Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered Marcel Kleffmann June 12, 2024 – 1 min read Share this post © Aesir The Urban Games team at gamescom 2025 © Urban Games Business Urban Games Largely Self-Financed the $25m Budget for Transport Fever 3 "Transport simulations had an audience of millions in the 1990s and early 2000s, but then a vacuum emerged, which we were able to fill with Train Fever and the Transport Fever series. Thanks to steady growth, we are now number one in this genre." Basil Weber, Founder and CEO of Urban Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read Skate Story © by Sam Eng & Devolver Digital Products Skate Story After six years of development and two delays - it was originally scheduled for release in 2023 - Skate Story by Sam Eng and Devolver Digital has finally been released. The game is an extraordinary, surreal, psychedelic skateboarding experience like no other. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Products Studios From GSA and Europe at the Mundo Gaming Showcase Over 30 studios and games, many of them from Europe, including some from the GSA, presented themselves at the Mundo Gamer Showcase shortly before Christmas. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Picture: Pexels/Kevin Bidwell A Year of Growth Follows the Year of Change 2025 changed everything for us. And yet the MBO in the summer was only the beginning. The foundation for new growth in 2026 has been laid, and the first projects beyond GamesMarkt are in the works. We are looking forward to an exciting 2026 with you by our side. By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read Lars Janssen, CEO Deck13 Interactive © Janssen People Lars Janssen of Deck13 Reflects on 2025 and Looks Ahead to 2026 How do game industry executives look back at 2025 and what do they think about 2026? We spoke to Lars Janssen, CEO Deck13 Interactive, to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Frederik Hammes | Photo.by Ubaid Ur Rehman AI & Gaming in 2026 Few topics are as controversial in gaming as AI. Perceptions range from a general villain to 'one more tool' to the game changer for solo devs creating triple-A worlds. Former Travian Games COO Frederik C. Hammes summarizes his impressions and conclusions on LinkedIn and for GamesMarkt. By Frederik Hammes • 4 min read The gamescom week (devcom, now gamescom dev, included) is of course the biggest B2B meeting of the industry as well, but what other important B2B conferences took place in 2025 (Photo: KoelnMesse, edited by GamesMarkt) Business These Were the Biggest B2B Conferences in Germany 2025 B2B events are the lifeblood of the games industry, where trade visitors meet, find exciting projects and new partners. We have collected the visitor numbers of Germany's most important 2025 trade fairs in Gaming. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business Distant Meadows To Organise FOSS Workshop in Nuremberg Starting February 2026, dev Distant Meadows is teaching Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Nuremberg. A weekly, free, hybrid workshop is planned, aiming for an event in July. Assisted by Games/Bavaria, the team is still looking for sponsors. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read The Urban Games team at gamescom 2025 © Urban Games Business Urban Games Largely Self-Financed the $25m Budget for Transport Fever 3 "Transport simulations had an audience of millions in the 1990s and early 2000s, but then a vacuum emerged, which we were able to fill with Train Fever and the Transport Fever series. Thanks to steady growth, we are now number one in this genre." Basil Weber, Founder and CEO of Urban Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read
The Urban Games team at gamescom 2025 © Urban Games Business Urban Games Largely Self-Financed the $25m Budget for Transport Fever 3 "Transport simulations had an audience of millions in the 1990s and early 2000s, but then a vacuum emerged, which we were able to fill with Train Fever and the Transport Fever series. Thanks to steady growth, we are now number one in this genre." Basil Weber, Founder and CEO of Urban Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read
Skate Story © by Sam Eng & Devolver Digital Products Skate Story After six years of development and two delays - it was originally scheduled for release in 2023 - Skate Story by Sam Eng and Devolver Digital has finally been released. The game is an extraordinary, surreal, psychedelic skateboarding experience like no other. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Products Studios From GSA and Europe at the Mundo Gaming Showcase Over 30 studios and games, many of them from Europe, including some from the GSA, presented themselves at the Mundo Gamer Showcase shortly before Christmas. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Picture: Pexels/Kevin Bidwell A Year of Growth Follows the Year of Change 2025 changed everything for us. And yet the MBO in the summer was only the beginning. The foundation for new growth in 2026 has been laid, and the first projects beyond GamesMarkt are in the works. We are looking forward to an exciting 2026 with you by our side. By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Lars Janssen, CEO Deck13 Interactive © Janssen People Lars Janssen of Deck13 Reflects on 2025 and Looks Ahead to 2026 How do game industry executives look back at 2025 and what do they think about 2026? We spoke to Lars Janssen, CEO Deck13 Interactive, to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Frederik Hammes | Photo.by Ubaid Ur Rehman AI & Gaming in 2026 Few topics are as controversial in gaming as AI. Perceptions range from a general villain to 'one more tool' to the game changer for solo devs creating triple-A worlds. Former Travian Games COO Frederik C. Hammes summarizes his impressions and conclusions on LinkedIn and for GamesMarkt. By Frederik Hammes • 4 min read
The gamescom week (devcom, now gamescom dev, included) is of course the biggest B2B meeting of the industry as well, but what other important B2B conferences took place in 2025 (Photo: KoelnMesse, edited by GamesMarkt) Business These Were the Biggest B2B Conferences in Germany 2025 B2B events are the lifeblood of the games industry, where trade visitors meet, find exciting projects and new partners. We have collected the visitor numbers of Germany's most important 2025 trade fairs in Gaming. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business Distant Meadows To Organise FOSS Workshop in Nuremberg Starting February 2026, dev Distant Meadows is teaching Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Nuremberg. A weekly, free, hybrid workshop is planned, aiming for an event in July. Assisted by Games/Bavaria, the team is still looking for sponsors. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Urban Games team at gamescom 2025 © Urban Games Business Urban Games Largely Self-Financed the $25m Budget for Transport Fever 3 "Transport simulations had an audience of millions in the 1990s and early 2000s, but then a vacuum emerged, which we were able to fill with Train Fever and the Transport Fever series. Thanks to steady growth, we are now number one in this genre." Basil Weber, Founder and CEO of Urban Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read
