Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #35

Campus

Student Games Festival 2026 in Warsaw

The second edition of the Student Games Festival will take place from 8 to 9 October 2026 at the Palace of Culture & Science in Warsaw. This international event is dedicated to the work of students and emerging game developers.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Tabletop

Serious Games Summit Connects Risk-Assessors and Game Makers

At the Serious Game Summit in Lucerne, 45 analogue game makers, risk managers at public organisations and researchers came together to discuss the possibilities of games for adult teaching and crisis management education.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Campus

Stephan Schwingeler is Keynote Speaker of FROG 2026

Professor Stephan Schwingeler will be the keynote speaker of the Future and Reality of Gaming conference 2026 with a talk on Game Art. FROG takes place 20-22 November in Vienna.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Astragon's Seafarer: The Ship Sim Leaves Early Access

After almost a year, Seafarer: The Ship Sim has completed its Early Access launch, with Version 1.0 now available on PC and consoles.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Products

Headup and Sonorode Release Warding Witches 19 October

Warding Witches by Headup and Sonorode, both from Germany, will release their musically electrifying, defense-focused shoot 'em up Warding Witches on 19 October.

By Pascal Wagner •

Products

Silent Hill: Townfall

Konami is serious about reviving the Silent Hill franchise, having released a new game in the psychological horror series for the third consecutive year. However, Silent Hill: Townfall introduces a first-person perspective for the first time, whilst retaining the defining elements of the series.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Products

EA Sports FC 27

From kickabouts and one-on-ones to teaming up with friends in clubs, in EA Sports 27 players can find a new social football playground where the streets meet the stadium.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 24 Sep 26: Games Forum Roma, CEEGA, Meta VR Glasses, GIC, Nicolas Godement, Gamescom Asia

Whether it’s a round-up of the GIC’s most extensive conference programme to date, the CEEGAs nominees or the Student Games Festival – news from Poland is dominating today’s headlines. However, there is also news from Ireland, Italy and many other countries.

By Team GamesMarket • 6 min read

Events

GIC Reveals Almost 100 Sessions And Expects Largest Edition so Far

The organisers of the GIC have already announced nearly 100 sessions featuring speakers from Walt Disney Imagineering, Ubisoft, Activision, CD Projekt Red, Techland, 11 Bit Studios and Wargaming, amongst others. And they haven’t even revealed half of what’s to come.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read