Business Summer Game Fest Runs On 5 June, 11pm European Time Geoff Keighly has released the schedule for this year's Summer Game Fest. For an all-nighter, tune in on 5 June at 11pm and stay for three hours of SGF and Day of the Devs. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The experts, organisers and speakers from Pitch Level Up 2026 | Picture: gamecity Hamburg Business Pitch Level Up Proves Successful Again And Will Continue in 2027 A successful pitch often determines the future of a project. That's one of the reasons why Gamecity Hamburg is organising the 2026 edition of Pitch Level Up, which brought together over 80 developers, founders, students and experts. And one thing is already certain: it will continue in 2027. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Business Friendly Fire 11 Reaches €2 Million in Donations After a record in direct donations, the Friendly Fire 11 event in December has now reached more than two million euros in donations for charity, total. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Archive picture of gamescom 2025 | Picture by Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Business Early Bird Registration For Gamescom Exhibitors Ends Soon The discounted early bird prices for exhibitors at gamescom are only valid until tomorrow. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown © gameXcite / Daedalic Entertainment / CBS Studios / Paramount Pictures Business Jumpgate: Star Trek: Voyager Exceed Sales Targets Upon Reaching First Sales Milestone Jumpgate, the parent company of development studio gameXcite, has also commented positively on the launch of Star Trek: Voyager. With over 100,000 units sold, the launch is ahead of schedule. This should also ease the situation for Jumpgate. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Picture: Pexels/Lukas Blazek/GamesMarkt Business G+ German Games Industry 2025 (2): Employees And Salary Development More companies, more revenue, but still many problems – the study presented by Goldmedia on behalf of game provides a detailed look at the German gaming market. GamesMarkt takes a deeper dive in a multi-part series of articles for subscribers. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
Picture: Pexels/Lukas Blazek/GamesMarkt Business G+ German Games Industry 2025 (1): Company Numbers, Marketsize and Revenues More companies, more revenue, but still many problems – the study presented last week by Goldmedia on behalf of game provides a detailed look at the German gaming market. GamesMarkt takes a deeper dive in a multi-part series of articles for subscribers. By Stephan Steininger • 6 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 Phil Spencer Steps Down, Asha Sharma Named CEO of Microsoft Gaming Microsoft Gaming is being reorganised under new leadership: Asha Sharma is taking over as CEO, while Phil Spencer is retiring. Matt Booty is becoming the new Chief Content Officer, while Sarah Bond is leaving the company. Nevertheless, Microsoft remains committed to its games division. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #7 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topics include the closure of Bluepoint Studios, an anthology on Games & Storage and reminiscence on the gaming year 1998. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
The snakebyte group transitions into Playcorion Group © Playcorion Group Business Snakebyte Group Transitions Into Playcorion Group The snakebyte Group has announced a corporate restructuring and will operate under the name Playcorion Group in future. As part of this realignment, the company will exit the distribution business entirely by March 2026, selling its subsidiary Snakebyte Distribution GmbH in the process. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Business Bigben and Nacon Face Financial Difficulties Nacon's majority shareholder, Bigben Interactive (BBI), was unable to proceed with the partial repayment of €43 million to its bondholders. This has also caused financial difficulties for Nacon. Trading of both companies' shares on the Euronext Paris stock exchange has been suspended as a result. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Screenshot of Demon's Souls for PS5 Business Sony Pulls the Plug On Bluepoint Just five years after the takeover, Sony Interactive Entertainment is closing Bluepoint Games. A corresponding Bloomberg report has now apparently been confirmed by a statement from Herman Hulst, which has been made available to US media. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
