An eventful week in gaming draws to a close with a recap of Paris Games Biz and news of new funding initiatives from Berlin. Thanks to the DevGamm Awards nominees and a stabilising US games market, spirits are also lifting following the BioWare news.
Events don’t always have to be big, dear readers,
to be good. Paris Games Biz seems to be just such an event. The Core B2B event took place for the third time in the run-up to Paris Games Week, and even though we weren’t there ourselves – partly because the business meetings there aren’t really intended for the press – we’ve heard nothing but good things, and not just from the organisers. “Exceptionally well-curated” or an organisation that was “top-notch from start to finish” are just two of the many positive comments from participants on LinkedIn, so many, in fact, that it’s almost hard to believe there were only 230 attendees. This backs up the official summary, which is, of course, equally positive.
Here are the news of the day!
Your Stephan Steininger
The New Media Funding programme from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has awarded €926,000 in funding to 13 game projects. The programme focuses on emerging studios and start-ups, and many of the funded projects are the first or second of their kind.
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by Marcel Kleffmann
Over 650 meetings took place in two days at Paris Game Biz 2026. With a total of 230 participants, it was the most international lineup to date.
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by Marcel Kleffmann
In his latest update, industry expert Zoran Roso analyses how gaming's traditional, vertically integrated publishing model is fracturing into a modular "service layer", transforming what was once an all-encompassing corporate parent into an à la carte operational utility.
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by Zoran Roso
The recently founded GameRecruit has launched its online academy, GameRecruit Learning. The aim is to offer smaller training organisations easy access to the use of gaming and esports in HR.
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The DevGamm Awards 2026 will be presented in Lisbon on 18 November. The list of nominations, which has now been published, shows that numerous studios from across Europe stand a chance of winning, including a few from the GSA.
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Rudolf Inderst
With turnover of US$4.76 billion, the US video game market is, according to Circana, only slightly below last year’s figure. Year-on-year, sales of hardware and accessories have even returned to positive territory.
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Xbox Cloud Gaming is now trialling a playtime model. Players can purchase hours of cloud gaming time without the need for an active Xbox Game Pass subscription.
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Marcel Kleffmann
21.10. - 24.10.2026: Games Industry Conference (Poznan)
21.10. - 24.10.2026: EVA 2026 – Argentine Video Game Expo (Buenos Aires)
22.10. - 25.10.2026: Paris Games Week (Paris)
23.10.2026: German Esports Summit (Cologne)
23.10. - 25.10.2026: FrankenLAN (Bayreuth)
22.10. - 25.10.2026: Spiel Essen (Essen)
29.10. - 01.11.2026: gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show (Bangkok)
03.11. - 04.11.2026: GodotFest (Munich)
03.11. - 04.11.2026: Game Research Days (Jyväskylä)
04.11.2026: Online Service Summit (Stockholm)
05.11. - 08.11.2026: Games Ground (Berlin)
07.11. - 08.11.2026: AdventureX (London)
10.11. - 11.11.2026: MIGS - Montréal International Game Summit (Montréal) 04.11.2026: Invest in Games (Stockholm)
12.11. - 13.11.2026: The Games Forum Roma (Roma)
14.11. - 22.11.2026: Dutch Games Week (Breda)
17.11. - 18.11.2026: DevGamm Lisbon (Lisbon)
18.11.2026: DevGamm Awards (Lisbon)
18.11. - 21.11.2026: Play26 Festival (Hamburg)
Find more events in our GamesMarket calendar.
