Our monthly report for paid subscribers is here for June! We reveal the best-selling games on PC, console and mobile. We tell you how well the consoles did in the US, Japan and UK. And we dive into the games that saw the most trailer views and articles. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-state-...
The State of Games: June 2026
The World Cup impacts the game charts, it was a bad month for consoles and a good month for new announcements
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This week we have some fun by talking about which video games, outside of GTA, are going to sell best over the next four months... using data, of course. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-legend...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is the most anticipated game of 2026 (that isn’t called Grand Theft Auto)
Plus, we chat Call of Duty, Blood of the Dawnwalker, Marvel’s Wolverine, Star Wars, Gears of War and more
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"Warframe has always felt like a bit of an underdog story." www.thegamebusiness.com/p/destinys-b...
Destiny’s biggest rival Warframe has had ‘two years of massive growth’
Digital Extremes believes in console growth, and discusses the ‘careful’ development of its second game
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We speak to Digital Extremes president Sheldon Carter on why Warframe is going through a period of 'massive growth', while rivals like Destiny are not. Plus, we chat about its cautious approach to its next game... and why it still believes in consoles www.thegamebusiness.com/p/destinys-b...
Destiny’s biggest rival Warframe has had ‘two years of massive growth’
Digital Extremes believes in console growth, and discusses the ‘careful’ development of its second game
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In today's edition of The Game Business Micro (that's our mini podcast for paid subscribers), we look at Xbox's (and Amazon's) latest efforts to get game streaming working. With console prices as they are, might it work this time? www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox-amazo...
Xbox, Amazon and Netflix try to make game streaming relevant – The Game Business Micro
This week, we dive into Xbox’s new ad experiment and chat about the role of game streaming in the current climate
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Luna games (including Indiana Jones, Hogwarts Legacy and more) can now be streamed directly via the Prime Video app. We speak with Amazon's Jeff Gattis to discuss this, plus taking on consoles (or not), 007, and reaching tens of millions of players www.thegamebusiness.com/p/amazon-lun...
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Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy tells us that RuneScape is ready to take on World of Warcraft. He also talks about the financial 'pain' caused by changing monetization, the 12m RuneScape fans who play on Nintendo, and how Old School RuneScape won over young people www.thegamebusiness.com/p/runescape-...
RuneScape CEO: We want to be bigger than World of Warcraft
We speak to Jagex boss Jon Bellamy about the company's complete focus on its three RuneScape games
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In today's edition of The Game Business Micro (paid subscribers), we discuss the retirement of Glen Schofield, his struggle to find funding, and why we wish he'd change his mind. Plus, Bethesda moves to reassure fans, employees and industry www.thegamebusiness.com/p/dead-space...
Dead Space creator Glen Schofield is retiring. And that's a real shame – The Game Business Micro
The video game veteran has struggled to find the AAA budgets he wants
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This week, we dive into adverts for PC and console titles. We're joined by EA's ad boss, who talks us through the company's plans, including developing games with ads in mind www.thegamebusiness.com/p/ea-console...
EA: Console game makers should consider in-game ads during development
EA’s ad boss Alexander Dao joins us on today’s Show
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We speak to Netflix's head of narrative games Sean Krankel about the release of hit horror game Unhinged. We chat building games for Netflix's 700m users (some of which are non-gamers) and the future of narrative games on the streaming platform. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Netflix wants to become the ‘place to play a story’
Netflix Games' narrative boss Sean Krankel discusses how to follow-up cloud horror game hit Unhinged
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Some stats from this week's Micro: - 99.1% of all physical games sold in the UK last year came via online retailers - PS5 and PS4 represented over 45% of all physical games sold in the UK last year (Paid subscribers only)
Christopher Dring@dringo.bsky.social · 3w agoIn this week's The Game Business Micro, a major retail group has criticized PlayStatipn's plan to kill the disc, and we wrap up the news from Xbox's 1,600 cuts. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/retail-tra...
