Alex Hutchinson: "Humour Is so Unfortunately Rare in Games"

Business

Michael Borras Joins Arc Games as a New Executive

As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its operational capabilities, expand its global partnerships and support long-term growth across its publishing portfolio, Arc Games announced several key updates to its leadership team. Notably, Michael Borras is joining Arc Games as a new executive.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Business

Drake Star: Gaming M&A, Private Financings and More in Q1 2026

Global technology investment bank Drake Star has released its latest Global Gaming Report for Q1 2026. The report covers M&A activity, private financing and IPOs in the games industry. This quarter's gaming M&A activity reached a 15-month high.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Business

Weekly Steam Charts: Windrose Boards the Charts

Yarrr! The PvE survival adventure Windrose has boarded the weekly Steam charts. Meanwhile, Capcom's Pragmata has also entered the top three on both the global and German charts.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Business

Michael Borras Joins Arc Games as a New Executive

As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its operational capabilities, expand its global partnerships and support long-term growth across its publishing portfolio, Arc Games announced several key updates to its leadership team. Notably, Michael Borras is joining Arc Games as a new executive.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Events

Madeira Games Summit 2026 Reveals Full Speaker Lineup

The 2026 edition of Madeira Games Summit, this time not directly before DevGAMM Lisbon but on 7-8 May, has revealed its full speaker lineup.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Development

Transport Fever 3: Urban Games Announces Curated Mods Program

Urban Games has announced the launch of the Curated Mods Program for Transport Fever 3. The programme allows modders to work alongside the development team to create new vehicles, maps and gameplay features.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

People

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Kerryn Frean

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 • 4 min read

gamescom

Gamescom Biz Unites All Cologne-based Gamescom Events on a Single Platform

With gamescom biz, the digital platform for gamescom in Cologne has launched its 2026 edition. For the first time, the app serves as a shared platform not only for gamescom, but also for the side events gamescom dev and gamescom congress.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

People

MDM Funds Seven Game Studios in First 2026 Round

Seven studios receive games and transmedia funding from the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung now. Among them are several that exhibited at caggtus too, such as Level Labs, RotxBlau and the narrative company Narradiver.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read