© EA Business PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners Acquire Electronic Arts for $55 billion Electronic Arts has confirmed the conclusion of a takeover agreement by a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. The deal is worth $55 billion dollar and represents a significant development for the US video game industry. The rumours from the weekend have been confirmed: By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© Red Bull Esports 3rd Red Bull League of Its Own Comes to SAP Garden in Munich For only the third time, Red Bull is organizing its League of Legends event League of Its Own, in which Europe's top players compete. After Berlin (2023) and Paris (2024), the event will take place in Munich on November 29. Munich will host another esports highlight in the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
46,000 Visitors came to the exhibition center of Zurich Pop Con, where 7 halls were used © Zurich Pop Con & Game Show Business 46,000 Visitors Set New Record for Zurich Pop Con With exclusive game premieres, Zurich Pop Con & Game Show set a new record last weekend. The organizers are thrilled and are already planning for 2026. 450 exhibitors, numerous fan groups, and an extensive stage program made last weekend's Zurich Pop Con & Game Show a resounding success By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© BR/ Leah Ruprecht Business BR Starts New Gaming Format With Janina Hille and Bertan Sivrikaya Under the Puls brand, Bayerischer Rundfunk is starting its new Gaming Analyse show with Janina Hille and Bertan Sivrikaya as hosts. It will air every Friday. Bayerischer Rundfunk is expanding its BR Puls offering with “Puls Gaming Analyse”. Hosted by Janina Hille, known from Rocket Beans, and Bertan Sivrikaya of By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Preview Panel hosts Hilary Thompson and Blake Rasmussen at MagiCon Atlanta 2025. © Wizards of the Coast Products Magic’s 2026 Product Lineup Gets Bigger, More Expensive, Loses Some Content At MagiCon Atlanta, Wizards of the Coast has reiterated on the card game’s existing monetary success course of cooperating with other IP’s. Aside of that, several own-IP products will rise in prices in 2026 however, while loosing some benefits. At Magic: The Gathering’s (MTG) recent preview panels By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles © Square Enix Products Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles Final Fantasy fans have been waiting a long time for this comeback, and now the time has finally arrived. Square Enix is releasing Final Fantasy Tactics in a revamped form on modern platforms, with numerous improvements and modernisations, while maintaining the fundamentals of the game. Square Enix is bringing back By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Andrew Wilson, current CEO of Electronic Arts. © Electronic Arts Business EA Reportedly Going Private In Massive Deal Involving Saudi-Arabian Investment As the Wall Street Journal reports, EA is set to go private in one of the biggest buyouts in history, rated at 50 billion dollars. Investors include Silver Lake, Trump family led Affinity Partners and Saudi state fund PIF. The deal could be officially announced as early as tomorrow. As By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Gamecity Hamburg Business Gamecity Hamburg Celebrates FLINTA* Games Meetup Mentoring Dinner On 23 September, Gamecity Hamburg marked the two-year anniversary of their FLINTA* meetup with a mentoring dinner. Experts from throughout the industry were matched with mentees in a relaxed setting. On September 23, 2025, Gamecity Hamburg celebrated two years of the FLINTA* Games Meetup with its first-ever FLINTA Games Mentoring By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Black Forest Memo © QM Interactive Products QM Interactive Launches Discovery Memo Games on iOS QM Interactive, a Munich-based studio that has specialised in serious games and interactive learning formats for over ten years, has now released regional Discovery Memo Games on iOS. These focus on specific regions in Germany. Munich-based QM Interactive has launched its digital discovery series on iOS. With the motto " By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally © Asus, Xbox Products ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally Will Be Available on 16 October Three weeks before the launch of the ROG Ally and Ally X, Microsoft and Asus started taking pre-orders. The handheld will be available in Germany, but not yet in Switzerland. There are currently no plans to launch the product in Austria. Microsoft and Asus are launching the ROG Xbox Ally By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Polaris Convention 2024 © Hamburg Messe und Congress/Rolf Otzipka Business Polaris Convention 2025 Features Around 30 Games and Charles Cecil Around 30 games will be available to play at the fourth Polaris Convention in Hamburg. Bandai Namco and Envision Entertainment have confirmed their participation, as has Charles Cecil. The Polaris Convention is being held for the fourth time, from 10 to 12 October, at the Hamburg Messe. According to the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Rudolf Inderst Campus DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist #38 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter of games research association DiGRA GSA is published weekly on GamesMarkt, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst. This time with taste in Silksong, new book recommendations and more. Ahoi there, game studies operators! My watchlists are full of posts about Silksong (no, really, it' By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
