GamesMarkt+ Special: Games in Bavaria

E-Paper

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Topics in this issue include: A Daedalic interview, a big postmortem in Housemarque's Saros, a portrait of King Art Games from Bremen as well as a huge survey among executives in the games industry.

By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read

E-Paper

gamescom daily 2026 #3

The official gamescom daily magazine for 28 August 2026, presented by GamesMarket. Topics include a C-Level interview, Indie-Hits and the gamescom festival as well as, of course, the ever-important hall plans.

By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read

E-Paper

gamescom daily 2026 #2

The official gamescom daily magazine for 27 August 2026, presented by GamesMarket. Topics include the full schedule of the gamescom congress including the visit of President Steinmeier, Indie Hits on the showfloor and more.

By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read

Events

Fifth Polaris Reaches 55,000 Visitor Record

For its fifth anniversary, Polaris Convention in Hamburg has reached 55,000 people. It is the biggest German games & pop culture fair after gamescom.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Funding

Federal Funding Goes to Swift Games and Benjamin Lochmann New Media

Two more game studios have been awarded funding by the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. Grants were given to Berlin-based Swift Games and Nürnberg-based Benjamin Lochmann New Media alias Pixel Maniacs.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

Products

Assemble Retires Leisure Suit Larry Reboots

Likely for licensing reasons, Assemble Entertainment takes the two Leisure Suit Larry reimaginings by CrazyBunch off storefronts on 23 October. Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice are on sale until then. The license sits with EA through Codemasters.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Strong Launch for Toplitz's Permafrost

Developed by SpaceRocket Games and published by Toplitz Productions, Permafrost was released on Steam Early Access on 9 October 2026. It has achieved the German-Austrian publisher's third-best launch to date.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Tabletop

Magic: The Gathering Reveals First Marvel Set With Original Story for 2027

Marvel Darkhold Destiny will not only be the first Universes Beyond (UB) set for Magic: The Gathering in 2027, it will also be the first Marvel and UB set with an original story written just for the trading card game.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Record-Breaking Steam Event Builds Excitement For Finnish Games Week

A week before several in-person events take place in Finland as part of Finnish Games Week, the official Steam event has begun. Over 360 games from Finland are taking part.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read