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Christopher Dring hosts interviews, in-depth analysis and special features on what's truly going on in the video games industry. www.thegamebusiness.com
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Is the Stop Killing Games campaign destined to fail? (opens the original)
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In this week's The Game Business Show, Chris is joined by policy expert Dr Celia Pontin to discuss Stop Killing Games, the consumer movement that wants to stop online video games being discontinued. Why does the campaign keep losing? Why is the industry so intent on fighting back against it? Chris and Celia dive into the complications around this growing issue. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusines
The survival of Sackboy and Crackdown developer Sumo Digital (opens the original)
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This week we speak to Sumo Digital Co-CEOs Andy Stewart and Gary Dunn. One of the biggest UK game studios, Sumo was behind huge hits including three Sonic racing games, two Sackboy titles, Crackdown 3 and more. But following a $1.3 billion acquisition from Tencent in 2021, the firm has fallen away, cutting staff and selling off its publishing business. And it's been six years since the BAFTA winning PlayStation game Sackboy: A Big Adventure. Chris catches up with the studio to talk about the cha
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is the most anticipated game of 2026 (that isn’t called Grand Theft Auto) (opens the original)
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This week, we are going through the big games still to launch this year, using data (check out thegamebusiness.com to see the full charts). Outside of GTA (and the sports games), what will be the biggest video game of the year? To discuss this, I am joined by my old friend James Batchelor, the former editor of GamesIndustry.biz and current communications lead at Digital Bandidos. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes
Destiny’s biggest rival Warframe has had ‘two years of massive growth’ (opens the original)
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This week, we are joined by Digital Extremes president Sheldon Carter, and we discuss the massive growth of Warframe, the death of Destiny, the firm's 'trust-based development philosophy', it's careful approach to making Soulframe and much, much more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com/subscribe
Amazon Luna: We’re not trying to replace consoles (but maybe we could) (opens the original)
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Amazon's game streaming platform Luna is coming to the Prime Video App, and Chris speaks with Amazon's games boss Jeffrey Gattis to chat about it, plus his views on Netflix's Unhinged, the future of James Bond games, the games he's signing (and not signing), reaching an audience that might not exist... and potentially being an alternative to $1,000 consoles. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.c
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