Weekly Steam Charts: Phantom Blade Zero Dominates, but Two Indie Games Spring a Surprise

GamesMarket Plus

G+ Weekly Steam Charts: Modern Warfare 4 Takes the Lead, Final Fantasy Resonance Surprises

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has performed much better than Black Ops 7 (2025) and Modern Warfare III (2023) in the weekly Steam charts. Meanwhile, Final Fantasy Resonance has surprised many with its strong launch for a single-player Final Fantasy title.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

GamesMarket Plus

G+ Interview: The Makings of Reality Fracture

How did Reality Fracture take shape after the last three years of Magic: The Gathering sets experimented heavily with settings and references? We spoke to Meris Mullaley, Roy Graham and Yoni Skolnik of Wizards of the Coast about planeswalkers, problems with Poison mechanics in the future and more.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Tabletop

G+ SPIEL 2026: The Board Game Industry on the Cusp of Digitalisation

Board and card games are the epitome of the analogue world – and yet they face the very same issues that preoccupy their digital counterparts. At Spiel 2026 in Essen, we asked people from the industry for their views on AI and its convergence with video games.

By Melanie Döring • 4 min read

Events

Serious Play Conference Europe 2027 Launches Call for Speakers

Following its successful debut, preparations are now underway for the Serious Play Conference Europe 2027, which will take place in Mainz in June. Proposals for talks can be submitted from now until just before Christmas.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Tabletop

Tokyo Celebrates Pokémon TCG's 30th Anniversary

As part of its year-round light show, the Tokyo government is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) by projecting images onto its huge city hall.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

World of Warcraft: Forever

More classic than Classic. With World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard Entertainment is releasing an expanded version of the original game, in which players cannot progress beyond level 60. The focus is on the journey itself, exploring the world and long-forgotten MMO elements.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 7 min read

Products

One Piece: Grand Gourmet

One Piece: Grand Gourmet isn't the first big IP game of cult Japanese sim dev Kairosoft (that would be Doraemon), but it's the studio's most elaborate game so far, while still retaining their usual, captivating build and manage formula.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 03 Nov 26: Newzoo x G2A, E-Sport-Verband Nordwest, Terms of Use, Stillfront, JD.com x MediaMarktSaturn, Helen Chiang, Borderlands

In northern Germany, esports stakeholders from three states are joining forces, whilst G2A and Newzoo have jointly published a report packed with interesting market data. The day was marked by sales records, the EU’s green light for the MediaMarkt takeover, and Helen Chiang fighting speculation.

By Team GamesMarket • 6 min read

Business

The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel – Bethesda Celebrates Anniversary With the Title Reveal

In a video, Bethesda Game Studios not only looked back on the company’s 40th anniversary but also revealed the title of the next, long-awaited Elder Scrolls game. However, no further details were provided beyond the name.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read