FFF Bayern gewährt bislang höchste Games-Fördersumme Tim Pototzki November 12, 2014 – 1 min read Share this post © None Development Self-Publishing Framework: What SpielFabrique Wants to Offer With a new accelerator concept, SpielFabrique offers advice on self-publishing in a new sprint-focused online program. We spoke to Project Manager Matthes Lindner about the course, self-publishing as a skill even when signing a publisher, and the costs of an accelerator program. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read Business Womenize! Announces NRW Chapter, Applications for Masterclass in Leipzig Open With a new event one day before German Developer Award (Deutscher Entwicklerpreis, DEP) 2026 in Cologne, Womenize! is expanding. Applications for the Masterclasses on 24 November at R42 in Leipzig are open now as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read (Background picture: The inaugural Press Start Accelerator from Germany in 2026 (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur) Resources G+ These Incubators and Accelerators You Can Apply for in 2027 Just starting out with your game dev company and need the basics, or have taken the first step but need to grow? Good ways to achieve both are often incubators or accelerators. In our list, you can find the right one for you, whether online or on site, as well as how and when to apply. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read Hexed Harvest (Thoughtfish) Products Thoughtfish Releases Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer for Android XR Thoughtfish has released two Android-exclusive mixed reality idle titles just now: Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer. Both will release for Xreal Aura glasses as well at a later date. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 28 Oct 26: GIC, Reality Fracture, Figuya X Konsolenkost, Game-Making Tools, Nacon, Asmodee, Cube Golem Whilst the GIC organisers look back on a successful event, ticket sales are getting underway elsewhere, such as for the Baltic Games Fest 2027. The day also brought some retail news: Figuya X Konsolenkost is opening in Rosenheim, and idee+spiel is collaborating with Cube Golem. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read Reinhard Sigel of Cube Golem (left) and Efthimios Sidiropoulos of duo idee+spiel presenting the deal at Spiel Essen 2026 (Cube Golem/duo idee+spiel) Tabletop Cube Golem Becomes TCG Contract Supplier for duo idee+spiel TCG accessory maker and game seller Cube Golem is the new contract supplier for all things trading cards for duo idee+spiel and its retailers. This will bring trading card sales opportunities to toy, school supplies, model building, and model railroads retailers across Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Tabletop Asmodee Launches Access+ Resource for Accessible Board Games With their Asmodee Access+ program, the board game conglomerate launches guides, research and printable resources to platform inclusive games and offer better accessibility for other titles. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read (GSC Game World) Products S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope Cost of Hope is a substantial addon for GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which adds an expedition into the nuclear reactor, new enemy types and massively fleshed out faction gameplay to the core game. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Development Self-Publishing Framework: What SpielFabrique Wants to Offer With a new accelerator concept, SpielFabrique offers advice on self-publishing in a new sprint-focused online program. We spoke to Project Manager Matthes Lindner about the course, self-publishing as a skill even when signing a publisher, and the costs of an accelerator program. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Business Womenize! Announces NRW Chapter, Applications for Masterclass in Leipzig Open With a new event one day before German Developer Award (Deutscher Entwicklerpreis, DEP) 2026 in Cologne, Womenize! is expanding. Applications for the Masterclasses on 24 November at R42 in Leipzig are open now as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Background picture: The inaugural Press Start Accelerator from Germany in 2026 (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur) Resources G+ These Incubators and Accelerators You Can Apply for in 2027 Just starting out with your game dev company and need the basics, or have taken the first step but need to grow? Good ways to achieve both are often incubators or accelerators. In our list, you can find the right one for you, whether online or on site, as well as how and when to apply. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Hexed Harvest (Thoughtfish) Products Thoughtfish Releases Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer for Android XR Thoughtfish has released two Android-exclusive mixed reality idle titles just now: Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer. Both will release for Xreal Aura glasses as well at a later date. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 28 Oct 26: GIC, Reality Fracture, Figuya X Konsolenkost, Game-Making Tools, Nacon, Asmodee, Cube Golem Whilst the GIC organisers look back on a successful event, ticket sales are getting underway elsewhere, such as for the Baltic Games Fest 2027. The day also brought some retail news: Figuya X Konsolenkost is opening in Rosenheim, and idee+spiel is collaborating with Cube Golem. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
Reinhard Sigel of Cube Golem (left) and Efthimios Sidiropoulos of duo idee+spiel presenting the deal at Spiel Essen 2026 (Cube Golem/duo idee+spiel) Tabletop Cube Golem Becomes TCG Contract Supplier for duo idee+spiel TCG accessory maker and game seller Cube Golem is the new contract supplier for all things trading cards for duo idee+spiel and its retailers. This will bring trading card sales opportunities to toy, school supplies, model building, and model railroads retailers across Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tabletop Asmodee Launches Access+ Resource for Accessible Board Games With their Asmodee Access+ program, the board game conglomerate launches guides, research and printable resources to platform inclusive games and offer better accessibility for other titles. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(GSC Game World) Products S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope Cost of Hope is a substantial addon for GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which adds an expedition into the nuclear reactor, new enemy types and massively fleshed out faction gameplay to the core game. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
