Panini bringt ersten "Runes Of Magic"-Roman Tim Pototzki December 08, 2009 – 1 min read Share this post Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games Development Transport Fever 3: Urban Games Announces Curated Mods Program Urban Games has announced the launch of the Curated Mods Program for Transport Fever 3. The programme allows modders to work alongside the development team to create new vehicles, maps and gameplay features. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Business GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Oliver Deslandes is Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side People Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read Ata Sergey Nowak and Suzerain game writer Adam Sharp at the Games for Change Festival 2025 (Torpor Games) Products Suzerain has Sold 650k Units, 500k on Steam Torpor Games' political narrative strategy Suzerain has sold more than 650,000 units, 500,000 of those on Steam. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Dr Fabian Mehring, Felix Falk, Franziska Giffey and Helge Jürgens (from Left to Right) | Pictures: Anne Hufnagl, Dirk Mathesius, SPD Fraktion Berlin, Friederike Werner/MBB People Congratulations and Hopes for the Future: Reactions to the DCP 2026 Following a festive ceremony to present the 2026 German Computer Game Awards, organisers, sponsors and industry figures have spoken out. GamesMarket has compiled some of the key reactions. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Isik Isin will be responsible for Kingdom of Memories as Lead Game Designer People Isik Isin Joins Chimera Entertainment as Lead Game Designer After several years abroad and three years in Heidelberg, Isik Isin is moving to Munich: The experienced game designer is joining the Chimera Entertainment team and will be responsible for the PC game Kingdom of Memories as Lead Game Designer. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read The launch event for Over The Top: WWI at the Swiss Game Hub © Flying Squirrel Entertainment How a Four-Person Studio Is Shaking up the Shooter Market With Over the Top: WWI Flying Squirrel Entertainment developed the multiplayer third-person shooter Over The Top: WWI with just four people. The game features battles for up to 200 players in a fully destructible WWI environment. The game's success proves the team right, as our interview with Maxim Munnig Schmidt shows. By Marcel Kleffmann • 13 min read Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era © Unfrozen, Ubisoft, Hooded Horse Products Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Today, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era from Unfrozen, Ubisoft and Hooded Horse is launching on PC via Early Access. This marks the return of one of the most popular turn-based strategy series in over a decade. Interest is high, with the game having been added to over 1.5 million wishlists. By Marcel Kleffmann • 11 min read Jörg Friedrich and the Paintbucket Team accepting the award for Best German Game, presented by Dorothee Bär. Products The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big Paintbucket Games unifies Best Serious Game and Best German Game for the first time ever at the German Computer Game Awards 2026. Tiny Bookshop is Best Debut, Blue Backpack takes home three cash prizes for Constance and The Berlin Apartment. Anno 117 also takes home a deserved trophy. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games Development Transport Fever 3: Urban Games Announces Curated Mods Program Urban Games has announced the launch of the Curated Mods Program for Transport Fever 3. The programme allows modders to work alongside the development team to create new vehicles, maps and gameplay features. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Business GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Oliver Deslandes is Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side People Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read
Ata Sergey Nowak and Suzerain game writer Adam Sharp at the Games for Change Festival 2025 (Torpor Games) Products Suzerain has Sold 650k Units, 500k on Steam Torpor Games' political narrative strategy Suzerain has sold more than 650,000 units, 500,000 of those on Steam. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Dr Fabian Mehring, Felix Falk, Franziska Giffey and Helge Jürgens (from Left to Right) | Pictures: Anne Hufnagl, Dirk Mathesius, SPD Fraktion Berlin, Friederike Werner/MBB People Congratulations and Hopes for the Future: Reactions to the DCP 2026 Following a festive ceremony to present the 2026 German Computer Game Awards, organisers, sponsors and industry figures have spoken out. GamesMarket has compiled some of the key reactions. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Isik Isin will be responsible for Kingdom of Memories as Lead Game Designer People Isik Isin Joins Chimera Entertainment as Lead Game Designer After several years abroad and three years in Heidelberg, Isik Isin is moving to Munich: The experienced game designer is joining the Chimera Entertainment team and will be responsible for the PC game Kingdom of Memories as Lead Game Designer. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
The launch event for Over The Top: WWI at the Swiss Game Hub © Flying Squirrel Entertainment How a Four-Person Studio Is Shaking up the Shooter Market With Over the Top: WWI Flying Squirrel Entertainment developed the multiplayer third-person shooter Over The Top: WWI with just four people. The game features battles for up to 200 players in a fully destructible WWI environment. The game's success proves the team right, as our interview with Maxim Munnig Schmidt shows. By Marcel Kleffmann • 13 min read
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era © Unfrozen, Ubisoft, Hooded Horse Products Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Today, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era from Unfrozen, Ubisoft and Hooded Horse is launching on PC via Early Access. This marks the return of one of the most popular turn-based strategy series in over a decade. Interest is high, with the game having been added to over 1.5 million wishlists. By Marcel Kleffmann • 11 min read
Jörg Friedrich and the Paintbucket Team accepting the award for Best German Game, presented by Dorothee Bär. Products The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big Paintbucket Games unifies Best Serious Game and Best German Game for the first time ever at the German Computer Game Awards 2026. Tiny Bookshop is Best Debut, Blue Backpack takes home three cash prizes for Constance and The Berlin Apartment. Anno 117 also takes home a deserved trophy. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
