Daily GamesMarket Daily – 20. July 26: EU Funding, Assemble x Pithead, Gryphon Games, Leyline, AC Black Flag Surprising successes, well-deserved funding, new partnerships – much of today’s news revolves around the theme of support. After all, with support – whether financial or otherwise – many things become much easier. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
EverRail © Aesir Interactive Products Aesir Interactive Launches EverRail in Early Access Today, Aesir Interactive launched its open-world, action-survival, crafting game, EverRail, into Early Access on PC. This is the Munich-based company's first foray into publishing with this new "open world survival craft" IP. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Products Guildrun Announcement Leads to Massive Success for Leyline The Munich-based indie studio Leyline was genuinely taken by surprise by the feedback on its game, Guildrun. Just four days after its announcement, the title has been added to over 100,000 wishlists. The demo had reached more than 10,000 CCUs. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Publishing Assemble Entertainment Supports PC Publishing For Pithead Studio’s Cralon Following its self-publishing launch, Pithead Studio has brought Assemble on board as an experienced partner to handle the long-term marketing of its game Kralon on PC. Artex Software remains responsible for publishing on PS5 and Xbox. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Planet Crusher © Gryphon Games Funding Federal Funding Goes to Gryphon Games Gryphon Games, based in Berlin, has received funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. Over €860,000 has been awarded for a future Planet Crusher game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Picture: © European Union, 2018, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Funding Games Industry Receives Another €6,1 Million From EU Funding Pot Seven of the eleven projects funded under the ‘Innovative Tools and Business Models’ funding strand are from the games industry. And four of these are from Germany. They will receive a total of €3.3 million. The other games projects are receiving 2.8 million euros from France. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced © Ubisoft Products Three Million Copies of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Sold Ubisoft's Vantage Studios sold three million copies of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced in just one week. According to the publisher, strong launch momentum continues. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tabletop ConcernedApe and Wizards of the Coast Cooperate for Stardew Valley Magic Set With a Stardew Valley x Magic: The Gathering cooperation, ConcernedApe and Wizards of the Coast team up for a Secret Lair Superdrop that even contains a unique new Land card. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Lenja Kaufmann 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 • 7 min read
Tabletop Magic: The Gathering Reveals 2027 Event and Set Roadmap Wizards of the Coast has revealed the set roadmap for 2027 and beyond with three in-universe and three Universes Beyond set, as well as more details of the Hobbit set and the first MagicCon ever on the Asian continent. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Tabletop Pokémon TCG Releases Tentpole Set Mega Evolution – Pitch Black With the current Pokémon TCG expansion set Mega Evolution - Pitch Black, The Pokémon Company is exploring the dark side of Mega Evolution creatures in 115 new cards. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 17. July 26: Henna Virkkunen, gamescom, LGF, HoYoverse, Brazil Games, Toplitz, Daedalic Whether it’s high-profile political visitors from Brussels, a trade delegation from South America or a major publisher from Asia – gamescom draws people from all over the world to Cologne. With just over a month to go before the event, confirmations are coming in by the hour. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
