LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was the biggest announcement of Gamescom 2025
This week on The Game Business Show, we discuss the biggest themes and games from Gamescom 2025, utilising data from Fancensus, Game Discover and Press Engine. And Chris is joined by Ampere Analysis games boss Piers Harding-Rolls to dive into the numbers.Elsewhere, Chris speaks to Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno on the growing horror genre, and his grand designs for Nintendo.Plus, we ask indie publishers about the number of smaller teams fleeing the launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com
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Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled launch taught CD Projekt the value of physical events
Today's The Game Business Show is one we put on in front of a live audience at Gamescom 2025, and specifically The Keywords Studios Supercharged Summit. In this episode, we discuss announcing games, the value of game events, the state of the media, supporting communities, building assets and the future of video game marketing. We are joined by four experts. PR veteran and Indigo Pearl founder Caroline Miller, media investor and Eurogamer founder Rupert Loman, CD Projekt's VP of PR Michał Platkow-Gilewski and head of studio at creative agency ICHI Worldwide Samantha Lester. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com
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Xbox: Attracting new players with ROG Xbox Ally will be a ‘longer journey’
In this week's episode of The Game Business Show, we discuss Opening Night Live and speak to Xbox about its two new handhelds. We are joined by Eurogamer editor-at-large and RPG Site founder Alex Donaldson to discuss the new game reveals, and Digital Foundry founder Richard Leadbetter to chat about the handhelds. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com
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Why is NCSoft entering the hyper competitive live service shooter market?
As part of our Gamescom coverage, we interview NCSoft boss Jeonghee Jin about the firm's two new shooters. Why is the MMO publisher expanding to new genres? And why one of the most competitive genres on the planet? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com
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Call of Duty and Dead Space creator Glen Schofield: “AAA is not dead because some exec says so”
This week's bumper edition of The Game Business Show is an interview with Glen Schofield, the acclaimed producer and director behind multiple Call of Duty games, Dead Space, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and more.In this interview, we discuss Glen's efforts to get a new AAA project signed, his concerns about the industry, and his mission to prove that the market for big games isn't dead. We also chat E3, AI, industry jobs, the making of Dead Space and the challenges he faced making The Callisto Protocol. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com
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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