Fae Farm © Gambit Digital Business Collective Around Gambit Digital Buys Fae Farm IP Gambit Digital, Game Cloud Network, Pure Wonder Interactive and Phatty Acid have acquired Fae Farm from Phoenix Labs, along with the existing game and ongoing intellectual property rights. The collective, comprising Gambit Digital, Game Cloud Network, Pure Wonder Interactive and Phatty Acid, will work together to foster "long-term growth& By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Marcel Hallas, Director Sales & Marketing at Ayming, explains the R&D Tax Incentive application process. © Ayming Business How to Secure Federal R&D Tax Incentives for Your Games Game development in Germany can be eligible for the German Federal R&D Tax Incentive ("Forschungszulage"). In his guest article, Ayming's Director Sales & Marketing Marcel Hallas explains how studios can prepare to apply for the incentive and how the application process works. The games By Team Gamesmarkt • 4 min read
© Gamecity Hamburg Business Established Kick-Off for Games Lift 2025 Incubator in Hamburg Even five years after the program was launched, the kick-off for the new participants in the Games Lift Incubator in Hamburg is still a special moment, even though it has become routine for the organizers. The five selected teams are now embarking on an intensive journey during which they will By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Lucky Tower Ultimate © Studio Seufz & AMC Business Studio Seufz Receives €259,421 in Funding From the BMWE The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) is funding Lucky Tower Ultimate: Beyond the Tower (Working Title) by Studio Seufz with €259,421. Another German game project is receiving direct funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE). €259,421 goes to Studio Seufz Enterprises By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Digital Minister Fabian Mehring (left) and Hof County Councilman Oliver Bär (second from right) together with two of the LFG organisers, Ariane Pollak and Johannes Wurm, on-site LFG Hof 2025. © LFG Business LFG Con Hof Announces New Date Announcing a new date for next year, the third LFG Con in Hof is now set for Sunday, 24 May 2026. A stronger attendance of regional and local firms from analogue and digital game spaces is expected. Formerly announced for the 20 June of 2026, the LFG Con in Hof By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto © Nintendo Products All the Announcements From Today's Nintendo Direct During today's extensive Direct presentation, Nintendo presented a wide range of games from Nintendo and its global publishing and development partners. Among these were new Mario games, specific release dates for many titles, and a few surprises. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto opened the presentation by announcing events to By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie © Illumination and Nintendo Business The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Premieres in April 2026 Illumination and Nintendo have announced the title of their new animated film based on the Super Mario Bros. universe: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Universal Pictures will release the film worldwide in April 2026. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an animated film based on the Super Mario Bros. universe. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
A team photo of Assemble Entertainment and Gentlymad Studios at their shared premises in Wiesbaden. © Assemble Entertainment Business Assemble's Gentlymad Studios Is Closing Its Doors Gentlymad Studios, the in-house game development studio of Assemble Entertainment in Wiesbaden, is set to close at the end of September 2025. A total of 25 people will be affected. Ultimately, they were unable to build on the success of Endzone. Gentlymad Studios was founded in 2014 and released the By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© AlliertenMuseum, Computerspielemuseum Campus Allied Museum and Computer Game Museum Cooperate on Cold War Games Exhibition In a cooperation, the Computer Game and Allied Museums Berlin are presenting an exhibition on gaming during and games about the Cold War. The exhibition will run from Oktober to June in the Allied Museum, a press tour takes place on 30 September. From 2 October 2025 to 30 June By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Rudolf Inderst Campus DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist #36 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter of games research association DiGRA GSA is published weekly on GamesMarkt, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst. This week, we dive into The Last of Us, the Expressionist Games Manifesto and gun violence. Sometimes it's okay to have a more robust opinion, right? By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Rematch © Sloclap Products Bandai Namco Distributes Physical Version of Rematch in GSA Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe announces its collaboration with France-based Sloclap on the online football action game Rematch. As part of this partnership, a physical version of the game will be released for PS5, distributed in the GSA region by Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany. The physical Rematch: Elite Edition will be By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Metaroot Products Swiss Automation Game The Farmer Was Replaced Launches 10 October Coming out of a successful Early Access phase, the programming game The Farmer was Replaced by Swiss dev Timon Herzog and Swiss publisher Metaroot launches on 10 October. In its Early Access phase on Steam, farming automation and programming game The Farmer Was Replaced has garnered 150,000 sales since By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
