Manor Lords Marcel Kleffmann April 17, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post "Manor Lords" is a medieval strategy game with city-building, tactical combat, complex economics and social simulation. © Slavic Magic and Hooded Horse Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV © Deep Silver and King Art Games Products Dawn of War IV Is Coming Out In September 2026 During the Warhammer Skulls Showcase, Deep Silver and King Art Games announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is set to launch on 17 September 2026. The Crusade mode returns, and a year of free content updates and paid DLC will expand the battlefield. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Paul Redetzky's Emergo Entertainment is making Promptables for ARD/SWR. (ARD/Emergo) Products Bavarian-Made LLM-Battler Promptables for SWR X Lab Is Out Emergo Entertainment, Ivy Juice Games and Neuroforge have made an LLM-driven creature battler in which you prompt your creature's attacks for the ARD AI podcast. The game is out today. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Fatekeeper © Paraglacial & THQ Nordic Products Fatekeeper Launches in Early June via Early Access Developed by just 13 people at the German studio Paraglacial and published by THQ Nordic, Fatekeeper will enter Early Access on 2 June 2026. The game has already turned heads. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Leon Ries, DOSB Board Member for Youth, is part of the initiative (DOSB) Esports German Olympic Committee Establishes DOSB E-Sports gGmbH The German Olympic Committee has established a new esports initiative. The DOSB E-Sports gGmbH goes into operation on 1 June. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read People Jenni Wergin Joins House of Games Team as Developer Relations Manager With the opening of the House of Games fast approaching, operator Wista Management is also strengthening the project team and has brought Jenni Wergin, an experienced industry expert, on board as Development Relations Manager. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #20 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include Disco Elysium, Analog Game Studies and more. By Rudolf Inderst • 2 min read The Winners of the Finnish Game Awards 2026 © Finnish Game Developers' Association / Neogames Finland Association Awards The Winners of the Finnish Game Awards 2026 The Finnish Game Awards 2026 saw a variety of winners, including a robot adventure game, a distinctly Finnish winter driving game, an adrenaline-fuelled techno shooter game, and a number of outstanding Finnish game developers. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Italian Video Game Awards © IIDEA Awards Finalists for the 2026 Italian Video Game Awards IIDEA, the Italian video game industry association, has announced the nominees for the 14th Italian Video Game Awards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Business The Safe-Bet Crisis: Why Live-Service ”Wrappers“ Are Imploding In this week’s “Update”, Zoran Roso asks whether the industry is still designing games for pure enjoyment, and he suggests that the industry may have fallen into a dangerous corporate trap of designing for operational efficiency instead of creative taste and is facing a brutal reality check. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV © Deep Silver and King Art Games Products Dawn of War IV Is Coming Out In September 2026 During the Warhammer Skulls Showcase, Deep Silver and King Art Games announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is set to launch on 17 September 2026. The Crusade mode returns, and a year of free content updates and paid DLC will expand the battlefield. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Paul Redetzky's Emergo Entertainment is making Promptables for ARD/SWR. (ARD/Emergo) Products Bavarian-Made LLM-Battler Promptables for SWR X Lab Is Out Emergo Entertainment, Ivy Juice Games and Neuroforge have made an LLM-driven creature battler in which you prompt your creature's attacks for the ARD AI podcast. The game is out today. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Fatekeeper © Paraglacial & THQ Nordic Products Fatekeeper Launches in Early June via Early Access Developed by just 13 people at the German studio Paraglacial and published by THQ Nordic, Fatekeeper will enter Early Access on 2 June 2026. The game has already turned heads. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Leon Ries, DOSB Board Member for Youth, is part of the initiative (DOSB) Esports German Olympic Committee Establishes DOSB E-Sports gGmbH The German Olympic Committee has established a new esports initiative. The DOSB E-Sports gGmbH goes into operation on 1 June. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
People Jenni Wergin Joins House of Games Team as Developer Relations Manager With the opening of the House of Games fast approaching, operator Wista Management is also strengthening the project team and has brought Jenni Wergin, an experienced industry expert, on board as Development Relations Manager. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #20 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include Disco Elysium, Analog Game Studies and more. By Rudolf Inderst • 2 min read
The Winners of the Finnish Game Awards 2026 © Finnish Game Developers' Association / Neogames Finland Association Awards The Winners of the Finnish Game Awards 2026 The Finnish Game Awards 2026 saw a variety of winners, including a robot adventure game, a distinctly Finnish winter driving game, an adrenaline-fuelled techno shooter game, and a number of outstanding Finnish game developers. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Italian Video Game Awards © IIDEA Awards Finalists for the 2026 Italian Video Game Awards IIDEA, the Italian video game industry association, has announced the nominees for the 14th Italian Video Game Awards. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business The Safe-Bet Crisis: Why Live-Service ”Wrappers“ Are Imploding In this week’s “Update”, Zoran Roso asks whether the industry is still designing games for pure enjoyment, and he suggests that the industry may have fallen into a dangerous corporate trap of designing for operational efficiency instead of creative taste and is facing a brutal reality check. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
