GamesMarket's daily editorial editorial comment and an overview of all news of the day, not just to your inbox, but freely available online as well. The topics of the day: the safeguard proceedings regarding Nacon's insolvency, Stop Killing Games suing PlayStation, MTG renaming its gaming division.
It was only a matter of time, dear readers,
until someone would try to set an example regarding Sony's decision to stop producing physical disks for games. It's only logical that it would be the Stop Killing Games initiative, who is using this case to further a lawsuit that has already been in the works for some months. And the argument itself is quite logical: If there are no more physical games players can get on sale at their retailer or buy used, then the digital storefront of PlayStation would get a market advantage, if not to say a monopoly. Stop Killing Games and their partner Does it Play argue, then, that these digital games should be cheaper, and call markups they have found a 'Sony tax'. We will see how the court in Utrecht evaluates the case; it will certainly be an interesting example, especially with the Dutch courts tending to being on the more consumer-oriented side of the law's interpretations.
Here are the news of the day!
Your Pascal Wagner
The renaming primarily affects the business unit known as the Midcore District, which includes InnoGames, Snowprint, Hutch, Ninja Kiwi, and Futureplay. The unit previously known as the Casual District consisted mainly of the Indian company PlaySimple, which MTG plans to take public separately.
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by Stephan Steininger
From emergency contacts to party guides, tips for traveling in Cologne and information for trade visitors and exhibitors: Learn everything there is to know about being at gamescom on our big service portal.
He made the soundtrack to Remember Me, Vampyr and A Plague Tale: Legendary composer Olivier Derivière from Paris is leading us through his work process, his favourite soundtracks and the best ways to involve composers in your game dev workflow.
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by Pascal Wagner
The results of the gamescom dev 2026 speaker survey, held with 100 speakers, shows that economic uncertainty, a destroyed junior-to-senior pipeline due to AI and bad discoverability are on the industry's mind.
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by Pascal Wagner
It was a victory waiting to happen: The release of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced sailed right into German charts by game in July. The second half of the Top 20 consists almost entirely of re-entries.
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Bigben Interactive, Nacon's parent company, announced an agreement in principle with the main financial creditors, as well as the filing of a petition for the commencement of accelerated safeguard proceedings. This is what it means for Nacon.
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Pascal Wagner
Panic has shared that House House's game Big Walk has reached one million sales in one week. Combined with the PlayStation Plus redeems, the player numbers seems to be even higher.
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The German Autobahn is calling: One of the most successful franchises from Aerosoft and Z-Software is the Autobahn Police Simulator series, which began with the release of the first instalment in 2015. Now, Autobahn Police Simulator 4 has been announced for PC and consoles.
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Rising marketing expenses impacted Remedy Entertainment's profitability in Q2 2026. However, the Finnish company is feeling optimistic about the September launch of Control Resonant. The game has amassed 1.5 million wishlists across all platforms. Meanwhile, Alan Wake 2 has reached 3 million sales.
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Stop Killing Games and Does It Play are suing Sony in the Netherlands. The lawsuit claims that Sony, especially in light of their discontinuation of physical games, is taking too much money in their closed shop ecosystem.
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