Games Analyst Hutch, London GamesMarket Job Agent July 06, 2026 – 3 min read Share this post Jobs Marketing Producer/Project Manager Snowprint Studios, Berlin By GamesMarket Job Agent • 3 min read Jobs Book now and secure top international talents. In Europe and beyond. By GamesMarket Job Agent • 1 min read Jobs Working Student - Community Management InnoGames, Hamburg By GamesMarket Job Agent • 3 min read Frithjof Michaelsen, Digital Policy Officer at French consumer association Que Choisir Ensemble (Cameron Bunney, Unsplash) People French Consumer Association on PlayStation: "Profoundly Unfair to Consumers" French consumer association Que Choisir Ensemble sees Sony's decision to stop making physical games possible on PlayStation as a net negative for consumers: Less choice, no second-hand market, no longterm playability are the consequence, says Digital Policy Officer Frithjof Michaelsen. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Will no longer be sold in Europe come February 2027: The first Nintendo Switch (Nintendo) Products Nintendo Will Stop Selling Switch in Europe In preparation for the EU Battery Regulation, Nintendo will replace the Switch 2 and other products with new models. The Switch 1 in all variants as well as some special controllers however will be discontinued, since they will not receive exchangable battery models. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read (DGA) gamescom Netherlands Pavilion confirmed for gamescom 2026 The Dutch Games Association has confirmed the Netherlands Pavilion at gamescom 2026 business area. 24 companies and institutions from the Netherlands will exhibit there. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read daily GamesMarket Daily – 06. July 26: Xbox Cuts, Paintbucket, Africa,Stop Killing Games on Sony, PS Charts & More At Microsoft Xbox, the new financial year has got off to a bad start. 3,200 jobs are set to be cut, half of them with immediate effect. Elsewhere, however, there is cause for hope: African studios can look forward to two funding programmes. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read Business Asha Sharma Wields the Axe, Cutting 3,200 Jobs at Xbox As announced, the new head of Xbox is turning Microsoft’s console unit on its head. 3,200 jobs are to be cut, 1,600 of them with immediate effect. Compulsion Games and Double Fine are being spun off via a MBO, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are to be sold, and Arkane is working on a solution. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read (SWR X Lab, Paintbucket Games) Products "A Night in Moka Efti" is Paintbucket's Babylon Berlin Game Here's the German Disco Elysium: SWR X Lab and Paintbucket Games have revealed their Babylon Berlin game A Night in Moka Efti, a narrative psychological thriller RPG. It will release in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
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Frithjof Michaelsen, Digital Policy Officer at French consumer association Que Choisir Ensemble (Cameron Bunney, Unsplash) People French Consumer Association on PlayStation: "Profoundly Unfair to Consumers" French consumer association Que Choisir Ensemble sees Sony's decision to stop making physical games possible on PlayStation as a net negative for consumers: Less choice, no second-hand market, no longterm playability are the consequence, says Digital Policy Officer Frithjof Michaelsen. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Will no longer be sold in Europe come February 2027: The first Nintendo Switch (Nintendo) Products Nintendo Will Stop Selling Switch in Europe In preparation for the EU Battery Regulation, Nintendo will replace the Switch 2 and other products with new models. The Switch 1 in all variants as well as some special controllers however will be discontinued, since they will not receive exchangable battery models. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(DGA) gamescom Netherlands Pavilion confirmed for gamescom 2026 The Dutch Games Association has confirmed the Netherlands Pavilion at gamescom 2026 business area. 24 companies and institutions from the Netherlands will exhibit there. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
daily GamesMarket Daily – 06. July 26: Xbox Cuts, Paintbucket, Africa,Stop Killing Games on Sony, PS Charts & More At Microsoft Xbox, the new financial year has got off to a bad start. 3,200 jobs are set to be cut, half of them with immediate effect. Elsewhere, however, there is cause for hope: African studios can look forward to two funding programmes. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
Business Asha Sharma Wields the Axe, Cutting 3,200 Jobs at Xbox As announced, the new head of Xbox is turning Microsoft’s console unit on its head. 3,200 jobs are to be cut, 1,600 of them with immediate effect. Compulsion Games and Double Fine are being spun off via a MBO, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are to be sold, and Arkane is working on a solution. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
(SWR X Lab, Paintbucket Games) Products "A Night in Moka Efti" is Paintbucket's Babylon Berlin Game Here's the German Disco Elysium: SWR X Lab and Paintbucket Games have revealed their Babylon Berlin game A Night in Moka Efti, a narrative psychological thriller RPG. It will release in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
