Pascal Wagner

Secret Item Games: "You Must be Able to Take a Punch"

From Indie to AAA: On a regular basis, we have a look at a studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: Secret Item Games from Dortmund. Once a development and porting team of six people, founder Oswald Weber is now going it alone again – working hard to survive the crisis of the industry.

04. Dezember 2024 09:50

Development

John Romero: "Be Proactive, Just get Your Name out There"

On site at DevGamm Lisbon, we sat down with Doom maker and Romero Games founder John Romero to talk about the industry layoffs, moving a game company from the US to the EU, the recent strides of Ireland's new games tax break and different ways indie developers can bring attention to their games.

25. November 2024 09:00

Development

In Development: Modular Building Kit in Torpor Games' The Conformist

In our regular GamesMarkt series In Development, game studios present pictures of what's going on under the hood in their game making process. This time, Torpor Games shows the modular building set for their coming Suzerain sequel The Conformist.

21. November 2024 09:23

Development

Axel Torvenius and Jens Andersson: "MachineGames Stands for the Cinematic, the Story First Approach"

In an interview with GamesMarkt, Axel Torvenius and Jens Andersson from MachineGames talk about the coming Indiana Jones game, the game industry in Sweden, the takeover of Bethesda by Microsoft and what it is like working with Disney and Lucasfilm Games.

20. November 2024 09:00

Business

Steam‘s Long Way to German Youth Protection Compliance

From 15 November onwards, games without age rating will no longer be available to German customers on Steam. The road up to this point has been long, and Valve as well as agencies have fought for solutions, including potentially better ones for consumers.

19. November 2024 09:00

Development

Oddada and Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 Succeed at DevGamm Awards 2024

At the DevGamm Awards 2024, Manor Lords won the Grand Prize of the twelve categories collectively endowed with 100,000 euros in prize money. Star of the evening however was Oddada developer Sven Ahlgrimm, who received two prizes on behalf of Christoph Minnameier's Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 and The Game Bakers' Cairn before he was handed the Audio award for his own game as well.

16. November 2024 08:00

Business

Impressions from DevGamm Lisbon 2024

On 14 an 15 November, DevGamm is inhabiting the Oitavos Hotel in Cascais near Lisbon for the second time. GamesMarkt is live on site and presents photo impressions of the game area, opening talks, the speakers, organisers and more.

15. November 2024 13:08

Business

John Romero Starts Up DevGamm Lisbon 2024

With a keynote by developer legend John Romero, the second DevGamm in Lisbon started today. With attendees from more countries than any DevGamm before and the prestigious keynote speaker, CEO Maria Chyrvona expects a strong event during the next two days.

14. November 2024 11:09

Development

NRW Studio Kissaki Releases Mindbug Online

Kissaki Studios from NRW has released a big one: Mindbug Online, the free to play PC and mobile version of Richard Garfields dueling card game. The board game license lies with Nerdlab Games from Bavaria.

13. November 2024 13:48

Development

Gentle Troll Releases Tavern Talk: Tempest Tantrum DLC

The successful cosy game Tavern Talk from Würzburg studio Gentle Troll has received its first DLC, Temper Tantrum, yesterday. The game currently stands at very positive Steam ratings, the DLC will release on Switch as well later on. Gentle Troll has also hinted at their next project.

13. November 2024 09:57