The Situation in the EU: Overbearing Bureaucracy With Deep Pockets Stephan Steininger April 11, 2025 – 3 min read Share this post © European Union 2024/Dennis Lomme From Left: Colin Anderson, Ross Laurie, and Peter van der Watt of Reforged © Reforged Business Reforged Studios Secures $30 Million Strategic Investment Reforged Studios, the Malta-based company that recently acquired Headup, has secured a $30 million strategic investment from MEP Capital to speed up its gaming IP platform strategy. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read The team of PandaBee Studios from Leipzig (Christiane Gundlach) Business Numbers, Facts & Truths: An Indie's Analysis of tilt frog In 2024, PandaBee released their tricky platformer tilt frog. Despite great echo from content creators, CEO Julien Schillinger says the game was a flop - and brings important learnings, data and numbers to GamesMarkt in a guest postmortem. By Julien Schillinger • 7 min read Assassin's Creed Shadows © Ubisoft Business Under the Hood: Ubisoft's Anvil Engine in Assassin's Creed Shadows Ubisoft's Anvil Engine is a powerful, proprietary solution that brought Assassin's Creed Shadows to life. We talked to Nicolas Lopez, the Anvil Engine's Lead Technical Architect, about its strengths, scalability, ray tracing, the challenges of path tracing and shader stutter. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read From Left: Colin Anderson, Ross Laurie, and Peter van der Watt of Reforged © Reforged Business Reforged Studios Secures $30 Million Strategic Investment Reforged Studios, the Malta-based company that recently acquired Headup, has secured a $30 million strategic investment from MEP Capital to speed up its gaming IP platform strategy. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read The team of PandaBee Studios from Leipzig (Christiane Gundlach) Business Numbers, Facts & Truths: An Indie's Analysis of tilt frog In 2024, PandaBee released their tricky platformer tilt frog. Despite great echo from content creators, CEO Julien Schillinger says the game was a flop - and brings important learnings, data and numbers to GamesMarkt in a guest postmortem. By Julien Schillinger • 7 min read Assassin's Creed Shadows © Ubisoft Business Under the Hood: Ubisoft's Anvil Engine in Assassin's Creed Shadows Ubisoft's Anvil Engine is a powerful, proprietary solution that brought Assassin's Creed Shadows to life. We talked to Nicolas Lopez, the Anvil Engine's Lead Technical Architect, about its strengths, scalability, ray tracing, the challenges of path tracing and shader stutter. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read Picture by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Products Medienboard is Awarding Nearly 1 Million Euros to 10 Games and XR Projects At its second funding round of the year, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg awarded over €600,000 to seven games and a further €350,000 to three XR projects. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Luciana Viganò is a lawyer, game maker and President of the SGDA (Lezzilegal) People Luciana Viganò: A Lawyer Making Games, Making Politics She studied law, then founded her own studio to make games, then joined Switzerland’s game developer association. Today, Luciana Viganó is President of the SGDA – without giving up any of her other paths. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read Products ITFS Announces Details of GameZone And Nominations for Animated Games Award Germany Once again this year, games are a key part of the Internationale Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart (ITFS; Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film. The festival will feature the well-known GameZone, which will showcase the five games nominated for the Animated Games Award Germany. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
From Left: Colin Anderson, Ross Laurie, and Peter van der Watt of Reforged © Reforged Business Reforged Studios Secures $30 Million Strategic Investment Reforged Studios, the Malta-based company that recently acquired Headup, has secured a $30 million strategic investment from MEP Capital to speed up its gaming IP platform strategy. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The team of PandaBee Studios from Leipzig (Christiane Gundlach) Business Numbers, Facts & Truths: An Indie's Analysis of tilt frog In 2024, PandaBee released their tricky platformer tilt frog. Despite great echo from content creators, CEO Julien Schillinger says the game was a flop - and brings important learnings, data and numbers to GamesMarkt in a guest postmortem. By Julien Schillinger • 7 min read
Assassin's Creed Shadows © Ubisoft Business Under the Hood: Ubisoft's Anvil Engine in Assassin's Creed Shadows Ubisoft's Anvil Engine is a powerful, proprietary solution that brought Assassin's Creed Shadows to life. We talked to Nicolas Lopez, the Anvil Engine's Lead Technical Architect, about its strengths, scalability, ray tracing, the challenges of path tracing and shader stutter. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
From Left: Colin Anderson, Ross Laurie, and Peter van der Watt of Reforged © Reforged Business Reforged Studios Secures $30 Million Strategic Investment Reforged Studios, the Malta-based company that recently acquired Headup, has secured a $30 million strategic investment from MEP Capital to speed up its gaming IP platform strategy. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The team of PandaBee Studios from Leipzig (Christiane Gundlach) Business Numbers, Facts & Truths: An Indie's Analysis of tilt frog In 2024, PandaBee released their tricky platformer tilt frog. Despite great echo from content creators, CEO Julien Schillinger says the game was a flop - and brings important learnings, data and numbers to GamesMarkt in a guest postmortem. By Julien Schillinger • 7 min read
Assassin's Creed Shadows © Ubisoft Business Under the Hood: Ubisoft's Anvil Engine in Assassin's Creed Shadows Ubisoft's Anvil Engine is a powerful, proprietary solution that brought Assassin's Creed Shadows to life. We talked to Nicolas Lopez, the Anvil Engine's Lead Technical Architect, about its strengths, scalability, ray tracing, the challenges of path tracing and shader stutter. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Picture by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Products Medienboard is Awarding Nearly 1 Million Euros to 10 Games and XR Projects At its second funding round of the year, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg awarded over €600,000 to seven games and a further €350,000 to three XR projects. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Luciana Viganò is a lawyer, game maker and President of the SGDA (Lezzilegal) People Luciana Viganò: A Lawyer Making Games, Making Politics She studied law, then founded her own studio to make games, then joined Switzerland’s game developer association. Today, Luciana Viganó is President of the SGDA – without giving up any of her other paths. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Products ITFS Announces Details of GameZone And Nominations for Animated Games Award Germany Once again this year, games are a key part of the Internationale Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart (ITFS; Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film. The festival will feature the well-known GameZone, which will showcase the five games nominated for the Animated Games Award Germany. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
