Ravi Ahuja, CEO und President Sony Pictures © Screenshot/Sony's CES 2025 press conference Business Sony's Strategy of Expanding Game IPs with New Movies and Series At CES, Sony announced new film projects for Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2, an anime series based on Ghost of Tsushima, and the launch of the second season of The Last of Us TV series. It became clear that the cross-media exploitation of IPs is a strategy for the By Team Gamesmarkt • 2 min read
Part of the Paintbucket Games team. © Paintbucket Games Website Business Paintbucket Games Develops Game for Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) The German Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) has selected Paintbucket Games to develop a game for the project 'Demokratieraum. Die "Landshut" in Friedrichshafen' with a volume of €400,000. 41 studios took part in the tender. The German Federal Agency for By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Unity Blog Image Development Unity Features Numerous EU Games in its 2024 Review Traditionally, Unity has concluded the year 2024 with a final Games Made with Unity. Over 300 are named, almost 60 are highlighted with a trailer, including productions from GSA. According to Unity, the list is by no means complete. On the contrary, studios are encouraged to report missing titles to By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dr Oliver Daum © Daum Esports Dr Oliver Daum Appointed 2nd Chairman of the Esports Association of Schleswig-Holstein The E-Sport Association of Schleswig-Holstein has appointed Dr Oliver Daum, a lawyer from Kiel, as its new 2nd chairman. With effect from 1 January 2025, he will take over from Jana Möglich, who held the position until May 2024. Dr Oliver Daum has not only legal expertise, but also a By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Narranauten Events Narranauten Kick Off the New Year with an Event in Munich In collaboration with the HFF, the Narranauten have announced an event for January 9th focusing on documentary formats in film and games. Participation is free. The event, titled "Die Kraft des Dokumentarischen: Perspektiven aus Film und Spiel" (The Power of the Documentary: Perspectives from Film and Games), will By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Sandro Wildi (Eagle Capital Partners AG), Stefan Grosser, Fritz Feissli (Promopers), Markus Oeller (1SP Agency), Nicolas Purpura (Promopers), Roger Wyss (Tax Consultant) © 1SP Business 1SP Agency Strengthens Retail and Sales Marketing With Acquisition of Swiss Company promoPers Hamburg-based 1SP Agency has acquired promoPers, a Swiss agency specialising in retail, sales, personnel and channel marketing. By expanding into the Swiss market, the international marketing company not only strengthens its global presence, but also expands its service portfolio. One day before Christmas, when most of the games industry was By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Black Myth: Wukong / Farming Simulator 25 / Steam Award © Game Science / Giants / Valve Publishing Black Myth: Wukong Wins Three Steam Awards, Swiss Studio Also Honoured The Steam Awards were presented for the ninth time at the turn of the year. Black Myth: Wukong won the most awards in this community-driven voting. Among the other winners was a studio from Switzerland. The Steam community has spoken! Black Myth: Wukong, developed and published by Game Science, was By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© Luis Quintero/Pexels Business Exhibitions, Conferences, Events - the Industry's Upcoming Dates From local indie meet-ups to the global gamescom, the updated version of the GamesMarkt event calendar shows where you can meet the German games industry. Whether it's a fan festival, an esports competition or a traditional trade fair, the games industry is all about making personal contacts and By Team Gamesmarkt • 6 min read
© Steininger Business Restart of Federal Game Funding with Restrictions and Reservations Immediately after Christmas, the German government surprised the games industry by restarting federal funding, albeit under less favorable conditions. The absence of a 2025 budget means uncertainty looms over how much funding will be available for larger projects and when it might run out again. While questions remain, the restart By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© GM Business Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The GamesMarkt team is taking a well-deserved holiday break, and we’d like to extend our warmest wishes to all our readers for a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year 2024 was a challenging year for many, both in the German and international games industry, and it was By Team Gamesmarkt • 1 min read
Distribution Channels for Games © GamesMarkt, PP Business The Games Industry's Perspective on 2025 - Part #5: Products & Distribution By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© RTL Business Toggo GG to Be Adapted for Linear TV Starting in January Starting mid-January, ten episodes of the gaming show Toggo GG will air on Toggo / Super RTL’s linear TV channel. It is not the first video game for kids to come from the digital realm and make it into the main program of a broadcasting station. The first episode of By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
