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Awards

Nordic Game Awards 2026 Give Triple-Win to ARC Raiders

The night’s big winner at the NG Awards 2026 was ARC Raiders by Embark Studios. The title won Nordic Game of the Year as well as Best Audio and Best Technology. Best Debut went to Discounty by Crinkle Cut, while MoonHood won Best Art for The Midnight Walk.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Awards

The Winners of the Finnish Game Awards 2026

The Finnish Game Awards 2026 saw a variety of winners, including a robot adventure game, a distinctly Finnish winter driving game, an adrenaline-fuelled techno shooter game, and a number of outstanding Finnish game developers.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Awards

Finalists for the 2026 Italian Video Game Awards

IIDEA, the Italian video game industry association, has announced the nominees for the 14th Italian Video Game Awards.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

G+ Pontus Rundqvist, Raw Fury: In Indie Publishing, Pick Your Lane!

Pontus Rundqvist, Senior Brand Manager at Raw Fury, says indie publishers can be great if they know what their vision is, storefronts can do more for self-publishing indies and indie publishers, and has thoughts about a 'European' games industry. We interviewed him at Nordic Game 2026.

By Pascal Wagner • 4 min read

Business

Early Access Horses, Community Building, and Self-Publishing - An Interview With Aesir

The Early Access launch of The Legend of Khiimori was a huge success for Aesir Interactive. We spoke to the two managing directors, Andreas Sirch and Wolfgang Emmer, about establishing a long-term community for a game, venturing into publishing and developing realistic horse games.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read

Politics

Prien: "Demokratie Leben!" Will Now Consider Games for Funding

At the game summer party, Federal Family Minister Karin Prien dropped several bombs: One was the revelation that the "Demokratie Leben!" funding programme could now consider games as well. The other were some unfortunate remarks harking back to the old "Killerspieldebatte".

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Products

The Sinking City 2

Frogwares is set to release The Sinking City 2 in August. Compared to its predecessor, the game will be a more traditional survival horror title, boasting a strong Lovecraftian atmosphere.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

Products

Nintendo Direct Brings Ocarina of Time, Kingdom Hearts IV, Xenoblade Genesis and More

Nintendo's summer Direct was filled to the bring with exciting game reveals, from inhouse titles Ocarina of Time, Xenoblade Genesis and Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave to Kingdom Hearts IV and the Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC, titled Dark Arisen.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Business

Game Members Elect New Board

At their general meeting in Berlin today, the members of game - the German Games Industry Association elected a new board of directors as part of their regular rotation. Three of the previous five board members did not stand for re-election due to career changes.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read