Sevii Eiland Ultra 💪 (Auch wenn das mit den Sprachversionen wieder sehr Nintendo ist)

Heated Chivalry

With Baden-Württemberg state elections coming in March, we are collecting the parties' positions on gaming and the games industry. Both currently governing parties have plans for the games funding through MFG, while the most elaborate plans come from the FDP. www.gamesmarket.global/2026-electio...

With the state elections coming in September in Germany's 'games capital' Berlin, we are collecting the parties' positions on gaming and the games industry. So far, the Greens have positioned themselves strongly, while the CDU does not mention games at all. www.gamesmarket.global/2026-electio...

From Indie to AAA – Every issue, we portray one studio from the German-speaking development scene. This time: @slimekinggames.bsky.social from Hamburg. To commemorate the release of Under the Island, we unlock the studio portrait on GamesMarkt for everyone. www.gamesmarket.global/studio-portr...

Webedia's Nina Schild (@nerdbeeren.bsky.social), PR liaison for the German publications and services like @gamestar.bsky.social, FYNG and @gamepro.bsky.social, has been promoted to Senior position. www.gamesmarket.global/nina-schild-...

In an interview with @discord.com, we learned that game studios will have to look out for the content of screenshots on their servers when the age verification rolls out. Questions about the security of ID data still remains in light of recent developments. www.gamesmarket.global/discord-game...

Also, Project Windless, das kommende glattgelutschte Musou von AI-first Firma Krafton... Ist eine Buchverspielung einer der besten Fantasyromanreihen aller Zeiten, Die Legende vom Tränenvogel? Ich heule 😭

The United Nations has named the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Among them are TUM professor Johanna Pirker, Maximilian Nickel (Meta), Bernhard Schölkopf and Mennatallah El-Assady (both ETH Zürich) www.gamesmarket.global/un-appoints-...

ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, @pixel-maniacs.bsky.social's latest game, is up there with the top games in the first person puzzler genre. While some problems exist in terms of visual clarity, the accessibility options and the tremendous player progression feel more than make up for it.

Tadaaa! Welcome to our very first episode of CH LUDENS - The Podcast!

Jordan Mechner's graphic novel memoir about his father's escape from the Holocaust receives a German version at Vermes-Verlag. @jmechner.bsky.social will be in Vienna for a book reading at the Jüdisches Museum Wien. www.gamesmarket.global/jordan-mechn...

2025 Was Magic: The Gathering's Most Successful Financial Year Ever In 2025, Magic: The Gathering by Wizards of the Coast has driven Hasbro profits like never before. The company however is still reporting a loss per share, because the consumer products and entertainment sectors are down.

Indie developers still create fresh ideas but struggle to fund their games. Titles like his Australia Did It are rare exceptions. @ramiismail.com @mysticforgeinc.bsky.social @australiadidit.gg www.gamesmarket.global/rami-ismail-...

Discord seems to be desperately craving its tumblr exit moment

TV can be magical ngl

Together, we raised over $600,000 for @translifeline.org this year. From the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful. We have come together to say to our trans friends and family that they are loved and that they are not alone. Trans rights are human rights. When we gather together, we can make Magic.

niemand: Angelo Badalamenti während einer Dialogszene in TWIN PEAKS:

Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make. www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...

Dr Sabiha Ghellal is Professor at HdM Stuttgart and chairwoman of the German Computer Game Awards (@derdcp.bsky.social) jury for the second year. We talked to her about the responsibilities of a jury head, the importance of game awards and her teaching style. www.gamesmarket.global/sabiha-ghell...

Open House at @gamesbavaria.bsky.social's Gamerei in Munich: The topic is Gaming & History. Yannick Pawils of @paintbucket.de is presenting about making games with history as a topic. The second talk of the evening will be Hans Ippisch about his book.

New 'games professor' @joeyprink.bsky.social at TUM opens her first DemoDay with a bang: @jesawyer.bsky.social from @obsidianent.bsky.social held the keynote about working in small teams in front of a full hall. The DemoDay pitches students' theses, projects and game jam games every semester.

Now at TUM Munich: demonstration of the game students projects in the study course of @joeyprink.bsky.social, preceded by a glamorous keynote: @jesawyer.bsky.social on developing with small teams.

Mario Sommer analysiert die an Assassin’s Creed: Origins angelehnte Darstellung der Pharaonin Kleopatra in Magic: The Gathering #MTG. Ein Beitrag im Sammelband Exploring Card Games. languageatplay.de/2026/02/03/n...

Retro GameBoy studio Loading Studios from Lisbon has started a charity bundle after storm Kristin has hit the Portuguese regions of Leiria and Marinha Grande hard. All proceeds in February go to Cáritas for reconstruction efforts. www.gamesmarket.global/lisbon-devs-...

