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Development

G+ Under the Hood: Making the Sprites of Fishbowl

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, imissmyfriends leads us through the sprite making process of several characters in Fishbowl.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Development

Meshy 7: Keeping Generated Assets on Model

Advertorial | With Meshy 7, the newest model generation from Meshy, delivers industry-leading geometric alignment — with generated meshes following the silhouette, proportions and structural edges of the reference image. For more information visit Meshy at gamescom at Hall 3.2, Stand A040.

By Meshy.ai • 1 min read

Development

Consistency Over Volume: The Real Test for AI-Generated 3D Assets in Game Production

Advertorial | Generative AI has long been able to produce a 3D model in seconds. For studios, however, its value hinges on a different question: whether the results are consistent enough to actually save production time.

By Meshy.ai • 3 min read

Tabletop

Lorcana Introduces Premium Collector Boosters

Following Magic: The Gathering's example, Disney Lorcana has introduced collector boosters for the Into the Inkdark set releasing in Q1 2027. Chase cards include serialised new Rarity types. Prices are not yet known.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Products

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls

It's been a while since any fighting games featuring Marvel characters were released – the last one being Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite in 2017. However, this is about to change with Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls from fighting game experts Arc System Works and Sony Interactive Entertainment.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

People

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Lorena Müller

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

Tabletop

The Hobbit - Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering - The Hobbit delivers a whimsy flavor win and an enjoyable Limited experience that is carried by strong, reliable Commons and Uncommons. This is the way a mini-set has to be to succeed in the format.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

gamescom

Seligenstadt Now Houses the "German Pinball and Arcade Museum"

Seligenstadt Pinball and Arcade Museum is now the German Pinball and Arcade Museum. The fully volunteer-driven museum by For Amusement Only e.V. will show its new exhibition first at the gamescom retro area in hall 10.2.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 14. Aug. 26: Transparency, Kalypso Media, Daedalic, Games Ground, Mattel and Gamescom

The game Verband is making not only the German games market but also itself more transparent. Also in the news: a high-profile visit to Kalypso, plenty of gamescom updates, and Mattel’s new games division, which is very different from the former Mattel Interactive.

By Stephan Steininger • 7 min read