Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #28 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's edition focuses on difficulty versus challenge in indie games, the history of German game studies, the clash between Miyamoto and Eno, and the goal of design. By Rudolf Inderst • 6 min read
Marion Plank is professor for Game Art at IU (Plank/IU) Campus G+ Researcher Spotlight: Marion Plank In our ongoing series about games researchers, we portrait the people wo bring game studies forward and define how game making is taught and learned at universities. Today in the spotlight is Marion Plank of IU International University, professor for Game Art. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
The FROG Conference will take place at Belvedere 21 in November (Picture: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien) Development Subotron Launches ‘Playing Art’ Competition for Austrian Developers Developers from Austria have until 30 September to submit ideas based on the Belvedere’s Open Content Collection. A jury will select games from these submissions for exhibition at Belvedere 21 and as entries for the Austrian Impact Game Idea 2026 competition. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #27 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week’s focus is on Sagan Hawkes, the Embracer Games Archive, Cozy Gaming and Gogniive Gains From Gaming. By Rudolf Inderst • 5 min read
The group of students and coaches at the Immersive Media Days 2026 (Benedikt Gess/HFF) Campus Immersive Media Days 2026 Showcases Nine Projects from Munich Game Students Nine projects from two cooperative study courses held by several Munich universities together, coached by experts: The Immersive Media Days are a great example of cooperation between games learning and games industry. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Michael Hebel is professor for Game Art and Design at the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences / HNU (Estelle Frey) Campus G+ Researcher Spotlight: Michael Hebel, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences In our ongoing series about games researchers, we portrait the people wo bring game studies forward and define how game making is taught and learned at universities. Today in the spotlight is Michael Hebel of Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
The Belvedere Museum Vienna is hosting FROG in 2026 (City of Vienna) Campus FROG 2026 Submissions Open, Include Subotron Game Jam Future and Reality of Gaming is leaning ever closer to the games industry this year: The game studies conference, held at Belvedere Museum in Vienna under new organisers, takes place from 20-22 November and welcomes talk submissions for the topic Playing Art until 15 September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #26 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include interface relations in games, a technical breakdown of Lushfoil, control systems and more. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
Natalie Denk was the head of the centre. Now she is chairwoman of the association (Denk) Campus Association for Applied Game Studies Constituted The former members of the closed Centre for Applied Game Studies from Krems have reconstituted themselves into the Association for Applied Game Studies under chairwoman Natalie Denk. It's the third dedicated game studies association in GSA. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(TU Bergakademie Freiberg) Campus TU Bergakademie Freiberg Releases Mining and Technology Minecraft Experience The Freiberg University of Mining and Technology has released Countdown Freiberg, a Minecraft server with full questline and real places to promote science communication and young talent recruitment around ressource extraction, refinement and production. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #25 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include Ready or Not, ideology in gaming, a magazine issue on Ukrainian Games of War and more. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
Campus Trier University Launches Survey Among Developers For Academic Research A new research project at the University of Trier is focusing on an academic study conducted not from an external perspective, but from within the industry itself. The project is based on a survey of game developers, which the university is now inviting responses to. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
