Mat Piscatella
@matpiscatella.bsky.social
Senior Director & Video Game Industry Thought Leader at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. I helped get one of your favorite games greenlit.
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This is a fantastic interview in general, but the realness of this particular answer stopped me cold
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is a fantastic interview in general, but the realness of this particular answer stopped me cold
Huge shout to all the sales planners, analysts and demand planning folks trying to compile sales reports all day for execs that will glance at them on their phones while with friends and family and maybe send a "thx" if they reply at all. I see you!
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Huge shout to all the sales planners, analysts and demand planning folks trying to compile sales reports all day for execs that will glance at them on their phones while with friends and family and maybe send a "thx" if they reply at all. I see you!
It is cool. Very cool. Some (me) would say its the most enjoyable SRPG ever made.
Has anyone here ever played Jeanne d'Arc (PSP). Looks cool!
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It is cool. Very cool. Some (me) would say its the most enjoyable SRPG ever made.
BATTERY DADDY DEAL GO GO GO
Ontel Battery Daddy Smart - Battery Organizer Storage Case with Tester, Stores & Protects Up to 150 Batteries is $9.98 on Amazon buff.ly/bns2bcx #ad
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
BATTERY DADDY DEAL GO GO GO
Finding gifts for dads is tough.
That's why I stan (gas up?) the Battery Daddy.
That's why I stan (gas up?) the Battery Daddy.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Finding gifts for dads is tough.
That's why I stan (gas up?) the Battery Daddy.
That's why I stan (gas up?) the Battery Daddy.
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This quote from Michał Nowakowski is SO important: [Opening the Boston studio] "brought in a wealth of multi-layered experience, skills, and backgrounds. We strongly believe that this investment will pay off in the future, bringing the next Cyberpunk experience to a new level."
Cyberpunk has sold 35 million copies, outpacing The Witcher 3, and is CD Projekt's main source of revenue: www.gamesindustry.biz/cyberpunk-20...
Cyberpunk 2077 has sold 35 million copies to date
Dystopian sci-fi blockbuster Cyberpunk 2077 has shifted over 35 million copies to date.
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This quote from Michał Nowakowski is SO important: [Opening the Boston studio] "brought in a wealth of multi-layered experience, skills, and backgrounds. We strongly believe that this investment will pay off in the future, bringing the next Cyberpunk experience to a new level."
Alright who's having pizza tonight
"The run-up to Thanksgiving has become another cause for celebration, as people gather during “Friendsgiving” get-togethers and go out to bars and restaurants on the preceding Wednesday night. Circana’s CREST® data shows that the evening before Thanksgiving is “Pizza Night”"
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Alright who's having pizza tonight
My weekend GOTY homework:
Sektori
Consume Me
Lumines Arise
Ghost of Yotei (at least get out of the seemingly endless intro my goodness just shuddup and let me play omg)
We'll see how it goes!
Sektori
Consume Me
Lumines Arise
Ghost of Yotei (at least get out of the seemingly endless intro my goodness just shuddup and let me play omg)
We'll see how it goes!
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My weekend GOTY homework:
Sektori
Consume Me
Lumines Arise
Ghost of Yotei (at least get out of the seemingly endless intro my goodness just shuddup and let me play omg)
We'll see how it goes!
Sektori
Consume Me
Lumines Arise
Ghost of Yotei (at least get out of the seemingly endless intro my goodness just shuddup and let me play omg)
We'll see how it goes!
Criminally underplayed rolling into GOTY season. It's very much worth checking out!!!
Goodnight Universe is an emotional story about how we express ourselves, even when it's difficult to convey our intent. It's short runtime still packs one heck of a punch.
www.restart.run/articles/goo...
www.restart.run/articles/goo...
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Criminally underplayed rolling into GOTY season. It's very much worth checking out!!!
Two words for all your holiday gift giving needs:
Battery. Daddy.
Battery. Daddy.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two words for all your holiday gift giving needs:
Battery. Daddy.
Battery. Daddy.
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i love hockey
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
i love hockey
Is Madden a Thanksgiving game?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is. And if I remember right the old N64 South Park game had a Thanksgivingish mission?
Is that it?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is. And if I remember right the old N64 South Park game had a Thanksgivingish mission?
Is that it?
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Is Madden a Thanksgiving game?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is. And if I remember right the old N64 South Park game had a Thanksgivingish mission?
Is that it?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is. And if I remember right the old N64 South Park game had a Thanksgivingish mission?
Is that it?
"The run-up to Thanksgiving has become another cause for celebration, as people gather during “Friendsgiving” get-togethers and go out to bars and restaurants on the preceding Wednesday night. Circana’s CREST® data shows that the evening before Thanksgiving is “Pizza Night”"
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"The run-up to Thanksgiving has become another cause for celebration, as people gather during “Friendsgiving” get-togethers and go out to bars and restaurants on the preceding Wednesday night. Circana’s CREST® data shows that the evening before Thanksgiving is “Pizza Night”"
Video games are kinda weird now.
