The Game Business
Expert analysis, exclusive data, and in-depth interviews on the global video game industry — delivered by industry insider Christopher Dring.
There is no such thing as a video game industry
Split Fiction’s Josef Fares: “I would not be able to live without AAA titles”
Fallout 76 players jumped 80% in December - The Game Business Micro
Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas
We Interview Troy Baker. Could we see video game actors on Jimmy Fallon?
Best of The Game Business Show 2025
FIFA’s video game partnership with Netflix has potential – The Game Business Micro
Call of Duty co-creator, Respawn founder and Battlefield boss Vince Zampella has died
The State of Games: November 2025
Who really won The Game Awards? Plus, we review 2025
“We want a Nex Playground in every living room”
Sucker Punch co-founder Brian Fleming steps down from Ghost of Yotei studio
Interview: How Todd Howard and Bethesda are capitalising on the Fallout TV show
Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Marvel Rivals and Star Wars conquer The Game Awards – The Game Business Micro
Meet the developer behind The Game Awards’ most bonkers reveal
Interview: Geoff Keighley on the impossible balancing act of running The Game Awards
Bigger than Xbox. NEX Playground is a timely reminder of the power of consoles
GoldenEye and TimeSplitters developers reunite to find out if they can still make a hit game
The man who signed Arc Raiders: "The AAA industry is at its end"
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 drops to No.2 in its second week on sale in Europe
What went wrong at Splash Damage? – The Game Business Micro
The State of Games: October 2026
Tekken’s Katsuhiro Harada: As a producer, maybe I’m a failure
Battlefield 6, Switch 2 and mobile drive another month of US games growth – The Game Business Micro
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European launch sales are 63% down over Battlefield 6
Call of Duty under attack
Life beyond Elden Ring: What’s next for Bandai Namco Entertainment
Red Dead Redemption leads Netflix games reboot – The Game Business Micro
Football Manager 2026 is the series’ biggest launch in European chart history
What’s going to stop the Steam Machine failing again?
We interview Reggie Fils-Aimé about Nintendo Switch 2, leadership and the console war
Square Enix makes huge Western cuts, but does it go far enough? – The Game Business Micro
Battlefield, EA Sports FC and Pokémon continue to lead European Charts
‘We all should push back against the political manipulation of video games’
Grand Theft Auto VI delayed again - "When we set a date, we really do believe in it"
Of course, working at Obsidian is like a real-world RPG
Amazon cuts back on its games dream – The Game Business Micro
Battlefield 6 reclaims No.1 as EA dominates the European charts
The console war is irrelevant to Xbox
Arc Raiders: The game that dares to go up against Battlefield and Call of Duty
Does Halo coming to PlayStation change anything? – The Game Business Micro
Pokémon Legends: Z-A captures No.1 in Europe, but it’s the smallest mainline Pokémon launch since 2018
Skipping GDC sends message to developers that you don’t care, organiser warns
The PS5 generation has “brought something special”, insists Team Asobi
Battlefield sales bonanza! Plus, Remedy’s live-service miss – The Game Business Micro
Battlefield 6 launch sales bigger than Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 across Europe
Nintendo has generated nearly $2.2 billion from mobile games so far
"When we launched Resident Evil on GOG, the reception was absolutely phenomenal"
Free industry drinks and talks at London Comic-Con next week
Ghost of Yotei delivers strong opening across Europe
Build A Rocket Boy woes continue! Plus, US gamers don't buy many games - The Game Business Micro
"Some game companies continue to be afraid of the Chinese market"
30 years of PS1 in Europe: The Extra Bits
'We went to dangerous places' – Sony legends celebrate 30 years of PlayStation in Europe
Industry fears for EA. Plus, European studios make cuts - The Game Business Micro
EA Sports FC 26 and Silent Hill F top European charts, but sales are down
About that EA deal…
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price jumps 50%, as more gamers turn to subscription
Shock EA buyout! Plus major reveals at Tokyo Game Show - The Game Business Micro
Introducing The Game Business Micro and paid subscription tiers
Headlines From Our Partners: Guidelines
Are video game companies getting their release dates wrong?
Jagex prepared to take financial hit to save RuneScape
Are video game consoles in trouble?
Life after Sega: Can newly independent Relic and Amplitude rejuvenate strategy games
Developers are holding back game features due to online safety laws
Can Atari make its retro games strategy profitable?
