The Game Business Show

By Hosted by Christopher Dring

Christopher Dring hosts interviews, in-depth analysis and special features on what's truly going on in the video games industry.

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The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.

The Game Business Show episodes:

May 20, 2025 Rebellion: “We don’t gamble wildly. We’ve a responsibility to our people”
In this episode, we catch up with Jason Kingsley, the CEO of Atomfall and Sniper Elite developer Rebellion. In this chat, we learn about the firm's unique approach to market research, the responsibility it has to not being reckless with game budgets, and what comes next after Game Pass hit Atomfall draws in 1.5m players.

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37min
May 15, 2025 Major media outlets will not have Nintendo Switch 2 reviews at launch
In today's episode of The Game Business Show, we look at Nintendo's cautious forecast for Switch 2, share estimates on what GTA 6's delay will mean for the games market in 2026, and discuss the growth opportunities in video games today, featuring Ampere games expert Piers Harding-Rolls

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41min
May 13, 2025 Can the video games media survive?
We caught up with media giants Fandom and Future, plus independent outfit RPG Site, to talk through the state of the video games media in this bumper 1-hour special. What is its future of games journalism?

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1h 2min
May 08, 2025 Has Xbox’s Call of Duty Game Pass gamble paid off?
This week, Chris Dring is joined by MobileGamer.biz's Neil Long to discuss whether Call of Duty in Game Pass is working out for the game and for Xbox, What to make of GTA 6's delay, the Xbox price rises, celebrities earning big money from the Royal Kingdom ad campaign, and, of course, what developers should do after the Epic vs Apple ruling last week

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54min
May 06, 2025 CD Projekt Red: “Nintendo’s audience is different to what it used to be”
This week, we speak to Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red about Nintendo Switch 2. We find out what it learnt from The Witcher 3 on the last Switch, how Nintendo consoles can help unlock new players and why other publishers should really think hard about having a full physical version

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24min
May 01, 2025 Expedition 33 publisher: "Elder Scrolls: Oblivion didn’t seem to harm us at all"
In the latest edition of The Game Business Show, Chris Dring is joined by James Batchelor as they look at the numbers behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and we talk to publisher Kepler on the launch of the new smash hit Japanese-style RPG.Plus, we discuss the new date for Borderlands 4 and Ziff Davis going after OpenAI.

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51min
April 29, 2025 Sam Lake: "I had to take six months off after Alan Wake 2"
In the latest episode of The Game Business Show, we speak to Remedy's Creative Director Sam Lake on his experience creating Alan Wake 2, his lifetime achievement award from GDC, coffee, working with Annapurna Pictures and, erm, Moomins

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38min
April 24, 2025 The number of video game articles dropped by over 100,000 in Q1
This week on The Game Business Show, we take a look at the drop in video game articles, we discuss the Oblivion remaster launch, and Jackbox Games reacts to Netflix entering its world of party games. Our guest hosts this week are former IGN, Gamer Network and ReedPop media experts Jon Hicks and Kat Bailey

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54min
April 22, 2025 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director hopes “AI revolution” will allow him to make games faster
We chat to Warhouse co-founder Daniel Vávra, who is also director and lead writer on the smash hit RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, about the challenges of making AAA games in today's games industry, the role of video game reviews, the importance of relatable stories, the growth of the team and what comes next for the studio

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27min
April 17, 2025 The video game industry is not ready to lose boxed games
In this episode of The Game Business Show, we delve into the physical games market and why it remains vital even in 2025. We also cover tax breaks in Canada, the current mayhem caused by US tariffs and share our impressions on Nintendo Switch 2. The show is co-hosted by The Logic’s Brendan Sinclair, who is the former managing editor of GamesIndustry.biz.

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54min

FAQs about The Game Business Show:

How many episodes does The Game Business Show have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.