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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Allergic To Buzzwords
The GamesIndustry.biz editorial team discuss the biggest news of the past week – including the future of Warner Bros' games studios, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick's skepticism about the metaverse, Embracer's plans for even more acquisitions, and the...
49 min
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GI Live: Let's get physical, with Iam8bit
For the next few weeks, we'll be delivering audio versions of some of the best sessions from our recent GI Live: Online event. This week, our head of games B2B Chris Dring speaks to Jon M. Gibson, founder of specialist merchandise provider Iam8bit....
50 min
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Bring back Ape Escape
The GamesIndustry.biz team discusses the biggest stories of the past week -- and lays out some simple demands for PlayStation's future. First up, we discuss Ubisoft's revelation that it will be investing more in high-quality free-to-play experiences...
48 min
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GI Live: Human Fall Flat's 25m sales
For the next few weeks, we'll be delivering audio versions of some of the best sessions from our recent GI Live: Online event. This week, our head of games B2B Chris Dring speaks Tomas Sakalauskas from No Brakes Games and Curve's VP of Franchise...
35 min
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Epic vs Apple creates uncertainty
The GamesIndustry.biz team discuss the biggest stories of the week -- which, of course, means Epic's ongoing antitrust trial against Apple. We reflect on the first week's events and relevations, and share our thoughts on which side has the stronger...
52 min
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GI Live: IO's independence, with Hakan Abrak
For the next few weeks, we'll be delivering audio versions of some of the best sessions from our recent GI Live: Online event. This week, our head of games B2B Chris Dring speaks to IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak about the rollercoaster journey the...
48 min
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Can Returnal pave the way for $70 AAA roguelikes?
The GamesIndustry.biz editorial team discuss the biggest stories of the past week, starting with the inevitable discourse around Returnal and difficulty in AAA games. The PlayStation 5 exclusive last Friday, but while it's designed to be a...
54 min
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GI Live: Vicarious to Velan, with Guha Bala
For the next few weeks, we'll be delivering audio versions of some of the best sessions from our recent GI Live: Online event. This week, our head of games B2B Chris Dring speaks to Guha Bala, co-founder of Vicarious Visions and Velan Studios, the...
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Does a game need to sell at "full f**king price"?
The entire GamesIndustry.biz team is on hand to discuss the biggest stories of the past week. We start with unpacking the discourse and the original comments around an interview with Days Gone director Jon Garvin, in which he stated that those wanting...
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Epic Games and the cost of breaking into a comp...
The GamesIndustry.biz team discusses the biggest stories of the past week. First up, we take a look at reports that the Epic Games Store is in its efforts to rival Steam, where that data comes from, Tim Sweeney's cheerful response and . Then, we...
50 min
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The Five Games Of... Brenda Romero
The Five Games Of is a special series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast that explores the evolution of the video games business through the career of prominent developers, executives and more. This time, we explore five games from the career of Brenda...
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The Game Developer's Playlist: Tex Murphy with ...
This special series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast talks to developers about the titles that influenced their careers. This time, our guest is Jean Leggett -- CEO of One More Story Games, leadership and career coach, and host of the Games, Grit...
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NFTs? No f***ing thanks
The GamesIndustry.biz editorial team discuss the biggest stories of the past week from across the business of video games. This week, Matt, Brendan, Marie and James elaborate on our recent stance concerning stories about blockchain and non-fungible...
55 min
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Were free-to-play fears unfounded?
The GamesIndustry.biz editorial team discusses the biggest stories of the past week. This week, we start with the recent wave of new indie publishers emerging, including new publishing arms for , and . We talk about the challenges new publishers...
55 min
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EA did the Wright thing
The GamesIndustry.biz team discuss the biggest stories from the past week in the business of video games. This week, we start with EA's response to a , blaming his in-game counterpart for losing a match. The player has been issued a lifetime ban, a...
51 min
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The next generation of PlayStation VR
The GamesIndustry.biz team discusses the biggest stories of the past week, starting with news of Sony revitalising PlayStation VR. With a , we reflect on Sony's impact on the wider virtual reality landscape and its strategy with the original...
51 min
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Whose war stories are worth telling?
The GamesIndustry.biz editorial team discusses the most controversial game announcement of the year so far and weigh up whether developers can handle a topic as sensitive as war. Following our , we explore the reaction to the game's existence -- both...
60 min
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One Patent To Rule Them All
The GamesIndustry.biz team takes a deeper look at one of the biggest stories of the past week -- namely, Warner Bros securing a patent for Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system. For this episode, we're joined by Kostya Lobov of law firm Harbottle &...
55 min
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Grabbing Gearbox and stifling Stadia
On our latest podcast, Matt, Brendan and James discuss two of the biggest games industry stories of the past two weeks. First up, we discuss -- a deal potentially worth close to $1.4 billion, but with some very notable caveats. We use this as a...
55 min
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How do games retain new players post-pandemic?
The GamesIndustry.biz editorial team looks optimistically forward and starts to ponder the future of video games when the COVID-19 pandemic eventually comes to an end. Following on an , James, Brendan, Marie and Chris discuss the implications of...
50 min
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The Five Games Of... Jesper Kyd
The Five Games Of is a special series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast that explores the evolution of the video games business through the career of prominent developers, executives and more. This time, we explore five games from the career of Jesper...
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The plight of experimental indies
On this week's podcast, the GamesIndustry.biz editorial team takes a look at some of the biggest challenges facing indie developers. Our discussion begins with the recent reveal of Moonrise Fund, which focuses on financing teams working on gameplay...
54 min
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Blockbuste...
This week, GamesIndustry.biz team members Matt, Rebekah and James are joined by PCMag's Mike Williams to discuss the biggest news of the past week. Following a slew of LucasFilm Games announcements -- including the , , and -- we discuss licensed...
48 min
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What we learned from PlayStation Vita
In our first weekly episode of 2021, the GamesIndustry.biz team discuss the biggest news of the past week – and slightly further back. Matt, Brendan, Rebekah, James and Chris unpack the implications and build-up to , the team behind Switch hit...
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(Sponsored) Facebook on mobile game monetisation
In this special sponsored GamesIndustry.biz podcast, we speak with Facebook Audience Network’s Imran Khan to discuss mobile game monetisation methods and in-game advertising. This week’s podcast discusses all forms of monetisation and provides...
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