The GamesIndustry.biz Microcast
Welcome to the weekly GI Microcast giving you the latest in video games news. Join James Batchelor and Chris Dring, two business journalists with more than 35 years' combined experience, as they give you their take on the biggest stories in video games. Never miss an episode and subscribe to the GI Microcast on all podcasting platforms and YouTube.
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Live at Rezzed Digital - The GamesIndustry.biz ...
A bit of an unusual episode this week, taken from a livestreamed AMA-style session on YouTube. With EGX Rezzed postponed due to the spread of COVID-19, GamesIndustry.biz and a number of our sister brands ran a three-day online conference, Rezzed...
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Next-Gen Spec Wars - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast
Rebekah, Matt, Brendan, Chris and Marie are all on hand this week to discuss the biggest news and events in the video games industry. We kick off with reflection on the recent reveals for the technical specifications of Xbox Series X and PlayStation...
55 min
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A Year Without E3 - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast
James, Chris, Rebekah and Brendan join this week's podcast to discuss the biggest news from the games industry over the past seven days. Naturally, we start with the cancellation of E3 -- making 2020 the first time in 25 years the games industry has...
53 min
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Could coronavirus change the way we work? - Th...
James, Brendan, Marie and Haydn gather around their respective mics to discuss the biggest games industry news of the week. The main topic is once again the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the consequences for games businesses around the...
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The real impact of cancelling GDC - The GamesIn...
In an absolutely packed episode, the team discusses the biggest stories of the week -- starting, of course, with the postponement of GDC 2020. Matt, Chris and James talk about the fallout of the event's cancellation, the tough decisions that would...
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What impact will coronavirus have on the games ...
Matthew, Brendan, Rebekah and James discuss the latest headlines, predominantly focusing on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. With Sony and Facebook -- and, since recording, Kojima Productions -- withdrawing from GDC 2020 and the...
47 min
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The curious case of Tim Sweeney's keynote - The...
This week Haydn, Matt, Brendan, Chris, and Marie gather around the old GamesIndustry.biz Podcast campfire to discuss the keynote speech Tim Sweeney offered up at DICE recently. Although mainly focused on things like open platforms, the Epic...
57 min
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Why Microsoft is targeting Amazon and Google - ...
Haydn, Brendan and Chris discuss the biggest stories of the past week, starting with Microsoft's bold claims as to who its biggest competitors are. Phil Spencer recently claimed Xbox's future will see it stand up against the likes of Amazon and...
60 min
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Do numbers matter? The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast
As we barrel through yet another financial season, Rebekah, Brendan, and Chris ask the all important question: do numbers matter? With Microsoft posting a 21% decline in game revenue while celebrating an increase in subscriptions, the traditional...
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The (Doom) Eternal cycle of crunch - The GamesI...
James, Marie and Haydn are on hand to discuss the biggest topics of the past week, including crunch, class-action lawsuits and coins tossed to Witchers. The big topic of the week is Doom Eternal executive producer Marty Stratton's comments that the...
52 min
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Xbox's plan to reshape the console industry - T...
Matt, Marie and James discuss the biggest topics of the week, starting with Microsoft's plans for Xbox Series X. The platform holder recently revealed that the next-generation console will have no exclusive titles to begin with, instead allowing games...
44 min
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Does E3 need PlayStation? - The GamesIndustry.b...
Rebekah, Chris and Brendan come together for a special edition of the podcast, discussing this week's biggest news: Sony will not be attending E3 for the second year in a row. While the platform holder has other plans to get the PlayStation 5 in front...
39 min
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Do we need a Switch Pro in 2020? - The GamesInd...
Matt, Chris, Rebekah and James gather round their mics to discuss the biggest stories of the past week. First up, we discuss the revived conversation around Battlestate Games' Escape From Tarkov and the developer's various excuses for the lack of...
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What do we want to see in 2020? - The GamesIndu...
Brendan, Rebekah, Chris and James kick off the year with a roundtable discussing our hopes, predictions, expectations and utter pipe dreams for the year ahead. Following our roundup of analyst predictions for 2020, we offer our own thoughts on what...
49 min
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Games of the Year 2019 - The GamesIndustry.biz ...
For our final podcast of the year, the entire editorial team gathers around their microphones to discuss our favourite games of the year. The selection varies greatly from first-party franchise extensions and AA blockbusters to Switch ports of classic...
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Toxicity, Nintendo, and Shovelware - The GamesI...
It’s time for the GamesIndustry.biz Podcast, and this week James, Brendan, and Rebakah are on hand to discuss all the big news while still leaving plenty of room to reminisce about the GameCube. The industry is once again overflowing with...
47 min
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How unconscious bias is holding back the indust...
The industry may grind to a halt during Thanksgiving week, but there’s still plenty going as we take a look at unconscious bias, diversity, and the perceived failings of virtual reality. Following last week's articles by Rebekah (Brass...
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Here to Stadia - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast
In this week’s bumper pack episode, Rebekah, Matt, and Haydn discuss the troubled Google Stadia launch, Half-Life: Alyx, and Pokémon. Google made big promises with the Stadia, and now it’s here the response has been notably muted. Plagued...
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Live from X019 - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast
A short but special episode in which James and Chris discuss the biggest announcements from Microsoft's event in London this week. Recorded on the show floor itself, this discussion actually took place a few hours ahead of the reveals, but thanks to...
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What role will indies play on the PlayStation 5...
Rebekah, Chris, Matthew and Brendan gather round their mics to discuss the biggest news and topics of the games industry. This week, we start by considering the new appointments at Sony Interactive Entertainment and the insights from our recent...
56 min
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The mixed messages of Modern Warfare - The Game...
James, Brendan and Rebekah discuss some of the biggest topics from the past week, starting with the controversy surrounding the latest Call of Duty. For months, Infinity Ward and Activision have promised a gritty, realistic take on today's global...
54 min
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Gods, Monsters and Delays - The GamesIndustry.b...
In this brief podcast excursion Rebekah, Brendan, and Haydn unpick last week’s industry events, starting with the surprise delays from Naughty Dog and Ubisoft. Just over a month after announcing a release date, Naughty Dog revealed it would be...
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Should Nintendo go third-party? And other quest...
We have a special episode for you this week, recorded live from the show floor of EGX 2019. Matt, Chris and James took to the stage to answer a series of consumer questions with the aim of giving a little more insight into how the business of...
43 min
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Can Blizzard recover from Blitzchung? - The Gam...
James, Brendan, Rebekah and new starter Marie discuss the ongoing fallout of Blizzard's punishment for pro Hearthstone player Chung 'Blitzchung' Ng Wai. We discuss the severity of the original punishment, the apparent lack of process through which...
54 min
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REUPLOAD: Welcome to the Fampany - The GamesInd...
Haydn, Chris and Brendan are on hand to talk through some of the latest industry news, starting out with the messy story of Video Game Tax Relief in the UK. It was revealed earlier last week that global games companies had claimed millions upon...
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