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,…
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…
We think it’s safe to say that no one anticipated just how miserable 2023 would be for the amazing people creating the games we love. And while this year did bring us a deluge of delight in terms of the games, the play experiences were overshadowed by the trauma and despair of the more than 10,000 people who found themselves out of work… some just a few days before Christmas.
2022’s Biggest Trends and Where We’re Heading in 2023
- January 4, 2023
- Tagged as: Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Inflation, Labor, Microsoft, Nintendo, Proletariat, Steam, Trends, Zenimax
With 2022 behind us, it’s time for our annual look back and look ahead at the biggest trends shaping the video game industry. While we might have new jobs, Virtual Economy and our trends analysis aren’t going anywhere. So sit back, grab a cup of your favorite holiday beverage, and join us for our annual review!
2021’s Biggest Trends and Where We’re Heading in 2022 (Part 2)
- January 24, 2022
- Tagged as: Annual Trends, Business, M&A
This Ouroboros of an industry has certainly put us through our paces over the last two years. As Mike detailed in the first part of our trends series, “the game industry was shaped by the…
Amanda Farough’s Top 10 Games of 2021 (In No Particular Order)
- January 3, 2022
- Tagged as: Amazon, Indie Development, Indie Publishing
Amanda Farough’s favorite games of 2021.
Why Today is #ADayOffTwitch (Interview)
- September 1, 2021
- Tagged as: Content Creation, Social Justice, Streaming, Twitch
Content creators on Twitch are speaking out and taking action against the Amazon-owned livestreaming service for its failures in protecting users on its platform.
Jonas Antonsson on Raw Fury’s New Majority Investor (Interview)
- August 16, 2021
- Tagged as: Investment, Jonas Antonsson, M&A, Raw Fury
Raw Fury has announced that it has agreed to a majority acquisition by Altor, a Swedish investment group. This marks Altor’s first investment in the video game industry, and a major turning point for Raw…
CD Projekt’s Pretty Words are Nothing Without Meaningful Culture Change
- April 6, 2021
- Tagged as: AAA, CDPR, CDProjekt, Cyberpunk 2077, Development, The Witcher
CDProjekt Red, despite its parent-company’s status as a public traded corporation, has often been lauded by fans as the scrappy little studio that could. The studio behind the celebrated Witcher franchise has crafted beloved experiences…
Beyond Tom Nook: Reflecting on Animal Crossing One Year Later
- March 25, 2021
- Tagged as: Animal Crossing, Licensing, Nintendo
A year after Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ launch, we examine the cultural zeitgeist and business implications of the game’s incredible successes.