Gerhold: Building an Alternative to Established Labels Stephan Steininger May 24, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Mario Gerhold © Gerhold Murray Pannell / Steel City Interactive © SCI People Murray Pannell to Lead Publishing Efforts at Steel City Interactive Steel City Interactive, the UK-based studio behind the Undisputed video game franchise, has announced that Murray Pannell has joined the company as Head of Publishing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Rebecca Snell is the new Senior Vice President Social Games at board game giant Asmodee. (Snell/Asmodee) Tabletop Rebecca Snell Becomes SVP Social Games at Asmodee Rebecca Snell is the new Senior Vice President Social Games at board game giant Asmodee. The marketing expert has been in lead positions at the Lego Group, Bacardi and P&G before. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Patrick Streppel, Harald Riegler, Florian Bohn, Julian Bock and Kristoffer Funseth (from Left to Right; Pictures by Jumpage) People Harald Riegler Becomes CBO, Florian Bohn CEO of Jumpgate In addition to the new roles for Harald Riegler and Florian Bohn at Jumpgate, Kristoffer Funseth and Julian Bock are further new additions to the C-suite, which also includes Patrick Streppel. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily - 07 October 2026: Steam & game Charts, Bavarian Education, KIDS Act, TOMMI Awards & more Steam charts of the week, game charts of the month, the nominations for the TOMMI awards and the Subotron Live Pitch are up today. Also: feedback on the EU Kids Act is needed. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read Spark and Playground: Unity and Google Unveil Game Development Tools for Everyone Google and Unity have unveiled Playground and Spark, two AI-powered products designed to enable the development of games without any coding experience. With Playground, Google is taking a general platform-based approach, whilst Unity is targerting enthusiasts with its Spark Tool. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Development Subotron Live Pitch and FROG Exhibition Participants 2026 Revealed Five young studios from four universities in Austria have been revealed as participants at Subotron Live Pitch 2026 on 27 November. The exhibition games for Future and Reality of Gaming a week before are also now public. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Paramount Skydance Corporation X Warner Bros. Discovery = Skydance © Skydance Business Paramount's and Warner Bros.' Gaming Operations Are Merging Skydance Corporation, also known as Paramount Skydance Corporation, has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a new company called "Skydance". The gaming divisions will also be merged, and Bobby Kotick is set to return. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read (Picture: Pexels/Gintare K.) Politics EU Kids Act: Commission Seeks Feedback The European Commission is collecting public feedback on the proposed EU Kids Act until 26 November. The aim is to give children and parents a say, as well as the platforms affected. Meanwhile, the EGDF has further refined its statement. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read One of the games universities in Bavaria is Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, but other institutions have even more special programmes and labs to offer (LMU) Campus Games Education under Bavarian Skies Games research is big at Bavarian education institutions. The free state has several of the best games programs in Germany, as well as some truly unique offers. We have collected all universities with games courses, as well as some highlights. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Murray Pannell / Steel City Interactive © SCI People Murray Pannell to Lead Publishing Efforts at Steel City Interactive Steel City Interactive, the UK-based studio behind the Undisputed video game franchise, has announced that Murray Pannell has joined the company as Head of Publishing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Rebecca Snell is the new Senior Vice President Social Games at board game giant Asmodee. (Snell/Asmodee) Tabletop Rebecca Snell Becomes SVP Social Games at Asmodee Rebecca Snell is the new Senior Vice President Social Games at board game giant Asmodee. The marketing expert has been in lead positions at the Lego Group, Bacardi and P&G before. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Patrick Streppel, Harald Riegler, Florian Bohn, Julian Bock and Kristoffer Funseth (from Left to Right; Pictures by Jumpage) People Harald Riegler Becomes CBO, Florian Bohn CEO of Jumpgate In addition to the new roles for Harald Riegler and Florian Bohn at Jumpgate, Kristoffer Funseth and Julian Bock are further new additions to the C-suite, which also includes Patrick Streppel. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily - 07 October 2026: Steam & game Charts, Bavarian Education, KIDS Act, TOMMI Awards & more Steam charts of the week, game charts of the month, the nominations for the TOMMI awards and the Subotron Live Pitch are up today. Also: feedback on the EU Kids Act is needed. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Spark and Playground: Unity and Google Unveil Game Development Tools for Everyone Google and Unity have unveiled Playground and Spark, two AI-powered products designed to enable the development of games without any coding experience. With Playground, Google is taking a general platform-based approach, whilst Unity is targerting enthusiasts with its Spark Tool. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Development Subotron Live Pitch and FROG Exhibition Participants 2026 Revealed Five young studios from four universities in Austria have been revealed as participants at Subotron Live Pitch 2026 on 27 November. The exhibition games for Future and Reality of Gaming a week before are also now public. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Paramount Skydance Corporation X Warner Bros. Discovery = Skydance © Skydance Business Paramount's and Warner Bros.' Gaming Operations Are Merging Skydance Corporation, also known as Paramount Skydance Corporation, has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a new company called "Skydance". The gaming divisions will also be merged, and Bobby Kotick is set to return. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
(Picture: Pexels/Gintare K.) Politics EU Kids Act: Commission Seeks Feedback The European Commission is collecting public feedback on the proposed EU Kids Act until 26 November. The aim is to give children and parents a say, as well as the platforms affected. Meanwhile, the EGDF has further refined its statement. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
One of the games universities in Bavaria is Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, but other institutions have even more special programmes and labs to offer (LMU) Campus Games Education under Bavarian Skies Games research is big at Bavarian education institutions. The free state has several of the best games programs in Germany, as well as some truly unique offers. We have collected all universities with games courses, as well as some highlights. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
