Razer Strengthens Its Creator Business and Acquires StreamElements

Business

Build your Influencer Database in Hours – not Weeks

Advertorial | Influencer marketing is an important part of promoting your games, but building and maintaining your influencer database can be a tedious task. Pixel Maniacs' Contacts Tool helps you simplify the process. By automating the busywork, you will reach your core audience in no time.

By Pixel Maniacs • 1 min read

Business

Jung von Matt Nerd Becomes an (Ad-)Games Publisher

Jung von Matt Nerd has released its first original game on Roblox, titled One Last Stand. The agency is less focused on traditional game publishing; rather, the title serves as a base game for brand activations for its clients.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Business

Amazon’s Trojan Horse: Can Prime Video Succeed Where Stadia Failed?

In his latest "Zoran's Update", experienced industry manager Zoran Roso analyses the potential consequences of integrating Luna into the Amazon Prime Video service and what it could mean for the industry if Amazon succeeds in turning passive viewers into active gamers.

By Zoran Roso • 4 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

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

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 •

Funding

Federal Funding Goes to Limbic Entertainment and Pong.Li Studios

Two more studios are receiving funding from the German Federal Government's Video Game Funding Programme. Limbic Entertainment in Langen and Pong.Li Studios in Karlsruhe are the beneficiaries.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Business

Build your Influencer Database in Hours – not Weeks

Advertorial | Influencer marketing is an important part of promoting your games, but building and maintaining your influencer database can be a tedious task. Pixel Maniacs' Contacts Tool helps you simplify the process. By automating the busywork, you will reach your core audience in no time.

By Pixel Maniacs • 1 min read