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Tabletop

TCG App Player Counts Collected: Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Reaches 100 Million Users

Konami's free-to-play Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG app has reached 100 million users. A respectable number, compared to the other two big digital TCG apps, Pokémon TCG Pocket and Magic: The Gathering Arena. Find more statistics in our user data graphics.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Tabletop

Riftbound's First European Regional Championship Takes Place in Stuttgart

Riot Games' TCG Riftbound will hold its first European Regional Championship in Stuttgart this November. Players can qualify for the World Championship as well as fight for a prize pool of $50,000.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Campus

Bonn Lab for Analog Games Starts Science Gaming

Science communication with regular board games, not serious games - that's the aim of a new project at the Bonn Lab for Analog Games and Imaginative Play and Freie Universität Berlin. The kickoff begins in Karlsruhe this September.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Development

G+ Under the Hood: Making the Sprites of Fishbowl

In our regular GamesMarket developer series, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood of in their game making process. This time, imissmyfriends leads us through the sprite making process of several characters in Fishbowl.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

gamescom

4Divinity Is Set to Push Into the Western Markets at Gamescom 2026

4Divinity, the publishing arm of GCL Global Holdings, is making a major move into the Western gaming market by bringing a six-title portfolio to gamescom 2026, including Showa American Story, The Defiant and Guns of Eschaton.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Business

Embracer Group Had a Strong Start to the Financial Year in Q1

Compared to the Embracer Group's internal expectations, Q1 was a strong start to the financial year. This is mainly due to the strong PC/Console segment and three games from THQ Nordic.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

gamescom

Creative Europe Media Consults for Funding at gamescom

Consultating for getting European funding, an exclusive game dev network event, presentations of funded games tools & programs: Creative Europe Media is bringing a trove of knowledge to gamescom this year.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

People

Ivan Buchta joins Madfinger Games

A new addition to Madfinger Games. The Czech studio has recruited Ivan Buchta as Associate Creative Director. Buchta joins from Bohemia Interactive.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Products

Tiny Bookshop Announced DLC And 400,000 Mobile Players

Neoludic has announced a new DLC for Tiny Bookshop and has reported 400,000 players on Mobile one month after the iOS and Android release.

By Pascal Wagner •