The launch event for Over The Top: WWI at the Swiss Game Hub © Flying Squirrel Entertainment G+ How a Four-Person Studio Is Shaking up the Shooter Market With Over the Top: WWI Flying Squirrel Entertainment developed the multiplayer third-person shooter Over The Top: WWI with just four people. The game features battles for up to 200 players in a fully destructible WWI environment. The game's success proves the team right, as our interview with Maxim Munnig Schmidt shows. By Marcel Kleffmann • 13 min read
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era © Unfrozen, Ubisoft, Hooded Horse Products Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Today, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era from Unfrozen, Ubisoft and Hooded Horse is launching on PC via Early Access. This marks the return of one of the most popular turn-based strategy series in over a decade. Interest is high, with the game having been added to over 1.5 million wishlists. By Marcel Kleffmann • 11 min read
Jörg Friedrich and the Paintbucket Team accepting the award for Best German Game, presented by Dorothee Bär. Products The Darkest Files is German Game of the Year, The Berlin Apartment and Tiny Bookshop Win Big Paintbucket Games unifies Best Serious Game and Best German Game for the first time ever at the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP) 2026. Tiny Bookshop is Best Debut, Blue Backpack takes home three cash prizes for Constance and The Berlin Apartment. Anno 117 also takes home a deserved trophy. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Products InterfaceX26 Showcases Fake OS Games, Brings Users To Rally Valve for an Official Tag (Update) Cobalt Lane, Jumpy Bit, Grey Alien Games and Muscle Cat have teamed up for InterfaceX26, a Steam Showcase for "Fake OS" games. Apart from showcasing the games, InterfaceX26 gamifies tagging the games for an official Valve tag with a bustom web app. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Christmas for space and automation players: German Federal funding reveals the next Everspace and the next shapez title. Products G+ Rockfish Gets Maximum Funding, tobspr games over 2 Million for "Project 3" With the latest funding announcements from the Federal Ministry for Research, the maximum German games funding amount of 8 mil to Rockfish is official. Furthermore, tobspr might be working on shapez 3 already - with over 2 million in games funding. SimLand and Tap Nine also get significant amounts. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
Sudden Strike 5 © Kalypso Media Products Sudden Strike 5 Nine years after the release of Sudden Strike 4, Kalypso Media and Kite Games are rolling out the fifth instalment of the real-time strategy (RTS) series. This new game features larger battlefields, more units, and greater strategic flexibility on the maps. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers © 505 Games Business 505 Games Acquired the Wuchang IP 505 Games (part of the Digital Bros Group) has acquired Wuchang: Fallen Feathers IP from the Chinese developer, Leenzee Games. This acquisition is a key part of the company's strategy to expand its portfolio of premium action RPGs and strengthen its position in China. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Global Rescue © PeDePe & Aerosoft Products Global Rescue Is Aerosoft's Strongest Steam Launch to Date With over 4,000 concurrent players on Steam, Global Rescue (Early Access) has achieved the strongest launch in the history of Aerosoft. No other game in the publisher's long history has had a stronger start. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
shapez 2 Factory © tobspr Games Products shapez 2 Factory After one year and eight months, and with over 700,000 sales during Early Access, shapez 2 has left Early Access. This is a major success for tobspr Games, especially since the game has been significantly expanded for the 1.0 release. By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read
Ground Zero © Malformation Games and Kwalee Products Ground Zero Games such as Resident Evil, Nocturne and Paradise Eve once defined the classic survival horror genre with their fixed camera angles. Ground Zero from Malformation Games and Kwalee draws inspiration from these classics while also incorporating modern elements. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Pipapo Games (Laura Hantschel, Annika Neumann, Lukas Hort, Clara Müller) © Pipapo Games Pipapo Games Launches Map Map in May At the end of May 2026, Hamburg-based indie studio Pipapo Games will release its first game, Map Map – A Game About Maps. It's a cozy exploration puzzle game. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Get a ChromaGun 2 physical edition with every annual GamesMarkt subscription. Products Subscribe to GamesMarket+ and get ChromaGun 2 Physical for Free! We are teaming up with Pixel Maniacs for a subscription drive and physical game giveaway: Subscribe to GamesMarkt+ Print in April and receive a Switch 2 or PS5 retail game edition of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard with your GamesMarkt magazine! By Team GamesMarket • 3 min read
