Everything Unveiled at the 10th Anniversary of Warhammer Skulls

Products

Dawn of War IV Is Coming Out In September 2026

During the Warhammer Skulls Showcase, Deep Silver and King Art Games announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is set to launch on 17 September 2026. The Crusade mode returns, and a year of free content updates and paid DLC will expand the battlefield.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Products

Bavarian-Made LLM-Battler Promptables for SWR X Lab Is Out

Emergo Entertainment, Ivy Juice Games and Neuroforge have made an LLM-driven creature battler in which you prompt your creature's attacks for the ARD AI podcast. The game is out today.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Fatekeeper Launches in Early June via Early Access

Developed by just 13 people at the German studio Paraglacial and published by THQ Nordic, Fatekeeper will enter Early Access on 2 June 2026. The game has already turned heads.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Esports

German Olympic Committee Establishes DOSB E-Sports gGmbH

The German Olympic Committee has established a new esports initiative. The DOSB E-Sports gGmbH goes into operation on 1 June.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

People

Jenni Wergin Joins House of Games Team as Developer Relations Manager

With the opening of the House of Games fast approaching, operator Wista Management is also strengthening the project team and has brought Jenni Wergin, an experienced industry expert, on board as Development Relations Manager.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Campus

Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #20

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include Disco Elysium, Analog Game Studies and more.

By Rudolf Inderst • 2 min read

Awards

The Winners of the Finnish Game Awards 2026

The Finnish Game Awards 2026 saw a variety of winners, including a robot adventure game, a distinctly Finnish winter driving game, an adrenaline-fuelled techno shooter game, and a number of outstanding Finnish game developers.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Awards

Finalists for the 2026 Italian Video Game Awards

IIDEA, the Italian video game industry association, has announced the nominees for the 14th Italian Video Game Awards.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Business

The Safe-Bet Crisis: Why Live-Service ”Wrappers“ Are Imploding

In this week’s “Update”, Zoran Roso asks whether the industry is still designing games for pure enjoyment, and he suggests that the industry may have fallen into a dangerous corporate trap of designing for operational efficiency instead of creative taste and is facing a brutal reality check.

By Zoran Roso • 4 min read