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Funding

Federal Funding Goes to Leaderfy and SenAm Games

Two more German companies have been selected to receive funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. Leaderfy, based in Tübingen, and SenAm Games, based in Munich, are the recipients.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

Politics

Game and USK Warn Against Weakening of Youth Protection Under the EU Kids Act

Both the game and the USK have warned of unintended negative consequences for the protection of minors resulting from the proposed EU Kids Act. The USK even sees the German standard for the protection of minors under threat and has presented a summary setting out proposed changes.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

Products

WoW: Forever Is the Biggest Launch in the History of World of Warcraft

Following the largest beta test in the history of World of Warcraft, WoW: Forever has achieved the strongest launch of the long-running MMORPG in terms of peak concurrent players.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Products

Hull Rupture

In Hull Rupture, humanity's last hope lies with a spaceship staffed by expendable humans. Players must build the ship, manage the crew, and fend off alien attacks in this tower defense roguelite game from Konfa Games and publisher tinyBuild.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

People

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Helena Kasper

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 • 7 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 06 Nov 26: Games Ground Berlin, Unity as a Takeover Target, Deca Acquires Island Hoppers, GOG.com, Game Studies, Digital Fairness Act, and more

In today's newsletter, we begin by assessing the potential takeover of Unity by Silver Lake Partners and the PIF. It also covers the reaction to the excessive regulation proposed by the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, the Games Ground Berlin event and Deca Group's takeover of Island Hoppers.

By Team GamesMarket • 6 min read