Reorganisation: Nacon Reduced Its Workforce by 28% in Six Months

Business

Capcom Sold Over 32 Million Games in the First Half of the Year

Capcom sold over 32 million games in the first half of the current fiscal year — more than nine million higher than the previous year. The strong financial results were also considerably boosted by the new IP Pragmata and the return of Onimusha.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Business

GameRecruit Supports Career Guidance With ‘Next’

GameRecruit has launched ‘Next’, another tool aimed at schools, training organisations and relevant professional bodies, which can use it to help young people with career guidance using playful tasks.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Business

US Video Game Market Stabilises in September

With turnover of US$4.76 billion, the US video game market is, according to Circana, only slightly below last year’s figure. Year-on-year, sales of hardware and accessories have even returned to positive territory.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Resources

G+ Useful Free and Open Source Game-Making Tools

Game development software can be expensive, but there are countless free or even open source software options for almost all use cases. We have collected a vast repository of useful tools that can be used commercially without costing money.

By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read

Events

GIC Strengthens Its Position, Attracts More Exhibitors and Support from Polish Politicians

The Games Industry Conference in Poznań has made further progress in many areas, including setting a new record for the number of exhibitors. The total number of visitors fell compared with last year, though this could be due to various reasons and by no means reflects negatively on the conference.

By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read

Events

Africa Games Week 2026 Starts Ticket Sales

The Africa Games Week takes place from 6-9 December in Cape Town, and the theme of the year is to lay the infrastructure for a growing African games industry. Ticket sales are online now.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Events

Baltic Games Fest 2027 Tickets Available Now

Tickets for the 2027 Baltic Games Fest are now available. The Northern German event takes places on 1-2 May.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 27 Oct 26: DEP Nominees, Dan Ayoub, Atari, Capcom, Marta Cienkowska, CEEGAs, Pokémon Unite

Whilst the nominations for the German Developer Award have been announced, the winners of the Central & Eastern European Games Award have now been confirmed. There is also some interesting and positive news for the Polish games industry.

By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read