Wild River Games Expands Horse Club Franchise with Ride West

Publishing

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Sells 2 Million Copies at Launch

Ubisoft has drawn an initial positive conclusion following the launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. There were almost 100,000 concurrent players on Steam and two million units sold on the very first day.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Publishing

Aesir Interactive is Launching EverRail in Early Access in July

A week after Aesir Interactive unveiled a new logo and a new game, there is also news about EverRail: on 20 July, the first game published by Aesir itself will launch in Early Access.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Products

State of Play June 2026: All Announcements

In yesterday's episode of State of Play, Sony Interactive Entertainment unveiled both God of War Laufey and Until Dawn 2. Release dates were also announced for Control: Resonant; Onimusha: Way of the Sword; Silent Hill: Downfall and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read

gamescom

Bringing Your Toddler to gamescom: All You Need to Know

Working parent or leisure trip with child? Find all about bringing your baby, toddler or kid to gamescom, gamescom dev and gamescom congress, whether you are trade visitor, media, exhibitor or want to check out the entertainment area.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Daily

GamesMarket Daily 14 July 2026 - Funding in NRW, Hamburg & Berlin, Webedia C-Level Shifts, Subotron Jam & More

Good news from four funding initiatives in Germany are the topic of the day, but there is more: Two big personnel news at Webedia, another at House of Games, and a special Austrian game jam.

By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read

People

Olga Ivanova Joins House of Games Team

The House of Games team has welcomed another new member: Olga Ivanova. The journalist and content marketing expert has taken on the role of Community Manager.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

People

Webedia makes Sylvain Andries New Group CFO and Dawid Hallmann New German CEO

Dawid Hallmann becomes the new CEO of Webedia Germany, taking over from Marc-Andreas Albert. At the Paris group mother, Sylvain Andries will become CFO in September.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

gamescom

Headup Announces gamescom 2026 Lineup

Düren publisher Headup has revealed its full lineup for gamescom 2026. It's four games this year: Second Stone by Skyward Entertainment and The 9th Dragon by FrameOver are public, the others not yet.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Funding

NRW is Funding 10 Games With 603,000 Euros

At its latest meeting, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW’s Digital Games Funding Committee approved just over 600,000 euros in funding. This will go to a total of 10 projects at various stages of development.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read