Submissions for 2027 BAFTA Games Awards Opened With Rule Changes

Awards

TOMMI Nominations 2026 Include ChromaGun 2, Tiny Bookshop, Walk the Frog

The TOMMI 2026 nominations are online now, and the winners are now being decided by the children and youth jury. From 30 October, winners will be revealed daily on KiKA. Included game nominations are Pixel Maniacs, Walk the Frog, neoludic, Quantumfrog and more.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

GamesMarket Plus

G+ This is How Much Germany Paid for the German Computer Game Awards

Out of an answer of the Federal Government to a parliamentary question, we now know how much the German Computer Game Award (Deutscher Computerspielpreis, DCP) has cost since 2019. We have compiled all numbers here.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Awards

German Developer Award 2026 Starts Ticket Sale

Ticket sales for the German Developer Award (Deutscher Entwicklerpreis, DEP) 2026 have started. The event takes place 8 December in Cologne and honours the best games from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily - 07 October 2026: Steam & game Charts, Bavarian Education, KIDS Act, TOMMI Awards & more

Steam charts of the week, game charts of the month, the nominations for the TOMMI awards and the Subotron Live Pitch are up today. Also: feedback on the EU Kids Act is needed.

By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read

Spark and Playground: Unity and Google Unveil Game Development Tools for Everyone

Google and Unity have unveiled Playground and Spark, two AI-powered products designed to enable the development of games without any coding experience. With Playground, Google is taking a general platform-based approach, whilst Unity is targerting enthusiasts with its Spark Tool.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Development

Subotron Live Pitch and FROG Exhibition Participants 2026 Revealed

Five young studios from four universities in Austria have been revealed as participants at Subotron Live Pitch 2026 on 27 November. The exhibition games for Future and Reality of Gaming a week before are also now public.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Business

Paramount's and Warner Bros.' Gaming Operations Are Merging

Skydance Corporation, also known as Paramount Skydance Corporation, has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a new company called "Skydance". The gaming divisions will also be merged, and Bobby Kotick is set to return.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Politics

EU Kids Act: Commission Seeks Feedback

The European Commission is collecting public feedback on the proposed EU Kids Act until 26 November. The aim is to give children and parents a say, as well as the platforms affected. Meanwhile, the EGDF has further refined its statement.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Campus

Games Education under Bavarian Skies

Games research is big at Bavarian education institutions. The free state has several of the best games programs in Germany, as well as some truly unique offers. We have collected all universities with games courses, as well as some highlights.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read