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: Laura Körting 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 • 6 min read Inon Zur, composer of the Fallout series, Starfield, Dragon Age and more (Zur) People G+ Game Music Makers: Inon Zur He made the soundtrack to Fallout, Syberia and Starfield: Legendary composer Inon Zur from Los Angeles is leading us through his work process, his favourite soundtracks and the best ways to involve composers in your game dev workflow. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read People John Hight Steps Down as President of Wizards of the Coast John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast under Hasbro, is leaving his position after two years. He will remain as an advisor onboarding the next president, who is not yet selected. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Unbeatable © D-Cell Games and Playstack Products Unbeatable From D-Cell Games and Playstack comes Unbeatable, a rhythm adventure set in a world where music is illegal. It is both a narrative experience and an engaging arcade rhythm game with an extraordinary audiovisual impact. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Business Razer Strengthens Its Creator Business and Acquires StreamElements Razer has acquired all of StreamElements’ assets from Live Momentum. Operations are set to continue as usual, and StreamElements will remain a separate brand. Razer has nevertheless strengthened its position in the creator market. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 03. Aug 2026: Federal Funding, GDC German Pavilion, Korean Games, AeroSoft's Bergwerk & more GamesMarket's daily editorial editorial comment and an overview of all news of the day, not just to your inbox, but freely available online as well. The topics of the day: Higher Xbox prices in Europe, Germany on the GDC, gamescom presences and our current sponsor Pixel Maniacs. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Products Aerosoft and Hindsight Announce Mining Simulation Bergwerk Simulation expert Aerosoft and Hindsight Studios, based in Herten in the Ruhr region, have announced Bergwerk – A Mining, a game that takes players to the fictional German coal-mining region of Grubental. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Anyone who displays games in the entertainment area must have a rating in accordance with German youth protection laws. Existing ratings from storefronts are not sufficient for this purpose. (Picture by USK) gamescom Deadline For Submitting For Age Ratings for Gamescom Content is Approaching Exhibitors in the B2C section at Gamescom have until August 11 to submit forms and content to the USK in order to receive the appropriate rating in time for the trade show. Existing storefront ratings are not valid at the trade show. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read (German Pavilion) Events German Pavilion Submissions for GDC 2027 Now Open German companies can now register for the German Pavilion delegation to GDC 2027 in San Francisco. By Pascal Wagner •
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Laura Körting 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 • 6 min read
Inon Zur, composer of the Fallout series, Starfield, Dragon Age and more (Zur) People G+ Game Music Makers: Inon Zur He made the soundtrack to Fallout, Syberia and Starfield: Legendary composer Inon Zur from Los Angeles is leading us through his work process, his favourite soundtracks and the best ways to involve composers in your game dev workflow. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
People John Hight Steps Down as President of Wizards of the Coast John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast under Hasbro, is leaving his position after two years. He will remain as an advisor onboarding the next president, who is not yet selected. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Unbeatable © D-Cell Games and Playstack Products Unbeatable From D-Cell Games and Playstack comes Unbeatable, a rhythm adventure set in a world where music is illegal. It is both a narrative experience and an engaging arcade rhythm game with an extraordinary audiovisual impact. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Business Razer Strengthens Its Creator Business and Acquires StreamElements Razer has acquired all of StreamElements’ assets from Live Momentum. Operations are set to continue as usual, and StreamElements will remain a separate brand. Razer has nevertheless strengthened its position in the creator market. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 03. Aug 2026: Federal Funding, GDC German Pavilion, Korean Games, AeroSoft's Bergwerk & more GamesMarket's daily editorial editorial comment and an overview of all news of the day, not just to your inbox, but freely available online as well. The topics of the day: Higher Xbox prices in Europe, Germany on the GDC, gamescom presences and our current sponsor Pixel Maniacs. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Products Aerosoft and Hindsight Announce Mining Simulation Bergwerk Simulation expert Aerosoft and Hindsight Studios, based in Herten in the Ruhr region, have announced Bergwerk – A Mining, a game that takes players to the fictional German coal-mining region of Grubental. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Anyone who displays games in the entertainment area must have a rating in accordance with German youth protection laws. Existing ratings from storefronts are not sufficient for this purpose. (Picture by USK) gamescom Deadline For Submitting For Age Ratings for Gamescom Content is Approaching Exhibitors in the B2C section at Gamescom have until August 11 to submit forms and content to the USK in order to receive the appropriate rating in time for the trade show. Existing storefront ratings are not valid at the trade show. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
(German Pavilion) Events German Pavilion Submissions for GDC 2027 Now Open German companies can now register for the German Pavilion delegation to GDC 2027 in San Francisco. By Pascal Wagner •
