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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

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

Products

Arte and Oopsie Daisies Release Tom the Postgirl on 29 October

Arte and the Swiss studio Oopsie Daisies have announced the release date for Tom the Postgirl as 29 October. The 'creepy cute game' is described as "between Adult Swim and children's book".

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Valor Mortis

Finally, a fresh setting: In Valor Mortis from One More Level (Ghostrunner) and Lyrical Games, players take on the role of a resurrected soldier of the Grande Armée, wielding Napoleonic-era weaponry and supernatural powers in a reimagining of 19th-century Europe.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Products

Forever Ago

In Forever Ago, a single-player narrative road trip adventure game, players accompany an old man on a quest for redemption. This is the debut game from German studio Third Shift, published by Annapurna Interactive.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Products

Burn With Me by Nozomu Games Out Now

Burn With Me by Munich studio Nozomu Games has released on 12 October 2026. The game combines hand-drawn graphics with live-action hand movements, creating an eerie atmosphere.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 12 Oct 26: Polaris, App Store x Indie, Artex, Chop Chop, Federal Funding, Womenize!, Toplitz, Assemble

Apple has discovered a love for indie games, whilst in Hamburg a new record has been set with Polaris. Games and events are the talk of the town today, as far as industry news is concerned.

By Team GamesMarket • 6 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