Gerhold: Building an Alternative to Established Labels Stephan Steininger May 24, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Mario Gerhold © Gerhold Quad Head are succeeding in the friendslop space (Quad Head) People Quad Head's Pratfall Reaches 60k Sales in the First Week The former Oddsparks developers are back as indies and with a friendslop bang: Coop digging adventure Pratfall, developed within six months, has breached 60,000 sales in one week after a 33,000 wishlist start. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read People In Conversations with... Kevin Fryers In the new ‘Zoran's Update,’ brand and marketing expert Zoran Roso talks to Kevin Fryers about the pillars of modern game publishing, Generative AI in game development, Nostalgia, and brand building. By Zoran Roso • 13 min read PandaBee at their caggtus 2026 booth were Beards Go Underground was shown to the public for the first time, from left: Julien Schillinger, Gustav Mehner and Nathan Taylor. (Elisabeth Conrad) People PandaBee Studios: "Mining is One of the Best Mechanics for Games" At yesterday's Second Wind Showcase, PandaBee from Leipzig revealed their mining game Beards Go Underground, a potential deckbuilding smash hit from Germany. We talked to studio co-founder Julien Schillinger about the game idea, making mining feel smooth, and deckbuilding inspirations. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read Games Lift Incubator © Gamecity Hamburg Business Games Lift Incubator 2026 Applications Are Now Open Since 2020, Gamecity Hamburg, part of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, has provided €15,000 of financial support to studios and developers through the Games Lift Incubator. Developers, teams and studios can now apply for the 2026 round. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Baltic Games Fest 2026 © Mathias Six, sixconcept Events Baltic Games Fest Saw Visitor Numbers Double Attendance at the Baltic Games Fest in Neumünster doubled compared to last year. Around 2,000 people visited the Holstenhallen over the two days of the event. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Pipapo Games (Laura Hantschel, Annika Neumann, Lukas Hort, Clara Müller) © Pipapo Games Pipapo Games Launches Map Map in May At the end of May 2026, Hamburg-based indie studio Pipapo Games will release its first game, Map Map – A Game About Maps. It's a cozy exploration puzzle game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Displayed by Alt/Shift Business InnoGames Becomes Anchor Tenant in New N50 Office Building Hamburg InnoGames is preparing to move to new headquarters. The publisher will be the anchor tenant at N50, an office development due to be completed by 2029 in the Hamerbrook district of Hamburg. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Website screenshot (GC Muc) Business 19. GameCamp Munich Takes Place in October The 19. GameCamp Munich will take place from 23-25 October 2026 at the SAE campus. Before that, the next GameCamp is coming up in May in Bayreuth. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Silberheim Evolving Card Game © Beyond Worlds Business Five German Studios to Receive Federal Funding Five studios have received funding from the German federal government's video game funding programme. These include Chimera Entertainment, Beyond Worlds, H.O.P.E., Xyrality and Triple Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Quad Head are succeeding in the friendslop space (Quad Head) People Quad Head's Pratfall Reaches 60k Sales in the First Week The former Oddsparks developers are back as indies and with a friendslop bang: Coop digging adventure Pratfall, developed within six months, has breached 60,000 sales in one week after a 33,000 wishlist start. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
People In Conversations with... Kevin Fryers In the new ‘Zoran's Update,’ brand and marketing expert Zoran Roso talks to Kevin Fryers about the pillars of modern game publishing, Generative AI in game development, Nostalgia, and brand building. By Zoran Roso • 13 min read
PandaBee at their caggtus 2026 booth were Beards Go Underground was shown to the public for the first time, from left: Julien Schillinger, Gustav Mehner and Nathan Taylor. (Elisabeth Conrad) People PandaBee Studios: "Mining is One of the Best Mechanics for Games" At yesterday's Second Wind Showcase, PandaBee from Leipzig revealed their mining game Beards Go Underground, a potential deckbuilding smash hit from Germany. We talked to studio co-founder Julien Schillinger about the game idea, making mining feel smooth, and deckbuilding inspirations. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Games Lift Incubator © Gamecity Hamburg Business Games Lift Incubator 2026 Applications Are Now Open Since 2020, Gamecity Hamburg, part of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, has provided €15,000 of financial support to studios and developers through the Games Lift Incubator. Developers, teams and studios can now apply for the 2026 round. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Baltic Games Fest 2026 © Mathias Six, sixconcept Events Baltic Games Fest Saw Visitor Numbers Double Attendance at the Baltic Games Fest in Neumünster doubled compared to last year. Around 2,000 people visited the Holstenhallen over the two days of the event. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Pipapo Games (Laura Hantschel, Annika Neumann, Lukas Hort, Clara Müller) © Pipapo Games Pipapo Games Launches Map Map in May At the end of May 2026, Hamburg-based indie studio Pipapo Games will release its first game, Map Map – A Game About Maps. It's a cozy exploration puzzle game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Displayed by Alt/Shift Business InnoGames Becomes Anchor Tenant in New N50 Office Building Hamburg InnoGames is preparing to move to new headquarters. The publisher will be the anchor tenant at N50, an office development due to be completed by 2029 in the Hamerbrook district of Hamburg. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Website screenshot (GC Muc) Business 19. GameCamp Munich Takes Place in October The 19. GameCamp Munich will take place from 23-25 October 2026 at the SAE campus. Before that, the next GameCamp is coming up in May in Bayreuth. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Silberheim Evolving Card Game © Beyond Worlds Business Five German Studios to Receive Federal Funding Five studios have received funding from the German federal government's video game funding programme. These include Chimera Entertainment, Beyond Worlds, H.O.P.E., Xyrality and Triple Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
