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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · Jul 23
Great news on our own behalf: GamesMarkt is going independent!

With effect from 1 July 2025, Stephan Steininger, Marcel Kleffmann and Pascal Marc Wagner have acquired all assets of the GamesMarkt brand.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2m
At GG Bavaria 2025, Paul Nguyen, a solo developer and game music composer, presented his current hobby project in an impromptu performance. Headup discovered the project there and signed it up. It's a local Munich indie success story. @headup.bsky.social

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2h
HandyGames and CrazyBunch will release the tattoo shop management game, Tattoo Tycoon, in October 2025. The project has received almost €300,000 of federal funding. @handy-games.com

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 5h
The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter of games research association DiGRA GSA is published weekly on GamesMarkt, curated by Prof Dr Rudolf Inderst. This week with Hunger, the canceled Ubisoft civil war game and more. @gamestudies.bsky.social
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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 6h
Sacred 2 Remaster, which was announced at the THQ Nordic Showcase 2025, now has a release date. This updated version of the action role-playing game is set to launch on PC and consoles in November. @thqnordic.com

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 6h
UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 7h
The new game from @aesirinteractive.bsky.social was originally intended for release as a Windstorm game. Now, Aesir, NightinGames and the game's publisher, Mindscape, have agreed with Alias Entertainment to remove the Windstorm brand from the game.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 21h
Hooded Horse, Ubisoft and Unfrozen have postponed the Early Access launch of Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era until 2026. However, fans can still try out a demo before Early Access, which is an increasingly popular strategy. @hoodedhorse.bsky.social

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 23h
Lisa Kneidl has taken up a new position as in-house PR manager at Larian Studios, after spending more than seven years at British video games agency ICO. @lisaorgana.bsky.social @larianstudios.com @icopartners.com

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d
In light of the DrakeStar Global Gaming Report Q3 2025, Michael Metzger, Managing Partner, offers additional insights into the EA takeover and its implications for the games industry, investment sectors, growing market segments, and the stock market.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d
According to Drake Star, the third quarter of 2025 was a landmark quarter for gaming M&A. Activity reached a yearly high with EA's $55 billion acquisition, private financing picked up, and top Western gaming stocks performed well.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d
Berlin-based game studio Playing History and the German Historical Museum have won the 2025 Grimme Online Award for their serious game, "Herbst '89 - Auf den Straßen von Leipzig". @playinghistory.bsky.social

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d
As part of the Power of Play survey, industry associations also took a close look at the participating countries.

We looked at the data provided by the report for Germany.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d
So far, games on Netflix have been limited to mobile devices and have been more of a trial run for the streaming provider. With the jump to the big screen, i.e. television, Netflix now wants to focus more on gaming. @netflix.com

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d
The Power of Play study is likely one of the most comprehensive surveys of gamers' thoughts and opinions. In Europe, Poland and Sweden participated alongside the five key markets of the UK, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
Mobile analytics tool AppMagic expands to PC: From now on, users can see data for 130,000 Steam games and DLC. More functionality will be added A1 2026. AppMagic is also seeking to expand into console game data.
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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive have announced that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold over five million copies since its release in April 2025. A new game update is coming soon as a "thank you" to the game's community. @expedition33.bsky.social

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
Following the Farming Simulator 25: Highlands Fishing Expansion and Project Motor Racing, Giants Software will release a third game in the coming weeks: Farming Simulator: Signature Edition for Switch 2. @farmingsim.bsky.social @giantssoftware.bsky.social

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
A recently released guide to publishing agreements wants to empower game developers to get a better position in negotiation with publishers. The guide was released by attorney René Otto ( @aceottorney.bsky.social ) and Deviant Legal and is free to access.
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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
June's Journey, the world's top-grossing hidden object game, is set to launch a time-limited mystery adventure inspired by Universal Pictures' Wicked. This is Wooga's first crossover between entertainment mediums.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
In an open letter, Supercell co-founder and CEO Ilkka Paananen has raised serious concerns that the planned Digital Fairness Act could cause massive damage to the European games industry and ultimately make gaming worse for consumers.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has extended its collaboration with the streaming service WOW in connection with the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL). The partnership has been extended for another two years.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
New Swiss on the block(chain): Sbarter wants to bring investors on board for their pay-to-earn system. Player are supposed to bet money in the form of tokens against each other in ingame competitions, with the company and publishers opting in taking a cut.
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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
Seafarer: The Ship Sim, developed in-house by astragon Development and published by astragon Entertainment, was released on Early Access yesterday. Based on concurrent user (CCU) peaks, it is the publisher's sixth-best result to date.

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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
The Xbox Game Pass price hike will not immediately take place in Germany and other European markets due to certain consumer rights laws. Only after a renewed subscription will German users have to pay the new prices.
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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d
Gamecity Hamburg will present eight indie games at the joint @gamecityhamburg.bsky.social stand at the @polarisconvention.bsky.social, giving the studios the opportunity to showcase their projects free of charge through the 'Road to Polaris' programme.

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