How the Journey From Typhoon Studios to Raccoon Logic Came to Be Marcel Kleffmann February 12, 2025 – 3 min read Share this post Pretty wild: How Typhoon Studios ultimately became Raccoon Logic and why © Raccoon Logic 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 Daily GamesMarket Daily – 13 Oct 26: Gamespace, Alexander Pieper, Bavaria, Game on Symphony, Wooga, Nozomu, Oopsie Daisies Today’s news is all about events and personnel updates, new games, and new services that bring payment providers and developers together. And the spotlight is particularly on Berlin and Bavaria with Games Ground, Aesir Interactive, Wooga, and Game on Symphony. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read People Studio Fizbin Co-Founder Alexander Pieper Joins Aesir Interactive as CPO A good 18 months after announcing the planned closure of Studio Fizbin due to Thunderful’s cost-cutting measures, co-founder Alexander Pieper has found a new home as Chief Production Officer at Aesir in Munich. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Xsolla Connects Payment Providers With Game Devs as Advertising Partners With a new service called Co-Marketing Campaigns, Xsolla brings payment providers and games developers together as advertising partners. Xsolla is also working on further partnership offerings for financial institutions. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read (Photo: Archive image from Games Ground 2025) Events SGA Organises Impact Track at Games Ground Berlin With three panel discussions and a get-together, the Sustainable Games Alliance is bringing the topic of resource efficiency to Games Ground Berlin. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Gamespace Conference 2026 © Dominik Saro Meier Events Gamespace Conference 2026 Exceeded Expectations The first Gamespace Conference, held at the Swiss Game Hub in Zurich, was a success. According to the organisers, the response and number of attendees exceeded expectations. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Tabletop Electric Callboy Releases Its Own Neverrift TCG Expansion German metalcore band Electric Callboy goes TCG: With a full expansion for the German TCG Neverrift, out in December. By Pascal Wagner •
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
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 13 Oct 26: Gamespace, Alexander Pieper, Bavaria, Game on Symphony, Wooga, Nozomu, Oopsie Daisies Today’s news is all about events and personnel updates, new games, and new services that bring payment providers and developers together. And the spotlight is particularly on Berlin and Bavaria with Games Ground, Aesir Interactive, Wooga, and Game on Symphony. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
People Studio Fizbin Co-Founder Alexander Pieper Joins Aesir Interactive as CPO A good 18 months after announcing the planned closure of Studio Fizbin due to Thunderful’s cost-cutting measures, co-founder Alexander Pieper has found a new home as Chief Production Officer at Aesir in Munich. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Xsolla Connects Payment Providers With Game Devs as Advertising Partners With a new service called Co-Marketing Campaigns, Xsolla brings payment providers and games developers together as advertising partners. Xsolla is also working on further partnership offerings for financial institutions. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
(Photo: Archive image from Games Ground 2025) Events SGA Organises Impact Track at Games Ground Berlin With three panel discussions and a get-together, the Sustainable Games Alliance is bringing the topic of resource efficiency to Games Ground Berlin. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Gamespace Conference 2026 © Dominik Saro Meier Events Gamespace Conference 2026 Exceeded Expectations The first Gamespace Conference, held at the Swiss Game Hub in Zurich, was a success. According to the organisers, the response and number of attendees exceeded expectations. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tabletop Electric Callboy Releases Its Own Neverrift TCG Expansion German metalcore band Electric Callboy goes TCG: With a full expansion for the German TCG Neverrift, out in December. By Pascal Wagner •
