Sustainable Games Alliance Develops Standard for Games Industry to Comply with Regulations Stephan Steininger August 14, 2024 – 5 min read Share this post Jiri Kupiainen, Chairman, and Maria Wagner, Managing Director Sustainable Games Alliance (SGA) © SGA Business It's our Indieversary! Get GamesMarket+ for Just 1€ a Week To mark one year of independent publishing, we are offering the deepest discount yet: A full year of GamesMarket+ access for one euro a week. That's just 52€, more than half off! By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read Business Sony Announces Closure of PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita Five years after the first attempt, Sony Interactive Entertainment has once again announced that the PlayStation Stores on the PS3 and PS Vita will be shut down. The store is set to be discontinued on both platforms by July 2027. This will make it impossible to purchase new content. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Julian Mautner, CEO stillalive studios © stillalive studios GamesMarket Plus G+ Alpine Power: How to Keep a Studio 'Still Alive' for 16 Years From indie to AAA, we periodically showcase a studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: stillalive studios from Innsbruck (Austria). By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read Christoph Hartmann | Picture by Amazon Game Studios People Christioph Hartmann is General Manager of Ubisoft’s Creative House 2 Ubisoft has confirmed another key member of its future management: Christoph Hartmann, who previously established the 2K label for Take-Two Interactive, is General Manager of Creative House 2, which is responsible, for the Tom Clancy’s sub-brands The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read GamesMarket Daily 1 July 2026 - Sony Discontinues Discs, GamesMarket Anniversary, Bavarian Funding Reform, Gamescom Exhibitor News & More Sony is discontinuing both the PS3 and PS Vita stores as well as physical disc production come 2028. The secondary market will be impacted. Our GamesMarket Daily from 01 July 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read Berkley Egenes, Chief Marketing & Growth Officer at Xsolla gamescom Xsolla Launches Scholarship to Bring 20 Developer to Gamescom Xsolla has launched the Xsolla Developer Scholarship Programme – Cologne 2026. Developers can apply until 15 July, provided they hold a visa for Germany or do not require one to enter the country. Xsolla will cover the cost of accommodation and gamescom tickets for 20 developers. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Wiebke Wiesner and State Secretary for the Arts Arne Braun (MFG). People Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg Wiebke Wiesner has become the new managing director of Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). She succeeded Carl Bergengruen on July 1, 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read Stefan Heikhaus, Yael Prough and Tim Endres (from Left to Right; Pictures by game, IGN, Koelnmesse) gamescom IGN to Produce Gamescom Awesome Indies Show For The First Time Studios can now apply for both the editorial segment and the sponsored slots on the ‘gamescom awesome indies show’, which will be broadcast on 27 August. The show is being produced by IGN for the first time. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Business It's our Indieversary! Get GamesMarket+ for Just 1€ a Week To mark one year of independent publishing, we are offering the deepest discount yet: A full year of GamesMarket+ access for one euro a week. That's just 52€, more than half off! By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Business It's our Indieversary! Get GamesMarket+ for Just 1€ a Week To mark one year of independent publishing, we are offering the deepest discount yet: A full year of GamesMarket+ access for one euro a week. That's just 52€, more than half off! By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
Business Sony Announces Closure of PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita Five years after the first attempt, Sony Interactive Entertainment has once again announced that the PlayStation Stores on the PS3 and PS Vita will be shut down. The store is set to be discontinued on both platforms by July 2027. This will make it impossible to purchase new content. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Julian Mautner, CEO stillalive studios © stillalive studios GamesMarket Plus G+ Alpine Power: How to Keep a Studio 'Still Alive' for 16 Years From indie to AAA, we periodically showcase a studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: stillalive studios from Innsbruck (Austria). By Marcel Kleffmann • 5 min read
Christoph Hartmann | Picture by Amazon Game Studios People Christioph Hartmann is General Manager of Ubisoft’s Creative House 2 Ubisoft has confirmed another key member of its future management: Christoph Hartmann, who previously established the 2K label for Take-Two Interactive, is General Manager of Creative House 2, which is responsible, for the Tom Clancy’s sub-brands The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
GamesMarket Daily 1 July 2026 - Sony Discontinues Discs, GamesMarket Anniversary, Bavarian Funding Reform, Gamescom Exhibitor News & More Sony is discontinuing both the PS3 and PS Vita stores as well as physical disc production come 2028. The secondary market will be impacted. Our GamesMarket Daily from 01 July 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Berkley Egenes, Chief Marketing & Growth Officer at Xsolla gamescom Xsolla Launches Scholarship to Bring 20 Developer to Gamescom Xsolla has launched the Xsolla Developer Scholarship Programme – Cologne 2026. Developers can apply until 15 July, provided they hold a visa for Germany or do not require one to enter the country. Xsolla will cover the cost of accommodation and gamescom tickets for 20 developers. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Wiebke Wiesner and State Secretary for the Arts Arne Braun (MFG). People Wiebke Wiesner Becomes New MD of MFG Baden-Württemberg Wiebke Wiesner has become the new managing director of Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). She succeeded Carl Bergengruen on July 1, 2026. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
Stefan Heikhaus, Yael Prough and Tim Endres (from Left to Right; Pictures by game, IGN, Koelnmesse) gamescom IGN to Produce Gamescom Awesome Indies Show For The First Time Studios can now apply for both the editorial segment and the sponsored slots on the ‘gamescom awesome indies show’, which will be broadcast on 27 August. The show is being produced by IGN for the first time. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business It's our Indieversary! Get GamesMarket+ for Just 1€ a Week To mark one year of independent publishing, we are offering the deepest discount yet: A full year of GamesMarket+ access for one euro a week. That's just 52€, more than half off! By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
