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Murray Pannell to Lead Publishing Efforts at Steel City Interactive

Steel City Interactive, the UK-based studio behind the Undisputed video game franchise, has announced that Murray Pannell has joined the company as Head of Publishing.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read

Tabletop

Rebecca Snell Becomes SVP Social Games at Asmodee

Rebecca Snell is the new Senior Vice President Social Games at board game giant Asmodee. The marketing expert has been in lead positions at the Lego Group, Bacardi and P&G before.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 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

Business

Safe in Our World Looking for More Visible Mental Health Support in Games

With their Four Billion Gamers campaign, charity Safe in Our World wants to put better visible mental health resources into games and game spaces. For this, it is looking for studios to participate.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Products

Retro Gaming: Atari's 800XL Home Computer Returns

Atari, Retro Games and Plaion Replai are bringing back the 8-bit home computer with a mechanical keyboard, 25 built-in games, cartridge support and HDMI connectivity. The 800XL is set to be released in April 2027.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Business

Central Hub for the Games Industry in Bavaria

Events, funding programs, and a strong network – Games/Bavaria connects studios and publisher, freelancers and companies with policymakers, the public, and related industries. This creates space for innovation, visibility, growth and builds a strong games industry in Bavaria.

By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read

Tabletop

Reality Fracture

Sandwiched between several Universes Beyond franchise and mini sets, Reality Fracture had a lot to prove. But the current Magic: The Gathering set is one of the best of the year, if not the best altogether.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Business

Fireshine Games (EG7) Acquires Fair Games

Enad Global 7 has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Fireshine Games, has acquired Fair Games. The Danish game studio, based in Aarhus, is the developer and owner of the survival-crafting PC game Necesse, which has sold approximately 2.5 million units to date.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

G+ Federico Cardini on Changing Screamer's Control Systems After Player Feedback

With yesterday's big update, Milestone has made the unique twin-stick controls of anime racing game Screamer optional. We spoke to Federico Cardini, Game Director, on implementing player feedback even if that contradicts with the artistic vision of a game.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read