Boss fight against Sinestra in the Bastion of Twilight (raid). © Blizzard Products World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Fantasy Basel Business Fantasy Basel Presents Itself With Record Attendance A total of 88,000 visitors from Switzerland and neighbouring countries attended Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2024. Content creators and publishers such as Bethesda, Nintendo and Niantic were on hand for gamers. A special highlight of the tenth Fantasy Basel - By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Screenshot Development A Maze Awards: Winners From Around the World The Awards are the highlight of the International Games and Playful Media Festival A Maze. in Berlin. This year the jury chose winners from South Korea, the USA, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Denmark. The Audience Award went to a German indie production. A Maze. took place for the 13th By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© nappy/Pexels Business China, AAA gaming and the success of Manor Lords The GamesMarkt team doesn't just write articles, we also read a lot. Here are some of the things we have been reading over the past few days. Blogs, LinkedIn posts, articles and opinion pieces - not only journalists, but also many industry people write about games online. A By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
The board of Bremens eSports (from left): Sascha Müller, Christoph Lüken, Philipp van Gels, Frank Holler, Alessandro Bünnagel and Luca Müller © Bremen eSports Esports Bremen Also Supports Local Esports Club With €20.000 Each Year Like Dortmund, Bremen also supports the local esports club Bremen eSports with 20,000 euros per year. This indirectly increases the pressure on Berlin to support esports not only at the municipal but also at the federal level, as promised. Even though esports was not the focus of the joint By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Jumpgate CEO Harald Riegler © Jumpgare Business Jumpgate AB announces rights issue The Swedish games group Jumpgate wants to raise the equivalent of around 2.5 million euros in fresh capital by issuing new shares with preferential purchase rights for existing shareholders. According to Jumpgate, the response is promising. Jumpgate has announced a further measure to reduce its debt burden in order By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Tim Cullins, Mafalda Duarte and Zak Whaley (from left to right) © IGDA People Global Developers Association Elects new Board Members and Appoints new Chair Zak Whaley takes over as Chairman of the IGDA following this year's board elections. He succeeds Margaret Krohn, whose term as Chair ended in March. Two new members are welcomed to the board. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has a new Chairman of the Board. Following the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Plaion Brings Medieval Bohemia Back to Life Again in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. © Plaion Publishing Plaion Brings Medieval Bohemia Back to Life in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Was announced in April: Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game © Private Division/Weta Workshop Business Embracer Specifies Film Projects but Does not (yet) Announce any new LotR Games Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boynes will indeed produce the two new films from the Lord of the Rings universe, the first of which is due to be released in cinemas as early as 2026. Embracer and its subsidiary Middle-earth Enterprises have not revealed any new games from the By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The new style of Prince of Persia. © Ubisoft Products The Rogue Prince of Persia By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The marketing material highlights the widescreen capabilities. © Sony Interactive Entertainment Products Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Building up after the apocalypse. © Daedalic Entertainment Products New Cycle By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read