Still Wakes the Deep Marcel Kleffmann June 11, 2024 – 1 min read Share this post © Sumo Part of the playable Endix Spring 2026 area (Endix) Products Endix Spring 2026 Reaches 10,000 Downloads The playable game showcase Endix has reached 10,000 downloads and 2.1 mil impressions on Steam with its Spring edition. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Two of the games: Arukone and Zeitlupe (NZZ/Blindflug) Products Blindflug Made Games Suite for NZZ Like many other newspapers, NZZ from Switzerland has a gaming program now. The developers behind it: Blindflug Studios, the makers of Ground of Aces from Zurich and Poznan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Press Start alumni studio SleepDrift is one of the grant recipients with their upcoming game Märe (SleepDrift) Funding MDM Funding Grants 353,000€ to Six Games In the current 4,5€ mil funding round of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, 353,000€ goes to six games as well: Ritter und Kinback, Creature Creep Studio and SleepDrift get development funding, while Stekosaurus and Fine Flow Studio get concept funding. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read At the game summer party, Minister Prien was currying favor with the games industry for the funding restructure (GamesMarket, Stephan Steininger) Politics Good Gaming Support Loses 'Demokratie Leben!' Funding, Will Be Discontinued The Family Ministry has confirmed that Good Gaming Support by Amadeu Antonio Foundation, only started this May, will lose its funding. This rings bitter, after Karin Prien had declared how 'Demokratie Leben!' would now include more gaming at the game Summer Party. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Games Map Austria © Pixabay, GamesMarket GamesMarket Plus G+ The Games Industry in Austria: Facts, Figures, and Trends The games industry in Austria has grown significantly in recent years. This report provides an in-depth look at the state of the Austrian games market and its future prospects, as well as the country's game development industry. By Marcel Kleffmann • 9 min read tinyBuild is known for games such as Potion Craft (left), the latest release Last Harbor (right) and the Hello Neighbor series, which is now on its third installment Business Griffin Gaming Partners Invests in tinyBuild The venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners is strengthening its presence in the indie sector and has acquired a 3.24% stake in the indie publisher tinyBuild; according to the company, this is a strategic investment. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read daily GamesMarket Daily – 29. June 26: Nico Balletta, ESBD's New VPs, Funding, Brandmania, GIC Sprint, Endix, GermanDevDays Starting this week, our daily email newsletter including our commentary on current issues will be published to the GamesMarket website as well for accessibility and archival purposes. This time, we remark on the name change of CD Projekt Red SA. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read Nico Balletta, Head of Programme gamescom dev (Prictures: gamescom dev/game events GmbH) gamescom About Tough Decisions and Great Joy Putting Together the Gamescom Dev Sessions The countdown to gamescom and to gamescom dev is on. The first speakers have been announced. In this interview, Head of Programme Nico Balletta reveals how the session list is put together, how he ensures a good balance, and why he believes it is essential to give young talents a stage. By Stephan Steininger • 7 min read Funding Aesir Partner NightinGames Receives Federal Funding For Its Own Project With nearly 150,000 euros in funding from the federal government, the Bayreuth-based indie team NightinGames can now work on the Exsomnis: Fires of Vesuvius project. Shortly before this, the serious games studio ProLog had also been awarded a grant of over 800,000 euros. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Part of the playable Endix Spring 2026 area (Endix) Products Endix Spring 2026 Reaches 10,000 Downloads The playable game showcase Endix has reached 10,000 downloads and 2.1 mil impressions on Steam with its Spring edition. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Two of the games: Arukone and Zeitlupe (NZZ/Blindflug) Products Blindflug Made Games Suite for NZZ Like many other newspapers, NZZ from Switzerland has a gaming program now. The developers behind it: Blindflug Studios, the makers of Ground of Aces from Zurich and Poznan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Press Start alumni studio SleepDrift is one of the grant recipients with their upcoming game Märe (SleepDrift) Funding MDM Funding Grants 353,000€ to Six Games In the current 4,5€ mil funding round of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, 353,000€ goes to six games as well: Ritter und Kinback, Creature Creep Studio and SleepDrift get development funding, while Stekosaurus and Fine Flow Studio get concept funding. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
At the game summer party, Minister Prien was currying favor with the games industry for the funding restructure (GamesMarket, Stephan Steininger) Politics Good Gaming Support Loses 'Demokratie Leben!' Funding, Will Be Discontinued The Family Ministry has confirmed that Good Gaming Support by Amadeu Antonio Foundation, only started this May, will lose its funding. This rings bitter, after Karin Prien had declared how 'Demokratie Leben!' would now include more gaming at the game Summer Party. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Games Map Austria © Pixabay, GamesMarket GamesMarket Plus G+ The Games Industry in Austria: Facts, Figures, and Trends The games industry in Austria has grown significantly in recent years. This report provides an in-depth look at the state of the Austrian games market and its future prospects, as well as the country's game development industry. By Marcel Kleffmann • 9 min read
tinyBuild is known for games such as Potion Craft (left), the latest release Last Harbor (right) and the Hello Neighbor series, which is now on its third installment Business Griffin Gaming Partners Invests in tinyBuild The venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners is strengthening its presence in the indie sector and has acquired a 3.24% stake in the indie publisher tinyBuild; according to the company, this is a strategic investment. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
daily GamesMarket Daily – 29. June 26: Nico Balletta, ESBD's New VPs, Funding, Brandmania, GIC Sprint, Endix, GermanDevDays Starting this week, our daily email newsletter including our commentary on current issues will be published to the GamesMarket website as well for accessibility and archival purposes. This time, we remark on the name change of CD Projekt Red SA. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Nico Balletta, Head of Programme gamescom dev (Prictures: gamescom dev/game events GmbH) gamescom About Tough Decisions and Great Joy Putting Together the Gamescom Dev Sessions The countdown to gamescom and to gamescom dev is on. The first speakers have been announced. In this interview, Head of Programme Nico Balletta reveals how the session list is put together, how he ensures a good balance, and why he believes it is essential to give young talents a stage. By Stephan Steininger • 7 min read
Funding Aesir Partner NightinGames Receives Federal Funding For Its Own Project With nearly 150,000 euros in funding from the federal government, the Bayreuth-based indie team NightinGames can now work on the Exsomnis: Fires of Vesuvius project. Shortly before this, the serious games studio ProLog had also been awarded a grant of over 800,000 euros. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
