The Game Business Show

We are just a week away from Grand Theft Auto 6. Is it going to light a fire under the game business? Or just suck all the oxygen out of the room?Two game developers banking on the former are indie legends Rami Ismail and Edmund McMillen, who are both launching games right next to Rockstar’s crime epic. We chat to both of them about that.Ismail also chats AI, game publishing and the state of the indie game sector. Meanwhile, McMillen shares surprising statistics abound The Binding of Isaac and Mewgenics.In addition, we had a brief interview with Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, and we'll recount what he told us. Plus, some extra data on sales of Nintendo Switch 2.


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This week we're joined by Dundee-based game developer 4J, the creators of the Minecraft: Console Edition, to discuss its new Minecraft-rival: Reforj.
The team, which includes legendary Minecraft YouTuber Joseph Garrett (aka Stampy), believe that Minecraft is a genre, and that there's room for another one built for modern audiences.
We also chat the arrival of AI prompt-based platforms like Meta Horizon, the state of video game financing, going from YouTube to game design, when to listen (and not listen) to the community, and a whole lot more. Enjoy!


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We discover the unlikely series of events that saw a small EA team update old-school classic Wing Commander and Road Rash games, and put them out on Steam.


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In Part One of today's The Game Business Show, we are joined by Digital Foundry boss Richard Leadbetter to discuss the threat posted by AI-powered game piracy, with views from the industry trade bodies. We also chat whether now is the time to be talking about new Xbox and PlayStation consoles. And Chris looks at the drama around Helen Chiang's exit from Xbox.


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This week, we return to Arc Raiders developer Embark to look at the game one year on from its launch. The shooter went up against Battlefield and Call of Duty and came out smiling, with 16 million sales. But since the start of the year, it has faced numerous challenges and player numbers have tumbled.Chris speaks with CEO Patrick Söderlund and executive producer Aleksander Grøndal to hear about the game’s journey so far, how they’ve adapted to the challenges, the reaction to its new update ‘Frozen Trails’ and whether it should add a PvE mode. They also discuss advising other studios, AI controversy, The Finals, not being just a live-service studio, Patrick’s new role at Nexon and Hollywood’s interest in their games.


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