Daily GamesMarket Daily – 27. July 26: Magic-Interview, Funding, GDD Awards, RLP, Minnameier, Square Enix, NullRef Whether it’s the Final Fantasy Fan Fest in Berlin or GermanDevDays in Frankfurt – there’s plenty going on outside of gamescom too. Although, of course, this Monday also brought new exhibitors, new games and new events for gamescom. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Products Christoph Minnameier Unveils New Project Monster Mash The multi-award-winning German solo developer Christoph Minnameier has unveiled a new project, Monster Mesh. Minnameier, also known as Pig Knight Games, will also be speaking at the Open House at Gamerei on 13 August about puzzle games like his Dungeons of Dreadrock series. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products NullRef Entertainment Reaches Wishlist Milestone With Chop Chop Inc. NullRef Entertainment’s debut game, Chop Chop Inc., is maintaining its momentum: over the past two months or so, the number of wishlist entries has doubled to over 100,000. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Arknights: Endfield @ gamescom 2026 © Gryphline gamescom Gryphline Confirms Bigger gamescom 2026 Presence Publisher Gryphline has announced that Arknights: Endfield will debut at Anime NYC in New York from 20 to 23 August, before returning to gamescom in Cologne with an expanded booth. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager (left), Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations (right) and one of the community tour stops in 2025 at Hochschule München (center, photo by GamesMarket) Tabletop Interview: Magic: The Gathering University Clubs in Germany The university clubs for Magic: The Gathering have been running since November 2025, introducing the club program. We spoke to Jin-A Graham, Brand Manager and Rob Jansson, Director Commercial Sales Operations at WotC about this program that is unique to Germany. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
It is likely that Sandbox Interactive's Albion Online will be ported to the PlayStation 5 © Sandbox Interactive Funding Federal Funding Goes to Sandbox Interactive and stillalive studios Two more studios are receiving funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. The beneficiaries are Sandbox Interactive in Berlin and stillalive studios in Munich. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Constance and The Berlin Apartment by Blue Backpack won both the GDD Best Game Award Awards Blue Backpack and Spoonful Games Dominated GDD Awards Almost all the prizes at this year’s GermanDevDays Awards went to Blue Backpack and Spoonful Games. Only Jonas Pfeiffer and Dieter Marchsreiter were also among the winners. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Naoki Yoshida at the press conference after day one of the Berlin Fan Fest 2026 (GamesMarket, Pascal Wagner) People Yoshi-P on Fostering Engaged Audiences – and Never Retiring At the Berlin press conference, director Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida gave his view on how Final Fantasy fostered its enamoured audience. He also gave his view on retirement: If he ever were to retire from Square, he'd want to remain in the audience as an indie studio founder. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Christina Luntz In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations. By Madeleine Egger • 3 min read
Naoki Hamaguchi (right), director of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, was the surprise guest of the Fan Festival key note in Berlin (Square Enix) Products Square Enix Reveals FF XIV & VII Cooperation, Call for IP Collaboration At the Final Fantasy Fan Fest keynote in Berlin, FF XIV producer Naoki Yoshida and FF 7 Director Naoki Hamagutchi presented the collaboration of both teams for the MMO's content. Yoshida also introduced a new minigame aiming for outside franchise implementation. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Products Final Fantasy XIV Drops Switch 2 Version on 4 August At the keynote of Final Fantasy Fan Fest in Berlin today, director Naoki Yoshida has revealed the release date for the Switch 2 version of FF XIV. The game will release on 4 August with a free testing month for everyone. Afterwards, it will need a separate subscription. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Saarland x RLP booth has become a tradition at post-pandemic gamescom, here in 2023 (GamesMarket, Pascal Wagner) gamescom RLP And Saarland Show Joint gamescom 2026 Exhibition Booth As in recent year, Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP) and the Saarland have come together for a joint booth at gamescom 2026. Nine main exhibitors and 21 indie studios brought in by gameUp!, Medienförderung RLP, gamesAHEAD and the Saarland Ministry of Economy are exhibiting. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
