Erisia Launches Curry.gg to Increase Transparency Beyong Top Tiers Stephan Steininger June 13, 2025 – 3 min read Share this post Gaëtan Albert (Hakio) and Juliette Martin (Yaya), the founders of Erisia, have developed Curry.gg © Erisia ESL One Munich 2027 © ESL Faceit Group Esports ESL One Heads to Munich in April 2027 A major esports event is set to take place at BMW Park in Munich in April 2027: ESL One, the flagship Dota 2 tournament organised by the ESL Faceit Group. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read (From left to right): Christopher Flato (ESBD), Mayor Maria Helmis-Arend (Cologne), Katrin Lögering (Green Party Member of the State Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia) and Florian Weber (Cologne District Association) (c) Viola Schuldner/ESBD 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 Picture: GameRecruit GbR 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 ESL One Munich 2027 © ESL Faceit Group Esports ESL One Heads to Munich in April 2027 A major esports event is set to take place at BMW Park in Munich in April 2027: ESL One, the flagship Dota 2 tournament organised by the ESL Faceit Group. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Alexander Krug, CEO and cofounder / André Krug, COO and cofounder © Softgames 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 Virtue and a Sledgehammer © Deconstructeam, Selkie Harbour, Devolver Digital 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 Xsolla / Gamepix © Xsolla 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
ESL One Munich 2027 © ESL Faceit Group Esports ESL One Heads to Munich in April 2027 A major esports event is set to take place at BMW Park in Munich in April 2027: ESL One, the flagship Dota 2 tournament organised by the ESL Faceit Group. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
(From left to right): Christopher Flato (ESBD), Mayor Maria Helmis-Arend (Cologne), Katrin Lögering (Green Party Member of the State Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia) and Florian Weber (Cologne District Association) (c) Viola Schuldner/ESBD 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
Picture: GameRecruit GbR 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
ESL One Munich 2027 © ESL Faceit Group Esports ESL One Heads to Munich in April 2027 A major esports event is set to take place at BMW Park in Munich in April 2027: ESL One, the flagship Dota 2 tournament organised by the ESL Faceit Group. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Alexander Krug, CEO and cofounder / André Krug, COO and cofounder © Softgames 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
Virtue and a Sledgehammer © Deconstructeam, Selkie Harbour, Devolver Digital 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
Xsolla / Gamepix © Xsolla 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
