IIn today’s edition of The Game Business Show, we speak with Poncle, the developer behind Vampire Survivors. The studio’s Chief Strategy Officer Matteo Sapio reveals that the developer is working on over 15 games, opening studios in other countries, and working with external brands.

The interview was conducted on-stage at the Games Finance Market, which was part of London Games Festival.

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This week, our guest is UK government minister Ian Murray, who talks about supporting video game studios with new funds, and the impact of Grand Theft Auto on the British industry. We also dive into the future of Xbox Game Pass following reports that Microsoft is set to cut the price, having only raised it six months ago. Plus, we reveal our speakers for The Game Business Live in Los Angeles.

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We speak to Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, the CEO and creative lead at Rebel Wolves, who is best known for directing The Witcher 3 at CD Projekt Red. At his new studio, Tomaszkiewicz is creating the upcoming open world vampire RPG The Blood of the Dawnwalker. In this interview he shares the story of the game (and the studio) so far, and why he said goodbye to CD Projekt.

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In this edition of The Game Business, we finally dive into AI properly with Jon Gibson, the head of transformation at Keywords Studios.Keywords works with numerous major game studios around the world and has a unique perspective on AI. And in our chat, Gibson talked about AI being in its ‘chaos’ phase, and how few studios have worked out how to use it within their pipelines. We also discuss the growing concerns from game makers around the use of the technology.

Also this week we touch upon the Super Mario Galaxy movie, and the familiar sounding Netflix Playground. Enjoy.

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Video games are growing again on Kickstarter. But why aren't more developers doing it? And how should studios approach crowd-funding... if at all?In this episode of The Game Business Show, Chris speaks with Kickstarter games boss Asher McClennahan and Ico Partners' Thomas Bidaux (a well known Kickstarter expert) to find out what's going on in the world of video game crowd-funding.

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This week, we speak to the leaders of AdHoc Studio, the developer behind the smash hit superhero workplace comedy game Dispatch.

In this edition, we discuss the team's 'hell' of trying to find a publisher, why the game was viewed as being high risk, and their experiences of self-publishing the title.

Plus, we chat comedy games, their relationship with Critical Role, the episodic model, and what the team is planning to do next.

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The Game Business has been around for an entire year, and to mark the occasion, we have Game File reporter Stephen Totilo on today’s episode of the Show. Stephen was our very first guest back in March 2025.

Today, Stephen and Chris discuss Nintendo’s current performance, Epic’s shock lay-offs, and the positive impact of Meta removing Horizon Worlds from the Quest Store.

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In this edition, Scopely co-CEO Javier Ferreira discusses the state of the mobile video games market, what it's learning from Pokémon Go, the impact of Google's lower fees, making PC and console games, what it looks for when acquiring companies, and why it's obsessed with never being right.

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This week, we dive into the big conversation around the new European age rating rules, which mean games that feature loot boxes and mechanics that entice people to come back may be subjected to higher age ratings.

On the Show, we are joined by Dirk Bosmans, the director general of the European ratings body PEGI, and Ian Rice, the director general of the Games Rating Authority, to discuss the topic.

We also discuss the Nvidia controversy, GDC's numbers, Ubisoft's new hires and much more. Enjoy.

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We speak to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick about why investors shouldn't be concerned about video games being built with AI tools.

We also chat about in-game advertising within PC and console games, the firm's global expansion plans, its ageing audience, the DRAM crisis, Roblox, and what it takes to be a good video games CEO.

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