 2024 – 5 min read Share this post Benjamin Zuckerer (Lead Product Manager, Managing Director) and Thomas Brünger (Product Manager Development) © CipSoft Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Moon Sweepers by Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim © DragDrop Games / Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild GamesMarket Plus G+ Weekly Steam Charts: Phantom Blade Zero Dominates, but Two Indie Games Spring a Surprise As expected, S-Game's Phantom Blade Zero topped the weekly Steam charts. However, it was not anticipated that two indie titles would break into the top ten. Crimson Desert is also staging a comeback. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Picture by Serious Play Conference Europe Events Serious Play Conference Europe 2027 Launches Call for Speakers Following its successful debut, preparations are now underway for the Serious Play Conference Europe 2027, which will take place in Mainz in June. Proposals for talks can be submitted from now until just before Christmas. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Tokyo Celebrates Pokémon TCG's 30th Anniversary © Pascal Wagner Tabletop Tokyo Celebrates Pokémon TCG's 30th Anniversary As part of its year-round light show, the Tokyo government is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) by projecting images onto its huge city hall. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read World of Warcraft: Forever © Blizzard Entertainment Products World of Warcraft: Forever More classic than Classic. With World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard Entertainment is releasing an expanded version of the original game, in which players cannot progress beyond level 60. The focus is on the journey itself, exploring the world and long-forgotten MMO elements. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read Products One Piece: Grand Gourmet One Piece: Grand Gourmet isn't the first big IP game of cult Japanese sim dev Kairosoft (that would be Doraemon), but it's the studio's most elaborate game so far, while still retaining their usual, captivating build and manage formula. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 03 Nov 26: Newzoo x G2A, E-Sport-Verband Nordwest, Terms of Use, Stillfront, JD.com x MediaMarktSaturn, Helen Chiang, Borderlands In northern Germany, esports stakeholders from three states are joining forces, whilst G2A and Newzoo have jointly published a report packed with interesting market data. The day was marked by sales records, the EU’s green light for the MediaMarkt takeover, and Helen Chiang fighting speculation. By Team GamesMarket • 6 min read
Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Moon Sweepers by Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim © DragDrop Games / Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild GamesMarket Plus G+ Weekly Steam Charts: Phantom Blade Zero Dominates, but Two Indie Games Spring a Surprise As expected, S-Game's Phantom Blade Zero topped the weekly Steam charts. However, it was not anticipated that two indie titles would break into the top ten. Crimson Desert is also staging a comeback. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Picture by Serious Play Conference Europe Events Serious Play Conference Europe 2027 Launches Call for Speakers Following its successful debut, preparations are now underway for the Serious Play Conference Europe 2027, which will take place in Mainz in June. Proposals for talks can be submitted from now until just before Christmas. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tokyo Celebrates Pokémon TCG's 30th Anniversary © Pascal Wagner Tabletop Tokyo Celebrates Pokémon TCG's 30th Anniversary As part of its year-round light show, the Tokyo government is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) by projecting images onto its huge city hall. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
World of Warcraft: Forever © Blizzard Entertainment Products World of Warcraft: Forever More classic than Classic. With World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard Entertainment is releasing an expanded version of the original game, in which players cannot progress beyond level 60. The focus is on the journey itself, exploring the world and long-forgotten MMO elements. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
Products One Piece: Grand Gourmet One Piece: Grand Gourmet isn't the first big IP game of cult Japanese sim dev Kairosoft (that would be Doraemon), but it's the studio's most elaborate game so far, while still retaining their usual, captivating build and manage formula. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 03 Nov 26: Newzoo x G2A, E-Sport-Verband Nordwest, Terms of Use, Stillfront, JD.com x MediaMarktSaturn, Helen Chiang, Borderlands In northern Germany, esports stakeholders from three states are joining forces, whilst G2A and Newzoo have jointly published a report packed with interesting market data. The day was marked by sales records, the EU’s green light for the MediaMarkt takeover, and Helen Chiang fighting speculation. By Team GamesMarket • 6 min read
