Thomas Reisenegger, co-founder and ceo of Future Friends Games / CloverPit © Thomas Reisenegger / Panik Arcade, Future Friends Games Business How CloverPit Completely Beat Future Friends' Best-Case Predictions CloverPit, an indie game by Panik Arcade and Future Friends Games, went up against Hades II, EA Sports FC 26, and Silent Hill f. It exceeded the publisher's best-case sales predictions by achieving over 750,000 sales. We spoke to CEO Thomas Reisenegger about this outstanding success. Amidst By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Kathrin Radtke from Spellgarden Games will be part of the Scottish Game Developers Association's mentoring programm. © Spellgarden Games Business Scottish Game Developers Association Reveals First Mentors For their coming accelerator program, the new Scottish Game Developers Association has revealed their first mentors, among them Spellgarden Games' Kathrin Radtke. Interested mentees can register until 15 October. The new Scottish Game Developers Association (we reported) has revealed the first mentors for their upcoming Accelerator mentoring program. The By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Florian Schriebl (right) winning the Tetris Austria finals at Game City Vienna 2025. © Matthias Heschl Esports Florian Schriebl is Austria's Best Red Bull Tetris Player At the Red Bull Tetris finale yesterday at Game City Vienna, veterinarian Florian Schriebl won the Austrian finals. He'll be competing at the Dubai world finale in December against 55 other finalists from all over the world. The Austrian national final of Red Bull Tetris took place at By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Absolum © Dotemu Products Absolum Hades 2, Megabonk, CloverPit, Rotwood, Deadly Days: Roadtrip and Abyssus demonstrate the variety of roguelites, to name but a few. Dotemu also proves with Absolum that this extremely popular concept works brilliantly with arcade-style brawling action. Absolum is often referred to as 'Hades meets Streets of Rogue 4' By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Paul Nguyen - Warding Witches (Solo-dev) & Sonorode (EDM and video game music composer/producer) / Alexandra Batty - Headup (Senior Communications Manager) / Dieter Schoeller - Headup (CEO) / Robin Rottmann - Games/Bavaria (Teamlead) © Alexander Hartung for Games/Bavaria / Schoeller Headup Business How Headup Signed Warding Witches at GG Bavaria 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. Paul Nguyen is the sole developer of Warding Witches, which By Marcel Kleffmann • 8 min read
Tattoo Tycoon © CrazyBunch and HandyGames Products CrazyBunch and HandyGames to Release Tattoo Tycoon in Two Weeks 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. Publisher HandyGames and developer CrazyBunch (Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry & Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice) will release Tattoo By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
© Fem Devs Meetup Game Jam Events Fem Devs Meetup Game Jam Held at School of Games From 24-26 October, the Fem Devs Meetup Game Jam will be held at School of Games in Cologne. From 24-26 October, the Fem Devs Meetup Game Jam will be held at School of Games, Sachsenring 79, in Cologne. Registration closes on Sunday, 12 October at midnight. Interested participants from all By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Rudolf Inderst Campus DiGRA D-A-CH Game Studies Watchlist #40 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. Ahoi there, game studies operators! Here in Neu-Ulm, it's getting late and I am By Team Gamesmarkt • 3 min read
Sacred 2 Remaster © THQ Nordic Products THQ Nordic Set to Release Sacred 2 Remaster in November 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. Sacred 2 Remaster will launch on 11 November 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Keir Starmer, prime minister of the UK since 2024. © UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor Business UK Government: Payment Processors Can Ban What They Want After a petition reached the necessary signatures, Starmer's UK government commented on the NSFW bans payment processors pressured storefronts into. According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the government has no plans to step in. This puts the government in direct contrast to By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Aesir's The Legend of Khiimori drops Windstorm IP © Aesir and Mindscape Products Aesir's The Legend of Khiimori Drops Windstorm IP The new game from Aesir Interactive 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. The Legend of Khiimori will no longer be branded as a Windstorm By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