Over 50% of the job cuts in video games are in California
The Indiana Jones developer has a fight club in its basement
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was the biggest announcement of Gamescom 2025
Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled launch taught CD Projekt the value of physical events
Xbox: Attracting new players with ROG Xbox Ally will be a ‘longer journey’
Why is NCSoft entering the hyper competitive live service shooter market?
Call of Duty and Dead Space creator Glen Schofield: “AAA is not dead because some exec says so”
We're going big at Gamescom
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the No.1 new game of 2025 in Europe
Will Battlefield 6 ‘boot stomp’ Call of Duty? I Here’s The Dring
Gamescom: E3’s demise has been good and bad for us
Wizards of the Coast will bet on new talent for future D&D and Magic video games
A community game led to the reformation of Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane
Digital Foundry leaves IGN
Take-Two: We are looking over our shoulders. We are running scared
Major AAA start-up ProbablyMonsters has revealed its first games… and none of them are AAA
"We didn't believe Space Marine 2 could hit 7m unique players"
"Bringing your games to other platforms is how you’re going to win" - Circana
Ready at Dawn co-founder says VR developers need to take more risks
There is no going back for the video game industry
‘Star Wars Hunters was no failure’ – The Big Zynga Interview
With no GTA, what are the biggest games still to come in 2025?
When Xbox took on PlayStation and won
US consumers will cut back on buying video games due to rising costs and tariff fears
The Xbox we knew is dead
“Reviving Sega will be the greatest achievement in my career”
“We need our studios to believe they can grow again” – Ukie
How Hitman Absolution’s wasteful toilets taught IO Interactive to make sustainable AAA games
It was the biggest console launch of all time, but was Nintendo Switch 2 a success for third-parties?
Xbox targets Steam users in its vision for the future of consoles I Here’s The Dring
I asked the Twitch CEO: Are you profitable yet?
“Oh my God, Darth Vader said f***” – Will AI transform movie and TV tie-ins?
Switch 2 is Nintendo's biggest UK launch, but doesn't surpass PS5 or Xbox Series
How a nearly six-hour phone call with the Russo brothers changed Fortnite, and other stories
The Xbox handheld may not do huge numbers. But that's not the point
Download your free report ahead of The Game Business Live
The big Tim Sweeney Interview: The metaverse can halt the decline of single-player games
Unity is making a video game, and it’s out this week on Nintendo Switch 2
Netflix, Wizards of the Coast, Twitch and more set for The Game Business Live
Is Mario Kart a good game to launch a console?
This Ubisoft boss believes shorter, story games can counter the industry’s retention obsession
The answer to the video game industry’s woes: Just make some hits
Rebellion: “We don’t gamble wildly. We’ve a responsibility to our people”
Major media outlets will not have Nintendo Switch 2 reviews at launch
Take-Two CEO: I’d argue Rockstar has been putting out a new GTA a couple of times a year
Can the video games media survive?
Has Xbox’s Call of Duty Game Pass gamble paid off?
CD Projekt: “Nintendo’s audience is different to what it used to be”
GTA 6 delay is good news for Nintendo and bad news for Star Wars | Here’s The Dring
Epic offers ‘peace proposal’ after US court ends Apple’s control over the App Store
Xbox raises prices on consoles, games and controllers worldwide
Expedition 33 publisher: "Elder Scrolls: Oblivion didn’t seem to harm us at all"
Sam Lake: "I had to take six months off after Alan Wake 2"
The number of video game articles dropped by over 100,000 in Q1
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director hopes “AI revolution” will allow him to make games faster
The video game industry is not ready to lose boxed games
"We’ve never had a better moment to adapt your game to film or TV"
What do the US tariffs mean for video games?
PCs and smartphones exempt from Trump's tariffs. But not consoles.
What does the Minecraft movie and Last of Us TV show do to game sales?
My chat with Matthew Ball on what might turn the video game industry around
Is Nintendo Switch 2 a legitimate rival to Xbox and PlayStation this time? | Here’s The Dring
Game devs scramble to join Nintendo Switch 2 gold rush
Trump’s tariffs: Video games braced for job losses, higher prices and falling investment
Nintendo Switch 2 launches June 5 for $450/£396/€470
How six million Call of Duty players sent Helldivers 2 into a tailspin
Netflix games strategy evokes the spirit of Nintendo Wii
Ubisoft and Tencent create standalone subsidiary for Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six
Video game investors on 2025: "It's tough, but there is optimism"
Starcraft 2 fans helped strategy game Mechabellum find a new home
Major publishers plan to delay games in face of GTA 6 threat… but are they right to?
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