Studio Fizbin Co-Founder Alexander Pieper Joins Aesir Interactive as CPO

People

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Kate Killick

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 Stephan Steininger • 4 min read

GamesMarket Plus

G+ Insights: Four Interviews with Indie Studios on Themed Steam Sales

How do indie studios decide which Steam sales events to participate in, and is it worth doing so? We asked these and more questions to Rebeca Polo (The Game Kitchen), Kathrin Radtke (Spellgarden Games), Rafal Jaki (The Astronauts), and Lauranne Cauduro (The Game Bakers).

By Marcel Kleffmann • 12 min read

People

Xbox: Kayleen Walters Become President of XP, Maria Angelidou-Smith CEO of Mojang and Minecraft

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is making further changes to the leadership team of Microsoft’s gaming division: Kayleen Walters heads the new XP business unit, which includes the licensing business. Maria Angelidou-Smith, a former manager at Meta and Personio, is taking charge of Mojang and Minecraft.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 13 Oct 26: Gamespace, Alexander Pieper, Bavaria, Game on Symphony, Wooga, Nozomu, Oopsie Daisies

Today’s news is all about events and personnel updates, new games, and new services that bring payment providers and developers together. And the spotlight is particularly on Berlin and Bavaria with Games Ground, Aesir Interactive, Wooga, and Game on Symphony.

By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read

Xsolla Connects Payment Providers With Game Devs as Advertising Partners

With a new service called Co-Marketing Campaigns, Xsolla brings payment providers and games developers together as advertising partners. Xsolla is also working on further partnership offerings for financial institutions.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Events

SGA Organises Impact Track at Games Ground Berlin

With three panel discussions and a get-together, the Sustainable Games Alliance is bringing the topic of resource efficiency to Games Ground Berlin.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Events

Gamespace Conference 2026 Exceeded Expectations

The first Gamespace Conference, held at the Swiss Game Hub in Zurich, was a success. According to the organisers, the response and number of attendees exceeded expectations.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Tabletop

Electric Callboy Releases Its Own Neverrift TCG Expansion

German metalcore band Electric Callboy goes TCG: With a full expansion for the German TCG Neverrift, out in December.

By Pascal Wagner •

Development

Maestro: THQ Nordic and Gate21 Release Unreal Plugin for Character Creation

THQ Nordic's Gate21 has released an Unreal plugin for character creation. The basic version is free. This tool was used to create characters in Gothic 1 Remake, Alone in the Dark, and Outcast.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read