Business E for Europe and Editorial Excellence: GamesMarkt Becomes GamesMarket Two years after switching from German to English-language reporting, the business-to-business games industry platform GamesMarkt is updating its online identity. Following the change of the main URL to gamesmarket.global in 2025, our logo and title are now also being updated to GamesMarket. By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read
E-Paper GamesMarkt+ Special: Working in Games 2026 Salaries, Unions, Sales Numbers and AI Challenges: Make your free GamesMarket account now and not only receive our optional daily newsletter with all important news from the industry, but get the PDF of this essential ressource about working in games gratis as well! By Team GamesMarket • 2 min read
Games Lift Incubator © Gamecity Hamburg Business Games Lift Incubator 2026 Applications Are Now Open Since 2020, Gamecity Hamburg, part of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, has provided €15,000 of financial support to studios and developers through the Games Lift Incubator. Developers, teams and studios can now apply for the 2026 round. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Displayed by Alt/Shift Business InnoGames Becomes Anchor Tenant in New N50 Office Building Hamburg InnoGames is preparing to move to new headquarters. The publisher will be the anchor tenant at N50, an office development due to be completed by 2029 in the Hamerbrook district of Hamburg. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Website screenshot (GC Muc) Business 19. GameCamp Munich Takes Place in October The 19. GameCamp Munich will take place from 23-25 October 2026 at the SAE campus. Before that, the next GameCamp is coming up in May in Bayreuth. By Pascal Wagner •
Silberheim Evolving Card Game © Beyond Worlds Business G+ Five German Studios to Receive Federal Funding Five studios have received funding from the German federal government's video game funding programme. These include Chimera Entertainment, Beyond Worlds, H.O.P.E., Xyrality and Triple Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #16 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include Horses, the VGHF hiring, and great papers from game studies and game design. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
Asha Sharma, Executive Vice President and CEO of Microsoft Gaming, and Matt Booty, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer of Microsoft Gaming. © Microsoft Business Strategy Update: Microsoft Gaming Becomes Xbox Almost two months after taking the helm at Xbox, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty have set the course for the future. The company intends to expand into China as well as other markets, and aims to return the business to sustainable growth. Daily Active Users are now the most important metric. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Dieter Marchrsreiter during the 20th anniversary of Marchsreiter Communications | Picture by: Alexander Scharf for Marchsreiter Communications Business Marchsreiter Communication is Ceasing Operations Company founder and CEO Dieter Marchsreiter announced that Marchsreiter Communications would be ceasing operations. This means that one of Germany's longest-standing Gaming PR agencies has also fallen victim to the ongoing crisis in the games sector. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Warhammer Classics © SNEG & Games Workshop Business Warhammer Classics: SNEG on the Re-Release of Old, Nearly Forgotten Games Just a few days ago, numerous classic Warhammer games were released, with seven making their debut on Steam and 12 returning to the digital storefront. We spoke to publisher SNEG about the challenges involved in re-releasing these classics, and about the retro gaming market. By Marcel Kleffmann • 9 min read
Basil Weber (left) has served as CEO of Urban Games since 2013. His brother, Urban Weber (right), has been working as Tech Lead. It all started with a fascination for Transport Tycoon and a vision to breathe new life into the subgenre. It's certainly paid off! © Urban Games Business G+ Urban Games: How the Saviours of Transport Simulations Became Tycoons Themselves From indie to AAA, we regularly profile a different studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: Urban Games from Schaffhausen, Switzerland. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
gamescom TaKeTV Brings Back 'gamescom across industries' Side Event to Cologne First launched in 2025, the side event “gamescom across industries” will take place again on Thursday during gamescom. The event, which is specifically aimed at non-gaming brands, is organised by gamescom organiser TaKeTV. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
