European Games Markets: Nordics Marcel Kleffmann September 09, 2024 – 4 min read Share this post The Nordic countries such as Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway. © GamesMarkt Business What Halo Studios’ Restructuring Signals About AAA Economics and Xbox Strategy In his latest newsletter, industry expert Zoran Roso uses Halo Studios as an example to analyse how the lethal combination of technical debt, corporate vendor tenure limits, and monolithic organizational design forced one of gaming’s most iconic IPs to completely pivot its operational playbook. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read According to Circana, the best-selling game in the US in August was: NBA 2K27 (Picture: Take-Two Interactive) Business US Video Games Market Remains Below Last Year’s Levels in August At US$4.26 billion, the US market saw a 9 per cent year-on-year decline in sales volume in August. This time, the drop in turnover is primarily attributable to software. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Business Paramount and Di Bonaventura Producing a Cyberpunk Movie Paramount Pictures is working with CD Projekt Red on a live-action adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077, according to the US magazine Deadline. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is on board as a producer. A report to this effect on Deadline was confirmed on X by CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Valor Mortis © One More Level and Lyrical Games Products Valor Mortis Finally, a fresh setting: In Valor Mortis from One More Level (Ghostrunner) and Lyrical Games, players take on the role of a resurrected soldier of the Grande Armée, wielding Napoleonic-era weaponry and supernatural powers in a reimagining of 19th-century Europe. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Forever Ago © Third Shift, Annapurna Interactive Products Forever Ago In Forever Ago, a single-player narrative road trip adventure game, players accompany an old man on a quest for redemption. This is the debut game from German studio Third Shift, published by Annapurna Interactive. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Products Burn With Me by Nozomu Games Out Now Burn With Me by Munich studio Nozomu Games has released on 12 October 2026. The game combines hand-drawn graphics with live-action hand movements, creating an eerie atmosphere. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 12 Oct 26: Polaris, App Store x Indie, Artex, Chop Chop, Federal Funding, Womenize!, Toplitz, Assemble Apple has discovered a love for indie games, whilst in Hamburg a new record has been set with Polaris. Games and events are the talk of the town today, as far as industry news is concerned. By Team GamesMarket • 6 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 Chop Chop Inc. © NullRef Entertainment / rokaplay select Products Chop Chop Inc. Hits 100,000 Sales In less than a year since its foundation, NullRef Entertainment has sold 100,000 copies of its debut game, Chop Chop Inc. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business What Halo Studios’ Restructuring Signals About AAA Economics and Xbox Strategy In his latest newsletter, industry expert Zoran Roso uses Halo Studios as an example to analyse how the lethal combination of technical debt, corporate vendor tenure limits, and monolithic organizational design forced one of gaming’s most iconic IPs to completely pivot its operational playbook. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
According to Circana, the best-selling game in the US in August was: NBA 2K27 (Picture: Take-Two Interactive) Business US Video Games Market Remains Below Last Year’s Levels in August At US$4.26 billion, the US market saw a 9 per cent year-on-year decline in sales volume in August. This time, the drop in turnover is primarily attributable to software. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business Paramount and Di Bonaventura Producing a Cyberpunk Movie Paramount Pictures is working with CD Projekt Red on a live-action adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077, according to the US magazine Deadline. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is on board as a producer. A report to this effect on Deadline was confirmed on X by CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Valor Mortis © One More Level and Lyrical Games Products Valor Mortis Finally, a fresh setting: In Valor Mortis from One More Level (Ghostrunner) and Lyrical Games, players take on the role of a resurrected soldier of the Grande Armée, wielding Napoleonic-era weaponry and supernatural powers in a reimagining of 19th-century Europe. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Forever Ago © Third Shift, Annapurna Interactive Products Forever Ago In Forever Ago, a single-player narrative road trip adventure game, players accompany an old man on a quest for redemption. This is the debut game from German studio Third Shift, published by Annapurna Interactive. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Products Burn With Me by Nozomu Games Out Now Burn With Me by Munich studio Nozomu Games has released on 12 October 2026. The game combines hand-drawn graphics with live-action hand movements, creating an eerie atmosphere. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 12 Oct 26: Polaris, App Store x Indie, Artex, Chop Chop, Federal Funding, Womenize!, Toplitz, Assemble Apple has discovered a love for indie games, whilst in Hamburg a new record has been set with Polaris. Games and events are the talk of the town today, as far as industry news is concerned. By Team GamesMarket • 6 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
Chop Chop Inc. © NullRef Entertainment / rokaplay select Products Chop Chop Inc. Hits 100,000 Sales In less than a year since its foundation, NullRef Entertainment has sold 100,000 copies of its debut game, Chop Chop Inc. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
