Gamified brings 6 game industry workers from founders to business developers to discuss whats going on each week in 60-second bursts.

Every topic has a 'game mode' - that make the topics more entertaining and the takes a little hotter.

Game Modes + Topics for this episode:

1. What's the Word — Blizzard surprise-dropped a brand new class for a 25-year-old game, Diablo 2 Resurrected

2. Ship It or Rip It — Over half of game industry professionals think generative AI is hurting the industry. Is the backlash justified?

3. Sentiment Score - Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and becomes Overwatch... again?

4. Red Flag or Green Flag — Five, six, seven-year dev cycles are becoming the norm. Is that a sign of ambition or a broken industry?

5. Who's to Blame? — Highguard launched, got destroyed by the internet, and the devs hit back. We dig into who's actually responsible.

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Host - Sam Steffanina https://x.com/SamSteffanina

Kevin Lambert - https://x.com/kevinlambert

Kohji Nagata - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod

Wills Spangler - https://x.com/WillsSpangler

Jerry Singer - https://x.com/JerrySinger

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Michael Christine - https://x.com/MichaelSatoshi

Behind the scenes - Lemz https://x.com/Lemz_42