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The former Nexon CEO said he received a lot of pushback when he wanted to buy Embark Studios. “Certainly, a lot of the analysts I talked to were like, ‘what the hell are you doing? That’s crazy.’”
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The man who signed Arc Raiders: "The AAA industry is at its end"
Former Nexon boss Owen Mahoney on what we can all learn from the explosive success of Arc Raiders
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December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The former Nexon CEO said he received a lot of pushback when he wanted to buy Embark Studios. “Certainly, a lot of the analysts I talked to were like, ‘what the hell are you doing? That’s crazy.’”
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In today’s edition of The Game Business, former Nexon boss Owen Mahoney talks about his decision to buy Arc Raiders developer Embark (and why analysts thought he was crazy), the death of AAA, and how AI might help the industry to triple in size
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The man who signed Arc Raiders: "The AAA industry is at its end"
Former Nexon boss Owen Mahoney on what we can all learn from the explosive success of Arc Raiders
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December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In today’s edition of The Game Business, former Nexon boss Owen Mahoney talks about his decision to buy Arc Raiders developer Embark (and why analysts thought he was crazy), the death of AAA, and how AI might help the industry to triple in size
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In a quiet week for new games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is down to No.2 in the European charts in its second week. Kirby Air Riders just about makes the Top 20 www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-du...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 drops to No.2 in its second week on sale in Europe
No new games in the Top Ten as EA Sports FC 26 reclaims the top spot
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December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In a quiet week for new games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is down to No.2 in the European charts in its second week. Kirby Air Riders just about makes the Top 20 www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-du...
In this week’s The Game Business Micro, we look at the planned lay-offs at Splash Damage. Meanwhile, Xbox shared some cloud gaming statistics, Nintendo bought a studio, Sega pondered falling new game sales and Epic boss Tim Sweeney continued to debate AI
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What went wrong at Splash Damage? – The Game Business Micro
Plus, Sega ponders falling new game sales, Xbox makes cloud gaming boast and Nintendo buys a studio
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December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In this week’s The Game Business Micro, we look at the planned lay-offs at Splash Damage. Meanwhile, Xbox shared some cloud gaming statistics, Nintendo bought a studio, Sega pondered falling new game sales and Epic boss Tim Sweeney continued to debate AI
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We've just launched our first monthly report about the video games market for paid subscribers. This month, we look at the best-selling games of October, the most played titles, and the most covered games, across PC, console and mobile www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-state-...
The State of Games: October 2026
A first in a new monthly series looking at the performance of the games market
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November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We've just launched our first monthly report about the video games market for paid subscribers. This month, we look at the best-selling games of October, the most played titles, and the most covered games, across PC, console and mobile www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-state-...
“I want to make sure everyone’s aware my salary hasn’t ballooned with the development costs at all. Contrary to opinions on the internet, I do not drive a Lamborghini" www.thegamebusiness.com/p/tekkens-ka...
Tekken’s Katsuhiro Harada: As a producer, maybe I’m a failure
The Tekken team on budgets, events and potential new revenue streams
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November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“I want to make sure everyone’s aware my salary hasn’t ballooned with the development costs at all. Contrary to opinions on the internet, I do not drive a Lamborghini" www.thegamebusiness.com/p/tekkens-ka...
In today's edition of The Game Business, we caught up with the leaders of the Tekken series to discuss building new characters, spiralling game budgets, making money out of events, and what they'd like to do next www.thegamebusiness.com/p/tekkens-ka...
Tekken’s Katsuhiro Harada: As a producer, maybe I’m a failure
The Tekken team on budgets, events and potential new revenue streams
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In today's edition of The Game Business, we caught up with the leaders of the Tekken series to discuss building new characters, spiralling game budgets, making money out of events, and what they'd like to do next www.thegamebusiness.com/p/tekkens-ka...
In today's edition of The Game Business Micro, we look at the impressive US sales figures for October, Ubisoft's results, Epic and Unit's new friendship, and more. (Paid Subscribers only) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/battlefiel...
Battlefield 6, Switch 2 and mobile drive another month of US games growth – The Game Business Micro
Plus! Ubisoft plans another $100m worth of cost savings, while Epic and Unity get friendly
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November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In today's edition of The Game Business Micro, we look at the impressive US sales figures for October, Ubisoft's results, Epic and Unit's new friendship, and more. (Paid Subscribers only) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/battlefiel...
