Roblox Games Evolve Into Standalone Apps, Offline Games, and Browser Games

Development

W4 Partners With Tencent to Bring Godot to Asia

In the current Series B funding round, W4 Games, the enterprising arm of open-source engine Godot, has collected about €15,4mil from OSS Capital, LUX, Naval Ravikant and Tobias Lutke. Together with Tencent, now a main investor, expansion to Asia is planned.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

gamescom

Xsolla Unveils Its Largest Product Rollout Yet: New Tools Give Studios Control Over Their Own Growth

Advertorial | Xsolla is heading to Cologne for gamescom dev and gamescom with a range of new services and products. Learn more at xsolla.pro/gmktgc, or connect with the team at gamescom, Hall 2.2, #A030-B035.

By Xsolla • 4 min read

Development

G+ Under the Hood: Unusual Prototyping for Tufuur

In our regular GamesMarket developer series, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood of in their game making process. This time, The Umbra Collective leads us through prototyping the world for their upcoming game Tufuur with Play-Doh.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 14 Sep. 26: W4 Games, Piotr Bajraszewski, House of Games, 505 games, BlizzCon 2026, Roblox, BSR

Between gamescom and the release of GTA 6, the groundwork for the future is being laid, as shown by interviews with W4 Games and 11 bit studios, as well as announcements at BlizzCon and the Roblox Developer Conference.

By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read

People

Piotr Bajraszewski on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026

How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Piotr Bajraszewski, CFO/COO 11 bit studios (Poland), to find out.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

People

G+ Interview with W4 Games: How Godot Expands to Asia

We talked to Nicola Farronato, Founder and Co-CEO at W4 Games, about the history of Godot's enterprise arm, key markets for the engine and how cooperating with Tencent will bring the open source engine to the Asian markets.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

Business

One-third of House of Games Berlin Has Already Been Taken

Three months before the planned completion date, there is a new update on the House of Games Berlin. In addition to game, its subsidiaries, and Ubisoft, Kolibri Games, Realities.io, AudioCreatures, Games Change Lab, Chrizlie Medien, and consultant Christoph Brosius have also signed lease agreements.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Tabletop

Magic: The Gathering Arena Sunsets Alchemy

Wizards of the Coast is ending digital-only Alchemy cards in Magic: The Gathering Arena. The last Alchemy set will be the coming Reality Fracture release.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

505 Games Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

Italian video game publisher 505 Games is celebrating its 20th anniversary while looking to the future with the Assetto Corsa franchise, as well as Wuchang, Nivalis Nights, ExeKiller, Bloodstained, Mayhem à la Carte and more.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read