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Tommi Awards: New Subtitle And Call For Entries For 25th Edition

With a history spanning 25 years, the Tommi Award is one of Germany’s oldest children’s software awards. To mark its anniversary, it is being relaunched as the Tommi Games Award. At the same time, the submission period is opening and the search is on for members of the children’s and youth jury.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Digital Vikings Awards 2026: Moi Rai Brings Best Indie Game Prize to Hamburg

During the Digital Vikings Awards at DevGamm Gdánsk 2026, Moi Rai Games from Hamburg won Best Indie Game. Best Indie Publisher went to Raw Fury. Two awards went to Poland, another to Ukraine.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Awards

GamesPreis26 Honours Sagewing Studios, Slothmotion and Vivid Arise

400 people visited the GamesFestival26 this Saturday in Munich, playing real life Mario Kart and countless indie games. The annual GamesPreis was awarded as well, to students as well as young studios such as Sagewing and Slothmotion.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

PlayStation Disc Stop: Reorders for Earlier Games Not Affected

Sony's disc manufacturer Sony DADC in Thalgau, Austria has said that games released before 2028 will be able to be reordered as game discs after the production stops as well.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Campus

Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #26

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include interface relations in games, a technical breakdown of Lushfoil, control systems and more.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

People

Good Gaming Support: Mick Prinz on Bleak Funding Situation

"The outlook for funding civil society projects is currently just as bleak as it is in the gaming industry"; Mick Prinz of Good Gaming Support talks us through the imminent closure of the project after Demokratie Leben! announced to cut its funding.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read

Business

Aesir Interactive Announces Unicorn Academy And Unveils Its New Corporate Identity

13 years, 15 titles released, but not a hint of exhaustion – to mark this somewhat odd anniversary, Munich-based Aesir Interactive has given itself a new corporate identity. At the same time, a new project, Unicorn Academy, was announced in collaboration with partners Mindscape and Spin Master.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

Awards

Tommi Awards: New Subtitle And Call For Entries For 25th Edition

With a history spanning 25 years, the Tommi Award is one of Germany’s oldest children’s software awards. To mark its anniversary, it is being relaunched as the Tommi Games Award. At the same time, the submission period is opening and the search is on for members of the children’s and youth jury.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Campus

Association for Applied Game Studies Constituted

The former members of the closed Centre for Applied Game Studies from Krems have reconstituted themselves into the Association for Applied Game Studies under chairwoman Natalie Denk. It's the third dedicated game studies association in GSA.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read