How much revenue, dear readers,

will GTA VI generate in its launch week? And do you need a crystal ball to answer that question? Not Newzoo, anyway. The Dutch firm has produced a projection based on the first week of pre-orders. Naturally, this still has a certain margin of error when it comes to the launch-week figure, but it’s a perfectly plausible result. There’s more news today from Bavaria, where there are new funding schemes, a new game announcement thanks to Layline, and a new event. Speaking of events: Hamburg-based Polaris is delighted with the high level of interest, and as for gamescom, we’ve today launched our first round-up of gamescom's day events, including the happy hours at the booths. And here too, please note that the list is constantly being updated – as more exhibitors and evening events have been added again today.

Here are the news of the day!

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Almost 900K in Funding For 16 Games From Bavaria

A total of 871,000 euros in funding was approved at the latest funding allocation meeting of the FFF Bayern. Digital Minister Mehring attributes the positive development in the region to the consistent regional development policy, which also includes support for the games industry.
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by Stephan Steininger

Road to gamescom – Everything You Need For a Successful Business Week in Cologne

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.

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Researcher Spotlight: Marion Plank

In our ongoing series about games researchers, we portrait the people wo bring game studies forward and define how game making is taught and learned at universities. Today in the spotlight is Marion Plank of IU International University, professor for Game Art.
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by Pascal Wagner

gamescom Week 2026: All Day Events

Need to fill some gaps in your gamescom schedule, want to make new contacts, or just looking for a cold drink between meetings? Here’s a list of the events, receptions and booth parties taking place during the day at gamescom dev & gamescom.
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Leyline Creations Announces Strategy Game Guildrun

Munich-based Leyline Creations has announced its debut game, Guildrun. The team is collaborating with a dedicated community to take the autobattler genre in a new direction.
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by Marcel Kleffmann

More News of the Day...

Newzoo: GTA VI Grosses $260 Million in Its First Week of Pre-Orders

GTA VI is set to be a huge hit. But just how big? Based on their data from the first week of pre-orders, market analysts at Newzoo have ventured a forecast putting the launch week’s sales in the single-digit billion range.
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Strong Interest from Exhibitors in the Polaris Convention

This year's Polaris Convention is set to take place in Hamburg from 9 to 11 October 2026. With more than 350 exhibitors already confirmed, including Nintendo, Playa Games, NDR/ARD and Congstar, there are only a few spaces left in the exhibition area.
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Game Sales Awards for an Agent and Racing in Japan

In June 2026, two games received a Sales Award from game - the German Games Industry Association. One went to Microsoft and the other to IO Interactive.
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E-Sport UBT is Organising Its First FrankenLAN Event

Another regional gaming event is set to make its debut in October with the first FrankenLAN. Support is being provided by the LFG, amongst others, and sponsors such as Sparkasse Bayreuth and Meer Mate.
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Sega Announces Its gamescom 2026 Line-Up

Sega has announced its presence at gamescom 2026, where visitors will be able to play the publisher's biggest upcoming titles. These include Alien: Isolation 2, Crazy Taxi: World Tour, Stranger Than Heaven, Persona 4 Revival and Total War: Warhammer 40,000, among others.
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Gamescom Dev Talk Review: When You Wishlist Upon a Star
In our round-up of this week’s “Dev Talk” at gamescom dev, we look back at an analysis of what wishlists reveal about a game’s prospects. Gregory Weller from Generation Media presents data from a study on wishlists and offers insights to help put the results into context.
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Exhibitions & Events


06.07. - 23.08.2026: Esports World Cup (Paris)
17.07. - 19.07.2026: MagicCon Amsterdam (Amsterdam)
17.07. - 19.07.2026: Southeast Game Exchange (Greenville, SC, USA)
19.07. - 23.07.2026: Siggraph 2026 (Los Angeles)
22.07. - 23.07.2026: GDD - GermanDevDays - 2026 (Frankfurt am Main)
31.07. - 03.08.2026: ChinaJoy (Shanghai)
05.08. - 07.08.2026: Serious Play Conference (Durham/USA)
23.08. - 25.08.2026: gamescom dev (Cologne)
25.08.2026: gamescom opening night live - tbc - (Cologne/Stream)
26.08. - 30.08.2026: gamescom (Cologne)
27.08.2026: gamescom congress (Cologne)

Find more events in our GamesMarket calendar.

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Stephan Steininger
Stephan Steininger
Stephan Steininger is Director of Operations and Editor-in-Chief of GamesMarket. As part of the magazine since its inception in 2001, he knows the GSA games industry by heart.