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.
The year is far from over, dear readers,
and yet it’s worth looking ahead to 2027 already. Following our successful debut, we’ll be producing the conbook for the LFG in Hof again next year. We think it’s a lovely project, where we are, of course, also hoping for your support, and it won’t be the only one we’re planning for 2027 when it comes to event and trade fair publications. But more on that another time.
Here are the news of the day!
Your Stephan Steininger
TFlare Orange, Emerald Green, and Graphite Gray: Controller and face plate designs for PS5 are going retro. With three translucent designs, Sony Interactive Entertainment is evoking the 1990s.
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by Pascal Wagner
Revenue in Microsoft's Xbox division has fallen slightly, with minor declines in content and services, and a more significant decline in hardware. However, revenue growth is expected to return to the mid-to-high single-digit range in the next quarter, and this is not solely due to GTA VI.
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by Marcel Kleffmann
For the 2027 LFG Con in Hof from 22-23 May, the fair and GamesMarket are cooperating again to produce a physical conbook that's free to take home for all visitors. Ad space bookings are open right now.
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by Team GamesMarket
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has performed much better than Black Ops 7 (2025) and Modern Warfare III (2023) in the weekly Steam charts. Meanwhile, Final Fantasy Resonance has surprised many with its strong launch for a single-player Final Fantasy title.
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Xsolla has announced the acquisition of GamePix, a web games platform that publishes and distributes browser games worldwide. GamePix brings with it a catalogue of over 10,000 web titles, a community of over 4,000 developers, and a publishing solution that brings games to web browsers.
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Deadly Days: Roadtrip, the bullet-hell roguelike where the backpack 'breaks' the game, is leaving Early Access today and is also coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. It is developed by Pixelsplit from Eschborn and published by Sidekick Publishing from Berlin.
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Thoughtfish has released two Android-exclusive mixed reality idle titles just now: Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer. Both will release for Xreal Aura glasses as well at a later date.
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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.
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Card game maker CardMonster has announced PUBG: Final Circle based on Krafton's battle royale IP. The tabletop game for 2-5 players will start with a Kickstarter campaign.
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Marcel Kleffmann
29.10. - 01.11.2026: gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show (Bangkok)
03.11. - 04.11.2026: GodotFest (Munich)
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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)
21.11.2026: Card Galaxy Europe (Heidelberg)
21.11. - 22.11.2026: VIECC - Vienna Comic Con (Vienna)
26.11.2026: The Pre-Show (London)
27.11. - 29.11.2026: Milan Games Week (Milan)
28.11. - 29.11.2026: Be A Hero Gaming Zone at CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart (Stuttgart
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