Picture by Karola G/Pexels Business New JIM Study Reveals Media Ownership and Usage Among German Youth Fewer German teenagers are playing digital games. Although the decline is only slight, it is not the only surprising finding from the new JIM 2025 study by the Medienpädagogischen Forschungsverbunds Südwest (mpfs) By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Products Unity Awards 2025 Voting is Underway, With Hopes for Photon, Megagon, Okomotive, Neoludig and More Voting for the 17th Unity Awards is open until November 21. The awards ceremony is scheduled for December 2. Until then, all nominees can hope to win, including several studios and a creator from GSA. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
Bloodletter; © Aldamami Games Aldamami Games' Bloodletter Launches at the End of March 2026 The German studio Aldamami Games has announced that its eerie medieval strategy deckbuilder game, Bloodletter, will be released on 31 March 2026. This will be the Berlin-based indie studio's first game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
2025 Indie Game Awards Nominees: Game of the Year; © IGA, Six One Indie Indie Game Awards 2025 Nominations The nominations for the 2025 Indie Game Awards (IGAs) have been announced. Those nominated from Germany, Switzerland and Austria include Assemble Entertainment, Happy Broccoli Games, Joel Schoch, Okomotive, Lululu Entertainment, Philipp Stollenmayer, Playables and Zockrates Laboratories. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Storage Hunter Simulator; © Raccoons Studios & astragon Astragon Will Launch Storage Hunter Simulator in Two Weeks Storage Hunter Simulator is set to reach version 1.0 on 27 November 2025. The game is being published by astragon and was developed by Raccoons Studios, part of the Polish company BeardedBrothers.Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Jari-Pekka Kaleva and Colm Larkin (from left) Business Europe's Game Developers Association EGDF Grows With Irish IMIRT as New Member IMIRT (The Irish Game Makers Association) is the 26th member from 24 countries of the EGDF (European Games Developer Federation),which only accepts national associations but not game companies. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist #45 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include an analysis German hit indie game Signalis, board games, truckers playing Truck Simulator and more. By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
Ubisoft's share price has only moved in one direction over the last five years; Data and illustration: © Wallstreet-Online/Smartbroker Holding AG Ubisoft Postponed the Release of Its Earnings Results and Halted Share Trading French publisher Ubisoft was due to present its quarterly results yesterday, but postponed the announcement at short notice, even suspending trading in its shares. No reasons were given. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Business Games Ground: Press Start, Sustainability, Indies, and Unvarnished Truths On the first business day of Games Ground, in addition to the approximately 100 indie games on display, numerous first-class lectures and panels dominated the event, even if they did not always receive the attention they deserved. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
From left: Ruth Lemmen, Frederico Machado de Campos, Monika Michalak, Fredrik Lindahl and Achim Quinke [Picture by GamesMarkt] Business 75% Fewer Job Ads – Surprising Figures on the German Games Job Market at Games Ground Given the never-ending reports of layoffs in the gaming industry, the topic of jobs was naturally also on the agenda at the Games Ground Festival. Achim Quinke, who runs Games-Career.com alongside his agency, had some surprising figures to share. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core; © Ghost Ship Publishing Deep Rock Galactic's Future, and Why Ghost Ship Partners With Invisible Walls Ghost Ship Publishing has postponed the Early Access release of Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core until Q2 2026, and has entered into a partnership with Invisible Walls. This studio will now be responsible for the ongoing development of Deep Rock Galactic. Season 6 was also announced at the same time. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
The Steam Hardware Ecosystem and It's Secret Sauce A controller. A mini PC. A VR headset. Valve has announced a huge expansion to the Steam Headware ecosystem. Everything is compatible with each other. Everything is a PC. And none of it runs on Windows. A commentary by Marcel Kleffmann. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
