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 Nvidia RTX Spark © Nvidia Products Gaming on RTX Spark and More DLSS Updates The Nvidia RTX Spark laptops are set to hit the market at the end of the week. They will feature the full range of RTX gaming technologies. The company is also pushing ahead with the development of DLSS 5 and other RTX technologies. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read Funding MGZstart Funding Submissions Open for 2027 Until 30 Novembers, media makers in North Rhine-Westphalia can apply for the MGZstart 2027 funding of Mediengründerzentrum NRW. Games can be funded as well and have been in the past. By Pascal Wagner • Dicevaders © Pengonauts and Playstack Products Dicevaders In Dicevaders from Pengonauts and Playstack, players roll dice to unleash an alien invasion. The aim is to boost attack values to absurdly high levels by positioning units strategically, triggering combos, and forming powerful synergies. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Scott Van Vliet and Asha Sharma (Pictures by Xbox Wire) Development Xbox Labs Shall Turn Emerging Ideas Into Players and Dev Experiences Microsoft says it aims to be at the forefront of the future of gaming technologies. That is why Xbox head Asha Sharma has set up Xbox Labs, led by CTO Scott Van Vliet, a team tasked with exploring and developing technologies and possibilities. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Two Point Museum: Rides & Relics © Two Point Studios and Sega Products Two Point Museum: Rides & Relics Rides & Relics is the fourth expansion for Two Point Museum from Two Point Studios and Sega. Following the Zooseum and Art expansions, players can now build a small amusement park complete with rollercoasters inside their museum. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily – 13 Oct 26: Gamespace, Alexander Pieper, Bavaria, Game on Symphony, Wooga, Nozomu, Oopsie Daisies Today’s news is all about events and personnel updates, new games, and new services that bring payment providers and developers together. And the spotlight is particularly on Berlin and Bavaria with Games Ground, Aesir Interactive, Wooga, and Game on Symphony. By Team GamesMarket • 5 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
Nvidia RTX Spark © Nvidia Products Gaming on RTX Spark and More DLSS Updates The Nvidia RTX Spark laptops are set to hit the market at the end of the week. They will feature the full range of RTX gaming technologies. The company is also pushing ahead with the development of DLSS 5 and other RTX technologies. By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
Funding MGZstart Funding Submissions Open for 2027 Until 30 Novembers, media makers in North Rhine-Westphalia can apply for the MGZstart 2027 funding of Mediengründerzentrum NRW. Games can be funded as well and have been in the past. By Pascal Wagner •
Dicevaders © Pengonauts and Playstack Products Dicevaders In Dicevaders from Pengonauts and Playstack, players roll dice to unleash an alien invasion. The aim is to boost attack values to absurdly high levels by positioning units strategically, triggering combos, and forming powerful synergies. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Scott Van Vliet and Asha Sharma (Pictures by Xbox Wire) Development Xbox Labs Shall Turn Emerging Ideas Into Players and Dev Experiences Microsoft says it aims to be at the forefront of the future of gaming technologies. That is why Xbox head Asha Sharma has set up Xbox Labs, led by CTO Scott Van Vliet, a team tasked with exploring and developing technologies and possibilities. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Two Point Museum: Rides & Relics © Two Point Studios and Sega Products Two Point Museum: Rides & Relics Rides & Relics is the fourth expansion for Two Point Museum from Two Point Studios and Sega. Following the Zooseum and Art expansions, players can now build a small amusement park complete with rollercoasters inside their museum. By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily – 13 Oct 26: Gamespace, Alexander Pieper, Bavaria, Game on Symphony, Wooga, Nozomu, Oopsie Daisies Today’s news is all about events and personnel updates, new games, and new services that bring payment providers and developers together. And the spotlight is particularly on Berlin and Bavaria with Games Ground, Aesir Interactive, Wooga, and Game on Symphony. By Team GamesMarket • 5 min read