Tough launch for Call of Duty in Europe. Black Ops 7 launch sales are well below Battlefield 6 (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
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November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tough launch for Call of Duty in Europe. Black Ops 7 launch sales are well below Battlefield 6 (GSD Data) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-du...
51% of Arc Raiders players played a shooter game in September, vs 72% for Battlefield 6.
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Call of Duty under attack
And Helldivers is caught in the cross-fire
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November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
51% of Arc Raiders players played a shooter game in September, vs 72% for Battlefield 6.
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In today's edition of The Game Business, we dive into the launch of Call of Duty, and the shooter battle between COD, Battlefield 6 and Arc Raiders. On the Show, we're even joined by @skillup.bsky.social to discuss all the big stories
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Call of Duty under attack
And Helldivers is caught in the cross-fire
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In today's edition of The Game Business, we dive into the launch of Call of Duty, and the shooter battle between COD, Battlefield 6 and Arc Raiders. On the Show, we're even joined by @skillup.bsky.social to discuss all the big stories
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In a rare interview, we spoke to Bandai Namco Entertainment CEO and president Nao Udagawa, where we discuss Elden Ring, the rise of Japan, internal vs third-party IP and whole lot more. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/life-beyon...
Life beyond Elden Ring: What’s next for Bandai Namco Entertainment
In a rare interview, we speak to CEO and president Nao Udagawa
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November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In a rare interview, we spoke to Bandai Namco Entertainment CEO and president Nao Udagawa, where we discuss Elden Ring, the rise of Japan, internal vs third-party IP and whole lot more. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/life-beyon...
In today’s The Game Business Micro, we cover Netflix’s games slate, Valve’s hardware, Sony’s mobile and PC push, concerns over the Epic/Google deal, Rockstar’s union row, and the latest GDC survey results. It was a busy week (paid subscribers only) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/red-dead-r...
Red Dead Redemption leads Netflix games reboot – The Game Business Micro
Plus! Epic/Google deal under scrutiny, GDC survey results, Valve's new hardware, and loads more
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November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
In today’s The Game Business Micro, we cover Netflix’s games slate, Valve’s hardware, Sony’s mobile and PC push, concerns over the Epic/Google deal, Rockstar’s union row, and the latest GDC survey results. It was a busy week (paid subscribers only) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/red-dead-r...
Football Manager 2026 is the series' biggest launch in chart history, debuting at No.1 across Europe
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Football Manager 2026 is the series’ biggest launch in European chart history
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment comes in at No.5
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November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Football Manager 2026 is the series' biggest launch in chart history, debuting at No.1 across Europe
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“We’ve had a number of these historical moments in Helldivers. And the Xbox players that are coming in… they’ve missed some of these, but they’re creating new ones together.”
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What’s going to stop the Steam Machine failing again?
Plus, Shams Jorjani, CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead, joins us on the Show
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November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“We’ve had a number of these historical moments in Helldivers. And the Xbox players that are coming in… they’ve missed some of these, but they’re creating new ones together.”
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In today's The Game Business, we dive into whether the Steam Machine is really a competitor to PlayStation and Xbox. We were also joined by Arrowhead CEO @ShamsJorjani on the Show, and we chat GTA 6, Square Enix, Arc Raiders AI and Helldivers 2 on Xbox www.thegamebusiness.com/p/whats-goin...
What’s going to stop the Steam Machine failing again?
Plus, Shams Jorjani, CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead, joins us on the Show
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November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In today's The Game Business, we dive into whether the Steam Machine is really a competitor to PlayStation and Xbox. We were also joined by Arrowhead CEO @ShamsJorjani on the Show, and we chat GTA 6, Square Enix, Arc Raiders AI and Helldivers 2 on Xbox www.thegamebusiness.com/p/whats-goin...
