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 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 Square Enix Collective © Square Enix Publishing Square Enix Collective Revived After several years away, Square Enix Collective has returned. This global division of Square Enix Ltd provides independent game developers with funding, investment and publishing support. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read 2027 Qualifier Programme (c) EWC Esports EWC Is Opening Its Global Platform to More Organisers The Esports World Cup (EWC) has announced its 2027 Qualifier Programme, which is designed to enable tournament organisers and local esports communities to run official qualifying competitions as part of the Road to EWC. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read over the hill © Funselektor Products over the hill With 1.5 million wishlists on Steam, over the hill is one of the most anticipated indie games of 2026. The 1–4 player off-road exploration adventure game from Funselektor (art of rally) certainly has a lot of charm. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily - 20 October 2026: GTA VI Free-Riders, Accelerators to Join, MYI Anniversary, GDC Cuts Day, HITpoint Exceptional tries of companies to profit from the GTA VI release, two company news related to different businesses with connection to gamescomLAN, and our in-house incubator and accelerator list for you to browse. Also news about GDC cutting a day and Play! Con in Trier. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read In addition to gamescomLAN (archive image), Dennis Gehlen has established numerous other events and activities, which now also have a common umbrella organisation under TaKe’s Home (Picture: TaKeTV) Business GamescomLAN Co-organiser Puts the Spotlight On Its Holding Company TaKe's Home Through TaKe TV, Dennis Gehlen has launched a number of projects in recent years, not least gamescomLAN. In 2027, the focus is set to shift to the holding company TaKe’s Home, which also houses the agencies OG Collective and yellow house. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Products SWR and EarReality Release You Run Europe As part of a cross-media focus on the European Union, the German public broadcast SWR (part of ARD) has released audio decision-making adventure You Run Europe, developed by EarReality. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read GTA VI is not only making Take-Two Interactive dream, but also retailers and some free riders (Picture: Rockstar Games) Business How GTA VI Encourages Partners and Free-Riders to Perform Many are keen to capitalise on the release of GTA VI and are launching unusual campaigns to do so. In the US, Best Buy Gamers Beta is launching, whilst in Germany, the food retailer Edeka is listing the game. However, there are also some questionable offers, such as the one from Deblock. By Stephan Steininger • 2 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
Square Enix Collective © Square Enix Publishing Square Enix Collective Revived After several years away, Square Enix Collective has returned. This global division of Square Enix Ltd provides independent game developers with funding, investment and publishing support. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
2027 Qualifier Programme (c) EWC Esports EWC Is Opening Its Global Platform to More Organisers The Esports World Cup (EWC) has announced its 2027 Qualifier Programme, which is designed to enable tournament organisers and local esports communities to run official qualifying competitions as part of the Road to EWC. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
over the hill © Funselektor Products over the hill With 1.5 million wishlists on Steam, over the hill is one of the most anticipated indie games of 2026. The 1–4 player off-road exploration adventure game from Funselektor (art of rally) certainly has a lot of charm. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily - 20 October 2026: GTA VI Free-Riders, Accelerators to Join, MYI Anniversary, GDC Cuts Day, HITpoint Exceptional tries of companies to profit from the GTA VI release, two company news related to different businesses with connection to gamescomLAN, and our in-house incubator and accelerator list for you to browse. Also news about GDC cutting a day and Play! Con in Trier. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
In addition to gamescomLAN (archive image), Dennis Gehlen has established numerous other events and activities, which now also have a common umbrella organisation under TaKe’s Home (Picture: TaKeTV) Business GamescomLAN Co-organiser Puts the Spotlight On Its Holding Company TaKe's Home Through TaKe TV, Dennis Gehlen has launched a number of projects in recent years, not least gamescomLAN. In 2027, the focus is set to shift to the holding company TaKe’s Home, which also houses the agencies OG Collective and yellow house. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products SWR and EarReality Release You Run Europe As part of a cross-media focus on the European Union, the German public broadcast SWR (part of ARD) has released audio decision-making adventure You Run Europe, developed by EarReality. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
GTA VI is not only making Take-Two Interactive dream, but also retailers and some free riders (Picture: Rockstar Games) Business How GTA VI Encourages Partners and Free-Riders to Perform Many are keen to capitalise on the release of GTA VI and are launching unusual campaigns to do so. In the US, Best Buy Gamers Beta is launching, whilst in Germany, the food retailer Edeka is listing the game. However, there are also some questionable offers, such as the one from Deblock. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
