People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Christina Luntz 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
Nina Brown at the opening of the Festival Hall at the GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 (Photo: GDC under CC BY 4.0) People Nina Brown Has Left The GDC Team, Suzy Pallett in Charge Change at the top of the GDC Festival of Gaming: President Nina Brown has left the team. Gaming Division President Suzy Pallett will now lead the team. No further details were given. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Lenja Kaufmann 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 • 7 min read
Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy and Commissioner responsible for digital and frontier technologies © Mikko Mäntyniemi gamescom EC Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen to Visit Gamescom Henna Virkkunen will be visiting gamescom for the first time this year. As the European Commission's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, as well as the Commissioner responsible for digital and frontier technologies, she will be taking part in the political opening. By Marcel Kleffmann •
Marion Plank is professor for Game Art at IU (Plank/IU) Campus G+ Researcher Spotlight: Marion Plank In our ongoing series about games researchers, we portrait the people wo bring game studies forward and define how game making is taught and learned at universities. Today in the spotlight is Marion Plank of IU International University, professor for Game Art. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Steve Allison © Saber Interactive People Steve Allison Joined Saber Interactive as Chief Business Officer Steve Allison has joined Saber Interactive as Chief Business Officer. In this role, he will lead business development and strategy for the worldwide publisher and developer's portfolio. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Jesper Kyd with the Ezio Auditore statue at Ubisoft Paris (Kyd) GamesMarket Plus G+ Game Music Makers: Jesper Kyd From Assassin's Creed to Warhammer, Borderlands to No Law: Legendary composer Jesper Kyd from Denmark is leading us through his work process, his favourite soundtracks and the best ways to involve composers in your game dev workflow. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Jon Rissik and Mikkel Weider (From Left; Pictures by everplay) People Jon Rissik is Supposed to Help Everplay Grow Jon Rissik took up a new role at everplay on 1 July. As Chief Growth Officer, he will be responsible for identifying new opportunities for the group and strengthening the capabilities that make Team17, StoryToys and astragon successful. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
People Olga Ivanova Joins House of Games Team The House of Games team has welcomed another new member: Olga Ivanova. The journalist and content marketing expert has taken on the role of Community Manager. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dawid Hallmann (left) takes over the German CEO position from Marc-Andreas Albert. In Paris, Sylvain Andries becomes new CFO (Webedia) People Webedia makes Sylvain Andries New Group CFO and Dawid Hallmann New German CEO Dawid Hallmann becomes the new CEO of Webedia Germany, taking over from Marc-Andreas Albert. At the Paris group mother, Sylvain Andries will become CFO in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Chris Chung, Head of the Global Business Group Neowiz People Chris Chung to Head Neowiz’s New Global Business Group South Korean publisher Neowiz has appointed Chris Chung as Head of the Global Business Group. Chung is tasked with strengthening Neowiz’s competitiveness as a global publisher. The appointment is part of a reorganisation of the group. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
People Womenize! Inspiring Stories: Morgane Ruiz 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 • 5 min read
