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Meris Mullaley, Roy Graham and Yoni Skolnik of Wizards of the Coast talk us through making Reality Fracture, the most important Magic: The Gathering set of 2026 (Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro) Tabletop G+ Interview: The Makings of Reality Fracture How did Reality Fracture take shape after the last three years of Magic: The Gathering sets experimented heavily with settings and references? We spoke to Meris Mullaley, Roy Graham and Yoni Skolnik of Wizards of the Coast about planeswalkers, problems with Poison mechanics in the future and more. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Dan Ayoub is the New President of Wizards of the Coast & Hasbro Digital Games (Hasbro/Charlotte Rainville Photography) People Dan Ayoub is the New President of Wizards of the Coast & Hasbro Digital Games Dan Ayoub, currently Senior Vice President of Dungeons & Dragons, will become the new President of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games come 2 November. His predecessor John Hight stepped down in July. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Matt Hall, Executive Vice President of Atari Mobile © Atari People Atari Names Matt Hall EVP of Mobile Matt Hall has been appointed Executive Vice President of Atari Mobile. In this role, he will oversee the company's mobile gaming business. He will report directly to Wade Rosen, Atari's Chairman and CEO. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 29 Oct 26: PlayStation, Microsoft, Steam, LFG, Gamepix x Xsolla, Pixelsplit, Thoughtfish, PandaBee The latest news in the consoles segment featured new, colourful controllers for PlayStation and a decline in sales for the Xbox business. In addition, several indie games from Germany were launched. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
Products PandaBee Releases SimsalaGrimm - The Chaos Crystal PandaBee and Markt+Technik Verlag have released SimsalaGrimm - The Chaos Crystal today, based on a German public broadcast children's IP. The game is out on PC, Switch and PS5. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Xsolla / Gamepix © Xsolla Business Web Games Platform Gamepix Acquired by Xsolla Xsolla has announced the acquisition of GamePix, a web games platform that publishes and distributes browser games worldwide. GamePix brings with it a catalogue of over 10,000 web titles, a community of over 4,000 developers, and a publishing solution that brings games to web browsers. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
CEO Satya Nadella / CFO Amy Hood © Microsoft Business Xbox Revenue Fell Slightly in Q1 2027; Outlook Points to Growth Revenue in Microsoft's Xbox division has fallen slightly, with minor declines in content and services, and a more significant decline in hardware. However, revenue growth is expected to return to the mid-to-high single-digit range in the next quarter, and this is not solely due to GTA VI. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Deadly Days: Roadtrip © Pixelsplit and Sidekick Publishing Products Pixelsplit and Sidekick Publishing Launched Deadly Days: Roadtrip 1.0 Deadly Days: Roadtrip, the bullet-hell roguelike where the backpack 'breaks' the game, is leaving Early Access today and is also coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. It is developed by Pixelsplit from Eschborn and published by Sidekick Publishing from Berlin. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tabletop CardMonster announces TCG PUBG: Final Circle Card game maker CardMonster has announced PUBG: Final Circle based on Krafton's battle royale IP. The tabletop game for 2-5 players will start with a Kickstarter campaign. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
