Megagon Industries: With Funding to Self-Publishing and Over 500,000 Players on the Slopes Marcel Kleffmann February 06, 2025 – 7 min read Share this post Megagon Industries team photo in 2024 © Megagon Industries John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast, has sent out letters to unionising workers at the company. (Hasbro) Business Wizards of the Coast Not Voluntarily Recognizing Union With letters urging workers to "consider" their decision, Wizards of the Coast's President John Hight has made clear that the company will not voluntarily recognise the unionisation efforts of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Spellcasters Chronicles is going to be shut down on 19 June (Quantic Dream) Business French Union STJV Reacts to Probable Layoffs at Quantic Dream After Quantic Dream and NetEase have shuttered Spellcasters Chronicles after only four months of live service, french game workers union STJV has published demands to halt layoffs and for management to take responsibility. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read At a visit In Germany, from left: Thomas Pottkämper (Co-Founder and Studio Manager of Ubisoft Mainz), Manuel Reinher (Creative Director of Anno 117: Pax Romana), Alexander Schweitzer (Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate), Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and Benedikt Grindel (Zone Managing Director at Ubisoft; form left to right) © Ubisoft Business Ubisoft Numbers Down After Last Years' Record, Hopeful for Turnaround in 2027 and 2028 Ubisoft's numbers are down from Assassin's Creed: Shadows' record release in March 2025, which is also due to investment and transformation cost in the new group structure. The company expects a strong turnaround in 2028, however. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast, has sent out letters to unionising workers at the company. (Hasbro) Business Wizards of the Coast Not Voluntarily Recognizing Union With letters urging workers to "consider" their decision, Wizards of the Coast's President John Hight has made clear that the company will not voluntarily recognise the unionisation efforts of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV © Deep Silver and King Art Games Products Dawn of War IV Is Coming Out In September 2026 During the Warhammer Skulls Showcase, Deep Silver and King Art Games announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is set to launch on 17 September 2026. The Crusade mode returns, and a year of free content updates and paid DLC will expand the battlefield. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read gamescom Gamescom Dev Talk Review: Don’t Ship the Wrong Game From René Habermann Not sure what sort of talks to expect at gamescom dev? Together with gamescom dev, we’re taking a look back at selected talks from 2025, which you can also rewatch on YouTube. This Time: Don’t Ship the Wrong Game: A Framework for Choosing What to Finish by René Habermann from Bippinbits. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Paul Redetzky's Emergo Entertainment is making Promptables for ARD/SWR. (ARD/Emergo) Products Bavarian-Made LLM-Battler Promptables for SWR X Lab Is Out Emergo Entertainment, Ivy Juice Games and Neuroforge have made an LLM-driven creature battler in which you prompt your creature's attacks for the ARD AI podcast. The game is out today. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Fatekeeper © Paraglacial & THQ Nordic Products Fatekeeper Launches in Early June via Early Access Developed by just 13 people at the German studio Paraglacial and published by THQ Nordic, Fatekeeper will enter Early Access on 2 June 2026. The game has already turned heads. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Products Bubsy 4D Bubsy 4D isn't Fabraz' masterpiece (Demon Tides is), but this is still the best Bubsy game ever created and a really good 3D platformer, especially if you like the speedrunning aspect of the levels. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast, has sent out letters to unionising workers at the company. (Hasbro) Business Wizards of the Coast Not Voluntarily Recognizing Union With letters urging workers to "consider" their decision, Wizards of the Coast's President John Hight has made clear that the company will not voluntarily recognise the unionisation efforts of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Spellcasters Chronicles is going to be shut down on 19 June (Quantic Dream) Business French Union STJV Reacts to Probable Layoffs at Quantic Dream After Quantic Dream and NetEase have shuttered Spellcasters Chronicles after only four months of live service, french game workers union STJV has published demands to halt layoffs and for management to take responsibility. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
At a visit In Germany, from left: Thomas Pottkämper (Co-Founder and Studio Manager of Ubisoft Mainz), Manuel Reinher (Creative Director of Anno 117: Pax Romana), Alexander Schweitzer (Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate), Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and Benedikt Grindel (Zone Managing Director at Ubisoft; form left to right) © Ubisoft Business Ubisoft Numbers Down After Last Years' Record, Hopeful for Turnaround in 2027 and 2028 Ubisoft's numbers are down from Assassin's Creed: Shadows' record release in March 2025, which is also due to investment and transformation cost in the new group structure. The company expects a strong turnaround in 2028, however. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast, has sent out letters to unionising workers at the company. (Hasbro) Business Wizards of the Coast Not Voluntarily Recognizing Union With letters urging workers to "consider" their decision, Wizards of the Coast's President John Hight has made clear that the company will not voluntarily recognise the unionisation efforts of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV © Deep Silver and King Art Games Products Dawn of War IV Is Coming Out In September 2026 During the Warhammer Skulls Showcase, Deep Silver and King Art Games announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is set to launch on 17 September 2026. The Crusade mode returns, and a year of free content updates and paid DLC will expand the battlefield. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
gamescom Gamescom Dev Talk Review: Don’t Ship the Wrong Game From René Habermann Not sure what sort of talks to expect at gamescom dev? Together with gamescom dev, we’re taking a look back at selected talks from 2025, which you can also rewatch on YouTube. This Time: Don’t Ship the Wrong Game: A Framework for Choosing What to Finish by René Habermann from Bippinbits. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Paul Redetzky's Emergo Entertainment is making Promptables for ARD/SWR. (ARD/Emergo) Products Bavarian-Made LLM-Battler Promptables for SWR X Lab Is Out Emergo Entertainment, Ivy Juice Games and Neuroforge have made an LLM-driven creature battler in which you prompt your creature's attacks for the ARD AI podcast. The game is out today. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Fatekeeper © Paraglacial & THQ Nordic Products Fatekeeper Launches in Early June via Early Access Developed by just 13 people at the German studio Paraglacial and published by THQ Nordic, Fatekeeper will enter Early Access on 2 June 2026. The game has already turned heads. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Products Bubsy 4D Bubsy 4D isn't Fabraz' masterpiece (Demon Tides is), but this is still the best Bubsy game ever created and a really good 3D platformer, especially if you like the speedrunning aspect of the levels. By Pascal Wagner • 3 min read