Mal ehrlich, wann fangen wir als Disziplin an, Chomsky aus dem Kanon zu streichen? Für 90% der europäischen Sprachwissenschaft ist sein linguistisches Schaffen unerheblich und es gibt gute außerdisziplinäre Gründe, ihm diese zentrale Rolle nicht mehr zukommen zu lassen.

@slimekinggames.bsky.social and @tophatstudios.bsky.social will release Zelda-like Under the Island on 17 February. The team consists of UI artist Johannes (former InnoGames) and art director Simone Grünewald (former Daedalic) and features beautiful pixel art. www.gamesmarket.global/under-the-is...

But open nazi symbols are okay apparently. Keep the f away from this app

We know you've been waiting for this -- the pitch form for our Final Fantasy x politics issue is finally here! Pay is $0.05/word and pitching deadline is February 6th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Haha guckt mal @polyneux.bsky.social, die mistige Diebstahlmaschine von Google hat uns auch abgegriffen, “juhu“!

@floriankluge.bsky.social und ich durften eine @paidia.bsky.social-Ausgabe zu Final Fantasy herausgeben, die nun online ist. Darin sind 9 Beiträge versammelt, die sich vornehmlich Spielen der Hauptreihe aus ganz unterschiedlichen Forschungsinteressen heraus nähern. 🧵👇

Dass Capcom schon damals geil genug war, einige der besten Zelda-Spiele zu machen, ist eigentlich auch wild.

Großes "Danke! 💜" an dieser Stelle noch einmal an: @faultiermcfly.bsky.social @blutigerpfad.bsky.social @indieflock.bsky.social @anatainment.bsky.social @timurborgir.bsky.social @miene.bsky.social @ichmagdasnicht.bsky.social Folgt den lieben Menschen bitte direkt allen und lasst Liebe da!

Ich war bei @threetwoplay.com im Podcast zu Gast und habe über eines meiner meist erwarteten Spiele 2026 geredet: Super Meat Boy 3D von @sluggerfly.bsky.social und @headup.bsky.social! Warum ich mich darauf freue, obwohl ich SMB nie mochte, bespreche ich hier mit @michseif.threetwoplay.com 👇

What texts on casual games and politics can you recommend to us? #GameStudies

Wer braucht schon Workout, wenn er auch mit zehn Kilo Papier im Rucksack acht Stunden über eine Messe laufen kann? (gesendet mit Muskelkater an interessanten Stellen)

I do have to wonder how much of what we're seeing here is chickens coming home to roost for the games industry, as a decade ago we saw aggressive blacklisting and outlets being denied review copies, while at the same time various influencers being given early copies of games for uncritical hype...

Radical to treat the houseless like part of your community, part of your city because they *are*

So uh, I realise this is costing me any indie cred I might still have had, but we will again? make the print magazines?! for all trade visitors at gamescom?!? Yay!

Ich kann auch nicht mehr mit diesem ongoing Medienversagen, diesem völligen Fehlen von Einordnung, diesem Nachgeplapper von politisch klar motivierten Hot Takes, als ginge es um nichts, als hätte man keine Verantwortung. Macht euren Job ordentlich oder macht was anderes, es ist nicht zum Aushalten.

The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Sony and EA, stating that lootboxes in FIFA aren't gambling since enough skill is involved. While that's a setback for players that sued, it also gives clear borders to when lootbox modes aren't "skill-based". www.gamesmarket.global/austrian-sup...

‼️🗣️ Talking about this: please put on my radar anyone working on Japanese video gaming culture from a queer and feminist perspective 👀👀 We hear you video game people 🎮🎮🎮

Was auf Spielkarten steht, gibt oft nur einen Teil der Regeln wieder. In Magic: The Gathering muss man ganze Zeichensysteme implizit erlernen, sagt @indieflock.bsky.social in seinem Beitrag zum Sammelband Exploring Card Games. #MTG languageatplay.de/2026/01/27/d...

Played a Strixhaven draft at a birthday party yesterday in preparation for the next* MTG set dropping in April. My deck was very @murderveggie.bsky.social. Man, I love Golgari lifegain. *yes, the next set drops in April, there is nothing releasing between Lorwyn and Strixhaven, sadly, a shame

This issue of Eteo games has been incredible. The Harvest Moon and Persona texts by @hollynielsen.bsky.social and @emilyprice.bsky.social are exactly what I wanted to read about the melancholy of two of my favourite games.

Her damit.

Video games do not cause violence. But we as an industry are clearly not ready to have a conversation about how we've normalized a military fantasy