Patrick (Clym) de Rijk, Robert Kaiser, Adrian Kaiser © Clym, rokaplay, GamesMarkt MK G+ Solarpunk: "One of the Biggest Successes Was Our Expectation Management" With 250,000 copies sold in a rather crowded market, Solarpunk from the two-person Cyberwave studio and rokaplay has got off to a strong start. In a joint interview, the developers and the publisher celebrated the successful release of the game, discussing what had gone well and what hadn't. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Andrey Tsvetkov, Head of Publishing Owlcat Games © Owlcat Games GamesMarket Plus G+ Andrey Tsvetkov on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Andrey Tsvetkov, Head of Publishing Owlcat Games (Cyprus), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dr Anika Thun, CEO Kalypso Media Group © Kalypso Media Group Business G+ Dr Anika Thun on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Dr Anika Thun, CEO Kalypso Media Group (Germany), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Freyja Melhorn, Director Marketing Communications BXDXO © BXDXO GamesMarket Plus G+ Freyja Melhorn on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Freyja Melhorn, Director Marketing Communications BXDXO (Germany), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Paul Sulyok, CEO Green Man Gaming © Green Man Gaming Business G+ Paul Sulyok on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Paul Sulyok, CEO Green Man Gaming (UK), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Tobias Springer, CEO and Founder tobspr Games © Tobias Springer GamesMarket Plus G+ Tobias Springer on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Tobias Springer, CEO and Founder tobspr Games (Germany), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Composer Jon Everist has scored Star Wars Outlaws and almost everything that Harebrained Schemes has developed (all pictures in this article: Jon Everist) GamesMarket Plus G+ Game Music Makers: Jon Everist Composer Jon Everist from Seattle has scored almost everything that Harebrained Schemes (Shadowrun, Lamplighters League, Graft) ever developed, along with Star Wars Outlaws and many other games. We spoke to him about making music, his favourite tunes and more. By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read
Mattias Rengstedt, Chief Business Officer (CBO) Paradox Interactive © Gabriel Liljevall GamesMarket Plus G+ Mattias Rengstedt on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Mattias Rengstedt, Chief Business Officer (CBO) Paradox Interactive (Sweden), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Brave New Wonders | Shala Chen, CEO of City From Naught © City From Naught | Chen GamesMarket Plus G+ Shala Chen on AI as an Essential Gameplay Feature in Brave New Wonders In Brave New Wonders, players control automatons that respond to plain language commands. In this interview, we spoke to Shala Chen, CEO of City From Naught, about using AI as an essential gameplay feature rather than for streamlining development, as well as the market for strategy games and more. By Marcel Kleffmann • 12 min read
Piotr Bajraszewski, CFO/COO 11 bit studios © Bajraszewski, 11 bit studios GamesMarket Plus G+ Piotr Bajraszewski on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Piotr Bajraszewski, CFO/COO 11 bit studios (Poland), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The founders of W4 Games (from left). Fabio Alessandrelli, Remi Verschelde, Juan Linietsky, Nicola Farronato (W4). Business G+ Interview with W4 Games: How Godot Expands to Asia We talked to Nicola Farronato, Founder and Co-CEO at W4 Games, about the history of Godot's enterprise arm, key markets for the engine and how cooperating with Tencent will bring the open source engine to the Asian markets. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions © Wired, Zullo GamesMarket Plus G+ Leo Zullo on the European Games Industry - GamesMarket Industry Leaders Survey 2026 How do gaming executives rate Europe's position in the global market? And what key challenges and trends are currently affecting the industry? We spoke to Leo Zullo, Managing Director Wired Productions (UK), to find out. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
