Konami bricht Gewinn weg Tim Pototzki May 08, 2014 – 2 min read Share this post © None 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 Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Insights Game Buyers Are Price-Sensitive and Have an Idea of Appealing Discounts G2A and Newzoo have published a comprehensive study on gamers’ purchasing behaviour, which offers interesting and, in some cases, surprising insights that are likely to be of particular interest to developers and publishers of premium games. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read (Pexels/RNDE) Business How IP Rights and Terms of Use Can Stop Third Parties from Profiting from Your Game IT law expert Sandra Spensberger dissects a German court decision that put a stop to the sale of modded and boosted game accounts for a popular online multiplayer game via a Lithuanian third-party platform. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read Empire: Four Kingdoms © Goodgame Studios Funding Federal Funding Goes to Stillfront Germany The German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme has awarded Stillfront Germany GmbH just over one million euros in funding for Empire New Horizons. This is the company's second grant, despite the fact that the period for the first one is still ongoing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim © Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild Products Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Indie publisher tinyBuild is going strong at the moment. Sand: Raiders of Sophie in June, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs in August, and Graveyard Keeper 2 in September, were all commercial successes. However, Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim easily tops them all. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 © Activision Products Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Black Ops 7 was not particularly well received by players or critics, and it did not perform well in terms of sales like its predecessors. It is now up to Infinity Ward to restore the shooter franchise to its former glory with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – and they have certainly succeeded. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 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
Publishing No Man’s Sky, Dome Keeper and Sifu Release on iOS During Apple’s App Store Indie Games Week With seven new, high-profile indie games, Apple is not only celebrating App Store Indie Games Week from today, but is also supporting business models other than the traditional free-to-play model. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Insights Game Buyers Are Price-Sensitive and Have an Idea of Appealing Discounts G2A and Newzoo have published a comprehensive study on gamers’ purchasing behaviour, which offers interesting and, in some cases, surprising insights that are likely to be of particular interest to developers and publishers of premium games. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
(Pexels/RNDE) Business How IP Rights and Terms of Use Can Stop Third Parties from Profiting from Your Game IT law expert Sandra Spensberger dissects a German court decision that put a stop to the sale of modded and boosted game accounts for a popular online multiplayer game via a Lithuanian third-party platform. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read
Empire: Four Kingdoms © Goodgame Studios Funding Federal Funding Goes to Stillfront Germany The German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme has awarded Stillfront Germany GmbH just over one million euros in funding for Empire New Horizons. This is the company's second grant, despite the fact that the period for the first one is still ongoing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Products Borderlands Joins the 100-Million-Sales Club for Gaming IPs Thanks to the continued success of Borderlands 4, more than 100 units of games from the Borderlands IP have been sold to date, according to 2K and Gearbox. Further content updates are planned. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim © Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild Products Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim Indie publisher tinyBuild is going strong at the moment. Sand: Raiders of Sophie in June, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs in August, and Graveyard Keeper 2 in September, were all commercial successes. However, Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim easily tops them all. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 © Activision Products Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Black Ops 7 was not particularly well received by players or critics, and it did not perform well in terms of sales like its predecessors. It is now up to Infinity Ward to restore the shooter franchise to its former glory with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – and they have certainly succeeded. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
