Stellar Blade Pascal Wagner April 17, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post © Sony Interactive Entertainment Horses, by Santa Ragione (Santa Ragione) Products Santa Ragione's Horses Recoups Costs Despite Ban The Italian studio Santa Ragione has revealed that Horses, despite bans from Steam and Epic, has recouped costs. The studio is also chiming in again on the discussion around the bans from stores, and is critisising Steam's overall economy for indies. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Varthos - Heir to the Throne © Nightshift Game Development & 3RG Three River Games Products Nightshift and 3RG Three River Games Launched Varthos Berlin-based indie studio Nightshift Game Development and Passau-based publisher 3RG Three River Games have released Varthos - Heir to the Throne in Early Access. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Anno 117: Pax Romana | Borderlands 4 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 © Ubisoft | 2K Games | Activision & game-Verband Awards Three Platinum Sales Awards Go to 2K, Activision, and Ubisoft In November 2025, three games received a game Sales Award in Platinum. The awards for sales of over 200,000 copies in Germany went to 2K Games, Activision and Ubisoft. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Prof. Dr. Rudolf Inderst Campus Game Studies Watchlist #50 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include the transformation of localisation workflows by AI and a heuristic for analysing games as historical sources. By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read Cleared Hot © Not Knowing Corporation and MicroProse Cleared Hot Why aren't there any more games like Desert Strike or Nuclear Strike? It seems that Not Knowing Corporation and MicroProse have asked themselves this question, too, because they've created Cleared Hot — a nostalgic helicopter shooter featuring physics-driven mayhem. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Business Bandai Namco Sells Limbic Entertainment to Private Investor Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has divested Limbic Entertainment, a studio that had been part of the company since 2022. The buyer is an unnamed private investor specializing in video games. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Dino Patti, CEO and co-founder of coherence © Jesper Berg People Dino Patti of coherence 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 Dino Patti, CEO and co-founder of coherence, to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Business Newzoo Reviews 2025 so far and Sees Fundamental Change in the Market Shortly before Christmas, Newzoo issued a new market forecast based on data from the first eleven months of the year. It assumes a global market volume of US$197 billion. In addition, market researchers have identified a concentration of the most important IPs among fewer and fewer companies. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read Horses, by Santa Ragione (Santa Ragione) Products Santa Ragione's Horses Recoups Costs Despite Ban The Italian studio Santa Ragione has revealed that Horses, despite bans from Steam and Epic, has recouped costs. The studio is also chiming in again on the discussion around the bans from stores, and is critisising Steam's overall economy for indies. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Horses, by Santa Ragione (Santa Ragione) Products Santa Ragione's Horses Recoups Costs Despite Ban The Italian studio Santa Ragione has revealed that Horses, despite bans from Steam and Epic, has recouped costs. The studio is also chiming in again on the discussion around the bans from stores, and is critisising Steam's overall economy for indies. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Varthos - Heir to the Throne © Nightshift Game Development & 3RG Three River Games Products Nightshift and 3RG Three River Games Launched Varthos Berlin-based indie studio Nightshift Game Development and Passau-based publisher 3RG Three River Games have released Varthos - Heir to the Throne in Early Access. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Anno 117: Pax Romana | Borderlands 4 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 © Ubisoft | 2K Games | Activision & game-Verband Awards Three Platinum Sales Awards Go to 2K, Activision, and Ubisoft In November 2025, three games received a game Sales Award in Platinum. The awards for sales of over 200,000 copies in Germany went to 2K Games, Activision and Ubisoft. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Inderst Campus Game Studies Watchlist #50 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include the transformation of localisation workflows by AI and a heuristic for analysing games as historical sources. By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Cleared Hot © Not Knowing Corporation and MicroProse Cleared Hot Why aren't there any more games like Desert Strike or Nuclear Strike? It seems that Not Knowing Corporation and MicroProse have asked themselves this question, too, because they've created Cleared Hot — a nostalgic helicopter shooter featuring physics-driven mayhem. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Business Bandai Namco Sells Limbic Entertainment to Private Investor Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has divested Limbic Entertainment, a studio that had been part of the company since 2022. The buyer is an unnamed private investor specializing in video games. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Dino Patti, CEO and co-founder of coherence © Jesper Berg People Dino Patti of coherence 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 Dino Patti, CEO and co-founder of coherence, to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business Newzoo Reviews 2025 so far and Sees Fundamental Change in the Market Shortly before Christmas, Newzoo issued a new market forecast based on data from the first eleven months of the year. It assumes a global market volume of US$197 billion. In addition, market researchers have identified a concentration of the most important IPs among fewer and fewer companies. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Horses, by Santa Ragione (Santa Ragione) Products Santa Ragione's Horses Recoups Costs Despite Ban The Italian studio Santa Ragione has revealed that Horses, despite bans from Steam and Epic, has recouped costs. The studio is also chiming in again on the discussion around the bans from stores, and is critisising Steam's overall economy for indies. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
