The Urban Games team at gamescom 2025 © Urban Games Business Urban Games Largely Self-Financed the $25m Budget for Transport Fever 3 "Transport simulations had an audience of millions in the 1990s and early 2000s, but then a vacuum emerged, which we were able to fill with Train Fever and the Transport Fever series. Thanks to steady growth, we are now number one in this genre." Basil Weber, Founder and CEO of Urban Games. By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read
Skate Story © by Sam Eng & Devolver Digital Products Skate Story After six years of development and two delays - it was originally scheduled for release in 2023 - Skate Story by Sam Eng and Devolver Digital has finally been released. The game is an extraordinary, surreal, psychedelic skateboarding experience like no other. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Products Studios From GSA and Europe at the Mundo Gaming Showcase Over 30 studios and games, many of them from Europe, including some from the GSA, presented themselves at the Mundo Gamer Showcase shortly before Christmas. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Nathalie Weidmann, Andri Weidmann, Timon Herzog, and Flurin Weidmann @ Swiss Game Hub © Samuel Vonäsch Business Metaroot: How a Super Small Publisher Landed a Really Big Hit The tiny Swiss publisher Metaroot landed a major hit with The Farmer Was Replaced, developed by solo developer Timon Herzog. A postmortem about an underserved niche and the importance of communication and information sharing. By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read
Time Flies © Playables & Panic Awards Indie Game Awards 2025 - The Winners *Update* Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was disqualified from the Indie Game Awards 2025 in both categories for using generative AI in the development process. Blue Prince by Dogubomb and Raw Fury is the new Game of the Year. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Cloudheim © Noodle Cat Games Products Cloudheim Noodle Cat Games wants to shake up the cooperative action-adventure game landscape with its debut title, Cloudheim, and it's already doing a surprising number of things right. By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Tivola received the DCP in the Best Mobile Game category for Cat Rescue Story in 2024. | Screenshot: Tivola Products Jumpgate and Tivola Sign Contract with Mobile Games Publisher for New Game Project Jumpgate has announced the signing of a new development contract with an unnamed mobile games publisher. The contract is for a game that is also still unknown, which will be produced largely by Tivola. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Horses, by Santa Ragione (Santa Ragione) Products Santa Ragione's Horses Recoups Costs Despite Ban The Italian studio Santa Ragione has revealed that Horses, despite bans from Steam and Epic, has recouped costs. The studio is also chiming in again on the discussion around the bans from stores, and is critisising Steam's overall economy for indies. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Varthos - Heir to the Throne © Nightshift Game Development & 3RG Three River Games Products Nightshift and 3RG Three River Games Launched Varthos Berlin-based indie studio Nightshift Game Development and Passau-based publisher 3RG Three River Games have released Varthos - Heir to the Throne in Early Access. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Anno 117: Pax Romana | Borderlands 4 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 © Ubisoft | 2K Games | Activision & game-Verband Awards G+ Three Platinum Sales Awards Go to 2K, Activision, and Ubisoft In November 2025, three games received a game Sales Award in Platinum. The awards for sales of over 200,000 copies in Germany went to 2K Games, Activision and Ubisoft. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes © Ubisoft, Lightstorm Entertainment and Disney Products Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes Ubisoft is releasing Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes just before Christmas, in time for the theatrical release of Avatar: The Way of Water. This major expansion tells a new story set in the Avatar universe. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Christian Reshöft, Chief Executive Officer of InnoGames © InnoGames Business InnoGames Launches Heroes of History on Plarium Play InnoGames and Plarium have announced the release of Heroes of History, a city-builder meets hero collection RPG, on the Plarium Play platform. This is the first major collaboration between the gaming studios owned by MTG. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
