"Next-Gens schneller, als Plattformholder sagen" Harald Hesse October 13, 2010 – 6 min read Share this post David Reeves © None 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 Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Square Enix Collective © Square Enix Publishing Square Enix Collective Revived After several years away, Square Enix Collective has returned. This global division of Square Enix Ltd provides independent game developers with funding, investment and publishing support. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Bigben Group, Nacon © Bigben Group, Nacon Business Reorganisation: Nacon Reduced Its Workforce by 28% in Six Months Nacon is still subject to judicial reorganisation proceedings. As part of this process, the French company has reduced its workforce by 311 employees over the course of six months, leaving it with 814 staff. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 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 Meris Mullaley, Roy Graham and Yoni Skolnik of Wizards of the Coast talk us through making Reality Fracture, the most important Magic: The Gathering set of 2026 (Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro) Tabletop G+ Interview: The Makings of Reality Fracture How did Reality Fracture take shape after the last three years of Magic: The Gathering sets experimented heavily with settings and references? We spoke to Meris Mullaley, Roy Graham and Yoni Skolnik of Wizards of the Coast about planeswalkers, problems with Poison mechanics in the future and more. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 27 Oct 26: DEP Nominees, Dan Ayoub, Atari, Capcom, Marta Cienkowska, CEEGAs, Pokémon Unite Whilst the nominations for the German Developer Award have been announced, the winners of the Central & Eastern European Games Award have now been confirmed. There is also some interesting and positive news for the Polish games industry. By Team GamesMarket • 5 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
Beltfed © Hello World Studios, Hooded Horse Publishing Hooded Horse Signed Beltfed Hooded Horse's portfolio of strategic and tactical games is growing. The publisher has secured the rights to Beltfed from Hello World Studios in the UK. Following the announcement, the game was added to over 200,000 wishlists within two weeks. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Square Enix Collective © Square Enix Publishing Square Enix Collective Revived After several years away, Square Enix Collective has returned. This global division of Square Enix Ltd provides independent game developers with funding, investment and publishing support. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Bigben Group, Nacon © Bigben Group, Nacon Business Reorganisation: Nacon Reduced Its Workforce by 28% in Six Months Nacon is still subject to judicial reorganisation proceedings. As part of this process, the French company has reduced its workforce by 311 employees over the course of six months, leaving it with 814 staff. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 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
Meris Mullaley, Roy Graham and Yoni Skolnik of Wizards of the Coast talk us through making Reality Fracture, the most important Magic: The Gathering set of 2026 (Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro) Tabletop G+ Interview: The Makings of Reality Fracture How did Reality Fracture take shape after the last three years of Magic: The Gathering sets experimented heavily with settings and references? We spoke to Meris Mullaley, Roy Graham and Yoni Skolnik of Wizards of the Coast about planeswalkers, problems with Poison mechanics in the future and more. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 27 Oct 26: DEP Nominees, Dan Ayoub, Atari, Capcom, Marta Cienkowska, CEEGAs, Pokémon Unite Whilst the nominations for the German Developer Award have been announced, the winners of the Central & Eastern European Games Award have now been confirmed. There is also some interesting and positive news for the Polish games industry. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
