Products Annual Charts 2025 for Germany: Double Victory for Electronic Arts Unsurprisingly, EA Sports FC 26 followed in the footsteps of its predecessors and took first place in the German annual charts, which featured a few surprises. With EA, Nintendo and 2K/Take-Two Interactive, three publishers have four titles in the top 20. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Imprinted (Cobalt Lane) Products Imprinted is Munich Veteran Developer Cobalt Lane’s Debut Title A new studio sitting in Munich has announced their horror title Imprinted: Cobalt Lane is made up out of and working with veteran faces of the German industry such as Filippo Beck Peccoz, Simone Mändl and Josef Attenberger of DU&I or Alexander Zacherl. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Wandering Village, kevin's PLAYING in berlin, Mini Mini Golf Golf and Backpack Battles (from Left) are nominated for an IGF Award as well as the not pictured Time Flies. Products Five GSA Studios Can Hope For an Independent Games Festival Award The jury has selected the nominees for this year's Independent Games Festival Awards (IGFA) from 800 submissions. Baby Steps is the favorite, but with Playables, Three More Years, Kevin Du, PlayWithFurcifer, and Stray Fawn, studios GSA also have a chance. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
The Swiss Games booth at gamescom (Swiss Games) Products Pro Helvetia Opens Games Funding Call for 2026 Game workers in Switzerland can apply for prototype, production and post-production funding until 1 March with Pro Helvetia. A gamescom travel call is open until 1 February. Pro Helvetia has also updated their funding guidelines for some disciplines. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Code: 9 by Riding Turtles, one of the funded games of the first MDM 2026 round. (Riding Turtles) Products MDM Funds Seven Games With 655,000 Euros The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) funds 55 media products with 5.8 mil €, of which 655,000 € go to 7 game and XR products. Among them are Code: 9 by Riding Turtles, Vivid by Team Nava and Actrio Studio's DeMaré. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
(Andrè Buse, GodotFest) Products Interview: How Godot Rose to The Challenge With the fame of open source engine Godot came new and bigger events – but also novel challenges. GamesMarkt spoke to the organisers of the brand new GodotFest in Munich and interviewed Emilio Coppola, head of the non-profit Godot Foundation, about the rise of an engine. By Pascal Wagner • 9 min read
The Last Caretaker © Channel37 Products The Last Caretaker The nine-person Finnish studio Channel37 has made a name for itself in the crowded survival crafting genre with The Last Caretaker. This is not only due to the human-free water world, aka Earth, but also thanks to the excellent crafting system. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Xbox Developer_Direct © Xbox Products Xbox Developer_Direct in January with Fable and Forza To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Microsoft's Xbox this year, a number of major games are set to be released. Three of these will be presented in more detail in the next Developer_Direct: Fable, Forza Horizon 6 and Beast of Reincarnation. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Nintendo of Europe Products Nintendo Announces My Mario Toddler Line With toys, game apps and clothing specifically for infants and toddlers, Nintendo launches its new My Mario line. For now only available in Nintendo stores in the US, a release in Europe come 19 February is already announced. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Products Swiss Herdling Lands DICE Award Nomination Alongside Ghost of Yōtei and Clair Obscur With Okomotive, only one studio from GSA made it onto the list of nominees for the D.I.C.E. Awards, even though numerous European studios were nominated. Sucker Punch and Sandfall Interactive, as well as Embark and Adhoc Studios, received the most nominations. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Products G+ No Surprises in the Year-End Business The German game charts for December are unusually consistent, at least as far as the top spots are concerned. There are no new entries, and the usual Nintendo boom in December failed to materialize, which was to be expected. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Planetary exploration in Heroes of Science and Fiction © Oxymoron Games Products Heroes of Science and Fiction Heroes of Science and Fiction – this game couldn't have been given a better name! The strategy game from Czech developer Oxymoron Games is clearly inspired by Heroes of Might & Magic III, but transports the whole thing into a sci-fi setting. And it works really well! By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
