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 G+ Made in Austria – Austrian Success Showcase – Part 2 In terms of turnover, the Austrian games market has always been somewhat overshadowed by Germany. However, the picture is quite different when it comes to games production and marketing. This article highlights five examples from Austria and is reminiscent of the greats of the past. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read Kingdom Come Deliverance II (Plaion) Business G+ Made in Austria – Austrian Success Showcase – Part 1 In terms of turnover, the Austrian games market, much like that of Switzerland, has always been somewhat overshadowed by Germany. However, the picture is quite different when it comes to games production and marketing. This article highlights five examples from Austria. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read Business The "Lottery Ticket" Fallacy: Why Waiting Until Launch to Market is a Growth Death Sentence In the latest Zoran’s Update, the experienced industry manager Zoran Roso warns against starting to market a game too late. In his view, anyone who only begins marketing at the time of launch is essentially buying a lottery ticket. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read (Background: Ricardo Maruri, Unsplash) gamescom Bringing Your Toddler to gamescom: All You Need to Know Working parent or leisure trip with child? Find all about bringing your baby, toddler or kid to gamescom, gamescom dev and gamescom congress, whether you are trade visitor, media, exhibitor or want to check out the entertainment area. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read Daily GamesMarket Daily 14 July 2026 - Funding in NRW, Hamburg & Berlin, Webedia C-Level Shifts, Subotron Jam & More Good news from four funding initiatives in Germany are the topic of the day, but there is more: Two big personnel news at Webedia, another at House of Games, and a special Austrian game jam. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read People Olga Ivanova Joins House of Games Team The House of Games team has welcomed another new member: Olga Ivanova. The journalist and content marketing expert has taken on the role of Community Manager. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Dawid Hallmann (left) takes over the German CEO position from Marc-Andreas Albert. In Paris, Sylvain Andries becomes new CFO (Webedia) People Webedia makes Sylvain Andries New Group CFO and Dawid Hallmann New German CEO Dawid Hallmann becomes the new CEO of Webedia Germany, taking over from Marc-Andreas Albert. At the Paris group mother, Sylvain Andries will become CFO in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Second Stone and The 9th Dragon are what two games of the four that Headup brings to gamescom 2026 (Headup) gamescom Headup Announces gamescom 2026 Lineup Düren publisher Headup has revealed its full lineup for gamescom 2026. It's four games this year: Second Stone by Skyward Entertainment and The 9th Dragon by FrameOver are public, the others not yet. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read The projects receiving the highest sums in production funding: Bellfrost and Jeppe & Oswald Funding NRW is Funding 10 Games With 603,000 Euros At its latest meeting, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW’s Digital Games Funding Committee approved just over 600,000 euros in funding. This will go to a total of 10 projects at various stages of development. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Business G+ Made in Austria – Austrian Success Showcase – Part 2 In terms of turnover, the Austrian games market has always been somewhat overshadowed by Germany. However, the picture is quite different when it comes to games production and marketing. This article highlights five examples from Austria and is reminiscent of the greats of the past. By Stephan Steininger • 5 min read
Kingdom Come Deliverance II (Plaion) Business G+ Made in Austria – Austrian Success Showcase – Part 1 In terms of turnover, the Austrian games market, much like that of Switzerland, has always been somewhat overshadowed by Germany. However, the picture is quite different when it comes to games production and marketing. This article highlights five examples from Austria. By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Business The "Lottery Ticket" Fallacy: Why Waiting Until Launch to Market is a Growth Death Sentence In the latest Zoran’s Update, the experienced industry manager Zoran Roso warns against starting to market a game too late. In his view, anyone who only begins marketing at the time of launch is essentially buying a lottery ticket. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
(Background: Ricardo Maruri, Unsplash) gamescom Bringing Your Toddler to gamescom: All You Need to Know Working parent or leisure trip with child? Find all about bringing your baby, toddler or kid to gamescom, gamescom dev and gamescom congress, whether you are trade visitor, media, exhibitor or want to check out the entertainment area. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Daily GamesMarket Daily 14 July 2026 - Funding in NRW, Hamburg & Berlin, Webedia C-Level Shifts, Subotron Jam & More Good news from four funding initiatives in Germany are the topic of the day, but there is more: Two big personnel news at Webedia, another at House of Games, and a special Austrian game jam. By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
People Olga Ivanova Joins House of Games Team The House of Games team has welcomed another new member: Olga Ivanova. The journalist and content marketing expert has taken on the role of Community Manager. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Dawid Hallmann (left) takes over the German CEO position from Marc-Andreas Albert. In Paris, Sylvain Andries becomes new CFO (Webedia) People Webedia makes Sylvain Andries New Group CFO and Dawid Hallmann New German CEO Dawid Hallmann becomes the new CEO of Webedia Germany, taking over from Marc-Andreas Albert. At the Paris group mother, Sylvain Andries will become CFO in September. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Second Stone and The 9th Dragon are what two games of the four that Headup brings to gamescom 2026 (Headup) gamescom Headup Announces gamescom 2026 Lineup Düren publisher Headup has revealed its full lineup for gamescom 2026. It's four games this year: Second Stone by Skyward Entertainment and The 9th Dragon by FrameOver are public, the others not yet. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The projects receiving the highest sums in production funding: Bellfrost and Jeppe & Oswald Funding NRW is Funding 10 Games With 603,000 Euros At its latest meeting, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW’s Digital Games Funding Committee approved just over 600,000 euros in funding. This will go to a total of 10 projects at various stages of development. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
