This week on The Game Business, the UK minister in charge of video games talks Grand Theft Auto and support for game studios. And we debate the future of Xbox Game Pass
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Today's The Game Business is with Rebel Wolves CEO Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, the former director of The Witcher 3. He recounts the story behind his new game Blood of the Dawnwalker, the vision for the AAA RPG studio, and "the problem in this industry"
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In this week's The Game Business Micro (paid subscribers only) we discuss Amazon's simplified Luna streaming service and BAFTA giving a nod to the mobile game industry
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This week, we finally tackle the subject of AI. We speak to one of the leading development experts on the subject, and why most AI tools simply aren't right for game production (yet). Plus, we discuss Netflix Playground and the Mario movie
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More video games are turning to crowd-funding than ever. But the numbers remain low. Considering the investment landscape, why aren't more developers trying it? We speak to Kickstarter games boss Asher McClennahan and crowd-funding expert Thomas Bidaux www.thegamebusiness.com/p/why-arent-...
In this week's The Game Business Micro (paid subscribers only), we discuss a huge weekend for The Super Mario Galaxy movie, a rise in revenue for third-party developers on Switch 2 and more...
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"I don’t know why we would ever go back to working with a publisher"
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In this week’s edition of The Game Business, we chat to Dispatch developers AdHoc Studio about the ‘hell’ it went through to find money, and turning a niche genre into a mega hit. We also chat self-publishing, comedy games and what comes next…
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Reminder! You have until the end of today to claim your 20% discount to The Game Business paid tier. Paid subscribers get a weekly podcast & newsletter called The Game Business Micro, a monthly market report, and 'free' access to The Game Business Live in June www.thegamebusiness.com/0d164c92
This October, I will be interviewing PlayStation legend Ken Kutaragi on stage in the UK. It's part of Game Republic New Horizons. Tickets available now. The interview will be released via TGB at a later date. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/were-speak...
In today's The Game Business Micro, we discuss the economic nightmare facing video game console makers, plus Nintendo's new pricing strategy (paid subscribers) open.substack.com/pub/thegameb...
It's our State of Games report! February was a tough month, but there were some winners, including Resident Evil Requiem, PUBG Mobile, Helldivers 2, Pokemon Go and Overwatch. Arc Raiders suffered a month-on-month drop of 2.4m players (paid subscribers) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-state-...
A new Switch game can see over 80% of sales come via physical retailers. Whereas, PS & Xbox sees the majority of new game sales happen via digital stores. If Nintendo can accelerate its digital business, it would offset the challenges it’s facing on hardware
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Is Nintendo Switch 2 in trouble? What’s the truth behind the numbers? In today’s The Game Business, we reveal all. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/whats-the-...
Today, we speak to Javier Ferreira, the CEO of Scopely (that's the company responsible for Monopoly Go and Pokemon Go). We chat about the state of the games market, targeting PC and console players, Google's fee change and what it's learnt from Niantic
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We kick off the week with our Micro (which is for paid subscribers)... and we discuss yet another round of Ubisoft cuts, Nvidia's DLSS 5 controversy and Krafton's legal defeat (plus much more) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/ubisofts-d...
Can Europe's new age rating rules convince Governments not to introduce age verification into video games?
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This week on The Game Business...
Can European age rating changes prevent a games ban? Will the US ratings body follow suit? What about older online games? We have (some of) the answers
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I was 17 in 2002.... I do replay Perfect Dark quite a bit. And Banjo. I was 13 and 15 when I played those. Oh and Mario World. I was 9.
"Right now [in music] there are programs that allow you to put out a prompt and get a professionally recorded song spit back out at you. It sounds like a song, but I defy you to listen to it more than once." www.thegamebusiness.com/p/take-two-c...
“I don’t think the newly appointed head of Xbox needs any advice from me.” www.thegamebusiness.com/p/take-two-c...
I do listen to more modern music, but we know where he's coming from with that...
Not entirely sure it applies fully to games.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick dismisses the idea that people can create a GTA-like hit by pressing an AI button. “It requires human engagement and creativity.” Check out our full interview
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In today's edition of The Game Business Micro, we ask: Did GDC got away with it? What might Nintendo learn from Pokemon Pokopia success? Why is PEGI transforming its age ratings? And what did we learn from Xbox's Project Helix GDC talk
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In 2022, Xbox announced a project where developers would be paid for producing demos for Xbox Game Pass. Four years on, it's still not here. So what's happened? www.thegamebusiness.com/p/whatever-h...
This week, Xbox tell us the role independent studios will play in Project Helix and the 'return of Xbox'. We find out what happened to a forgotten indie Xbox project. Plus, Newzoo predicts that PC will overtake console revenue by 2028. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/whatever-h...
Peter Moore shares stories from his legendary career: “Commander Shepherd dies in Mass Effect 3, and that made us the worst company in America” www.thegamebusiness.com/p/peter-moor...
Ooooh. Stop me if you see me.
I guess a question developers will have at GDC is just how open this new Xbox will be? www.thegamebusiness.com/p/is-project...
It's The Game Business Micro! This week, we ask if Project Helix is worth getting excited about, and discuss the slightly mixed reaction to Epic's deal with Google. Plus, Nintendo suing the US Government, cuts at nDreams, and more. (paid subscribers)
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