© Pro Helvetia Business Pro Helvetia Opens Calls for Funding, Delegations and Mentorship Programmes On 1 July, Pro Helvetia will begin accepting submissions for Work Grants, the Swiss funding programme for game studios. The deadline is 1 September, which is also the closing date for applications for the She Got Game and SwissGames Showcase mentorship programmes, as well as the participation to the GDC By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
StarVaders © Pengonauts, Playworks and Joystick Ventures Products StarVaders With so many roguelike deck-building games out there, it's hard for a game in this genre to stand out. However, StarVaders achieves this with its clever design, variety, and colourful presentation. It offers a wild mix of mecha roguelike deck-building and tactical shoot-'em-up. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business Impressum / imprint GamesMarkt Hohenlindener Str. 4 81677 München +49 1512 6769630 service@gamesmarkt.de Contact : https://www.gamesmarkt.de/contact Chefredakteur / Editor in Chief Stephan Steininger (verantwortlich im Sinne §10, Abs. 3, MDStV) Redaktion / Editorial team Marcel Kleffmann Pascal Wagner Verlag / Publisher Steininger, Wagner, Kleffmann GbR Hohenlindener Str. 4 81667 München +49 By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Gerald Böse (CEO), Silke de Witt (Head of Finance and Controlling), Henriette Reker (Mayor of Cologne and Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Koelnmesse), Oliver Frese (COO) © Koelnmesse GmbH, Oliver Wachenfeld Business Koelnmesse Benefits From International Success of Gamescom Koelnmesse, partner of game at gamescom, has presented a successful balance sheet for 2024 and expects record figures for 2025. Gamescom is an important factor in this, with gamescom latam being an ‘outstanding example’ of the successful globalisation strategy. With total sales of €365.8 million and a profit of By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© EWCF Esports EWCF Unveils Official Song for Esports World Cup 2025 The Esports World Cup Federaion has unveiled the official song, which will be performed live at the opening ceremony on 10 July. It is by South Korean artist Dino, Duckwrth and Telle Smith from the USA. We know it from the Olympics and the World Cup, and now we know By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Pixabay/Pexels Products Trollgames and Thoughtfish Receive Federal Funding The number of approved funding applications and thus the total amount of federal funding for games in 2025 continues to rise. Around €400,000 will go to Trollgames and Thoughtfish. This means that a total of 14 applications or partial applications from 2025 have been successful so far. The Berlin By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Broken Arrow © Slitherine Products Broken Arrow This is by far the biggest release yet from UK-based strategy games publisher Slitherine: Broken Arrow, from Steel Balalaika. This real-time modern warfare tactics game has already sold over 150,000 copies during the Advanced Access period. Slitherine's success with Broken Arrow was evident from the By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Lina Jakobi & Stephan Wieser/Level Up Business Level Up Salzburg has Grown and Plans for 2026 At the end of June, the Level Up Festival attracted around 11,000 visitors to Salzburg with its proven mix of AAA and indie games, cosplay and esports. The event will continue in 2026. 11,000 visitors, around 10 percent more than last year, came to the exhibition centre in By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Group photo of the initiators of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Spielwissenschaft (German Society for Game Science) © DGSW Campus German Scholars Launch Deutsche Gesellschaft für Spielwissenschaft This is an important step for game sciences in Germany. Representatives from research and university professors have institutionalised the discipline with the founding of the German Society for Game Sciences (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Spielwissenschaft e.V.), with Stephan Jacob and Jens Junge as chairmen. This is a step that has By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Change in management at Computec Media: Rainer Rosenbusch to take over as CEO from Christian Müller on 30 June © Computec People Rainer Rosenbusch Succeeds Christian Müller as Computec CEO Computec Media is restructuring its management team in the middle of the year: CEO Christian Müller is leaving the company at his own request, and Co-Managing Director Rainer Rosenbusch will become the new CEO. Thilo Bayer, Jens-Ole Quiel, Daniel Waadt and Markus Wollny will form the new Management By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Marcel Jung, Director Marketing & Communications, Central Europe @ Bethesda / Freyja Melhorn, Director Marketing Communications, BXDXO / Stefan Dettmering, Managing Director, BXDXO © BXDXO Business BXDXO Wins Twice at the German Brand Award 2025 BXDXO, a marketing service provider specialising in the games industry, received two awards at the German Brand Award 2025 in Berlin: "Best of Best" and "Gold" in two categories. BXDXO, the Munich-based marketing service provider specialising in the games industry, won two awards at the By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Zockrates Laboratories Products Zockrates Laboratories Releases Ruffy and the Riverside German indie studio Zockrates Laboratories from Nuremberg and US publisher Phiphen Games have released Ruffy and the Riverside. This hand-drawn 3D platformer took over seven years to develop. The project has also received multiple grants. The hand-drawn 3D platformer Ruffy and the Riverside is launched on PC (Steam By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
