Weekly Steam Charts: The Sales Are Strong With Galactic Racer

People

G+ Game Music Makers: Takeshi Furukawa

Game composer Takeshi Furukawa from Los Angeles has scored Planet of Lana I & II, The Last Guardian and Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender. We spoke to him about how game music has reached film music in professionality, refraining from middleware and more.

By Pascal Wagner • 6 min read

Business

G+ Drake Star: Gaming M&A, Private Financings and More in Q3 2026

Global technology investment bank Drake Star has released its latest Global Gaming Report for Q3 of 2026. The report covers M&A activity, private financing and IPOs in the games industry. This quarter saw robust gaming M&A activity, while gaming stocks rallied.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read

GamesMarket Plus

G+ Insights: Four Interviews with Indie Studios on Themed Steam Sales

How do indie studios decide which Steam sales events to participate in, and is it worth doing so? We asked these and more questions to Rebeca Polo (The Game Kitchen), Kathrin Radtke (Spellgarden Games), Rafal Jaki (The Astronauts), and Lauranne Cauduro (The Game Bakers).

By Marcel Kleffmann • 12 min read

Products

Keen Games' Enshrouded Is Launching on PC (1.0) and PS5

After spending more than two and a half years in Early Access and amassing over 5.5 million players, Keen Games' Enshrouded is finally being released as version 1.0 today, also making its debut on the PlayStation 5. The team plans to support the game with free and paid content for years to come.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Events

Serious Game Summit Returns August 2027

The second edition of Serious Game Summit in Switzerland will take place on 31 August 2027, again in Lucerne.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

gamescom

Gamescom Asia More International Than Ever Before

With 20 pavilions and exhibitors from 29 countries and regions, gamescom asia is set to break a new record in terms of international participation.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Products

Car Park Capital

It looks like a classic tycoon game, and that's exactly what it is – only with a strong satirical twist. In Car Park Capital from Hilkojj Interactive and MicroProse, players must build a city that caters for cars and encourage a Carbrain mentality among its residents.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily – 14 Oct 26: Norway, Takeshi Furukawa, Games Ground, Drake Star, Splitscreen, Xbox, MGZstart, SELL

Whether it’s Paris, Berlin or Split – many conferences and events have now finalised their programmes. Perhaps the most important news, however, comes from Norway, where a report outlines three possible ways in which gambling-like content in games could be regulated.

By Team GamesMarket • 7 min read

Events

Paris Game Biz 2026 Shares Program and Participant Numbers

120 studios, 30 of which from outside France, delegations from Greece, Poland and UAE, 40 investors: Paris Game Biz starts on 20 October and has released its talk program now. One of the highlights: A studio tour of the Sloclap offices.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read