The Games Industry's Perspective on 2025 - Part #5: Products & Distribution Pascal Wagner December 20, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Distribution Channels for Games © GamesMarkt, PP Blizzard office in Irvine (Blizzard) Business Blizzard Workers Achieve Historic Union Contract Blizzard Entertainment workers represented by the Communications Workers of America have signed a huge union contract with their employee. Among other things, they have to “recalled” into open positions for more than a year after layoffs; an industry first. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read The highlights section of BSR at gamescom 2026 got sold out quickly (GamesMarket) gamescom BSR Breaks gamescom Sales Record for Fourth Year in a Row "I don't know if we can top that", Black Screen Records CEO Kevin Schulz laughs: For the fourth year in a row, the Cologne vinyl retailer has broken its gamescom sales record in the Merchandise area. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions © Wired, Zullo People Leo Zullo on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions (UK), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read (ARD/Paintbucket) Products A Night at Moka Efti: A Babylon Berlin Story History game experts Paintbucket Games have made a 'Disco Elysium-like' for the German broadcaster ARD, set in the Babylon Berlin universe. The free game works even without prior knowledge of Babylon Berlin, and features great German voiceover. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Blizzard office in Irvine (Blizzard) Business Blizzard Workers Achieve Historic Union Contract Blizzard Entertainment workers represented by the Communications Workers of America have signed a huge union contract with their employee. Among other things, they have to “recalled” into open positions for more than a year after layoffs; an industry first. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read The highlights section of BSR at gamescom 2026 got sold out quickly (GamesMarket) gamescom BSR Breaks gamescom Sales Record for Fourth Year in a Row "I don't know if we can top that", Black Screen Records CEO Kevin Schulz laughs: For the fourth year in a row, the Cologne vinyl retailer has broken its gamescom sales record in the Merchandise area. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Products Diablo V, StarCraft FPS, WoW Forever: All the Announcements From BlizzCon 2026 At the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled its line-up for the coming years, which ranges from a StarCraft shooter to Diablo V and World of Warcraft Forever as well as new content for Warcraft III. Here's an overview. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Dimitri Josephine Sahertian In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations. By Madeleine Egger • 6 min read GamesMarket Daily - 11 September 2026: EA X Savvy, Industry Employment Survey, Leo Zullo, Deck 13 & David Schütze, Wardogs and more A media report on a potential merger between EA and Savvy Games Group is one of the topics covered in this newsletter. Other topics include the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2026, Leo Zullo's statements on the European games industry, and the postponement of Crystals of Irm due to Zelda. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Blizzard office in Irvine (Blizzard) Business Blizzard Workers Achieve Historic Union Contract Blizzard Entertainment workers represented by the Communications Workers of America have signed a huge union contract with their employee. Among other things, they have to “recalled” into open positions for more than a year after layoffs; an industry first. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The highlights section of BSR at gamescom 2026 got sold out quickly (GamesMarket) gamescom BSR Breaks gamescom Sales Record for Fourth Year in a Row "I don't know if we can top that", Black Screen Records CEO Kevin Schulz laughs: For the fourth year in a row, the Cologne vinyl retailer has broken its gamescom sales record in the Merchandise area. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions © Wired, Zullo People Leo Zullo on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions (UK), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
(ARD/Paintbucket) Products A Night at Moka Efti: A Babylon Berlin Story History game experts Paintbucket Games have made a 'Disco Elysium-like' for the German broadcaster ARD, set in the Babylon Berlin universe. The free game works even without prior knowledge of Babylon Berlin, and features great German voiceover. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Blizzard office in Irvine (Blizzard) Business Blizzard Workers Achieve Historic Union Contract Blizzard Entertainment workers represented by the Communications Workers of America have signed a huge union contract with their employee. Among other things, they have to “recalled” into open positions for more than a year after layoffs; an industry first. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
The highlights section of BSR at gamescom 2026 got sold out quickly (GamesMarket) gamescom BSR Breaks gamescom Sales Record for Fourth Year in a Row "I don't know if we can top that", Black Screen Records CEO Kevin Schulz laughs: For the fourth year in a row, the Cologne vinyl retailer has broken its gamescom sales record in the Merchandise area. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Diablo V, StarCraft FPS, WoW Forever: All the Announcements From BlizzCon 2026 At the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled its line-up for the coming years, which ranges from a StarCraft shooter to Diablo V and World of Warcraft Forever as well as new content for Warcraft III. Here's an overview. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Dimitri Josephine Sahertian In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations. By Madeleine Egger • 6 min read
GamesMarket Daily - 11 September 2026: EA X Savvy, Industry Employment Survey, Leo Zullo, Deck 13 & David Schütze, Wardogs and more A media report on a potential merger between EA and Savvy Games Group is one of the topics covered in this newsletter. Other topics include the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2026, Leo Zullo's statements on the European games industry, and the postponement of Crystals of Irm due to Zelda. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
