Gerhold: Building an Alternative to Established Labels Stephan Steininger May 24, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Mario Gerhold © Gerhold YouTuber Patrick Mayer and his book series Paluten receive FFF production funding. (Patrick Mayer; Leonine/Odeon) Paluten Animated Movie Gets Funding by FFF Bavaria For their animated movie about the Paluten book series, YouTuber Patrick Mayer and production company Odeon Fiction from Munich are getting 300,000 euros from FFF Bayern in the current movie funding round. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Anja Lorenz; © Lorenz People Anja Lorenz Joined ICO Partners as Senior Communications Manager After spending several years at Kalypso Media and Faktor 3, Anja Lorenz is moving to the British self-publishing agency ICO Partners, taking up the position of Senior Communications Manager Germany. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Wiebke Wiesner and State Secretary for the Arts Arne Braun (MFG). People Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg Wiebke Wiesner will become the new managing director of Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). She will succeed Carl Bergengruen on July 1, 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Products Unity Awards 2025 Voting is Underway, With Hopes for Photon, Megagon, Ocomotive, Neoludig and More Voting for the 17th Unity Awards is open until November 21. The awards ceremony is scheduled for December 2. Until then, all nominees can hope to win, including several studios and a creator from GSA. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read Bloodletter; © Aldamami Games Aldamami Games' Bloodletter Launches at the End of March 2026 The German studio Aldamami Games has announced that its eerie medieval strategy deckbuilder game, Bloodletter, will be released on 31 March 2026. This will be the Berlin-based indie studio's first game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read 2025 Indie Game Awards Nominees: Game of the Year; © IGA, Six One Indie Indie Game Awards 2025 Nominations The nominations for the 2025 Indie Game Awards (IGAs) have been announced. Those nominated from Germany, Switzerland and Austria include Assemble Entertainment, Happy Broccoli Games, Joel Schoch, Okomotive, Lululu Entertainment, Philipp Stollenmayer, Playables and Zockrates Laboratories. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Storage Hunter Simulator; © Raccoons Studios & astragon Astragon Will Launch Storage Hunter Simulator in Two Weeks Storage Hunter Simulator is set to reach version 1.0 on 27 November 2025. The game is being published by astragon and was developed by Raccoons Studios, part of the Polish company BeardedBrothers.Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Jari-Pekka Kaleva and Colm Larkin (from left) Business Europe's Game Developers Association EGDF Grows With Irish IMIRT as New Member IMIRT (The Irish Game Makers Association) is the 26th member from 24 countries of the EGDF (European Games Developer Federation),which only accepts national associations but not game companies. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Campus Game Studies Watchlist #45 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include an analysis German hit indie game Signalis, board games, truckers playing Truck Simulator and more. By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
YouTuber Patrick Mayer and his book series Paluten receive FFF production funding. (Patrick Mayer; Leonine/Odeon) Paluten Animated Movie Gets Funding by FFF Bavaria For their animated movie about the Paluten book series, YouTuber Patrick Mayer and production company Odeon Fiction from Munich are getting 300,000 euros from FFF Bayern in the current movie funding round. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Anja Lorenz; © Lorenz People Anja Lorenz Joined ICO Partners as Senior Communications Manager After spending several years at Kalypso Media and Faktor 3, Anja Lorenz is moving to the British self-publishing agency ICO Partners, taking up the position of Senior Communications Manager Germany. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Wiebke Wiesner and State Secretary for the Arts Arne Braun (MFG). People Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg Wiebke Wiesner will become the new managing director of Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). She will succeed Carl Bergengruen on July 1, 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Products Unity Awards 2025 Voting is Underway, With Hopes for Photon, Megagon, Ocomotive, Neoludig and More Voting for the 17th Unity Awards is open until November 21. The awards ceremony is scheduled for December 2. Until then, all nominees can hope to win, including several studios and a creator from GSA. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
Bloodletter; © Aldamami Games Aldamami Games' Bloodletter Launches at the End of March 2026 The German studio Aldamami Games has announced that its eerie medieval strategy deckbuilder game, Bloodletter, will be released on 31 March 2026. This will be the Berlin-based indie studio's first game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
2025 Indie Game Awards Nominees: Game of the Year; © IGA, Six One Indie Indie Game Awards 2025 Nominations The nominations for the 2025 Indie Game Awards (IGAs) have been announced. Those nominated from Germany, Switzerland and Austria include Assemble Entertainment, Happy Broccoli Games, Joel Schoch, Okomotive, Lululu Entertainment, Philipp Stollenmayer, Playables and Zockrates Laboratories. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Storage Hunter Simulator; © Raccoons Studios & astragon Astragon Will Launch Storage Hunter Simulator in Two Weeks Storage Hunter Simulator is set to reach version 1.0 on 27 November 2025. The game is being published by astragon and was developed by Raccoons Studios, part of the Polish company BeardedBrothers.Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Jari-Pekka Kaleva and Colm Larkin (from left) Business Europe's Game Developers Association EGDF Grows With Irish IMIRT as New Member IMIRT (The Irish Game Makers Association) is the 26th member from 24 countries of the EGDF (European Games Developer Federation),which only accepts national associations but not game companies. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist #45 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include an analysis German hit indie game Signalis, board games, truckers playing Truck Simulator and more. By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
