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 Jo Koehler (COO, Two Point Studios) and Gary Carr (Studio Director, Two Point Studios) © Rebecca Price Photography; Carr, TPS Business G+ Interview: Two Point Studios and Their Cartoon-Style Management Games This year, the British Two Point Studios are celebrating their 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we spoke to Jo Koehler (COO) and Gary Carr (Studio Director) about their humorous management-genre games, key markets such as Germany, platform distribution and expandability. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read Business The Helix Shift: Inside Xbox’s Aggressive Pivot to Silicon, Subscriptions, and Corporate Restructuring In this week’s “Update”, Zoran Roso analyses Microsoft’s strategic reorientation, the possible reasons behind and consequences of a spin-off, and why this move is a result of changes in the games market. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read Business Google UK Confirms Launch of the Play Store Business Model Back in March, Google announced significant changes to its business model for the Google Play Store and a phased roll-out starting on 30 June. Google UK has now confirmed the launch. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Events BXDXO Confirms ‘Be A Hero’ Gaming Zone at Stuttgart Comic Con Comic Con Stuttgart 2026 will once again feature a 1,000-square-metre gaming zone. The ‘Be A Hero’ gaming zone is organised and curated by the Munich-based agency BXDXO. Müller is on board as a partner, and a Steam sale to coincide with the event is in the pipeline. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read (TU Bergakademie Freiberg) Campus TU Bergakademie Freiberg Releases Mining and Technology Minecraft Experience The Freiberg University of Mining and Technology has released Countdown Freiberg, a Minecraft server with full questline and real places to promote science communication and young talent recruitment around ressource extraction, refinement and production. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read Two of the games: Arukone and Zeitlupe (NZZ/Blindflug) Products Blindflug Made Games Suite for NZZ Like many other newspapers, NZZ from Switzerland has a gaming program now. The developers behind it: Blindflug Studios, the makers of Ground of Aces from Zurich and Poznan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read FFF Bayern has long hosted its own political receptions, like here in 2024, with MD Dorothee Erpenstein (second from left) and Bavaria’s Minister of Media, Dr. Florian Herrmann (right) (FFF) Funding FFF 30th Anniversary: Over 30 Million Euros for Games FilmFernsehFonds Bayern is celebrating 30 years of existence right now. In its time, the state funding agency has given out over 30 million euros for games and XR experiences. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read In 2025, gamescom asia took place for the first time alongside the Thailand Game Show in Bangkok gamescom Austrian Showcase Makes Its Debut at Gamescom Asia In collaboration with the association Pioneers of Game Development Austria (PGDA), the ‘Spielschön in Austria 2026’ showcase will be making its debut appearance at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show. Registrations are only open until the end of June. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #25 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include Ready or Not, ideology in gaming, a magazine issue on Ukrainian Games of War and more. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
Jo Koehler (COO, Two Point Studios) and Gary Carr (Studio Director, Two Point Studios) © Rebecca Price Photography; Carr, TPS Business G+ Interview: Two Point Studios and Their Cartoon-Style Management Games This year, the British Two Point Studios are celebrating their 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we spoke to Jo Koehler (COO) and Gary Carr (Studio Director) about their humorous management-genre games, key markets such as Germany, platform distribution and expandability. By Marcel Kleffmann • 6 min read
Business The Helix Shift: Inside Xbox’s Aggressive Pivot to Silicon, Subscriptions, and Corporate Restructuring In this week’s “Update”, Zoran Roso analyses Microsoft’s strategic reorientation, the possible reasons behind and consequences of a spin-off, and why this move is a result of changes in the games market. By Zoran Roso • 4 min read
Business Google UK Confirms Launch of the Play Store Business Model Back in March, Google announced significant changes to its business model for the Google Play Store and a phased roll-out starting on 30 June. Google UK has now confirmed the launch. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Events BXDXO Confirms ‘Be A Hero’ Gaming Zone at Stuttgart Comic Con Comic Con Stuttgart 2026 will once again feature a 1,000-square-metre gaming zone. The ‘Be A Hero’ gaming zone is organised and curated by the Munich-based agency BXDXO. Müller is on board as a partner, and a Steam sale to coincide with the event is in the pipeline. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
(TU Bergakademie Freiberg) Campus TU Bergakademie Freiberg Releases Mining and Technology Minecraft Experience The Freiberg University of Mining and Technology has released Countdown Freiberg, a Minecraft server with full questline and real places to promote science communication and young talent recruitment around ressource extraction, refinement and production. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Two of the games: Arukone and Zeitlupe (NZZ/Blindflug) Products Blindflug Made Games Suite for NZZ Like many other newspapers, NZZ from Switzerland has a gaming program now. The developers behind it: Blindflug Studios, the makers of Ground of Aces from Zurich and Poznan. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
FFF Bayern has long hosted its own political receptions, like here in 2024, with MD Dorothee Erpenstein (second from left) and Bavaria’s Minister of Media, Dr. Florian Herrmann (right) (FFF) Funding FFF 30th Anniversary: Over 30 Million Euros for Games FilmFernsehFonds Bayern is celebrating 30 years of existence right now. In its time, the state funding agency has given out over 30 million euros for games and XR experiences. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
In 2025, gamescom asia took place for the first time alongside the Thailand Game Show in Bangkok gamescom Austrian Showcase Makes Its Debut at Gamescom Asia In collaboration with the association Pioneers of Game Development Austria (PGDA), the ‘Spielschön in Austria 2026’ showcase will be making its debut appearance at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show. Registrations are only open until the end of June. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Campus Game Studies Watchlist 2026 #25 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Professor Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarket. This week's topics include Ready or Not, ideology in gaming, a magazine issue on Ukrainian Games of War and more. By Rudolf Inderst • 3 min read
