The Game Business
Christopher Dring, James BatchelorExpert analysis, exclusive data, and in-depth interviews on the global video game industry — delivered by industry insider Christopher Dring.
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Fixing Call of Duty: Inside Activision’s Modern Warfare 4 comeback plan
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State of Call of Duty
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Activision’s comeback plan
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LucasFilm targets independents
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Plus! Lots of AI news
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It’s a mega edition of The Game Bus...
Star Fox developer Velan: How to survive as a North American game studio
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Velan Studios’ Guha and Karthik Balak on…
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Its Nintendo partnership
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Surviving the modern game industry
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US dev costs
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The IP opportunity
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Is prompt-based gaming a bad thing? And is there anything new to Xbox XP?
Here’s The Dring: Google, Meta and Roblox battle it out over AI UGC, while Microsoft brands its transmedia efforts
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How did PS5 boxed games sell in September? And the problem with industry consolidation
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Who won September?
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Zelda and GTA 6 boost console market
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The perils and opportunities of industry consolidation
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Plus! Interview with Pearl Abyss
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How Undead Labs saved itself and State of Decay from oblivion
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In This Edition,
Undead Labs’ Philip Holt on…
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Leaving Xbox
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Finding finance and cutting staff
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State of Decay vision
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Being irresponsibly transparent
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Chris has spent 17-year writing about the games business. He helped produce over 450 editions of MCV magazine, before joining GamesIndustry.biz to oversee editorial, sales and events. He loves market data, and formed TheGamesBusiness in 2025.
Former editor-in-chief at GamesIndustry.biz | Current comms head at Digital Bandidos | Not-yet-bestselling author
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