Products Assemble and Conradical Announce Idle Desktop Poker Card Corner Swiss dev Conradical Games, maker of Desktop Dungeon, and Wiesbaden-based publisher Assemble have announced Card Corner, a chill poker game for the corner of your screen. The demo is out now, the game on 9 March. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma © Marvelous Europe Products Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is a spin-off of a spin-off. This action RPG, farming, and social simulation hybrid is made particularly accessible by a number of streamlining features without compromising the core elements. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Products Under the Island Under the Island by Slime King Games is more than a loveletter to The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. It brings so many of its own ideas to the table that it could well have been a Nintendo-made GBA Zelda itself. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Picture by Pexels/Clicker Happy Business Warsaw Takes the Lead Among Europe's Game Development Hubs According to Report A new report commissioned by Warsaw’s Economic Development Department sees Poland's capital as the leading games development hub in Europe, at least in terms of employment figures. It calls for greater self-confidence on the part of Warsaw as a gaming location. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Circana Games Market Dynamics Report © Circana Business Circana: "Younger Players Are Shifting More Heavily Toward PC and Mobile" US market researchers at Circana are forecasting a "transformative year" for video games in 2026. While GTA 6, Switch 2 and subscriptions are expected to generate momentum, challenges are also anticipated, particularly with regard to hardware, macroeconomics and shifts in consumer behaviour. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
gamescom Berlin-Brandenburg Seeks Co-exhibitors for Gamescom Booth medianet Berlin-Brandenburg will once again organize a joint booth at gamescom in 2026 and is looking for co-exhibitors. Association members can enjoy special savings until the beginning of March. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
These are the venues for the major Rainbow Six Esports events in the 2026/27 season. © Ubisoft & Blast. Business Blast and Ubisoft Extend Global Rainbow Six Esports Partnership Blast and Ubisoft have announced an extension to their global partnership across the entire Rainbow Six Esports ecosystem, extending their collaboration for another three years until the end of the 2028/29 competitive season. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Romeo Is A Dead Man © Grasshopper Manufacture Products Romeo Is A Dead Man Games from Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture are always idiosyncratic, and Romeo is a Dead Man is another bizarre, violent fever dream that embraces genre and stylistic shifts. Games like this are far too rare these days! By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Discord is currently clarifying a lot of questions regarding their age verification, but several questions emerge with new information given (Discord) Products Discord: Game Screenshots Will Be Filtered By "AI Validation and Human Review" In an interview with Discord, we were able to learn that game studios will have to look out for the content of screenshots on their Discord servers when the age verification rolls out. Questions about the security of ID data still remains in light of recent developments. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Anno 117: Pax Romana © Ubisoft Funding Ubisoft Blue Byte Receives €800,729 in Funding Ubisoft Blue Byte has received €800,729 in funding from the German Federal Games Funding Programme for "Projekt Echo". Ubisoft Mainz has been named as the executing entity - it will probably be related to Anno. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Johanna Pirker © Matthias Rauch People UN Appoints TU Munich Professor Johanna Pirker to AI Expert Panel The UN has named the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Among them are TUM professor Johanna Pirker, Maximilian Nickel (Meta), as well as Bernhard Schölkopf and Mennatallah El-Assady from ETH Zurich. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Saros © Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment Products State of Play With God of War Trilogy Remake, Saros, and Five Konami Titles A new edition of State of Play was presented yesterday evening. The 60-minute show featured some of the upcoming highlights for PlayStation 5, including God of War Trilogy Remake, Marathon, Kena: Scars of Kosmora, Saros and five games from Konami. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
