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 Business What Halo Studios’ Restructuring Signals About AAA Economics and Xbox Strategy In his latest newsletter, industry expert Zoran Roso uses Halo Studios as an example to analyse how the lethal combination of technical debt, corporate vendor tenure limits, and monolithic organizational design forced one of gaming’s most iconic IPs to completely pivot its operational playbook. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read According to Circana, the best-selling game in the US in August was: NBA 2K27 (Picture: Take-Two Interactive) Business US Video Games Market Remains Below Last Year’s Levels in August At US$4.26 billion, the US market saw a 9 per cent year-on-year decline in sales volume in August. This time, the drop in turnover is primarily attributable to software. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Business Paramount and Di Bonaventura Producing a Cyberpunk Movie Paramount Pictures is working with CD Projekt Red on a live-action adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077, according to the US magazine Deadline. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is on board as a producer. A report to this effect on Deadline was confirmed on X by CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Gamespace Conference 2026 © Dominik Saro Meier Events Gamespace Conference 2026 Exceeded Expectations The first Gamespace Conference, held at the Swiss Game Hub in Zurich, was a success. According to the organisers, the response and number of attendees exceeded expectations. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read Tabletop Electric Callboy Releases Its Own Neverrift TCG Expansion German metalcore band Electric Callboy goes TCG: With a full expansion for the German TCG Neverrift, out in December. By Pascal Wagner • Maestro Characters © THQ Nordic and Gate21 Development Maestro: THQ Nordic and Gate21 Release Unreal Plugin for Character Creation THQ Nordic's Gate21 has released an Unreal plugin for character creation. The basic version is free. This tool was used to create characters in Gothic 1 Remake, Alone in the Dark, and Outcast. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read (Multiverse C, Raphael Kast) Events Game on Symphony Plays at RBB in Berlin on 23 October The next Game on Symphony concert of ARD Klassik takes place in Berlin on 23 October at the RBB. Afterwards, the concert series moves back to Munich for a December issue. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Esports Esports in Bavaria: Youth Culture and Grassroots Movement Esports belongs to gaming the way the Alps belong to Bavaria. And when it comes to esports, Bavaria is blazing its own trail – one that encompasses international highlight tournaments as well as community engagement and responsibility across the region. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read Events Wooga Launches After Hours Berlin Game Dev Talks Taking inspiration from the Core Talks, Wooga is organising an event in Berlin where local game developers can meet and exchange ideas. The first topic is 'Reinventing a live game without breaking it'. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Business What Halo Studios’ Restructuring Signals About AAA Economics and Xbox Strategy In his latest newsletter, industry expert Zoran Roso uses Halo Studios as an example to analyse how the lethal combination of technical debt, corporate vendor tenure limits, and monolithic organizational design forced one of gaming’s most iconic IPs to completely pivot its operational playbook. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
According to Circana, the best-selling game in the US in August was: NBA 2K27 (Picture: Take-Two Interactive) Business US Video Games Market Remains Below Last Year’s Levels in August At US$4.26 billion, the US market saw a 9 per cent year-on-year decline in sales volume in August. This time, the drop in turnover is primarily attributable to software. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business Paramount and Di Bonaventura Producing a Cyberpunk Movie Paramount Pictures is working with CD Projekt Red on a live-action adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077, according to the US magazine Deadline. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is on board as a producer. A report to this effect on Deadline was confirmed on X by CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Gamespace Conference 2026 © Dominik Saro Meier Events Gamespace Conference 2026 Exceeded Expectations The first Gamespace Conference, held at the Swiss Game Hub in Zurich, was a success. According to the organisers, the response and number of attendees exceeded expectations. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
Tabletop Electric Callboy Releases Its Own Neverrift TCG Expansion German metalcore band Electric Callboy goes TCG: With a full expansion for the German TCG Neverrift, out in December. By Pascal Wagner •
Maestro Characters © THQ Nordic and Gate21 Development Maestro: THQ Nordic and Gate21 Release Unreal Plugin for Character Creation THQ Nordic's Gate21 has released an Unreal plugin for character creation. The basic version is free. This tool was used to create characters in Gothic 1 Remake, Alone in the Dark, and Outcast. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
(Multiverse C, Raphael Kast) Events Game on Symphony Plays at RBB in Berlin on 23 October The next Game on Symphony concert of ARD Klassik takes place in Berlin on 23 October at the RBB. Afterwards, the concert series moves back to Munich for a December issue. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Esports Esports in Bavaria: Youth Culture and Grassroots Movement Esports belongs to gaming the way the Alps belong to Bavaria. And when it comes to esports, Bavaria is blazing its own trail – one that encompasses international highlight tournaments as well as community engagement and responsibility across the region. By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Events Wooga Launches After Hours Berlin Game Dev Talks Taking inspiration from the Core Talks, Wooga is organising an event in Berlin where local game developers can meet and exchange ideas. The first topic is 'Reinventing a live game without breaking it'. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
