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 GDC State of the Industry Survey Moves to November The GDC State of the Industry Survey by Informa moves from January to November releases, meaning it is open for answers now for the second time in 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Business Finnish Game Studio MiTale Starts Transmedia Publishing MiTale from Finland has announced that it will start into publishing. The indie studio from Turku not only covers digital games, but also board games, graphic novels and books. Submissions will start early next year. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read CygamesEdge © Cygames Business Cygames Launched New Brand CygamesEdge Tokyo-based video game publisher and developer Cygames has launched CygamesEdge, a new brand focused on small- and medium-sized projects. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA © TIGA Products TIGA Calls on the UK Government to Enhance the Video Games Expenditure Credit TIGA, the trade association representing the UK's video games industry, has urged the government to enhance the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) scheme as a means of stimulating economic growth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Products The Exit 8 Has Reached Three Million Sales After a movie adaption in 2025 and global success, Japanese indie hit The Exit 8 by Kotake Create and Playism has reached three million sold units. By Pascal Wagner • Events Paris Game Biz Shows Publishers' Guidelines for 2026 Paris Game Biz has compiled a Publishers' Guidelines document that goes out to applicants and attendees of the event. In it, needs of attending publishers such as sought-after genres are relayed. GamesMarket has provided a supporting French market portrait in it as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read puzzlez - a shapez game © tobspr Games Products Tobspr Games' New Standalone Game Is puzzlez - a shapez game German indie developer tobspr Games has announced puzzlez - a shapez game, a standalone puzzle game based on the shapez series. It is intended to mark the start of a new series. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Onimusha: Way of the Sword | The Blood of Dawnwalker © Capcom | Bandai Namco Entertainment Products Onimusha and Dawnwalker Break the One Million Sales Mark Two games released last week have already sold over one million copies: Onimusha: Way of the Sword and The Blood of Dawnwalker. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read E-Paper G+ GamesMarkt 475 Topics in this issue include: A Daedalic interview, a big postmortem in Housemarque's Saros, a portrait of King Art Games from Bremen as well as a huge survey among executives in the games industry. By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read
Business GDC State of the Industry Survey Moves to November The GDC State of the Industry Survey by Informa moves from January to November releases, meaning it is open for answers now for the second time in 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business Finnish Game Studio MiTale Starts Transmedia Publishing MiTale from Finland has announced that it will start into publishing. The indie studio from Turku not only covers digital games, but also board games, graphic novels and books. Submissions will start early next year. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
CygamesEdge © Cygames Business Cygames Launched New Brand CygamesEdge Tokyo-based video game publisher and developer Cygames has launched CygamesEdge, a new brand focused on small- and medium-sized projects. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA © TIGA Products TIGA Calls on the UK Government to Enhance the Video Games Expenditure Credit TIGA, the trade association representing the UK's video games industry, has urged the government to enhance the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) scheme as a means of stimulating economic growth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Products The Exit 8 Has Reached Three Million Sales After a movie adaption in 2025 and global success, Japanese indie hit The Exit 8 by Kotake Create and Playism has reached three million sold units. By Pascal Wagner •
Events Paris Game Biz Shows Publishers' Guidelines for 2026 Paris Game Biz has compiled a Publishers' Guidelines document that goes out to applicants and attendees of the event. In it, needs of attending publishers such as sought-after genres are relayed. GamesMarket has provided a supporting French market portrait in it as well. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
puzzlez - a shapez game © tobspr Games Products Tobspr Games' New Standalone Game Is puzzlez - a shapez game German indie developer tobspr Games has announced puzzlez - a shapez game, a standalone puzzle game based on the shapez series. It is intended to mark the start of a new series. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Onimusha: Way of the Sword | The Blood of Dawnwalker © Capcom | Bandai Namco Entertainment Products Onimusha and Dawnwalker Break the One Million Sales Mark Two games released last week have already sold over one million copies: Onimusha: Way of the Sword and The Blood of Dawnwalker. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
E-Paper G+ GamesMarkt 475 Topics in this issue include: A Daedalic interview, a big postmortem in Housemarque's Saros, a portrait of King Art Games from Bremen as well as a huge survey among executives in the games industry. By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read
