Gameloft startet gut ins neue Jahr Tim Pototzki April 29, 2015 – 1 min read Share this post Gameloft-Chef Michel Guillemot sieht Gameloft wieder auf einem guten Weg © None 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 Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Picture: Pexels/Antonio Sáez; AEVI, DEV Politics Ahead of Election: Spain’s Games Associations Issue a Joint Call to Politicians With one month to go before the general election, the two Spanish industry associations, AEVO and DEV, are joining forces and setting out five joint demands. Among other things, they are calling for tax incentives and a Spain Video Games Hub. 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
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
Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Picture: Pexels/Antonio Sáez; AEVI, DEV Politics Ahead of Election: Spain’s Games Associations Issue a Joint Call to Politicians With one month to go before the general election, the two Spanish industry associations, AEVO and DEV, are joining forces and setting out five joint demands. Among other things, they are calling for tax incentives and a Spain Video Games Hub. 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
