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Transport Fever 3: Urban Games Announces Curated Mods Program

Urban Games has announced the launch of the Curated Mods Program for Transport Fever 3. The programme allows modders to work alongside the development team to create new vehicles, maps and gameplay features.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read

Business

GDD Indie Awards 2026 Open for Submission Now

Indies can now submit their game made in 2025 for the GDD Indie Awards at German Dev Days 2026. The award show will take place on 22 July, a total of 10,000 euros is on the line.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

People

G+ Side – The Hidden Champion of a Dozen BAFTA Nominations With Ambitions to Grow

A year after rebranding as Side Oliver Deslandes, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Growth at Side, talks about studio openings, why Side is like an invisible engine, and why the external development company keeps its fingers crossed for nearly a third of all BAFTA Game Awards nominations.

By Stephan Steininger • 6 min read

People

Pascale Hagin Appointed as Sales Director at 1SP Agency

1SP Agency has appointed Pascale Hagin as Sales Director, thereby expanding its international service offerings. Hagin has held senior sales and leadership positions at companies such as PepsiCo, Arla Foods and Imperial Tobacco.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

People

rcp Appoints Michael Stapf as Director of Product and Analytics

Michael Stapf has been appointed Director of Product and Analytics at remote control productions (rcp). This new role combines product development and business intelligence, while rcp Business Analytics is now open to external partners.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Business

AI Does Not Shield Game Studios from Copyright Claims: What Developers Need to Know

In a new monthly column for GamesMarket, IT and IP law expert Sandra Spensberger will bring legal knowledge to the games industry. For the first one, we are dipping into the music industry for an example of legal problems with the creative use of LLM-generated content.

By Sandra Spensberger • 4 min read

Business

GameStop Submits Proposal For eBay Takeover

GameStop has made a takeover bid to eBay’s shareholders. According to GameStop, the takeover could yield cost savings of US$2 billion within a year.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

gamescom

Gamescom Latam: EA and the Brazilian Football Confederation CBF Announce Partnership

In South America, too, gamescom is used as a platform for major announcements. For example, Electronic Arts and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced a partnership at gamescom latam that includes licensing agreements as well as joint marketing initiatives.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

People

Quad Head's Pratfall Reaches 130k Sales in Two Weeks (Update)

The former Oddsparks developers are back as indies and with a friendslop bang: Coop digging adventure Pratfall, developed within six months, has breached 130,000 sales in the two-week starting discount period.

By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read