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: Kate Killick 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 Stephan Steininger • 4 min read Rebeca Polo (The Game Kitchen), Lauranne Cauduro (The Game Bakers), Rafal Jaki (The Astronauts), and Kathrin Radtke (Spellgarden Games) © Polo, The Game Kitchen / Cauduro, The Game Bakers / Jaki, The Astronauts / Radtke, Spellgarden GamesMarket Plus G+ Insights: Four Interviews with Indie Studios on Themed Steam Sales How do indie studios decide which Steam sales events to participate in, and is it worth doing so? We asked these and more questions to Rebeca Polo (The Game Kitchen), Kathrin Radtke (Spellgarden Games), Rafal Jaki (The Astronauts), and Lauranne Cauduro (The Game Bakers). By Marcel Kleffmann • 12 min read Maria Angelidou-Smith, CEO of Mojang and Minecraft, and Kayleen Walters, President of Xbox XP (from Left) People Xbox: Kayleen Walters Become President of XP, Maria Angelidou-Smith CEO of Mojang and Minecraft Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is making further changes to the leadership team of Microsoft’s gaming division: Kayleen Walters heads the new XP business unit, which includes the licensing business. Maria Angelidou-Smith, a former manager at Meta and Personio, is taking charge of Mojang and Minecraft. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Heroes vs. Hordes / It's Always Happy at Chubby's © Swift Games / Benjamin Lochmann New Media Funding Federal Funding Goes to Swift Games and Benjamin Lochmann New Media Two more game studios have been awarded funding by the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. Grants were given to Berlin-based Swift Games and Nürnberg-based Benjamin Lochmann New Media alias Pixel Maniacs. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read Not nearly as raunchy as the old titles, with some clever gags and especially popular in the German speaking areas, the new Larry games are leaving storefronts (Assemble) Products Assemble Retires Leisure Suit Larry Reboots Likely for licensing reasons, Assemble Entertainment takes the two Leisure Suit Larry reimaginings by CrazyBunch off storefronts on 23 October. Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice are on sale until then. The license sits with EA through Codemasters. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Permafrost © SpaceRocket Games & Toplitz Productions Products Strong Launch for Toplitz's Permafrost Developed by SpaceRocket Games and published by Toplitz Productions, Permafrost was released on Steam Early Access on 9 October 2026. It has achieved the German-Austrian publisher's third-best launch to date. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Tabletop Magic: The Gathering Reveals First Marvel Set With Original Story for 2027 Marvel Darkhold Destiny will not only be the first Universes Beyond (UB) set for Magic: The Gathering in 2027, it will also be the first Marvel and UB set with an original story written just for the trading card game. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Products Record-Breaking Steam Event Builds Excitement For Finnish Games Week A week before several in-person events take place in Finland as part of Finnish Games Week, the official Steam event has begun. Over 360 games from Finland are taking part. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Products Artex Enters the Friendslop Genre with American Cooking Simulator, Out Today Shoot to Grill - with American Cooking Simulator, Artex Software is entering the friendslop space. The game has its surprise release on Steam today. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Kate Killick 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 Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Rebeca Polo (The Game Kitchen), Lauranne Cauduro (The Game Bakers), Rafal Jaki (The Astronauts), and Kathrin Radtke (Spellgarden Games) © Polo, The Game Kitchen / Cauduro, The Game Bakers / Jaki, The Astronauts / Radtke, Spellgarden GamesMarket Plus G+ Insights: Four Interviews with Indie Studios on Themed Steam Sales How do indie studios decide which Steam sales events to participate in, and is it worth doing so? We asked these and more questions to Rebeca Polo (The Game Kitchen), Kathrin Radtke (Spellgarden Games), Rafal Jaki (The Astronauts), and Lauranne Cauduro (The Game Bakers). By Marcel Kleffmann • 12 min read
Maria Angelidou-Smith, CEO of Mojang and Minecraft, and Kayleen Walters, President of Xbox XP (from Left) People Xbox: Kayleen Walters Become President of XP, Maria Angelidou-Smith CEO of Mojang and Minecraft Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is making further changes to the leadership team of Microsoft’s gaming division: Kayleen Walters heads the new XP business unit, which includes the licensing business. Maria Angelidou-Smith, a former manager at Meta and Personio, is taking charge of Mojang and Minecraft. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Heroes vs. Hordes / It's Always Happy at Chubby's © Swift Games / Benjamin Lochmann New Media Funding Federal Funding Goes to Swift Games and Benjamin Lochmann New Media Two more game studios have been awarded funding by the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. Grants were given to Berlin-based Swift Games and Nürnberg-based Benjamin Lochmann New Media alias Pixel Maniacs. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Not nearly as raunchy as the old titles, with some clever gags and especially popular in the German speaking areas, the new Larry games are leaving storefronts (Assemble) Products Assemble Retires Leisure Suit Larry Reboots Likely for licensing reasons, Assemble Entertainment takes the two Leisure Suit Larry reimaginings by CrazyBunch off storefronts on 23 October. Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice are on sale until then. The license sits with EA through Codemasters. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Permafrost © SpaceRocket Games & Toplitz Productions Products Strong Launch for Toplitz's Permafrost Developed by SpaceRocket Games and published by Toplitz Productions, Permafrost was released on Steam Early Access on 9 October 2026. It has achieved the German-Austrian publisher's third-best launch to date. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tabletop Magic: The Gathering Reveals First Marvel Set With Original Story for 2027 Marvel Darkhold Destiny will not only be the first Universes Beyond (UB) set for Magic: The Gathering in 2027, it will also be the first Marvel and UB set with an original story written just for the trading card game. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Record-Breaking Steam Event Builds Excitement For Finnish Games Week A week before several in-person events take place in Finland as part of Finnish Games Week, the official Steam event has begun. Over 360 games from Finland are taking part. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Products Artex Enters the Friendslop Genre with American Cooking Simulator, Out Today Shoot to Grill - with American Cooking Simulator, Artex Software is entering the friendslop space. The game has its surprise release on Steam today. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
