Construction Simulator 4 Marcel Kleffmann May 23, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post © astragon Part of the playable Endix Spring 2026 area (Endix) Products Endix Spring 2026 Reaches 10,000 Downloads The playable game showcase Endix has reached 10,000 downloads and 2.1 mil impressions on Steam with its Spring edition. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Two of the games: Arukone and Zeitlupe (NZZ/Blindflug) Products Blindflug Made Games Suite for NZZ Like many other newspapers, NZZ from Switzerland has a gaming program now. The developers behind it: Blindflug Studios, the makers of Ground of Aces from Zurich and Poznan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Press Start alumni studio SleepDrift is one of the grant recipients with their upcoming game Märe (SleepDrift) Funding MDM Funding Grants 353,000€ to Six Games In the current 4,5€ mil funding round of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, 353,000€ goes to six games as well: Ritter und Kinback, Creature Creep Studio and SleepDrift get development funding, while Stekosaurus and Fine Flow Studio get concept funding. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read daily GamesMarket Daily – 29. June 26: Nico Balletta, ESBD's New VPs, Funding, Brandmania, GIC Sprint, Endix, GermanDevDays Starting this week, our daily email newsletter including our commentary on current issues will be published to the GamesMarket website as well for accessibility and archival purposes. This time, we remark on the name change of CD Projekt Red SA. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read Nico Balletta, Head of Programme gamescom dev (Prictures: gamescom dev/game events GmbH) gamescom About Tough Decisions and Great Joy Putting Together the Gamescom Dev Sessions The countdown to gamescom and to gamescom dev is on. The first speakers have been announced. In this interview, Head of Programme Nico Balletta reveals how the session list is put together, how he ensures a good balance, and why he believes it is essential to give young talents a stage. By Stephan Steininger • 7 min read Funding Aesir Partner NightinGames Receives Federal Funding For Its Own Project With nearly 150,000 euros in funding from the federal government, the Bayreuth-based indie team NightinGames can now work on the Exsomnis: Fires of Vesuvius project. Shortly before this, the serious games studio ProLog had also been awarded a grant of over 800,000 euros. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read Business CD Projekt, Mother of CD Projekt Red, Rebrands to CD Projekt Red The mother firm of developer CD Projekt Red, the CD Projekt S.A., has now rebranded to CD Projekt Red S.A., to align the brand to better "correspond to the Company’s core business activities". By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Events GermanDevDays Extend Ticket Registration Submissions for the GermanDevDays in July have been extended until 11 July. The event takes place on 22-23 July. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Klemens Witt, Florian von Keller, Markus Möckel, Christian Hotz (from Left to Right) were elected as Vice Presidents (Picture: ESBD) People ESBD Members Elects New VPs And Create New Role For Regional Representatives At their general meeting, the members of the ESBD filled three vice-presidential posts with Klemens Witt, Christian Hotz and Markus Möckel. Florian von Keller was also appointed as a vice-president; he will be the first representative of the regional associations on the ESBD Executive Committee. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Part of the playable Endix Spring 2026 area (Endix) Products Endix Spring 2026 Reaches 10,000 Downloads The playable game showcase Endix has reached 10,000 downloads and 2.1 mil impressions on Steam with its Spring edition. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Two of the games: Arukone and Zeitlupe (NZZ/Blindflug) Products Blindflug Made Games Suite for NZZ Like many other newspapers, NZZ from Switzerland has a gaming program now. The developers behind it: Blindflug Studios, the makers of Ground of Aces from Zurich and Poznan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Press Start alumni studio SleepDrift is one of the grant recipients with their upcoming game Märe (SleepDrift) Funding MDM Funding Grants 353,000€ to Six Games In the current 4,5€ mil funding round of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, 353,000€ goes to six games as well: Ritter und Kinback, Creature Creep Studio and SleepDrift get development funding, while Stekosaurus and Fine Flow Studio get concept funding. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
daily GamesMarket Daily – 29. June 26: Nico Balletta, ESBD's New VPs, Funding, Brandmania, GIC Sprint, Endix, GermanDevDays Starting this week, our daily email newsletter including our commentary on current issues will be published to the GamesMarket website as well for accessibility and archival purposes. This time, we remark on the name change of CD Projekt Red SA. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
Nico Balletta, Head of Programme gamescom dev (Prictures: gamescom dev/game events GmbH) gamescom About Tough Decisions and Great Joy Putting Together the Gamescom Dev Sessions The countdown to gamescom and to gamescom dev is on. The first speakers have been announced. In this interview, Head of Programme Nico Balletta reveals how the session list is put together, how he ensures a good balance, and why he believes it is essential to give young talents a stage. By Stephan Steininger • 7 min read
Funding Aesir Partner NightinGames Receives Federal Funding For Its Own Project With nearly 150,000 euros in funding from the federal government, the Bayreuth-based indie team NightinGames can now work on the Exsomnis: Fires of Vesuvius project. Shortly before this, the serious games studio ProLog had also been awarded a grant of over 800,000 euros. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Business CD Projekt, Mother of CD Projekt Red, Rebrands to CD Projekt Red The mother firm of developer CD Projekt Red, the CD Projekt S.A., has now rebranded to CD Projekt Red S.A., to align the brand to better "correspond to the Company’s core business activities". By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Events GermanDevDays Extend Ticket Registration Submissions for the GermanDevDays in July have been extended until 11 July. The event takes place on 22-23 July. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Klemens Witt, Florian von Keller, Markus Möckel, Christian Hotz (from Left to Right) were elected as Vice Presidents (Picture: ESBD) People ESBD Members Elects New VPs And Create New Role For Regional Representatives At their general meeting, the members of the ESBD filled three vice-presidential posts with Klemens Witt, Christian Hotz and Markus Möckel. Florian von Keller was also appointed as a vice-president; he will be the first representative of the regional associations on the ESBD Executive Committee. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
