Digital mockup of the board game (Lost in Cult) Products World of Horror Gets Board Game Release The indie darling procedural horror RPG World of Horror by panstasz and Ysbryd Games becomes a board game, produced by UK boutique publisher Lost in Cult. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse / Helmut Schmitz, CEO of United Games © Bender / Andreas Wegelin Business Strictly Limited and Hooded Horse Announce Partnership Strictly Limited Games (United Games) will handle the physical publishing of selected titles from Hooded Horse. The partnership will begin with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Complete Edition, developed by Mimimi Games, for PlayStation 5. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Bus Simulator 27 - astragon Entertainment Products Astragon's Bus Simulator 27 Will Be Released in 2026 Later this year, astragon Entertainment will continue the Bus Simulator series. Developed by Polish studio Simteract, Bus Simulator 27 will boast the biggest bus fleet in the franchise's history. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Products Play These Demos from GSA in the February 2026 Steam Next Fest What titles from Germany, Austria and Switzerland can you try out during this Steam Next Fest? Check out our list and find your favourite. Your game is not on here? Then send us a note! By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Products Discord Moves Age-Gating Back to Late 2026 Under Public Pressure Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy announced that the chat service will move the rollout of its age-gating processes back half a year after public protest and journalistic scrutiny on service provider partners. The company Persona will no longer be involved, he says. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Resident Evil Requiem - Capcom Products Resident Evil Requiem Launch Event in Hamburg Capcom is set to release the survival horror game Resident Evil Requiem for PC and consoles on 27 February 2026. To celebrate this major release, the publisher is holding a two-day launch event at Xperion in Hamburg. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Marcel Zurawka is CEO of Irox Games and one of the creators of Bongo Cat. Products Bongo Cat is on Its Way to 6 Million Players As Irox Games shared with GamesMarkt, their free productivity and idle game Bongo Cat broke five million players in January and currently sits at almost six. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products G+ Rainbow Six Enters Battle For The Mobile Shooter Market With Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Mobile, Ubisoft is bringing one of its top brands to the mobile games market, albeit with some delay. It is a strategic move that could ensure the long-term success of the IP, as many major shooter IPs have so far ignored or failed the mobile gaming market. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Jasmin Oestreicher, CEO Instinct3 & Co-CEO and Co-Founder Sidekick Publishing & Melvin Frank, Co-CEO & Co-Founder Sidekick Publishing | The Randwerk team: Friedrich Beyer, Till Freitag, and Johannes Knop © SAVO Media - Photography & Filming | Randwerk Business Sidekick Publishing Signed Wanderburg from Randwerk Berlin alliance for the rolling fortress: Sidekick has joined forces with Randwerk to publish Wanderburg. The game, created by the team behind Abriss, is already on over 250,000 wishlists. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Transport Fever 3 © Urban Games Products Transport Fever 3 The Transport Fever franchise from Urban Games in Switzerland has been the undisputed leader in logistics and transport simulation games for years. Transport Fever 3 is said to mark "the next major leap for the genre". By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Bochum might not be Tokyo, but it is the first German city with a pop-up mall store by Nintendo (Nintendo) Products Germany's first Nintendo Pop-Up Store Opens in Bochum It's the second mall store in Europe and the first in Germany: Nintendo is opening a pop-up store at Westfield Ruhr Park in Bochum, available in March and April. It will also hold the first German selection of toddler line My Mario. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Robert May is CEO of Blue Backpack, who made Constance. Their marketing referenced the genre behemoth Silksong out of necessity (Blue Backpack/Team Cherry) Products G+ How Blue Backpack Marketed Constance After Silksong Constance is a tremendous Metroidvania from Berlin that released two months after Hollow Knight: Silksong. What did that do with the reception and marketing of the game? We talked to Robert May, CEO of Blue Backpack, about metroidvanias post-Silksong and working with Japanese publisher Parco. By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read
