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Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #35

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's edition focuses on calls, the Japanese industry and what is 'retro'.

By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read

Campus

Student Games Festival 2026 in Warsaw

The second edition of the Student Games Festival will take place from 8 to 9 October 2026 at the Palace of Culture & Science in Warsaw. This international event is dedicated to the work of students and emerging game developers.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Tabletop

Serious Games Summit Connects Risk-Assessors and Game Makers

At the Serious Game Summit in Lucerne, 45 analogue game makers, risk managers at public organisations and researchers came together to discuss the possibilities of games for adult teaching and crisis management education.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Nivalis Nights

Ion Lands' third game is quite ambitious. Called Nivalis Nights, it is a cyberpunk slice-of-life simulation combining narrative elements, life simulation and management Gameplay

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily - 01 Oct 26: NC's Anel Ceman, Open Source in Game Dev, Jumpgate's C-Suite, VGE & EGDF Reject CPC's Allegations and more

The new quarter begins with personnel changes at Jumpgate and the final naming of Ubisoft's Creative House 2. Other topics include open source game development, Anel Ceman's on NC's mobile offensive and reactions from VGE and EGDF to allegations made by CPC Network.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read

Business

G+ How Is NC Tackling the Mobile Market? - Interview With Anel Ceman

"User acquisition costs are high, yes, but it's all about getting it right", says Anel Ceman, Senior Vice President at NC, who heads up the Mobile Casual Games Division. In this interview, he discusses the mobile strategy, the ad market, building a platform and the importance of failing fast.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 10 min read

Business

Open Source in Game Development: Why Licence Compliance Matters More Than Ever in Times of AI

IT expert Sandra Spensberger breaks down open source in games making: If you ever wondered about licenses, how to use open source software in the EU and other things to think about, read on here.

By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read

Business

Ubisoft's Creative House 2 to be called Massive Entertainment

Massive Entertainment is the name that Ubisoft's Creative House 2 will adopt. It will become the global label for Tom Clancy's The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell, as well as new original IP, including March of Giants.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

People

Harald Riegler Becomes CBO, Florian Bohn CEO of Jumpgate

In addition to the new roles for Harald Riegler and Florian Bohn at Jumpgate, Kristoffer Funseth and Julian Bock are further new additions to the C-suite, which also includes Patrick Streppel.

By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read