The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast
Regular news discussion show offering insight into the global video games market for industry professionals. The GI.Biz's world-leading team of experienced trade journalists, who spend each episode breaking down the biggest stories, lending their thoughts on the latest trends in the market, and discussing the implications for video games as a business
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Breaking out of the Xbox
This week, three members of the team -- Matt, Marie, and Rebekah -- chat with Digital Foundry's John Linneman about the impending next generation of consoles, especially the Xbox Series X. With just a few weeks remaining before the launch of both the...
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The Five Games Of... Guha Bala
The Five Games Of is a special spin-off series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast that charts the evolution of the industry through the careers and games of prominent developers and more. This month's guest is Guha Bala, co-founder and president of...
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Xbox's GameStop deal: lifeline or table scraps?
Matt, Brendan, Chris and James gather behind their mics to discuss the biggest stories of the past week. Our main discussion for this episode is the partnership between Microsoft and GameStop, which offers the retailer a share of all digital revenues...
47 min
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How Twitch failed to create a safe space for st...
Matt, Brendan, Rebekah and James are on hand to discuss the biggest stories of the week -- or, in this instance, story. We delve deeper into Brendan's extensive exposé on the toxic culture at Twitch, which extends across both the office and the site...
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The Game Developers' Playlist: Ultima 7 with Me...
The Game Developers' Playlist is a special series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast in which we talk with developers about the titles that influenced their careers. This time, we have Megan Fox -- founder of Skatebird developer Glass Bottom Games --...
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Cybercrunch 2077 and Pokémon Stay
Rebekah, Marie and James are on hand to discuss the biggest stories of the past week. We start with the disappointing but perhaps inevitable news that -- despite promises of 'non-obligatory crunch' and multiple delays to the game - CD Projekt Red is...
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Microsoft's game-changing acquisition
Rebekah, Brendan and Marie are on hand to discuss the biggest stories of the week -- which, of course, means Microsoft's acquistion of Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media. The platform holder splashed $7.5 billion on the Fallout and Elder Scrolls publisher,...
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The Five Games Of... Debbie Bestwick
The Five Games Of is a special spin-off series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast that charts the evolution of the industry through the careers and games of prominent developers and more. This month's guest is Debbie Bestwick, CEO and owner of UK-based...
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PlayStation, pre-orders and preparing for next-gen
Matt, Rebekah, Brendan and USGamer's Mike Williams discuss the biggest news of the past week. We start with the PS5 launch plans and confusion over pre-orders, and move on to our wider thoughts about the next console generation. With both platform...
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Xbox shows its hand
This week, James, Brendan, Rebekah and Chris discuss the biggest news of the past week, which is, unsurprisingly, Xbox. The platform holder announced its , , detailed the Xbox All Access payment plan for both models, gave a November 10 launch date,...
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The Game Developers' Playlist: RPG Maker with D...
The Game Developers' Playlist returns with a look at RPG Maker. In this new monthly show, developers join us to discuss the games that influenced their careers. This episode features Davionne Gooden, the indie developer behind the upcoming She...
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The future of Unity
Matt, Brendan, James and USGamer's Mike Williams gather around their mics to discuss the biggest industry news of the past week. Our first big discussion this week is Unity's long-awaited IPO. Having delved deeply into the filing, Brendan discovered...
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The Five Games Of... Mike Bithell
This is the first episode in a new spin-off series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast, charting the evolution of the industry through the games and careers of prominent professionals. In this monthly show, we'll be joined by developers, composers,...
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Is Rocksteady doing enough to tackle abuse?
Brendan, Marie, Chris and James discuss the biggest stories of the past week, starting with the allegations of inaction against abuse at Rocksteady. The Batman: Arkham Knight studio has been accused of doing little to nothing to address the issues...
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Epic is doing the right thing the wrong way | P...
Matt, Rebekah, Chris and James gather round their microphones to discuss the biggest news of the past week -- starting, of course, with Epic versus Apple and Google. In case you missed the news, the Fortnite firm skillfully goaded Apple into removing...
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The Game Developer's Playlist: Earthbound, with...
Presenting the debut episode of a new spin-off from The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The Game Developer's Playlist In this new monthly show, developers join us to discuss the games that influenced their careers. Kicking off this series is Aaron Linde,...
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No, really - do we need E3?
James, Marie, Chris and USGamer's Mike Williams weigh in on the big debate of the week: does the games industry need E3? Studies from both and show that this summer's big game reveals didn't suffer from the absence of the annual showcase --...
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Xbox confuses its cross-generation message
James, Matt, Brendan, Rebekah and USGamer's Mike Williams reflect on the titles shown at this week's Xbox Games Showcase. There was a diverse line-up of internally-developed titles, with the first look at Halo Infinite's gameplay and the long-awaited...
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Inside GlobalStep's culture of fear
This week, Rebekah, Matt, Brendan and James dive deeper into Rebekah's recent investigation into GlobalStep. For those who haven't , we explore some of the accusations the UK-based QA company -- formerly known as Testology -- faces. Claims include the...
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What went wrong at Ubisoft?
We have a double episode of the GamesIndustry.biz Podcast today, following developments over the weekend at Ubisoft as the publisher attempts to reign in its abuse problems. James. Matt and Haydn take a deep dive into the situation at Ubisoft,...
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The rising cost of video games
Matt, Brendan, Chris and James gather around their respective mics to discuss the biggest industry stories of the past week. Once again, we've refrained from commenting on the ongoing stories of abuse and harassment as we don't feel the podcast is the...
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Are Video Games Too Long?
Matt, Brendan, Marie and Chris are on hand to discuss the biggest games industry topics of the week. The most prominent subject has been the latest wave of allegations concerning abuse, bullying and harassment that have emerged across the industry. As...
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Review embargoes and next-generation sweat
This week on the podcast, Rebekah, Matt and Brendan are joined by new regular guest Mike Williams, of former GamesIndustry.biz and current USGamer fame. In lieu of an formal E3 event this year, Electronic Arts went ahead with its own branded...
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PS5 reveal is the perfect E3 showcase
The GamesIndustry.biz team share their initial thoughts on Sony's long-awaited reveal of the PlayStation 5. Recorded mere minutes after this week's showcase ended, we share our first impressions on the line-up, the overall presentation, and (of...
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Some recommendations
As you'll hear, there is no regular podcast this week. In light of the ongoing protests against racial injustice and police brutality, we recognise that our team is currently not diverse enough to contribute significantly to the discussions....
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