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Conversations with smart people in the video game industry on how games get discovered and played. newsletter.gamediscover.co

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    What do s&box’s issues (so far) tell us about launching platforms in 2026? (opens the original)

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    [The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]Hey folks: breaking news we’ll cover more on Friday, but Steam is moving away from ‘viewable by everyone’<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/

  2. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    What are Steam Deck’s biggest 2026 hits - and top genres? (opens the original)

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    [The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]End of week, almost time to clock off, so we move forward. And today’s lead story looks at Valve’s good ‘ol Steam Deck, as we take another look at the games that work best on it, a year after our first attempt…Before we start, yes that’s comedian John Mulaney playing EA founder Trip Hawkins i

  3. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    BeamNG.drive - the biggest driving game hit nobody analyzes? (opens the original)

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    [The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]We’re back, and before we start, yes, the next part of the Xbox re-org just hit, with more layoffs (250+) at Halo Studios & across Xbox, and Activision now running Rare & a new Halo title that’s more CoD tech-adjacent. Bethesda’s now in charge of Obsidian, a

  4. Episode · Sep 22, 2026

    Could Game Pass get a tier with ads soon? (opens the original)

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    We talk about a rumor around a dual-tier Game Pass system with and without ads (but without Day 1 games), the switch-up of the Triple-I Initiative streaming showcase to twice per year, the Roblox announce that it's allowing standalone app for all its games on PC, console and mobile, and the latest 'AI in games' controversies (around a Steam festival and the Independent Games Festival AI disclosure.)

  5. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    The one ‘game discovery by player age’ chart you need to see (opens the original)

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    [The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]We’re hot to trot, and hitting the weekend by getting back to what we do best: firing PC/console video game data at ya in variegated shapes and sizes until you beg for mercy. Our lead story today (start begging now!) uses our Steam Fan Snapshot panel to look at discovery in a useful new way…B

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