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Manuela Wieczorek to Become Managing Director of Respawn Mgmt — Manuela Wieczorek / Stephan Reichart | respawn mgmt Wieczorek / Reichart

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Manuela Wieczorek to Become Managing Director of Respawn Mgmt

Starting in early June, Respawn mgmt Künstler- und Eventmanagement GmbH will have a new Managing Director: Manuela Wieczorek. She will take over the position from Stephan Reichart, who will remain the company's CEO.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

MegaDev Expands Leadership Team With Three New Executives — Nora Unterbruner / Niko Rusitska / Paul Fabella © MegaDev

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MegaDev Expands Leadership Team With Three New Executives

MegaDev (Plitch) is expanding its team and strengthening its marketing, technology and software development departments by hiring three experienced executives: Nora Unterbruner, Niko Rusitska, and Paul Fabella.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Candela Ayala Vizán

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Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Candela Ayala Vizán

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

Jenni Wergin Joins House of Games Team as Developer Relations Manager

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Jenni Wergin Joins House of Games Team as Developer Relations Manager

With the opening of the House of Games fast approaching, operator Wista Management is also strengthening the project team and has brought Jenni Wergin, an experienced industry expert, on board as Development Relations Manager.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Embracer Unveils Plan For Fellowship Entertainment Spin Off and Picks Apart Plaion — Are preparing the spin-off of Fellowship Entertainment, which they will then also head themselves: Embracer Group CEO Phil Rogers and Embracer Group COO Lee Guinchard, who are focusing on preparations for the Fellowship spin-off, and Müge Bouillon, who will now serve not only as CFO of the Embracer Group but also as Co-CEO, and who will oversee the organisation of the Embracer business units until the spin-off | Pictures: Embracer Group

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Embracer Unveils Plan For Fellowship Entertainment Spin Off and Picks Apart Plaion

Embracer has outlined the path for spinning off Fellowship Entertainment. Plaion will be split up: Plaion Partners and Plaion Pictures, along with THQ Nordic, will remain part of Embracer. Fellowship is establishing a new publishing unit with staff from Plaion and other parts of the group.

By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read

Jakob Erckert Promoted to Head of Sales Tech, Gaming Hardware & Events at Webedia — Jakob Erckert, Head of Sales Tech, Gaming Hardware & Events at Webedia Germany © Webedia

Jakob Erckert Promoted to Head of Sales Tech, Gaming Hardware & Events at Webedia

Webedia Germany is continuing to grow in the tech sector. The former Business Development Team is being reorganised to form the Tech & Gaming Hardware Sales Team. Jakob Erckert has been promoted to the position of Head of Sales Tech, Gaming Hardware & Events.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Amadeu Antonio Foundation Launches Good Gaming Support — Mick Prinz, Project Lead of Good Gaming Support (AAS)

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Amadeu Antonio Foundation Launches Good Gaming Support

With a new portal, Good Gaming Support by Amadeu Antonio Stiftung is offering help, counseling and education around hate, right-wing extremism and toxicity in gaming. Led by Mick Prinz, the platform starts with knowledge and endorsement by Janina Hille, Daniel Budiman and Fabian Siegismund.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Gaming Istanbul: "Istanbul's Biggest Advantage is Access" — GIST Executive Board Member Cüneyt Devrim is one of the organisers. (GIST)

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G+ Gaming Istanbul: "Istanbul's Biggest Advantage is Access"

With Gaming Istanbul 2026's date reveal, we talked to Executive Board Member Cüneyt Devrim, about what defines Istanbul in the Turkish gaming market, how GIST handles B2B and B2C combination spaces and much more.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Morrigan (Mori) Pickford

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Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Morrigan (Mori) Pickford

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

Dennis Hilla Joins asap From Gameswelt — Dennis Hilla is newly appointed Social Media Manager for asap (Hilla)

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Dennis Hilla Joins asap From Gameswelt

Editor Dennis Hilla switches internally at Web Media: from Gameswelt to becoming Social Media Manager for brand agency asap.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

DeVersity Brunch is Back With a New Crew — Lena Fischer (top left), Xenia Semilovsky (bottom left) and Musfira Naqvi are the new co-organisers of DeVersity Brunch (DeVersity)

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DeVersity Brunch is Back With a New Crew

Musfira Naqvi, Xenia Semilovsky and Lena Fischer have taken over organisation of DeVersity Brunch and bringing it back on 7 June 2026: At Kulturzentrum Luise in Munich. Registration is now open.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Greaterthan Group Launched to Fund "Elite Creative Studios" — Casey Hudson | David Vonderhaar | Masato Sakai | Simon Zhu © Hudson / Arcanaut | Vonderhaar / BulletFarm | Sakai / MAGship| Zhu / GreaterThan Group

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Greaterthan Group Launched to Fund "Elite Creative Studios"

Industry veteran Simon Zhu has established the GreaterThan Group (GTG), a new video game company that will build and fund "elite creative studios". The first co-owned partner studios are Arcanaut, led by Casey Hudson; BulletFarm, led by David Vonderhaar; and MAGship, led by Masato Sakai.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read