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G+ Power of Play: Poland

By Team GamesMarket • 2 min read

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How Headup Signed Warding Witches at GG Bavaria

At GG Bavaria 2025, Paul Nguyen, a solo developer and game music composer, presented his current hobby project in an impromptu performance. Headup discovered the project there and signed it up. It's a local Munich indie success story. Paul Nguyen is the sole developer of Warding Witches, which

By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read

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DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist #40

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter of games research association DiGRA GSA is published weekly on GamesMarkt, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst. This week with Hunger, the canceled Ubisoft civil war game and more. Ahoi there, game studies operators! Here in Neu-Ulm, it's getting late and I

By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read

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UK Government: Payment Processors Can Ban What They Want

After a petition reached the necessary signatures, Starmer's UK government commented on the NSFW bans payment processors pressured storefronts into. According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the government has no plans to step in. This puts the government in direct contrast to

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

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Power of Play: United Kingdom

As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries. GamesMarkt summarizes the results. This time: United Kingdom. What makes gamers around the world tick, and how do they differ from country to country? These questions and many more are addressed

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

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Lisa Kneidl Joined Larian Studios

Lisa Kneidl has taken up a new position as in-house PR manager at Larian Studios, after spending more than seven years at British self-publishing agency ICO. Lisa Kneidl, who was born in Germany, left the British self-publishing agency ICO (video games, tabletops and more) in October 2025

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Michael Metzger: Takeover of EA "Could Also Inspire Other PE Firms to Pursue Major Acquisitions in the Gaming Sector"

In light of the Drake Star Global Gaming Report Q3 2025, Michael Metzger, Managing Partner, offers additional insights into the EA takeover and its implications for the games industry, investment sectors, growing market segments, and the stock market. Global technology investment bank Drake Star has released its latest Global Gaming

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

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Drake Star: Q3 2025 Was A "Landmark Quarter" for Gaming M&A

According to Drake Star, the third quarter of 2025 was a landmark quarter for gaming M&A. Activity reached a yearly high with EA's $55 billion acquisition, private financing picked up for the first time in six quarters, and top Western gaming stocks performed well. Global technology

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Grimme Online Award for Herbst '89 From Playing History and the German Historical Museum

Berlin-based game studio Playing History and the German Historical Museum have won the 2025 Grimme Online Award for their serious game, "Herbst '89 - Auf den Straßen von Leipzig". The serious game "Herbst '89 - Auf den Straßen von Leipzig" (Autumn '89 - On the

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Netflix Wants to Bring Games to the TV

So far, games on Netflix have been limited to mobile devices and have been more of a trial run for the streaming provider. With the jump to the big screen, i.e. television, Netflix now wants to focus more on gaming. At the Bloomberg Screentime Conference in Los Angeles, Greg

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Power of Play: Germany

As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries. GamesMarkt summarizes the results. This time: Germany. What makes gamers around the world tick, and how do they differ from country to country? These questions and many more are addressed in

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

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Industry Associations Led by ESA Present Global Gamer Study Power of Play

The Power of Play study is likely one of the most comprehensive surveys of gamers' thoughts and opinions. In Europe, Poland and Sweden participated alongside the five key markets of the UK, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy. The average gamer worldwide is 41 years old. 48% of all gamers

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read