Gerhold: Building an Alternative to Established Labels Stephan Steininger May 24, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Mario Gerhold © Gerhold People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Helena Kasper In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations. By Madeleine Egger • 7 min read Frederik Hammes and Sasha Volkohon (Pictures game events) People Game Events Strengthens Its Team with Sasha Volkohon as Head of Commercial With effect from 1 November, game events GmbH has appointed the experienced business development manager Sasha Volkohon as Head of Commercial. She succeeds Roufina Guenkova, who has left the company; Managing Director Frederik Hammes would like to express his sincere thanks to her. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Dieter Schoeller and Ronald Kaulbach People Ronald Kaulbach Joins Headup as Head of MarComs Dieter Schoeller is further expanding Headup’s marketing and communications team and has appointed Ronald Kaulbach as Head of MarComs. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 10 Nov 26: MBO at My.Games, IGF Jury, Games Ground, Deviant Legal, Swiss Game Awards, HFF Besides new owners at My.Games and the final numbers on Games Ground, today’s news focused primarily on the topic of AI. Deviant Legal has published a first-aid guide for when your own game is cloned using AI, and some members of the IGF jury do not wish to vote for games that use generative AI. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read Elena Grigorian, Chief Executive Officer of My.Games Business Management Buy-Out: Elena Grigorian and Denis Savuta Acquire My.Games The long-standing owner of My.Games, Alexander Chachava, is divesting his shares and selling the games publisher to CEO Elena Grigorian and COO Denis Savuta. They are receiving financial backing from Georgy Nurislamov, a private investor based in the United Arab Emirates. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Business Deviant Legal Publishes Legal Guide For Studios Whose Games Got AI Cloned What should you do if your game is cloned by AI? Deviant Legal has produced a guide for developers on this topic, which provides answers to some fundamental legal questions and outlines a range of possible courses of action. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Events HFF Brings Film and Games Together at Transmedia Day As part of the Festival of Future Storytellers, the HFF – Munich University of Television and Film is organising a Transmedia Day on 18 November, featuring workshops and talks. Also on the programme: an insight into the development of A Night at Moka Efti – A Babylon Berlin Story. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Pathogenic / Tom the Postgirl / Unrailed 2: Back on Track © Aberrant Labs / Oopsie Daisies / Indoor Astronaut Awards Swiss Game Awards 2026: The Nominees Fourteen nominated games are in the running for a Swiss Game Award 2026. The winners will be announced on 20 November at Kinokoni in Zurich. Aberrant Labs, Indoor Astronaut, Oopsie Daisies and Urban Games are among those in with a chance of winning the main prize. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Crystals Of Irm © Deck13 Spotlight and David Schütze Products Crystals Of Irm Launches January 2027 Deck13 Spotlight and David Schütze are set to release their old-school RPG, Crystals Of Irm, for PC and consoles in January 2027. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Helena Kasper In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations. By Madeleine Egger • 7 min read
Frederik Hammes and Sasha Volkohon (Pictures game events) People Game Events Strengthens Its Team with Sasha Volkohon as Head of Commercial With effect from 1 November, game events GmbH has appointed the experienced business development manager Sasha Volkohon as Head of Commercial. She succeeds Roufina Guenkova, who has left the company; Managing Director Frederik Hammes would like to express his sincere thanks to her. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dieter Schoeller and Ronald Kaulbach People Ronald Kaulbach Joins Headup as Head of MarComs Dieter Schoeller is further expanding Headup’s marketing and communications team and has appointed Ronald Kaulbach as Head of MarComs. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 10 Nov 26: MBO at My.Games, IGF Jury, Games Ground, Deviant Legal, Swiss Game Awards, HFF Besides new owners at My.Games and the final numbers on Games Ground, today’s news focused primarily on the topic of AI. Deviant Legal has published a first-aid guide for when your own game is cloned using AI, and some members of the IGF jury do not wish to vote for games that use generative AI. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
Elena Grigorian, Chief Executive Officer of My.Games Business Management Buy-Out: Elena Grigorian and Denis Savuta Acquire My.Games The long-standing owner of My.Games, Alexander Chachava, is divesting his shares and selling the games publisher to CEO Elena Grigorian and COO Denis Savuta. They are receiving financial backing from Georgy Nurislamov, a private investor based in the United Arab Emirates. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business Deviant Legal Publishes Legal Guide For Studios Whose Games Got AI Cloned What should you do if your game is cloned by AI? Deviant Legal has produced a guide for developers on this topic, which provides answers to some fundamental legal questions and outlines a range of possible courses of action. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Events HFF Brings Film and Games Together at Transmedia Day As part of the Festival of Future Storytellers, the HFF – Munich University of Television and Film is organising a Transmedia Day on 18 November, featuring workshops and talks. Also on the programme: an insight into the development of A Night at Moka Efti – A Babylon Berlin Story. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Pathogenic / Tom the Postgirl / Unrailed 2: Back on Track © Aberrant Labs / Oopsie Daisies / Indoor Astronaut Awards Swiss Game Awards 2026: The Nominees Fourteen nominated games are in the running for a Swiss Game Award 2026. The winners will be announced on 20 November at Kinokoni in Zurich. Aberrant Labs, Indoor Astronaut, Oopsie Daisies and Urban Games are among those in with a chance of winning the main prize. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Crystals Of Irm © Deck13 Spotlight and David Schütze Products Crystals Of Irm Launches January 2027 Deck13 Spotlight and David Schütze are set to release their old-school RPG, Crystals Of Irm, for PC and consoles in January 2027. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
