Side Names New COO and CCO to Accelerate Scale and Growth

People

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Maria Amirkhanyan

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 • 4 min read

People

MGZsheroes 2026 Includes Four People From the Games Industry

The Media Start-up Centre (Mediengründerzentrum) in North Rhine-Westphalia has introduced the female founders who will begin the empowerment programme in 2026. Four individuals were selected from the games sector.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

People

Manuela Wieczorek to Become Managing Director of Respawn Mgmt

Starting in early June, Respawn mgmt Künstler- und Eventmanagement GmbH will have a new Managing Director: Manuela Wieczorek. She will take over the position from Stephan Reichart, who will remain the company's CEO.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Products

Luna Abyss

Luna Abyss, from Kwalee Labs and Kwalee, has flown somewhat under the radar. This single-player, story-driven shooter features fluid platforming and bullet-hell combat in a visually unique game world set in a derelict megastructure.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Jobs

Förderreferent:in mit dem Schwerpunkt Games (m/w/d)

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg; Potsdam

By GamesMarket Job Agent • 2 min read

Jobs

Förderreferent:in mit dem Schwerpunkt XR und Zukunftstechnologien (m/w/d)

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg; Berlin

By GamesMarket Job Agent • 2 min read

People

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Maria Amirkhanyan

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 • 4 min read

Products

German Management Titles Prophet Margin and Fables of Dwale Newly Announced

With two new management-adjacent titles, Stellar Cartography and Pixel Maniacs have revealed their new games at the end of the week. The Berlin and Nuremberg studios both take to whimsical artstyles this time. Fables of Dwale meanwhile has reached its first wishlist milestone already.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Events

Creative Games Area at DoKomi 2026

At DoKomi 2026, the Anime and Japan Expo in Düsseldorf, which attracted over 215,000 visitors last year, an increasing number of games are being showcased. Not only is Nintendo on site, but so is the Creative Games Area, which features numerous indie studios from Germany.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read