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
People Sandro Odak is ZA/UM's New Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer The company behind Disco Elysium recruits one of GSA's best PR heads: Sandro Odak, formerly of Techland, Microsoft and Webedia, is Marketing Principle - PR & Influencer for the company that is currently working on Zero Parades. His first job: Announcing the demo of the game for 23 February. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Benjamin Lochmann is the CEO of Pixel Maniacs, the studio behind ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard. People Interview: Ben Lochmann on Accessibility and Visual Clarity in ChromaGun 2 For the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we spoke to Pixel Maniacs CEO Benjamin Lochmann about their tremendous colourblind mode and what challenges the visual design of their colour-focused game faced in playtesting. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
David Helgason, Tomer Bar-Zeev and Bernard Kim | Pictures/archive pictures by Unity, Viola Group, Business Wire People Unity Reports Increased Revenue, Reduced Losses And Departure of Founder David Helgason The stock market reacted to the latest news from Unity with a sharp drop in share prices. Bernard Kim was introduced as a new board member after company founder David Helgason and Tomer Bar-Zeev stepped down on 5 February. The figures presented, however, show an upward trend. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Benjamin Rostalski (right) and moderator Uke Bosse at German Computer Game Awards 2025 (Rostalski/DCP) People Benjamin Rostalski: "Variety of Perspectives is the DCP Jury's Great Strength" We interviewed Benjamin Rostalski, Head of the Award Office of the German Computer Game Awards, about the jury selection, the award process and who can and can't become juror. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
People Womenize! Inspring Stories: Dani Valkova 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
Rami Ismail © Ismail Products Rami Ismail: Why the Games Industry Is in a Very Bad State Rami Ismail is a leading figure in the global indie game scene. He argues that the industry's fear of risk stifles innovation. Indie developers still create fresh ideas but struggle to fund their games. Titles like his Australia Did It are rare exceptions. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Johannes Roth, Founder and Managing Director of Mimimi Games (Archive, 2017) © Mimimi Games Business How and Why Mimimi's Shadow Tactics Launches on Switch 2 The announcement of Shadow Tactics for Switch 2 at the most recent Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase came as a surprise, given that the development studio Mimimi Games no longer exists. We spoke to Johannes Roth, Founder and MD of Mimimi, about this definitive console edition of the game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Remedy Entertainment © Remedy People Jean-Charles Gaudechon is the CEO of Remedy Entertainment Remedy Entertainment's Board of Directors has appointed Jean-Charles Gaudechon as CEO, effective from 1 March 2026. Markus Mäki, the interim CEO and co-founder, will continue in his current role until Gaudechon begins his tenure. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
