Gehälterfairness: Sollte man Top-Honorare für E-Sportler:innen deckeln? Pascal Wagner April 04, 2023 – 3 min read Share this post © Yan Krukau / Pexels (From left to right): Christopher Flato (ESBD), Mayor Maria Helmis-Arend (Cologne), Katrin Lögering (Green Party Member of the State Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia) and Florian Weber (Cologne District Association) (c) Viola Schuldner/ESBD Esports German Esports Summit 2026 & German Esports Award The German Esports Summit 2026 brought together representatives from the worlds of esports, politics, business, education, and industry associations at the Xperion in Cologne. During the event, the inaugural German Esports Award was presented. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Picture: GameRecruit GbR Business GameRecruit Launches Online Academy to Educate HR About Gaming and Esports 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. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read 2027 Qualifier Programme (c) EWC Esports EWC Is Opening Its Global Platform to More Organisers The Esports World Cup (EWC) has announced its 2027 Qualifier Programme, which is designed to enable tournament organisers and local esports communities to run official qualifying competitions as part of the Road to EWC. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Hexed Harvest (Thoughtfish) Products Thoughtfish Releases Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer for Android XR 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. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 28 Oct 26: GIC, Reality Fracture, Figuya X Konsolenkost, Game-Making Tools, Nacon, Asmodee, Cube Golem Whilst the GIC organisers look back on a successful event, ticket sales are getting underway elsewhere, such as for the Baltic Games Fest 2027. The day also brought some retail news: Figuya X Konsolenkost is opening in Rosenheim, and idee+spiel is collaborating with Cube Golem. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read Reinhard Sigel of Cube Golem (left) and Efthimios Sidiropoulos of duo idee+spiel presenting the deal at Spiel Essen 2026 (Cube Golem/duo idee+spiel) Tabletop Cube Golem Becomes TCG Contract Supplier for duo idee+spiel TCG accessory maker and game seller Cube Golem is the new contract supplier for all things trading cards for duo idee+spiel and its retailers. This will bring trading card sales opportunities to toy, school supplies, model building, and model railroads retailers across Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Tabletop Asmodee Launches Access+ Resource for Accessible Board Games With their Asmodee Access+ program, the board game conglomerate launches guides, research and printable resources to platform inclusive games and offer better accessibility for other titles. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read (GSC Game World) Products S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope Cost of Hope is a substantial addon for GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which adds an expedition into the nuclear reactor, new enemy types and massively fleshed out faction gameplay to the core game. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
(From left to right): Christopher Flato (ESBD), Mayor Maria Helmis-Arend (Cologne), Katrin Lögering (Green Party Member of the State Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia) and Florian Weber (Cologne District Association) (c) Viola Schuldner/ESBD Esports German Esports Summit 2026 & German Esports Award The German Esports Summit 2026 brought together representatives from the worlds of esports, politics, business, education, and industry associations at the Xperion in Cologne. During the event, the inaugural German Esports Award was presented. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Picture: GameRecruit GbR Business GameRecruit Launches Online Academy to Educate HR About Gaming and Esports 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. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
2027 Qualifier Programme (c) EWC Esports EWC Is Opening Its Global Platform to More Organisers The Esports World Cup (EWC) has announced its 2027 Qualifier Programme, which is designed to enable tournament organisers and local esports communities to run official qualifying competitions as part of the Road to EWC. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Hexed Harvest (Thoughtfish) Products Thoughtfish Releases Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer for Android XR 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. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 28 Oct 26: GIC, Reality Fracture, Figuya X Konsolenkost, Game-Making Tools, Nacon, Asmodee, Cube Golem Whilst the GIC organisers look back on a successful event, ticket sales are getting underway elsewhere, such as for the Baltic Games Fest 2027. The day also brought some retail news: Figuya X Konsolenkost is opening in Rosenheim, and idee+spiel is collaborating with Cube Golem. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
Reinhard Sigel of Cube Golem (left) and Efthimios Sidiropoulos of duo idee+spiel presenting the deal at Spiel Essen 2026 (Cube Golem/duo idee+spiel) Tabletop Cube Golem Becomes TCG Contract Supplier for duo idee+spiel TCG accessory maker and game seller Cube Golem is the new contract supplier for all things trading cards for duo idee+spiel and its retailers. This will bring trading card sales opportunities to toy, school supplies, model building, and model railroads retailers across Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Pythia Games © Pythia Games / Rune Publishing Hearth and Hamlet Publisher Runic Forge Rebrands as Pythia Games Pythia Games is the new publishing label of Rune, a data-driven indie marketing agency based in the UK which is now transitioning to work exclusively as a publisher. The company's first major release as a publisher was Hearth and Hamlet, which was released in August 2026 under the name Runic Forge. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tabletop Asmodee Launches Access+ Resource for Accessible Board Games With their Asmodee Access+ program, the board game conglomerate launches guides, research and printable resources to platform inclusive games and offer better accessibility for other titles. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(GSC Game World) Products S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope Cost of Hope is a substantial addon for GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which adds an expedition into the nuclear reactor, new enemy types and massively fleshed out faction gameplay to the core game. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
