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1 week ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
You know, on Monday, I thought this was going to be a quiet week. We had our interview with Sam Lake, which I was proud of. And there was some things to talk about around Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Oblivion. But outside of that, with Summer Game Fest just over a month away, I was expecting a bit of a peaceful week. But then Apple got a remarkable telling off from a US judge, in what looks to be a key moment for the mobile games market. Then Xbox raised the price of, well, everything.
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1 week ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
Listen now on Apple, Spotify or YouTubeIn This Edition- How Xbox helped Expedition 33 to soar- Why publisher Kepler didn’t sign it immediately- Expedition 33 vs Oblivion in numbers- Does Borderlands 4 date change tell us something? - Ziff Davies vs OpenAIHello there! I am really excited about this week’s The Game Business Show.
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1 week ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
Microsoft has raised the prices of Xbox consoles and controllers globally, while some new Xbox games will increase in price to $79.99 from this Holiday season. The US is seeing the steepest price increases, with the Xbox Series X increasing by $100 to $599.99 and the base Series S model rising $80 to $429.99. In Europe, the Series X console has increased by €50 to €599.99, with the base Series S model is also up €50 to €349.99.
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2 weeks ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
Apple has been ordered to change its rules preventing developers from promoting alternative payment methods for its games in the US. And if Apple applies this globally, Epic Games has offered to abandon its litigation against the tech giant and bring Fortnite back to the platform in every country. That would mean Epic giving up, through legal means, its bid to operate a standalone Epic-run app store on iOS.
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2 weeks ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
Listen now on Apple, Spotify or YouTubeIn This Edition- The stress of making Alan Wake 2- Balancing creativity and commercial- Working with Annapurna Pictures- Sam Lake’s famous coffee videos- … Moomins? Welcome back to The Game Business! This week, we interview Remedy’s Sam Lake following his Lifetime Achievement Award at the Game Developer Choice Awards.
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2 weeks ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
Listen now on Apple, Spotify or YouTubeIn This Edition- Game media producing fewer articles- The scale of journalist layoffs revealed- Jackbox Games vs Netflix- Bethesda delivers another shadow dropIt’s the one-month anniversary of The Game Business, and it’s been quite the month. And considering my love of data, I’ve broken it down in number form.
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3 weeks ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
Hello, and welcome back to The Game Business. I’ve spent my weekend trying (and failing) to resist all the Easter chocolate in the house. Well, not just that, we’re coming up to our one-month anniversary of The Game Business Show and Newsletter, and so I’ve been crunching numbers to see how it’s all gone, and it’s been so much better than I had imagined. Thanks to all of you who have been engaging, sharing, reading, watching or listening. It’s been a genuine pleasure so far.
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3 weeks ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
Listen now on Apple, Spotify or YouTubeIn This Edition- The real state of video games retail- Why it still matters even in 2025- The impact of Quebec’s tax break changes- Our experience of Nintendo Switch 2Hello there! How have you been? I’ve missed you. It’s been a busy week over at TGB towers (oh I wish I had a tower). A combination of the BAFTAs, the tariff chaos and the Switch 2 reveal means I’ve found myself doing various media appearances on TV and radio.
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4 weeks ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
2025 has been dominated by one word: tariffs. The levies imposed, or nearly imposed, by the new US Government, has had a significant impact upon the global economy and businesses in nearly every sector, and that includes video games. Yet it keeps shifting. New tariffs are proposed, removed, and entirely different ones threatened. Some are on pause, some have gone up, and the impact is complicated and wide-reaching.
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4 weeks ago | 
thegamebusiness.com | Christopher Dring
Listen now on Apple, Spotify or YouTubeIn This Edition- How Hollywood has reacted to the Minecraft movie- How the movie/TV industry differs from games- The risks of adapting games into movies and TV showsHello! We’re back. And not talking tariffs this time (but they’ll be back, sadly). This week’s Feature is with the team behind the Sonic movie and Tomb Raider TV show (amongst others), discussing the opportunities and risks in adapting video games into linear entertainment.