Metallica rockt BlizzCon Tim Pototzki October 22, 2014 – 1 min read Share this post Rock-Schwergewichte für die BlizzCon: Metallica spielen das Abschlusskonzert © None Picture by GIC Events GIC Strengthens Its Position, Attracts More Exhibitors and Support from Polish Politicians The Games Industry Conference in Poznań has made further progress in many areas, including setting a new record for the number of exhibitors. The total number of visitors fell compared with last year, though this could be due to various reasons and by no means reflects negatively on the conference. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read Events Africa Games Week 2026 Starts Ticket Sales The Africa Games Week takes place from 6-9 December in Cape Town, and the theme of the year is to lay the infrastructure for a growing African games industry. Ticket sales are online now. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Events Baltic Games Fest 2027 Tickets Available Now Tickets for the 2027 Baltic Games Fest are now available. The Northern German event takes places on 1-2 May. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Hexed Harvest (Thoughtfish) Products Thoughtfish Releases Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer for Android XR Thoughtfish has released two Android-exclusive mixed reality idle titles just now: Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer. Both will release for Xreal Aura glasses as well at a later date. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 28 Oct 26: GIC, Reality Fracture, Figuya X Konsolenkost, Game-Making Tools, Nacon, Asmodee, Cube Golem Whilst the GIC organisers look back on a successful event, ticket sales are getting underway elsewhere, such as for the Baltic Games Fest 2027. The day also brought some retail news: Figuya X Konsolenkost is opening in Rosenheim, and idee+spiel is collaborating with Cube Golem. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read Reinhard Sigel of Cube Golem (left) and Efthimios Sidiropoulos of duo idee+spiel presenting the deal at Spiel Essen 2026 (Cube Golem/duo idee+spiel) Tabletop Cube Golem Becomes TCG Contract Supplier for duo idee+spiel TCG accessory maker and game seller Cube Golem is the new contract supplier for all things trading cards for duo idee+spiel and its retailers. This will bring trading card sales opportunities to toy, school supplies, model building, and model railroads retailers across Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 2 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 Tabletop Asmodee Launches Access+ Resource for Accessible Board Games With their Asmodee Access+ program, the board game conglomerate launches guides, research and printable resources to platform inclusive games and offer better accessibility for other titles. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read (GSC Game World) Products S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope Cost of Hope is a substantial addon for GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which adds an expedition into the nuclear reactor, new enemy types and massively fleshed out faction gameplay to the core game. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Picture by GIC Events GIC Strengthens Its Position, Attracts More Exhibitors and Support from Polish Politicians The Games Industry Conference in Poznań has made further progress in many areas, including setting a new record for the number of exhibitors. The total number of visitors fell compared with last year, though this could be due to various reasons and by no means reflects negatively on the conference. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Events Africa Games Week 2026 Starts Ticket Sales The Africa Games Week takes place from 6-9 December in Cape Town, and the theme of the year is to lay the infrastructure for a growing African games industry. Ticket sales are online now. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Events Baltic Games Fest 2027 Tickets Available Now Tickets for the 2027 Baltic Games Fest are now available. The Northern German event takes places on 1-2 May. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Hexed Harvest (Thoughtfish) Products Thoughtfish Releases Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer for Android XR Thoughtfish has released two Android-exclusive mixed reality idle titles just now: Hexed Harvest and Idle Hero Drummer. Both will release for Xreal Aura glasses as well at a later date. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 28 Oct 26: GIC, Reality Fracture, Figuya X Konsolenkost, Game-Making Tools, Nacon, Asmodee, Cube Golem Whilst the GIC organisers look back on a successful event, ticket sales are getting underway elsewhere, such as for the Baltic Games Fest 2027. The day also brought some retail news: Figuya X Konsolenkost is opening in Rosenheim, and idee+spiel is collaborating with Cube Golem. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
Reinhard Sigel of Cube Golem (left) and Efthimios Sidiropoulos of duo idee+spiel presenting the deal at Spiel Essen 2026 (Cube Golem/duo idee+spiel) Tabletop Cube Golem Becomes TCG Contract Supplier for duo idee+spiel TCG accessory maker and game seller Cube Golem is the new contract supplier for all things trading cards for duo idee+spiel and its retailers. This will bring trading card sales opportunities to toy, school supplies, model building, and model railroads retailers across Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 2 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
Tabletop Asmodee Launches Access+ Resource for Accessible Board Games With their Asmodee Access+ program, the board game conglomerate launches guides, research and printable resources to platform inclusive games and offer better accessibility for other titles. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(GSC Game World) Products S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope Cost of Hope is a substantial addon for GSC Game World's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which adds an expedition into the nuclear reactor, new enemy types and massively fleshed out faction gameplay to the core game. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
