The Games Industry's Perspective on 2025 - Part #5: Products & Distribution Pascal Wagner December 20, 2024 – 2 min read Share this post Distribution Channels for Games © GamesMarkt, PP Business AI-Generated Game Content: When Does It Need a Label? The EU now enforces certain transparency obligations for AI use. What does that mean for the games industry? GamesMarket law columnist Sandra Spensberger analyses the implications for assets, texts and even deep fakes. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read Business G+ Refactor Layoffs: The End of FIFA Games or the Beginning of a New Partnership with Electronic Arts? According to U.S. media reports, Refactor Games, co-developer of Netflix’s FIFA game for the World Cup, has laid off 85% of its workforce. Therefore the end of its partnership with EA remains a financial disaster for FIFA, one that only could potentially be reassessed by the investors behind EA. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read Business Razer Strengthens Its Creator Business and Acquires StreamElements Razer has acquired all of StreamElements’ assets from Live Momentum. Operations are set to continue as usual, and StreamElements will remain a separate brand. Razer has nevertheless strengthened its position in the creator market. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read gamescom dev leadership summit 2026 © gamescom dev gamescom Gamescom Dev Leadership Summit Program With Amir Satvat and Luis Villegas As part of this year's conference, gamescom dev will once again host its leadership summit, creating an executive forum space for leadership conversations. Speakers at the event include Amir Satvat and Luis Villegas. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read Products European Space Agency and Pokémon Announce Cooperation The ESA and The Pokémon Company have announced a cooperation for World Space Week in October. What exactly that entails is not yet public, however. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read ByteRockers' at their recent party at Zeiss Großplanetarium Berlin (Kira Cesnik) gamescom ByteRockers' Shows gamescom 2026 Lineup Berlin indie publisher ByteRockers' has announced its full gamescom lineup. Four titles will be shown on the showfloor, one only behind closed doors, namely Neo Berlin 2087 by Elysium Game Studio. By Pascal Wagner • gamescom Full Raw Talent Booth Lineup for gamescom 2026 The Raw Talent booth brings 81 games from university students around Central and Northern Europe to the gamescom expo hall. It's organised by the German Society for Game Studies (DGSW). By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Business AI-Generated Game Content: When Does It Need a Label? The EU now enforces certain transparency obligations for AI use. What does that mean for the games industry? GamesMarket law columnist Sandra Spensberger analyses the implications for assets, texts and even deep fakes. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read Business G+ Refactor Layoffs: The End of FIFA Games or the Beginning of a New Partnership with Electronic Arts? According to U.S. media reports, Refactor Games, co-developer of Netflix’s FIFA game for the World Cup, has laid off 85% of its workforce. Therefore the end of its partnership with EA remains a financial disaster for FIFA, one that only could potentially be reassessed by the investors behind EA. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Business AI-Generated Game Content: When Does It Need a Label? The EU now enforces certain transparency obligations for AI use. What does that mean for the games industry? GamesMarket law columnist Sandra Spensberger analyses the implications for assets, texts and even deep fakes. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read
Business G+ Refactor Layoffs: The End of FIFA Games or the Beginning of a New Partnership with Electronic Arts? According to U.S. media reports, Refactor Games, co-developer of Netflix’s FIFA game for the World Cup, has laid off 85% of its workforce. Therefore the end of its partnership with EA remains a financial disaster for FIFA, one that only could potentially be reassessed by the investors behind EA. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Business Razer Strengthens Its Creator Business and Acquires StreamElements Razer has acquired all of StreamElements’ assets from Live Momentum. Operations are set to continue as usual, and StreamElements will remain a separate brand. Razer has nevertheless strengthened its position in the creator market. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
gamescom dev leadership summit 2026 © gamescom dev gamescom Gamescom Dev Leadership Summit Program With Amir Satvat and Luis Villegas As part of this year's conference, gamescom dev will once again host its leadership summit, creating an executive forum space for leadership conversations. Speakers at the event include Amir Satvat and Luis Villegas. By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Products European Space Agency and Pokémon Announce Cooperation The ESA and The Pokémon Company have announced a cooperation for World Space Week in October. What exactly that entails is not yet public, however. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
ByteRockers' at their recent party at Zeiss Großplanetarium Berlin (Kira Cesnik) gamescom ByteRockers' Shows gamescom 2026 Lineup Berlin indie publisher ByteRockers' has announced its full gamescom lineup. Four titles will be shown on the showfloor, one only behind closed doors, namely Neo Berlin 2087 by Elysium Game Studio. By Pascal Wagner •
gamescom Full Raw Talent Booth Lineup for gamescom 2026 The Raw Talent booth brings 81 games from university students around Central and Northern Europe to the gamescom expo hall. It's organised by the German Society for Game Studies (DGSW). By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Business AI-Generated Game Content: When Does It Need a Label? The EU now enforces certain transparency obligations for AI use. What does that mean for the games industry? GamesMarket law columnist Sandra Spensberger analyses the implications for assets, texts and even deep fakes. By Sandra Spensberger • 5 min read
Business G+ Refactor Layoffs: The End of FIFA Games or the Beginning of a New Partnership with Electronic Arts? According to U.S. media reports, Refactor Games, co-developer of Netflix’s FIFA game for the World Cup, has laid off 85% of its workforce. Therefore the end of its partnership with EA remains a financial disaster for FIFA, one that only could potentially be reassessed by the investors behind EA. By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
