From left: Helge Borgarts, Jan Klose (Artex) and Sebastian Grünwald (Grünwald) People G+ Venice After Dark: "Developers Deserve a Partner who Loves Games" Artex, Sebastian Grünwald and Weltenwandler have shadowdropped their adventure Venice after Dark on Friday at caggtus. We spoke to them about the publishing market for indies, the game's concepts and the difficult position of adventures today. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Tim Cook and John Ternus at Apple Park | Picture by Apple People Tim Cook Hands Over CEO Role at Apple to John Ternus The Tim Cook era at Apple is coming to an end: Apple’s long-serving CEO will hand over the reins on 1 September to the former head of hardware, John Ternus, whose responsibilities will in turn be handed over to Johny Srouji. Cook will remain at Apple as Executive Chairman. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Michael Frei (left) and Mario von Rickenbach in their natural element (Playables) G+ Playables: Games by People, Not Companies Games have to be playable, but do Playables have to be games? With Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei, creativity is everything. We talked to the makers of KIDS, Time Flies and Pocket Boss about Switzerland, game feel and working with Panic. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Julia Pfiffer & Tim Schmitz, the two co-CEOs of astragon entertainment © Sabrina Weniger Business Julia Pfiffer Is Stepping Down From Her Role as Co-Ceo at astragon Astragon Entertainment and astragon Development have announced a change in the management team. Julia Pfiffer is stepping down from her role as co-CEO. Going forward, Tim Schmitz will be the sole CEO. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
People Fair Play Democracy Steps Into the Light With Open Letter Fair Play Democracy, an alliance of academics and serious game makers together with over 50 signatories from games, politics, media and civil society is calling for games to use their power and possibilities to fight against anti-democratic sentiments. Everyone can now co-sign the open letter. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Daniel Budiman (left, RBTV) and Maik Reichelt (ByteRockers' Games) People ByteRockers' and RBTV Debut Docuseries Indie Made Showing how games "outside the mainstream" are made: Daniel Budiman of Rocket Beans and Maik Reichelt of ByteRockers' have kicked off their new joint documentary series at caggtus 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
A "Zeche" wherever they go: Björn and Jennifer Pankratz are Pithead Studios (Pithead). People G+ Pithead Studio: Realising Our First "Indie" Game Pithead Studio alias Björn and Jennifer Pankratz have released their first new game after Piranha Bytes on Friday, as a shadowdrop on Caggtus' Webedia FYNG show. We talked to them about being just the two of them again and what they wanted to bring back with Cralon. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Nassim “Nassada-” Dahman with the trophy | Picture: DFL/Getty Images/Oliver Hardt Esports Nassim “Nassada-” Dahman is 2026 German eFootball Champion At the two-day final in Hamburg, Nassim “Nassada-” Dahman from SC Freiburg ultimately emerged as the new German eFootball champion and won the Virtual Business League Grand Final by WOW. He is also qualified for the EA SPORTS FC Pro World Championship. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Jennifer English won a BAFTA Game Award as Performer in a Leading Role in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Picture: Getty Images for BAFTA Awards Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 And Dispatch Win Big at BAFTA Games Awards With three awards each, Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 and Dispatch were among the big winners at this year’s BAFTA Games Awards. Atomfall was named Best British Game. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
The organising team of 27th DemoDay TUM, the keynote speaker and a prominent streamer: Among them Johanna Pirker (center front), David Plecher (second from left), Josh Sawyer (center back) and Maurice Weber (third from left) (GamesMarket) People Josh Sawyer Opens 27th DemoDay at TU Munich (Update) New 'games professor' Johanna Pirker at TUM opens her first DemoDay with a bang: Josh Sawyer from Obsidian held the keynote about working in small teams in front of a full hall of students. The keynote is now free to watch online as well. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Patricia E. Vance © ken jones photography People ESRB President Patricia Vance Retires Later This Year Patricia Vance, who has been the president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) for nearly 24 years, will be retiring later this year. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The CH Ludens crew regularly meets up for research and workshops (Pfister) People G+ Confoederatio Ludens: Researching Swiss Game History A team of researchers from four universities has been researching the entire history of Switzerland as a games production and publication market for three years now. We spoke to the team about entering the project’s last year, and how Switzerland’s past formed its present indie boom. By Pascal Wagner • 7 min read