What do you mean I gotta tag this NSFW?
What do you mean I gotta tag this NSFW?
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Video games are kinda weird now.
What do you mean I gotta tag this NSFW?
What do you mean I gotta tag this NSFW?
Happy Thanksgivng, nerds!
(What happens when you married someone who has to work ER shifts during the actual day)
(What happens when you married someone who has to work ER shifts during the actual day)
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Happy Thanksgivng, nerds!
(What happens when you married someone who has to work ER shifts during the actual day)
(What happens when you married someone who has to work ER shifts during the actual day)
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I also highly recommend this, though I'm a bit biased: open.spotify.com/episode/4mVS...
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I also highly recommend this, though I'm a bit biased: open.spotify.com/episode/4mVS...
"As they prepare to cook and serve meals at their home or at another person’s home, consumers are stretching their budgets. In general, shoppers remain wary on the spending front, facing 30%+ higher food and beverage prices compared to 2019 and without a similar hike in wages."
2025 Thanksgiving Consumer Behavior Trends | Circana
Although 89% of foods and beverage for at-home Thanksgiving dinners are sourced from retail stores, Circana expects that 11% of Thanksgiving meals will include items purchased from a foodservice opera...
www.circana.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"As they prepare to cook and serve meals at their home or at another person’s home, consumers are stretching their budgets. In general, shoppers remain wary on the spending front, facing 30%+ higher food and beverage prices compared to 2019 and without a similar hike in wages."
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Terrible launch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in Europe. The game sold 63% fewer copies at launch compared with Battlefield 6. It's also more than 60% down over last year's Black Ops 6. (Digital and physical sales. GSD Data) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-du...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European launch sales are 63% down over Battlefield 6
But a strong launch for Ubisoft's Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.thegamebusiness.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Terrible launch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in Europe. The game sold 63% fewer copies at launch compared with Battlefield 6. It's also more than 60% down over last year's Black Ops 6. (Digital and physical sales. GSD Data) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-du...
Circana Player Engagement Tracker - Top 15 Titles by Total Weekly Active Users (Not Concurrent) - W/E Nov 15, 2025
- Arc Raiders reaches #1 on Steam US, climbing on console
- Where Winds Meet debuts top 15 on PS and Steam US/CAN
- Call of Duty HQ returns to #1 on XBX
- Battlefield 6 drops on PS/XBX
- Arc Raiders reaches #1 on Steam US, climbing on console
- Where Winds Meet debuts top 15 on PS and Steam US/CAN
- Call of Duty HQ returns to #1 on XBX
- Battlefield 6 drops on PS/XBX
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Circana Player Engagement Tracker - Top 15 Titles by Total Weekly Active Users (Not Concurrent) - W/E Nov 15, 2025
- Arc Raiders reaches #1 on Steam US, climbing on console
- Where Winds Meet debuts top 15 on PS and Steam US/CAN
- Call of Duty HQ returns to #1 on XBX
- Battlefield 6 drops on PS/XBX
- Arc Raiders reaches #1 on Steam US, climbing on console
- Where Winds Meet debuts top 15 on PS and Steam US/CAN
- Call of Duty HQ returns to #1 on XBX
- Battlefield 6 drops on PS/XBX
Highly recommend the latest Button Mash podcast on Steam's viral hits of 2025 with Ben Lindbergh, Simon Carless and Morgan Park digging into the whats and hows and whys of some of the year's biggest hits, if you're into that kind of thing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Highly recommend the latest Button Mash podcast on Steam's viral hits of 2025 with Ben Lindbergh, Simon Carless and Morgan Park digging into the whats and hows and whys of some of the year's biggest hits, if you're into that kind of thing.
I kinda dig when I buy a game, bounce off it every time I try it and then one day years later it really clicks and I want to play nothing else.
Anyways, Nobody Saves the World is really neat. Dungeon crawly, transform into lots of characters, colorful, silly, from the Guacamelee folks.
Anyways, Nobody Saves the World is really neat. Dungeon crawly, transform into lots of characters, colorful, silly, from the Guacamelee folks.
Nobody Saves the World on Steam
Transform from a featureless nobody into a SLUG, a GHOST and a DRAGON in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee! Discover 15+ distinct Forms, mix-and-match their abilities, clear...
store.steampowered.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I kinda dig when I buy a game, bounce off it every time I try it and then one day years later it really clicks and I want to play nothing else.
Anyways, Nobody Saves the World is really neat. Dungeon crawly, transform into lots of characters, colorful, silly, from the Guacamelee folks.
Anyways, Nobody Saves the World is really neat. Dungeon crawly, transform into lots of characters, colorful, silly, from the Guacamelee folks.
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I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
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20 years ago today Xbox 360 launched. The power was never the console - it was you. You camped out at midnight, built lasting communities, and showed us what gaming could mean. You made that generation endure for two decades. Thank you.
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
20 years ago today Xbox 360 launched. The power was never the console - it was you. You camped out at midnight, built lasting communities, and showed us what gaming could mean. You made that generation endure for two decades. Thank you.