KALDA, Body/Memory, Cards & Cannons Products MBB Funds 12 Games and XR Experiences With Over 1 Mil € In the current Berlin-Brandenburg funding round, MBB gives out more than one million euros to games and XR products. Among the funded parties are Jo-Mei, Ruth Bosch, Flamehead Games, Daring House and many more. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Stephan Reichart, Managing Director game events / Lars Janssen, Host of the gamescom dev leadership summit and CEO at Deck13 © game Events Events Gamescom Dev Leadership Summit Features Six Expert-Led Roundtables At the gamescom dev leadership event in Lisbon, six roundtables led by experts will address topics such as AI disruption, studio resilience, and future business models. This event gives industry leaders the opportunity to reflect on the year ahead and set their strategic direction. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business GDC President Nina Brown: "We Respect Those Individuals' Decisions" A growing number of European industry representatives are announcing on LinkedIn that they will not be attending GDC due to the political situation in the US. While the organisers are taking these concerns seriously, they can ultimately only point to improved affordability and the GDC Vault. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV / Goodgame Empire © King Art & Plaion / Goodgame Business G+ 20 Games Funded With a Total of Almost €14 Million Twenty more projects received grants from the German federal funding programme for games. Almost €14 million went to studios such as Aesir Interactive, Playing History, King Art, Realmforge Studios, kr3m. media and Stillfront Germany, among others. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
GfK Entertainment Products EA Sports FC 26 Was Europe‘s Best-Selling Game in 2025 King soccer rules in 16 out of 17 European markets aggregated by GfK Entertainment, only the Czechs go domestic in their top sold game of 2025. Germany's PC ranking is as German as it comes between Farming Simulator 25 and Anno 117. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Dynasty Warriors: Origins Visions of Four Heroes © Koei Tecmo Games Products Dynasty Warriors: Origins Visions of Four Heroes Koei Tecmo Games had a major success last year with Dynasty Warriors: Origins. Now, the first expansion, Visions of Four Heroes, featuring spectacular Musou mass battles, has been released. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Xbox App on Windows 11 PCs with an Arm processor © Microsoft / Xbox Products Xbox App Expands to Arm-based PCs The Xbox app is now available on Windows 11 PCs with an Arm processor. Most Game Pass games are compatible. In addition, the Xbox Play Anywhere and Stream Your Own Game programmes feature over 1,000 games each. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business SpielFabrique Opens Applications for European Videogame Accelerator 2026 European studios have until 2 February at 11:59 p.m. to apply for this year's European Videogame Accelerator (EVA). It will take place in three stages from February to November. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Business Welcome to the Era of "Inception Publishing" In 'Zoran's Update', experienced games manager Zoran Roso comments on current industry topics on LinkedIn. GamesMarkt is republishing the update with his consent. This time's topic: Why developers need to start the publishing process before pitching a game and how this has shifted the risks. By Zoran Roso • 3 min read
Products Code Vein II Bandai Namco's second "anime Dark Souls" ups the combat proficiency and combines vampires with time travel to deliver on several of the promises the first game made. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Business Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #3 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include the return of FROG, the death of Anthem and the German DCP. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
Business Last Chance for DCP 2026: Only Submitted Games Can Win On 29 April, the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP; German Computer Game Award) will be presented in Munich. And if you want to be in with a chance of winning one of the awards, you'll have to hurry. The deadline for entries is today! By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
