Business Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #7 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include the closure of Bluepoint Studios, an anthology on Games & Storage and reminiscence on the gaming year 1998. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
Products SWR Extends Tatort As a Chat-Based Game for The Third Time On March 1, SWR will launch the third chat-based Tatort game, “Sashimi Spezial.” The format seems to have established itself as an extension of the TV movie among the target audience. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The snakebyte group transitions into Playcorion Group © Playcorion Group Business Snakebyte Group Transitions Into Playcorion Group The snakebyte Group has announced a corporate restructuring and will operate under the name Playcorion Group in future. As part of this realignment, the company will exit the distribution business entirely by March 2026, selling its subsidiary Snakebyte Distribution GmbH in the process. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Products Half Soup Labs and Assemble Announce Glintseeker Island Half Soup Labs from Offenburg and Assemble from Wiesbaden have announced Glintseeker Island, a mining adventure with excavation reminiscent of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Nioh 3 Reaches One Million Sales, Brings Series to 10 Million With one million units sold in the first two weeks, Nioh 3 brings the series to 10 million lifetime sales. It is also the most successful release of the series so far. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business Bigben and Nacon Face Financial Difficulties Nacon's majority shareholder, Bigben Interactive (BBI), was unable to proceed with the partial repayment of €43 million to its bondholders. This has also caused financial difficulties for Nacon. Trading of both companies' shares on the Euronext Paris stock exchange has been suspended as a result. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Screenshot of Demon's Souls for PS5 Business Sony Pulls the Plug On Bluepoint Just five years after the takeover, Sony Interactive Entertainment is closing Bluepoint Games. A corresponding Bloomberg report has now apparently been confirmed by a statement from Herman Hulst, which has been made available to US media. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products VoodooDuck Self-Publishes Collector's Cove on 12 March Duisburg dev studio VoodooDuck releases their farming adventure Collector's Cove on 12 March for Steam, Switch and PS5. The game was funded through Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Pokémon Presents and Ports of LeafGreen and FireRed Announced for 27 February Happy Pokémon Day: On 27 February, not only will Nintendo and The Pokémon Company drop a Pokémon Presents, but also digital versions of two GBA series favourites. They'll not be in the Nintendo Online service, but buyable for 19,99€ each. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Business In Conversation With... Jean-Marc Broyer In the new ‘Zoran's Update,’ brand and marketing expert Zoran Roso talks to Jean-Marc Broyer about his roles at major publisher, founding Breeyo Advisory and how you deal with crisis. By Zoran Roso • 16 min read
Styx: Blades of Greed © Cyanide and Nacon Products Styx: Blades of Greed Who would have thought that a stealth action-adventure game starring a goblin could be so successful? To date, over 2 million players have enjoyed Styx: Master of Shadows (2014) and Styx: Shards of Darkness (2017). Now, Cyanide and Nacon are continuing the trilogy with Styx: Blades of Greed. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Business GameSkills Shows First Experts in Mentor Lineup The advanced training initiative for European studios GameSkills has shared the first names in the mentor lineup, including Kate Edwards, Tara Voelker, Celia Hodent and more. Applications for studios run until tomorrow. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
