Warner Bros. continues to chip away at its infrastructure and consumer confidence with the closure of three more studios. Also: Circana reports for Jan and Feb, a recap of GDC and developers’ feelings about the...
Five Things Monster Hunter Taught Me About B2B Sales
- February 28, 2025
- Tagged as: Business Development, Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter is a series about persevering against formidable odds. The core game loop is straightforward: go out into the world, hunt your target, bring back materials, craft new arms and armor, and do it...
Despite mounting evidence that Games as a Service are struggling, executives continue to go back to that empty well. Also: A ton of earnings reports (Nintendo, EA, Paradox, Square Enix, Sega, Ubisoft, Remedy, Embracer Group,...
There are few things worse than yet another company laying people off… and EA has committed the sin of obfuscating job losses. Also: Earnings season is underway, the Circana report for December 2024 and the...
Thunder Road: Vendetta Publisher: Restoration Games It is rare that I (Mike) play a tabletop game, decide not to purchase it, and have it haunt my thoughts for an entire year. At PAX Unplugged 2023,...
The year has begun, and the industry is already off to an intense start. On this episode, we discuss the business decisions behind the Switch 2’s departure from “Weird Nintendo,” Ubisoft’s precarious position, the U.S....
2024’s Biggest Trends and Where We’re Heading in 2025
- January 15, 2025
- Tagged as: AI, Funding, GaaSacre, Game Journalism, Labor, M&A, Tariffs
It’s been more than a decade since Mike started writing these annual trend roundups while he was news editor at Game Informer. Since then, we’ve seen huge, unprecedented growth in the video game industry, new...
34,000. That’s how many jobs have been lost in our industry since the start of 2022. We recap the year, discuss PAX Unplugged and The Game Awards, and look ahead at what to expect in...
We now know that Microsoft wasn’t kidding when they said they had no intention of pulling Call of Duty from PlayStation. Whether the Game Pass Gambit pays off or not, Black Ops 6 is selling...
Another bad quarter for Embracer could have ripple effects throughout the industry. Also: Sony, Nintendo, Sega, and Square Enix earnings, legal trouble for NetEase executives, a strike at Activision Blizzard, and more. You can support...