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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 Sweeney's cheerful response and why he might be right. Then, we discuss comments by Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa about how the platform holder may focus more on original IP, and how rarely the company has produced new properties in recent genera...

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 succeed. Then we expand on our recent 10 Years Ago This Month column, looking back at a period where the ...

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

Latest episode available to download now, also discusses Nintendo Direct and Zelda's 35th anniversary