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How BXDXO is Bringing a Gaming Zone to CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart

Gaming agency BXDXO is bringing a Gaming Zone to CCON | Comic Con Stuttgart for the third year in a row. We spoke to Project Lead Freyja Melhorn about the event's drive for gaming, the way to bring a gaming area to a comic convention and more.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

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Metacore Appoints New CTO and Head of Engineering

Marking the fifth anniversary of Metacore and its popular game Merge Mansion, the mobile game company has strengthened its technology and engineering leadership with the appointment of Petri Hyökyranta as CTO and Daniel Lindkvist as Head of Engineering.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

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Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Abbie Howard

In their weekly interview series Womenize! features inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry, to share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects. In cooperation with Womenize! and Madeleine Egger, GamesMarkt is republishing these inspirations.

By Madeleine Egger • 4 min read

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Guilherme Guedes Wins cEDH European Championship in Munich

Portuguese Guilherme Guedes is European Champion in the Magic: The Gathering cEDH sub-format of Commander. The tournament, conceived by volunteers from all over the continent and this year held in Munich, took place this weekend.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

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Mikkel Weider to Become New CEO of Everplay Group at the Turn of the Year

The everplay Group (Team17; Astragon) has successfully concluded its search for a successor to Steve Bell, who stepped down as CEO in the summer. Mikkel Weider will take over the position at the turn of the year from interim CEO Frank Sagnier, who will return to his role as non-executive chairman.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Heiko Gogolin Leaves Beans Entertainment

At the beginning of November, Heiko Gogolin, co-CEO of Hamburg-based Beans Entertainment alongside Arno Heinisch, left the company. Gogolin announced this on social media.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

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Former Osmotic Studios CEO Daniel Marx Joins Tiny Roar

The Hamburg-based studio Tiny Roar is expanding its senior management team and bringing Daniel Marx, former Game Director and CEO of Osmotic Studios, on board. Marx will be joining Tiny Roar, part of Aonic, as Game and Narrative Designer.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Paluten Animated Movie Gets Funding by FFF Bavaria

For their animated movie about the Paluten book series, YouTuber Patrick Mayer and production company Odeon Fiction from Munich are getting 300,000 euros from FFF Bayern in the current movie funding round.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Anja Lorenz Joined ICO Partners as Senior Communications Manager

After spending several years at Kalypso Media and Faktor 3, Anja Lorenz is moving to the British self-publishing agency ICO Partners, taking up the position of Senior Communications Manager Germany.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

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Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg

Wiebke Wiesner will become the new managing director of Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). She will succeed Carl Bergengruen on July 1, 2026.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

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Katharina Popp Joins Owlcat Games as PR Manager

PR expert Katharina Popp started work as PR Manager for Owlcat Games this November. She has been at Marchsreiter for the last seven and a half years.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Lukas Galinski and Johannes Gorzel Are the New Leadership Duo at Instinct3

Following Lukas Galinski's promotion to Chief Operating Officer, influencer marketing agency Instinct3 has finalised its new management duo. Former Co-CEO Jasmin Oestreicher is moving to the new sister company, Sidekick Publishing. Johannes Gorzel will remain as sole CEO.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read