People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Patty Toledo 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 • 2 min read
Dirk Ringe, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Envision Entertainment Business Dirk Ringe: "We Are Proud to Have a Large German Player Base, Which Is No Surprise Considering Our Roots." Today is the day that Pioneers of Pagonia leaves Early Access after two years. We spoke to Dirk Ringe, CEO and co-founder of Envision Entertainment, about their experiences with Early Access, the growing competition in the market and Germany's position as a games location. By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
Frank Sagnier, Interim Executive Chair of everplay Business Everplay and Hiro Games Support Bulkhead in Its Separation From Tencent Everplay and Hiro Capital have acquired minority stakes in the new gaming company Super Media Group (SMG), which purchased Bulkhead from Tencent. SMG is backed by managers from Bulkhead. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Pictures by Chris Dreyer (Left), Fabian Arens (both in the Middle), Laura Scholzen (Right) Business Play! Con Confirms 5th Edition in November 2026 Next year, Play! Con 2026 will take place on November 7 and 8 at Messepark Trier. The organizer is planning further growth for the fifth edition. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products Tolima Wins Three Belgian Game Awards With Koira One day before the Game Awards, the Belgian industry presented its awards for the year, accompanied by a Steam sale. The main category went to Studio Tolima, which received a total of three awards. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The winners of the Africa Games Week Awards 2025 (AGW) Africa Games Week Sees Political Moves for Games in South Africa With 500 B2B guests, 1.500 people on the exhibition floor and the first Award show, the Africa Games Week 2025 was a full success. More importantly: The South African Government announced a big change to their handling of games in with a new committee. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business FFF Bayern Funds Six XR Projects With a Total of €300,000 FFF Bayern's extended reality (XR) funding committee met yesterday and recommended six projects for funding totalling €300,000: four productions and two developments. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Cyberpunk 2077 © CD Projekt Red Products CD Projekt Red Announces Cyberpunk TCG and More Partnerships To mark the fifth anniversary of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt has announced a Cyberpunk Trading Card Game, a new Collector's Set and further partnerships, including Cyberpunk 2077-themed Corsair gear, movie-poster-inspired Displates, Tarot cards, and Viture XR Glasses. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Business Xsolla Unveils New Brand Identity Xsolla is accompanying The Game Awards, including its side events, with a series of activities. The company itself is using the opportunity to present its new brand identity to the industry. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Pioneers of Pagonia © Envision Entertainment Pioneers of Pagonia The spiritual successor to The Settlers is ready! Pioneers of Pagonia, developed by Envision Entertainment, will leave Early Access on 11 December 2025, after two years. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel © Games Farm and Grindstone Products Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel One of the most successful games to date from Games Farm and Grindstone in Slovakia is Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel. This roguelite horde survival game is set in Norse mythology and boasts a multitude of build options. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
From left: Constantin Winkler and Lars Wiegold of PRIF and Vivienne Ohlenforst of modus zad presenting the study results at the Bavarian Family Ministry (modus zad) BLM and Bavarian Family Ministry Present Gaming Extremism Study Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien and the Bavarian Family Ministry have commissioned a study about extremism in gaming. The results, presented at the Ministry by researchers from PRIF and modus zad today: Right-wing extremism is most prevalent, and most online games don't do enough. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
