ESL One Heads to Munich in April 2027

Esports

German Esports Summit 2026 & German Esports Award

The German Esports Summit 2026 brought together representatives from the worlds of esports, politics, business, education, and industry associations at the Xperion in Cologne. During the event, the inaugural German Esports Award was presented.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Business

GameRecruit Launches Online Academy to Educate HR About Gaming and Esports

The recently founded GameRecruit has launched its online academy, GameRecruit Learning. The aim is to offer smaller training organisations easy access to the use of gaming and esports in HR.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Esports

EWC Is Opening Its Global Platform to More Organisers

The Esports World Cup (EWC) has announced its 2027 Qualifier Programme, which is designed to enable tournament organisers and local esports communities to run official qualifying competitions as part of the Road to EWC.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Politics

Ahead of Election: Spain’s Games Associations Issue a Joint Call to Politicians

With one month to go before the general election, the two Spanish industry associations, AEVO and DEV, are joining forces and setting out five joint demands. Among other things, they are calling for tax incentives and a Spain Video Games Hub.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Business

Softgames Is Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary, With Much More to Come

Founded by brothers Alexander and André Krug in 2006, Softgames, a developer and publisher of instant games, is celebrating its 20th anniversary today. The company remains independent and founder-owned. Its games reach around 2.5 million daily active players.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Products

Virtue and a Sledgehammer

In Virtue and a Sledgehammer, players return to their home village armed with nothing but a sledgehammer and set about demolishing it. While it may seem to be a gimmick centred on destruction, it is actually an intense sci-fi drama about grief, alienation, and the rise of AI.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 29 Oct 26: PlayStation, Microsoft, Steam, LFG, Gamepix x Xsolla, Pixelsplit, Thoughtfish, PandaBee

The latest news in the consoles segment featured new, colourful controllers for PlayStation and a decline in sales for the Xbox business. In addition, several indie games from Germany were launched.

By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read

Products

PandaBee Releases SimsalaGrimm - The Chaos Crystal

PandaBee and Markt+Technik Verlag have released SimsalaGrimm - The Chaos Crystal today, based on a German public broadcast children's IP. The game is out on PC, Switch and PS5.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

Web Games Platform Gamepix Acquired by Xsolla

Xsolla has announced the acquisition of GamePix, a web games platform that publishes and distributes browser games worldwide. GamePix brings with it a catalogue of over 10,000 web titles, a community of over 4,000 developers, and a publishing solution that brings games to web browsers.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read