"Going forward, the challenge [for Nintendo] is how they're going to keep a pace of great software coming"
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We interview Reggie Fils-Aimé about Nintendo Switch 2, leadership and the console war
“I’m surprised that Xbox has not yet fully embraced the Switch 2”
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Going forward, the challenge [for Nintendo] is how they're going to keep a pace of great software coming"
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"I think the Switch 2 hardware was appropriately priced. It was very smart of them to launch the bundle with Mario Kart, and offering that at a significant value. That took the edge off some of the complaints about the standalone price for Mario Kart" www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-intervi...
We interview Reggie Fils-Aimé about Nintendo Switch 2, leadership and the console war
“I’m surprised that Xbox has not yet fully embraced the Switch 2”
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November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"I think the Switch 2 hardware was appropriately priced. It was very smart of them to launch the bundle with Mario Kart, and offering that at a significant value. That took the edge off some of the complaints about the standalone price for Mario Kart" www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-intervi...
“I do hope that this industry doesn’t stagnate. There are, at times, signs that the innovation isn’t there. The breakthrough new type of content seems to be a little bit further and far between. That concerns me."
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We interview Reggie Fils-Aimé about Nintendo Switch 2, leadership and the console war
“I’m surprised that Xbox has not yet fully embraced the Switch 2”
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November 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“I do hope that this industry doesn’t stagnate. There are, at times, signs that the innovation isn’t there. The breakthrough new type of content seems to be a little bit further and far between. That concerns me."
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“Nintendo will never position itself as a direct competitor to PlayStation”... But could games like Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty succeed on Switch 2? "Absolutely."
Full interview with former Nintendo of America chief Reggie Fils-Aime
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Full interview with former Nintendo of America chief Reggie Fils-Aime
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We interview Reggie Fils-Aimé about Nintendo Switch 2, leadership and the console war
“I’m surprised that Xbox has not yet fully embraced the Switch 2”
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November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Nintendo will never position itself as a direct competitor to PlayStation”... But could games like Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty succeed on Switch 2? "Absolutely."
Full interview with former Nintendo of America chief Reggie Fils-Aime
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Full interview with former Nintendo of America chief Reggie Fils-Aime
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Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé gives us his take on the Switch 2 launch: “I’m surprised that Xbox has not yet fully embraced the platform”
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We interview Reggie Fils-Aimé about Nintendo Switch 2, leadership and the console war
“I’m surprised that Xbox has not yet fully embraced the Switch 2”
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November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé gives us his take on the Switch 2 launch: “I’m surprised that Xbox has not yet fully embraced the platform”
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Hundreds of Square Enix Western staff face redundancy. But does it go far enough?
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Square Enix makes huge Western cuts, but does it go far enough? – The Game Business Micro
Plus! Rockstar delays GTA, NetEase pulls back, Google and Epic do a deal, Nintendo delivers results
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November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Hundreds of Square Enix Western staff face redundancy. But does it go far enough?
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Take-Two on EA going private in 2026: "No-longer having a big direct competitor that’s also a public company may give us a bit of room from a competitive point-of-view." www.thegamebusiness.com/p/grand-thef...
Grand Theft Auto VI delayed again - "When we set a date, we really do believe in it"
The Rockstar game is now coming November 19, 2026. We speak to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Take-Two on EA going private in 2026: "No-longer having a big direct competitor that’s also a public company may give us a bit of room from a competitive point-of-view." www.thegamebusiness.com/p/grand-thef...
Take-Two on Borderlands 4: "In terms of units sold out of the gate, the numbers were a little softer than we would have liked. In the fullness of time, we think it’s going to do great.”
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November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Take-Two on Borderlands 4: "In terms of units sold out of the gate, the numbers were a little softer than we would have liked. In the fullness of time, we think it’s going to do great.”
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The Top Three Best-Selling games in Europe last week were the same as the week before: Battlefield 6, EA Sports FC and Pokemon.
(Arc Raiders data is unavailable, but it would probably be up there!)
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(Arc Raiders data is unavailable, but it would probably be up there!)
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Battlefield, EA Sports FC and Pokémon continue to lead European Charts
The Outer Worlds 2 makes Top Ten. Arc Raiders data is unavailable
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November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Top Three Best-Selling games in Europe last week were the same as the week before: Battlefield 6, EA Sports FC and Pokemon.
(Arc Raiders data is unavailable, but it would probably be up there!)
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(Arc Raiders data is unavailable, but it would probably be up there!)
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