The cofounder of Minit Games: Mark Buchholz and Ole Schaper Business Minit Games Exits Stealth Mode With $2m Pre-Seed Funding With the aim of building an instant play platform, Hamburg-based start-up Minit Games has emerged from stealth mode. Minit Games has raised $2 million from investors including LVP and Sony Innovation Fund, Stefan Klemm, Timo Soininen, and Klaas Kersting. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Christoph Hombergs, Operations Director, Sandbox Interactive © Archive Picture Business G+ How Sandbox Interactive's Albion Online Is Thriving on PC and Mobile Sandbox Interactive's MMORPG, Albion Online, has been running for almost nine years and is growing in popularity. We talk to Operations Director Christoph Hombergs about combining mobile and PC, player engagement, rolling out different server locations, and the importance of the game for Stillfront. By Marcel Kleffmann • 9 min read
Business LFG Con 2026 Opens Ticket Sales Entering their third year, LFG Con in Hof has started ticket sales for 2026. The only games event in Franconia takes place in 24 May 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Esports HanseMerkur Becomes Main Sponsor of CGN Esports' Valorant Team The insurance company HanseMerkur is strengthening its commitment to esports. After sponsoring the HanseMerkur Valorant Challengers DACH, HanseMerkur is now becoming the main sponsor of the league's most successful team. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business Museum of Games And Computers of The Past Era Joins EFGAMP EFGAMP, which is dedicated to preserving and promoting digital gaming culture in Europe, has gained another member in the form of the Museum of Games and Computers of the Past Era in Wrocław. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #8 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include Half-Life, the new issue of Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds and a piece of work by Philip Schäfer. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
Archive Picture of Level Up 2025 | Picture by Lina Jakobi & Stephan Wieser for Level Up Business Programme for Level Up in Salzburg Finalised The next Level Up will take place in Salzburg on 23 and 24 May. The organisers have now finalised the programme for the three planned stages. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business Capcom X Porsche in Resident Evil Requiem In Capcom's Resident Evil: Requiem, one of the protagonists, Leon S. Kennedy, drives a Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT. For Porsche, this is a new approach towards pop culture. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Business Netflix Drops out of the Bidding War for Warner Bros. Following Paramount's latest improved takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix has withdrawn from the bidding war. Without a counteroffer from Netflix, Paramount is now likely to complete the takeover. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business The Demographic Bleed: Where Gaming’s Most Valuable Players Are Actually Going In 'Zoran's Update', experienced games manager Zoran Roso comments on current industry topics on LinkedIn. This time's topic: Matthew Balls latest "The State of Video Gaming 2026" report and the topic of the "demographic bleed" happening right now in the gaming industry. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
Picture: Pixabay/Pexels Business British Advertising Authority Mandates Disclosure of Loot Boxen in App Stores The British advertising regulators, ASA and CAP, are demanding clear labelling of offers promoting mobile games in app stores that contain loot boxes that can be purchased with real money or virtual currency. From May onwards, compliance will be monitored and enforcement measures taken. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse / Helmut Schmitz, CEO of United Games © Bender / Andreas Wegelin Business Strictly Limited and Hooded Horse Announce Partnership Strictly Limited Games (United Games) will handle the physical publishing of selected titles from Hooded Horse. The partnership will begin with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Complete Edition, developed by Mimimi Games, for PlayStation 5. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
