Ubisoft and Xbox Extend Partnership for R6 Siege and Blast R6 Esports

People

Build A Rocket Appoints Hanna Berger and Tod Osammor to Its Management Team

The gaming and esports agency Build A Rocket is strengthening its management team. Hannah Berger has been appointed Head of Social Media, and Ted Osammor has joined the team as Sales Lead.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Esports

Fortnite Championship Series Comes to Düsseldorf for the First Time

From 29 to 31 May, the Fortnite Championship Series Major 1 Summit will take place at the PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf. The city thus joins a list of cities that have hosted international esports events in Germany

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Business

FIA Chooses Assetto Corsa Rally For Its Rally Esports Programme

505 Games, Supernova Games and Kunos Simulazioni have scored a major success in esports: the FIA has chosen the fledgling rally spin-off of Assetto Corsa for its FIA Esports Global Rally Tour.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Products

Strictly Limited and Gentle Troll Collaborate For Physical Switch Edition of Tavern Talk

Together with Strictly Limited, Gentle Troll Entertainment is extending the marketing of its hit game *Tavern Talk*. The Complete Edition will be released as a limited-time, pre-order-only physical release for the Switch in three versions.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read

Products

Steam Bans Japanese Adult Horror Title This Game Is Not Real From Release

Japanese developer ruuya1124 announced that their game, which had garnered 24,000 wishlists on Steam already, would not be able to release there, likely because of mature content.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

People

Dennis Hilla Joins asap From Gameswelt

Editor Dennis Hilla switches internally at Web Media: from Gameswelt to becoming Social Media Manager for brand agency asap.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Funding

Games & XR Mitteldeutschland Germany Grows to 50 Members

With its latest new members, the regional association Games & XR Mitteldeutschland (Central Germany) has grown to 50 member companies. The association had recently outlined plans to strengthen its presence in the individual federal states.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Campus

Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #19

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include glitch aesthetics, digital preservation and more.

By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read

Events

Berlin’s Games Industry Gathers for Spotlight Games Berlin

For the second time, the Berlin games industry has gathered for Spotlight Games Berlin at the invitation of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read