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
Junghun Lee and Patrick Söderlund (archive pictures) People Nexon Appoints Patrick Söderlund as Executive Chairman to Accelerate Global Strategy Nexon's board is driving forward the transformation of the company and has appointed Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund as Executive Chairman. Söderlund, who will remain Embark CEO, will work with CEO Junghun Lee to shape the next phase of growth for Nexon. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Johannes Roth has been Mimimi's MD from founding to closure. His solo project brings back his love for coding from being a kid - through his kids (all photos: Johannes Roth Core Production). People "Cool... but Dad, How Can I Actually Land Now?" The former Mimimi Games founder Johannes Roth is back in games development: With one man show Core Productions and a love for the Nintendo 64. We spoke with him in detail about his reignited love for coding, how his family helped him shape expectations for his game and the end of his time at Mimimi. By Pascal Wagner • 9 min read
Markus Wilding, Founder of Beyond the Wall Consulting People Markus Wilding joins the Infinite Wishes Games Industry Advisory Committee Markus Wilding, experienced industry manager and founder of Beyond the Wall Consulting, is now involved in the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Infinite Wishes Advisory Committee. There, too, the growing importance of games for children is evident. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Alina Gribanova 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 • 3 min read
People Philipp Düllmann Assumes Additional Responsibilities at Warner Bros. in Germany Philipp Düllmann is now Communications & Product Manager Games at Warner Bros. Entertainment in Germany, according to his LinkedIn profile. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Archive image from the Indie Arena Booth 2025 and Leonie Wolf | Pictutes by Indie Arena Booth 2025, Rolf Otzipka; Leonie Wolf People Super Crowd Entertainment Strengthens Indie Arena Booth Project Team with Leonie Wolf Since mid-February, Leonie Wolf has been strengthening the Hamburg-based Super Crowd Entertainment, organiser of Polaris in Hamburg, but also of the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom. Leonie Wolf is jointly responsible for the IAB as project manager. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Soon heading the BMFTR Games Division: Dr Matteo Riatti, formerly head of the games funding at the DLR Projektträger (Riatti/BMFTR) People Matteo Riatti Becomes Head of Games Division at Research Ministry Until now the head of games funding at the DLR Projektträger, from 1 March onward Head of the Games Division at the Federal Research Ministry: Matteo Riatti brings his expertise to Berlin. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Not slimy at all - Johannes and Simone Grünewald are currently at work on Slime King Games' first game. © Johannes and Simone Grünewald People Slime King Games: A Married Developer Couple Doing Their Thing From Indie to AAA – Every issue, we portray one studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: Slime King Games from Hamburg. To commemorate the release of Under the Island, we unlock the studio portrait for everyone. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Nina Schild is now Webedia Germany's Senior PR & Communications Manager (Webedia/Schild) People Nina Schild Has Been Promoted to Webedia’s PR Senior Webedia's Nina Schild, PR liaison for the German publications like GameStar, FYNG and GamePro, has been promoted to Senior position. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Martin Wahlund, CEO of Fatshark © Joel Marklund People Seven Questions for Martin Wahlund, CEO of Fatshark Several updates and years were needed for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide to reach a genuinely good state. Fatshark is satisfied, too. We spoke to the company's CEO, Martin Wahlund, about class DLCs, the co-op-centred design, and the parallel development of Darktide and Vermintide 2. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Johanna Pirker © Matthias Rauch People UN Appoints TU Munich Professor Johanna Pirker to AI Expert Panel The UN has named the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Among them are TUM professor Johanna Pirker, Maximilian Nickel (Meta), as well as Bernhard Schölkopf and Mennatallah El-Assady from ETH Zurich. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
