Esports World Cup Closes With Record Figures

Business

Friendly Fire Gaming Café Franchise Continues to Grow Internationally

The gaming café franchise Friendly Fire has closed a €4 million Series A funding round. The funding will be used to accelerate international expansion, improve technology and strengthen franchisee support.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Esports

Vitality Rising Bees Win the Equal Esports Cup

At gamescom 2026, Deutsche Telekom and SK Gaming hosted the fourth Equal Esports Cup, a League of Legends tournament for women and non-binary players.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Esports

Team Germany E-Sport Celebrates gamescom Debut

The German esports national team makes its debut on gamescom's biggest stage in showmatches against Great Britain and the Netherlands.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Products

Tobspr Games' New Standalone Game Is puzzlez - a shapez game

German indie developer tobspr Games has announced puzzlez - a shapez game, a standalone puzzle game based on the shapez series. It will be released on Steam in 2027. Doyoyo is co-publishing the game in China.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Products

Onimusha and Dawnwalker Break the One Million Sales Mark

Two games released last week have already sold over one million copies: Onimusha: Way of the Sword and The Blood of Dawnwalker.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

E-Paper

G+ GamesMarkt 475

Topics in this issue include: A Daedalic interview, a big postmortem in Housemarque's Saros, a portrait of King Art Games from Bremen as well as a huge survey among executives in the games industry.

By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read

Business

GDC State of the Industry Survey Moves to November

The GDC State of the Industry Survey by Informa moves from January to November releases, meaning it is open for answers now for the second time in 2026.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

Finnish Game Studio MiTale Starts Transmedia Publishing

MiTale from Finland has announced that it will start into publishing. The indie studio from Turku not only covers digital games, but also board games, graphic novels and books. Submissions will start early next year.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Marsupilami 2 – Salsa Palombia

Following the success of Marsupilami: Hoobadventure (2021), Ocellus Studio and Microids are continuing the series with Marsupilami 2: Salsa Palombia. Like its predecessor, this game is set to be fun for all the family.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read