PLAY PODCASTS
The Game Business Show

The Game Business Show

161 episodes — Page 1 of 4

How did PS5 boxed games sell in September? And the problem with industry consolidation

Oct 8, 20261h 6m

How Undead Labs saved itself and State of Decay from oblivion

Oct 6, 202641 min

Games media crisis deepens, Bloober hunts weird horror titles, and New York Games Week soft launches

Oct 1, 202652 min

As a Battlefield studio, is Criterion Games really still Criterion?

Sep 30, 202638 min

Tencent’s bid to create the next FromSoftware and Larian

Sep 29, 202625 min

Is Xbox making the right decisions? Plus, how AI is (and isn’t) transforming game localization

Sep 24, 202643 min

“We’ve been baptized in fire” – the new Rainbow Six boss on losing staff, Tencent, GTA and… Moana

Sep 22, 202636 min

Five things we’ve learned about Japan’s games industry, plus how GTA 6 influenced Valor Mortis’ $40 price point

Sep 17, 202654 min

Beyond Balatro and taking risks: Why Playstack doesn’t want a 100% hit rate

Sep 16, 202643 min

The shooter that Tencent abandoned: Wardogs hits 2m sales in one weekend

Sep 15, 202640 min

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and GTA 6: The video game industry’s Barbenheimer moment

Sep 10, 202642 min

“Some of the offers were actually offensive” – How Clutch found its publisher

Sep 8, 202654 min

GTA 6 reveal causes Xbox and PlayStation sales to jump by a third

Sep 3, 202653 min

CD Projekt Red: If you want a cost-driven development, you cannot make The Witcher 4

Sep 1, 202638 min

Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets: “I have two or three games left”

Aug 28, 202640 min

Unity CEO: “The cost of building a game is coming down markedly”

Aug 25, 202644 min

The video games most at risk from PlayStation’s physical switch-off

Aug 20, 202653 min

Arkane veterans Harvey Smith and Ben Horne reunite: “We’re back to the games we love”

Aug 19, 202637 min

Is the Stop Killing Games campaign destined to fail?

Aug 13, 202657 min

The survival of Sackboy and Crackdown developer Sumo Digital

Aug 11, 202636 min

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is the most anticipated game of 2026 (that isn’t called Grand Theft Auto)

Jul 30, 20261h 0m

Destiny’s biggest rival Warframe has had ‘two years of massive growth’

Jul 28, 202630 min

Amazon Luna: We’re not trying to replace consoles (but maybe we could)

Jul 23, 202632 min

RuneScape CEO: We want to be bigger than World of Warcraft

Jul 21, 202631 min

EA: Console game makers should consider in-game ads during development

Jul 16, 202637 min

Interview: Netflix wants to become the ‘place to play a story’

Jul 14, 202626 min

The number of video game journalists has fallen by nearly 300 in 2026

Jul 9, 20261h 4m

Saber Interactive: “We can just do AAA games smarter”

Jul 7, 202619 min

Xbox plans 3,200 job cuts, and will drop five acclaimed studios

Jul 6, 202611 min

Xbox divided over its future, and do people even buy physical PlayStation games?

Jul 2, 202659 min

Seven things you probably didn’t know about Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin

Jun 30, 20261h 2m

Why did PlayStation buy Bungie in the first place? – The Game Business Micro

Jun 29, 202616 min

Retailer warns of GTA console stock shock. Plus, why is Russian propaganda still on Steam?

Jun 25, 20261h 1m

Fans were so angry about a Command & Conquer mobile game that it changed EA

Jun 23, 202634 min

Why does Xbox need a brutal reset?

Jun 18, 202650 min

Can PlayStation’s Housemarque repeat the FromSoftware story?

Jun 16, 202631 min

The Big Matthew Ball Interview: “The console market is not dying”

Jun 11, 202640 min

The new Paramount Games isn’t like the old Paramount Games

Jun 9, 202639 min

The console war returns – The Game Business Micro

Jun 8, 202611 min

Call of Duty ‘at risk’ from GTA 6, EA set for World Cup boost, and Switch 2 hits UK milestone

Jun 4, 202649 min

Embracer CEO: I hope trust in us is improving

Jun 2, 202645 min

Take-Two: GTA 6 review scores are important

May 28, 202653 min

We interview Remedy’s new CEO: “Alan Wake and Control should have sold more"

May 26, 202636 min

How do you announce a live service game in 2026? Plus, Nex Playground's global expansion

May 21, 202651 min

Hasbro is spending $1bn making video games, and none of them are games-as-a-service

May 19, 202622 min

Could AI bring investors back to video games?

May 14, 20261h 6m

PlayStation: “We have a responsibility to the whole industry”

May 12, 202633 min

‘GTA 6 players are in for a console price shock’

May 7, 20261h 5m

We talk 007, Amazon, Switch 2, Hitman and MindsEye with IO Interactive boss Hakan Abrak

May 5, 202626 min

Should PlayStation and Xbox change their plans on exclusive games?

Apr 30, 202648 min