Under the Hood: Unusual Prototyping for Tufuur

Development

Black Box: Infinite Arsenal – Generating Gameplay, Not Just Assets

Advertorial | Most generative AI in game production stops at the asset stage. In Black Box: Infinite Arsenal, an in-house AI model generates combat mechanics at runtime. At gamescom, Meshy shows the new 3D version — playable in Hall 10.1, Stand F072.

By Meshy.ai • 1 min read

Development

Submissions Open for Godot 2026 Showreel

The Godot Foundation has opened submission on the 2026 Showreel. Devs can submit published or in-progress games or tools made with Godot to be featured in this year's edition and be presented on various occasions.

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

Wings Interactive Introduces White Label Publishing and Finishing Funds

In addition to funding self-publishing projects, Wings has introduced two additional forms of financial support for games created by women and gender-marginalized developers. Wings is thus reaching out to developers who need publishing support or whose projects are already in the final stages.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Products

Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator

The Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator demo attracted more than a million players had a 98% positive review rating, and saw players spend an average of nearly 2.5 hours. With this popularity, the game made it onto over 900,000 wishlists. But what lies behind this heavy spider-turret simulator?

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Development

Black Box: Infinite Arsenal – Generating Gameplay, Not Just Assets

Advertorial | Most generative AI in game production stops at the asset stage. In Black Box: Infinite Arsenal, an in-house AI model generates combat mechanics at runtime. At gamescom, Meshy shows the new 3D version — playable in Hall 10.1, Stand F072.

By Meshy.ai • 1 min read

People

Kai Wienke Joins the Xbox DACH & CEE Team

The German Xbox team has brought on Kai Wienke, an experienced communications specialist, as Senior Communications Manager for Xbox DACH (GSA) & CEE. Wienke most recently worked at Freenet.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 18. Aug. 26: game, Market data, ENC gamescom, Original Force, Stray Fawn, Sidekick, asap, Giants

The German market was down, gamescom is on track to set a new record, the ENC has been postponed and there’s new funding – in terms of news, it was a day of ups and downs for the industry.

By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read

Products

Pokémon and Polaroid Announce Collaboration Product Line

Polaroid and Pokémon have announced a collaboration with Pokéball, Pikachu and Sylveon cameras as well as film editions and accessories. Pre-orders will begin on 25 August 25 2026, the products will be available from 5 October.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read