© Assemble/ZoroArts Products Paddle Paddle Paddle Reaches 100,000 Unit Milestone The cooperation between Mateo Covic alias ZoroArts and Assemble Entertainment is bearing fruits: After the initial month, chaos coop game Paddle Paddle Paddle had reached the 50,000 sales milestone. Now, 10 weeks after release, the game has breached 100,000 sales. Update from 06 October 2025: As developer Covic By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© DFL Esports DFL and Electronic Arts Revise Competition Mode of Virtual Bundesliga At the start of the new season of the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL), the DFL and Electronic Arts have made numerous adjustments to make the competition more open and exciting. But there are also some constants: 35 teams are competing in the VBL. The start of the new season is scheduled By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© ExP Campus ExP Returns with HFF München Expert Talks and Pretzels returns in a new venue, with the CreatiF Center of HFF München. On 8 October Musfira Naqvi of Siemens and Marcel-André Casasola-Greiner of Jumpy Bit will speak in front of and using the big cinema screen. Expert Talks and Pretzels (ExP), the Munich talk format organised By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Plaion Products Plaion Strengthens New Retro Label With Another Round of Releases Plaion has announced four new releases for Atari retro consoles in November. They will be distributed under the new Plaion Replai label, which the publisher apparently launched in the summer to pool its retro activities. The release of the four arcade classics is scheduled for November 21. Galaga, Pac-Man Double By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© PlayBern Business PlayBern Festival 2025 Brings Game Music Into the Spotlight The 7. PlayBern Festival from 31 October to 2 November features game music as a spotlight topic. Apart from game concerts and composers on stage, accessibility in music takes center stage. Research collective CH Ludens will also be part of the program. From 31 October to 2 November, the PlayBern By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Rudolf Inderst Campus DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist #39 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter of games research association DiGRA GSA is published weekly on GamesMarkt, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst. This time with Starfield, jobs as game researchers in Europe and the DiGRA Ireland conference. Ahoi there, game studies operators! Sometimes it happens faster than you think: you By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
© Bloy, BlueBottle People Sandra Bloy Becomes New Marketing Lead at BlueBottle Former MYI Communications expert Sandra Bloy is the new Marketing Lead for Munich esport streaming tool company BlueBottle by Irox Games co-owner Marcel Zurawka. After her last big project HeroFest Bern on 3-5 October 2025, Sandra Bloy, current Project Owner Marketing & Communications at MYI Entertainment, is changing ships: In By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Ruth Lemmen and André Bernhardt © GM Business Play, Promote, Publish 2025 Workshop Goes to the Next Round The five-day workshop on marketing strategies in the games industry will kick off with an in-person event during Games Ground in Berlin. Play, Promote, Publish 2025 is organized and curated by Ruth Lemmen and André Bernhardt. The target audience for Play, Promote, Publisher 2025 includes SMEs, large companies, and individuals By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The House of Games Berlin will be located at Lux. © Daniel Hinz Business House of Games Berlin Hosts Indie Townhall Indies will play an important role alongside the major anchor tenants at House of Games Berlin, which is scheduled to open in 2026. The options that the gaming property offers small studios in particular will be explained at a town hall meeting specifically for indie developers in mid-October. This is By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© SIE Products New PlayStation Rewards Program Lets You Buy Merch for Platinum Trophies With their new Rewards Program, PlayStation makes ordering certain merch items exclusive to players who earned Platinum trophies or played through prestige PlayStation games. Starting out is Ghost of Tsushima with an exclusive pin and t-shirt who completed the game. The merchandise still costs money as well, however. PlayStation has By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
