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After a couple of weeks of special episodes, The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast returns with its regular news show, in which team discusses the biggest stories of the past seven days. First up, we take a look at reports that the Epic Games Store is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in its efforts to rival Steam, where that data comes from, Tim Sweeneys cheerful response and why he might be right. Then, we discuss comments by Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa about how the platform holder may...

We speak to the long-running developer about early RPGs, social games, modding, and raising a young game developer

You can now download the latest episode of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast, in which Matt, Brendan, Chris and James discuss some of the biggest stories from across the business of games. We start with the recent wave of new indie publishers emerging, including new publishing arms for Sumo Group, Playtonic Games and Fundamentally Games. We talk about the challenges new publishers face, whether the market is becoming overserved, and whether publishers need a distinct identity or speciality to succe...

Latest episode also discusses Twitchs first transparency report and ongoing rumours of a 4K-ready Nintendo Switch

Latest episode available to download now, also discusses Nintendo Direct and Zeldas 35th anniversary

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 Mordors Nemesis system. For this episode, were joined by Kostya Lobov of law firm Harbottle & Lewis to look at the intricacies of patents and the implications for any other developers hoping to build games around a similar mechanic to the Nemesis system. In case you missed the news, it was revealed last week that Warner Bros has finally secured a ...

Latest podcast available now, explores Embracers M&A strategy and the latest woes for Googles cloud games service

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 editorial by our Head of B2B Chris Dring, James, Brendan, Marie and Chris discuss the implications of 2020s rapid growth in terms of new customers, and the perhaps inevitable industry contraction when those consumers drop their newfound hobby as life returns to normal (or at least closer to it). We talk about the...

You can now download the latest episode of The Five Games Of, 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 Kyd, one of the industrys most prolific composers. We talk to Kyd about his start in the industry, working with a group of friends that went on to found a fairly well-known Danish studio, before looking at s...

GamesIndustry.biz editorial team takes a look at some of the biggest challenges facing indie developers. We then talk about the gaps in funding and even gaps in knowledge that form barriers to experimental games developers from bringing more unorthodox projects to market. We also touch on the hurdles indies face when trying to market their game or secure press and media coverage ahead of release. You can listen to our latest episode below, subscribe to our directly here. It is also available vi...