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Development

W4 Partners With Tencent to Bring Godot to Asia

In the current Series B funding round, W4 Games, the enterprising arm of open-source engine Godot, has collected about €15,4mil from OSS Capital, LUX, Naval Ravikant and Tobias Lutke. Together with Tencent, now a main investor, expansion to Asia is planned.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

gamescom

Xsolla Unveils Its Largest Product Rollout Yet: New Tools Give Studios Control Over Their Own Growth

Advertorial | Xsolla is heading to Cologne for gamescom dev and gamescom with a range of new services and products. Learn more at xsolla.pro/gmktgc, or connect with the team at gamescom, Hall 2.2, #A030-B035.

By Xsolla • 4 min read

Development

G+ Under the Hood: Unusual Prototyping for Tufuur

In our regular GamesMarket developer series, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood of in their game making process. This time, The Umbra Collective leads us through prototyping the world for their upcoming game Tufuur with Play-Doh.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Business

G+ How Did the European Key Markets Perform in 2025?

Having consolidated in 2024, how did Europe's major gaming markets perform? Here is an overview of the key figures, insights and facts from the five main European markets: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 19 min read

Events

Play26 Festival Focuses Music from 18-21 November

Hey, Listen! From 18-21 November, the topic for this years Play26 festival in Hamburg will be music. An extended schedule is offered for school classes and a youth team is co-curating the festival.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Politics

CreaTech Bulgaria Joins EGDF

The Bulgarian creative cluster CreaTech joins EGDF as the 27th member of the association.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Astragon Launched Bus Simulator 27: More Buses, Longer Journeys

Bus Simulator 27 has been released by astragon Entertainment and developer Simteract for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The latest instalment in this popular series features new brands, coach buses and long-distance journeys.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Products

Wanderburg

The Berlin-based duo Randwerk and Sidekick Publishing have launched Wanderburg in Early Access. In this survival-like/rogue-like game, players control a mobile fortress that devours and destroys everything in its path, growing in size as it goes.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Business

Jo Cooke: "FY26 Was a Landmark Year for Frontier Developments"

Frontier Developments has reported a record year. Chief Executive Officer Jo Cooke said, "FY26 was a landmark year for Frontier." The UK-based company plans to release one creative simulation game per year; the next is Planet Zoo 2.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read