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This Week in Games

Eric McConnell bringing you all the game industry news for the week

Episodes

Total: 123

#123 - Ubisoft loses more execs, Sony invest into Epic and I will be on a short hiatus
2020/7/12

Ubisoft axes 3 more executives. Sony makes a massive investment into Epic. I will be sharing my lear

#122 - What is Amazon Game Studios doing and are web portal games dead?
2020/7/6

Kongregate effectively ends its web portal. Sexual assault allegations hit the fighting game industr

#121 - Microsoft abandons Mixer and a wave of allegations hits the game industry
2020/6/29

A large wave of allegations send ripples through the game industry. Twitch makes sweeping bans inclu

#120 - Epic Games mysterious fundraising and Google Stadia repricing woes
2020/6/21

Apple is in hot water with loot box lawsuits and app store policies. Stadia hopes a reprice reinvigo

#119 - Sony reveals the PS5 and is WB Games really worth $4 billion?
2020/6/14

Sony drops a massive PS5 reveal. The Last of Us 2 makes us question modern game design. WB Games is

#118 - Guest host Jenny Tai, DoP at Jam City, helps cover the Zynga-Peak Games acquisition and more
2020/6/7

Director of Product at Jam City Jenny Tai is here to co-host. Zynga acquires Peak Games. Playtika pl

#117 - Loaded signs more Twitch exclusivity deals, Tencent takes a stake in a Japanese publisher
2020/5/31

Twitch signs more exclusivity deals, but from who. League of Legends is introducing in-game veiwersi

#116 - Amazon Games actually releases a game and Magic Leap raises another massive round
2020/5/24

Amazon Game Studios abruptly releases a game. Take-two claims nearly 100 new game to be released by

#115 - Epic unveils Unreal 5 and Machine Zone is acquired by AppLovin
2020/5/17

Epic unveils the next generation of their famed game engine. Marking platform AppLovin swoops up mob

#114 - First look at the XBox Series X and analytics firm Sensor Tower sells stake to a PE firm
2020/5/10

XBox shows off first gameplay footage of the Series X. YouTube signs one of gaming’s biggest content

#113 - Tencent consolidates game streaming in China and Jagex finds a new home
2020/5/3

Tencent makes its move to consolidate game streaming in China. A number of major eSports events have

#112 - Is Nintendo the next Disney? and Epic concedes to the Google Play Store
2020/4/26

Is Nintendo poised to take on Disney or Netflix, one hedge fund seems to think so. Epic concedes to

#111 - Professional sports turn into XBox Live and the ESRB attempts loot box damage control
2020/4/20

ESRB puts a bandaid on loot boxes. Virtual NASCAR turns into XBox Live. Animal Crossing stirs up UGC

#110 - Sony invest big in Bilibili, Riot breaks Twitch records with Valorant
2020/4/12

Sony unveils a sleek new PS5 controller. Riot breaks Twitch records but with the help of outside for

#109 - IGN replaces E3 and Gearbox is accused of withholding bonuses
2020/4/6

The BAFTA Awards held its annual award show digitally. E3 sets new dates as IGN tries to fill the 20

#108 - Has Epic Games become the most vertically integrated game company?
2020/3/29

Epic makes big waves as it moves into publishing. GameStop continues to its massive decline in sales

#107 - IGF and GDC Awards plus fundraising galore
2020/3/22

Indies took over the IGF and GDC Awards. Next-gen consoles hold strong to their Q4 2020 release wind

#106 - E3 is canceled, GDC Online kicks off and Unreal and Unity make art acquisitions
2020/3/16

E3, the industry’s biggest conference, is officially canceled. GDC Online kicks off today on Twitch.

#105 - Stadia opens LA studio as GeForce Now loses more publisher libraries
2020/3/8

Google pouches top talent from Sony to lead new LA studio. Australia eyes loot box regulation. GeFor

#104 - COVID-19 hits GDC and the game industry, Roblox raises an impressive Series G
2020/3/2

COVID-19 and its impact on the game industry. An update on GDC. Roblox raises a giant fundraising ro