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Events

Baltic Games Fest Saw Visitor Numbers Double

Attendance at the Baltic Games Fest in Neumünster doubled compared to last year. Around 2,000 people visited the Holstenhallen over the two days of the event.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Events

Dorothee Bär and Dr. Markus Söder Attend the German Computer Game Awards 2026

Laudators from the worlds of gaming, film, sport, culture and politics will honour the best German computer games at the German Computer Game Awards on 29 April 2026. Federal Minister Dorothee Bär and Bavarian Minister-President Dr Markus Söder will be in attendance.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Events

gamescom dev 2026: First Speakers and Scholarship Program

The first speakers who will be holding talks at gamescom dev have been announced. The scholarship programme, which supports game developers unable to attend our events due to financial, structural or personal barriers, will also be taking place again.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Business

FIA Chooses Assetto Corsa Rally For Its Rally Esports Programme

505 Games, Supernova Games and Kunos Simulazioni have scored a major success in esports: the FIA has chosen the fledgling rally spin-off of Assetto Corsa for its FIA Esports Global Rally Tour.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Imirt Announces Winners of the 2026 Irish Game Awards

On 24 April, the Irish industry association Imirt announced the winners of the 2026 Irish Game Awards at the Fís Games Summit. The Game of the Year was The Séance of Blake Manor, which also won three other categories.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

People

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Mays Dweiri

In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations.

By Madeleine Egger • 3 min read

Awards

A Brief History of The Deutscher Computerspielpreis

The excitement is building: in a few hours’ time, the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2026 (German Computer Game Award) will be presented in Munich. GamesMarkt looks back at the origins and development of the award.

By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read

Products

InterfaceX26 Showcases Fake OS Games, Brings Users To Rally Valve for an Official Tag (Update)

Cobalt Lane, Jumpy Bit, Grey Alien Games and Muscle Cat have teamed up for InterfaceX26, a Steam Showcase for "Fake OS" games. Apart from showcasing the games, InterfaceX26 gamifies tagging the games for an official Valve tag with a bustom web app.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Rockfish Gets Maximum Funding, tobspr games over 2 Million for "Project 3"

With the latest funding announcements from the Federal Ministry for Research, the maximum German games funding amount of 8 mil to Rockfish is official. Furthermore, tobspr might be working on shapez 3 already - with over 2 million in games funding. SimLand and Tap Nine also get significant amounts.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read