Wachsender Einfluss: E-Sport und Games statt Öl Marcel Kleffmann December 11, 2023 – 10 min read Share this post Gamers8 - Das nach eigenen Angaben weltgrößte Gaming- und E-Sport-Festival beendete seine zweite Ausgabe mit der Preisverleihung, bei der sich das Team Twisted Minds den ersten Platz bei den Gamers8 Club Awards sicherte. © Saudi Esports Federation The W4 founders from left to right: Fabio Alessandrelli, Remi Verschelde, Juan Linietsky, Nicola Farronato (W4) 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 From left: Aleksandra Franz, Hanna Metelmann and Jennifer F. Donovan a.k.a. The Umbra Collective about prototyping with unusual materials. (The Umbra Collective) 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 The highlights section of BSR at gamescom 2026 got sold out quickly (GamesMarket) gamescom BSR Breaks gamescom Sales Record for Fourth Year in a Row "I don't know if we can top that", Black Screen Records CEO Kevin Schulz laughs: For the fourth year in a row, the Cologne vinyl retailer has broken its gamescom sales record in the Merchandise area. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Products Diablo V, StarCraft FPS, WoW Forever: All the Announcements From BlizzCon 2026 At the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled its line-up for the coming years, which ranges from a StarCraft shooter to Diablo V and World of Warcraft Forever as well as new content for Warcraft III. Here's an overview. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Dimitri Josephine Sahertian 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 GamesMarket Daily - 11 September 2026: EA X Savvy, Industry Employment Survey, Leo Zullo, Deck 13 & David Schütze, Wardogs and more A media report on a potential merger between EA and Savvy Games Group is one of the topics covered in this newsletter. Other topics include the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2026, Leo Zullo's statements on the European games industry, and the postponement of Crystals of Irm due to Zelda. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions © Wired, Zullo People Leo Zullo 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 Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions (UK), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read (Daedalic) Products Daedalic and Tiny Monk Tales Launch Woodo on 16 September Woodo by Daedalic and Tiny Monk Tales releases on 16 September 2026. The cutesy puzzler comes from Clumsy Rush developers Yullia ‘Julia’ Prohorova and Timur Bogotov. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The W4 founders from left to right: Fabio Alessandrelli, Remi Verschelde, Juan Linietsky, Nicola Farronato (W4) 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
From left: Aleksandra Franz, Hanna Metelmann and Jennifer F. Donovan a.k.a. The Umbra Collective about prototyping with unusual materials. (The Umbra Collective) 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
The highlights section of BSR at gamescom 2026 got sold out quickly (GamesMarket) gamescom BSR Breaks gamescom Sales Record for Fourth Year in a Row "I don't know if we can top that", Black Screen Records CEO Kevin Schulz laughs: For the fourth year in a row, the Cologne vinyl retailer has broken its gamescom sales record in the Merchandise area. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Diablo V, StarCraft FPS, WoW Forever: All the Announcements From BlizzCon 2026 At the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled its line-up for the coming years, which ranges from a StarCraft shooter to Diablo V and World of Warcraft Forever as well as new content for Warcraft III. Here's an overview. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Dimitri Josephine Sahertian 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
GamesMarket Daily - 11 September 2026: EA X Savvy, Industry Employment Survey, Leo Zullo, Deck 13 & David Schütze, Wardogs and more A media report on a potential merger between EA and Savvy Games Group is one of the topics covered in this newsletter. Other topics include the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2026, Leo Zullo's statements on the European games industry, and the postponement of Crystals of Irm due to Zelda. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions © Wired, Zullo People Leo Zullo 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 Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions (UK), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
(Daedalic) Products Daedalic and Tiny Monk Tales Launch Woodo on 16 September Woodo by Daedalic and Tiny Monk Tales releases on 16 September 2026. The cutesy puzzler comes from Clumsy Rush developers Yullia ‘Julia’ Prohorova and Timur Bogotov. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