Every month, we produce a market report for paid subscribers of The Game Business. It covers PC, console and mobile games, press coverage, trailers, and hardware sales. This week, we're covering May, featuring Forza, Bond, Batman, Subnautica and more www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-state-...
The State of Games: May 2026
Big month for Forza, Bond, Batman and Subnautica. Tough month for PlayStation
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In today's The Game Business, Xbox staff fear the axe, the number of video game journalists continues to plummet, Eurogamer writers launch new site, and we chat to Atari's new president about (among other things) its 'IMDB of video games' www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-number...
The number of video game journalists has fallen by nearly 300 in 2026
Plus, Xbox leaders despair at cuts, former Eurogamer editors launch new site, and Atari is building ‘the IMDB of games’
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In today's edition of The Game Business, we speak to Tim Willits, the Chief Creative Officer of Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive, where he shares the company's secret to making AAA games on a reasonable budget. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/saber-we-c...
Saber Interactive: “We can just do AAA games smarter”
Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits on building big games at a reasonable price, and why it loves licensed IP
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Xbox announces plans to cut 3,000 jobs as part of a major restructure. It has also split from four studios - Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs. It’s seeking a new home for Arkane Lyon, too. Full FAQ through here. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox-plans...
Today's The Game Business Micro looks at the latest set-back for the Stop Killing Games campaign, plus we run through the big stories of the last week (paid subscribers only) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/publishers...
Publishers score US victory against Stop Killing Games – The Game Business Micro
Plus, Ubisoft hires a veteran leader for Creative House 2, and IO seeks a new partner for Project Fantasy
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In today's The Game Business, we have news of a divided Xbox, we discuss PlayStation killing the disc (with some new market stats) and chat to Midwest's Ben Kvalo on a more sustainable future of the video game business www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox-divid...
Xbox divided over its future, and do people even buy physical PlayStation games?
Plus, we’re joined by Midwest Games CEO Ben Kvalo to discuss a flexible future for game publishing
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In today's very special edition of The Game Business, we tell the story of Jason Rubin, from his first computer to Crash Bandicoot, to South Park to Meta. This episode also features famous faces from the history of games www.thegamebusiness.com/p/seven-thin...
Seven things you probably didn’t know about Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin
From Naughty Dog to Meta, we tell the story of one of video game’s most influential game makers and leaders
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The Game Business Micro is free today! And in this one, I dive into Bungie... plus a bit of chat about the latest console price rises www.thegamebusiness.com/p/why-did-pl...
Why did PlayStation buy Bungie in the first place? – The Game Business Micro
Plus, more bad news for the console business after another Xbox price hike
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“We started it at the worst time possible: most major funds in video games wanted to get out of video games. Everyone wanted to talk about AI, defence, pharma, or robotics, and we just wanted to talk about video games" www.thegamebusiness.com/p/retailer-w...
Retailer warns of GTA console stock shock. Plus, why is Russian propaganda still on Steam?
And we chat to the creators of a new $50 million games fund aimed at ‘visionaries’
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In today's The Game Business, one retailer warns of console stock shortages this Holiday, plus we discuss a new $50m game fund. But our big chat is with George Osborn about his book Power Play, and how games are used by Governments for political gain www.thegamebusiness.com/p/retailer-w...
Retailer warns of GTA console stock shock. Plus, why is Russian propaganda still on Steam?
And we chat to the creators of a new $50 million games fund aimed at ‘visionaries’
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How an influencer at E3 2018 led to EA making a new Skate, Dead Space and College Football game www.thegamebusiness.com/p/fans-were-...
In the next recording from The Game Business Live, we spoke with EA's Laura Miele about lessons from a Command & Conquer mobile game, the thinking behind Skate, the launch of Battlefield 6, Hollywood and the future of the business www.thegamebusiness.com/p/fans-were-...
Fans were so angry about a Command & Conquer mobile game that it changed EA
EA boss Laura Miele recalls the stories behind Battlefield 6, Skate and more
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In today's The Game Business Micro, we discuss Epic's State of Unreal, and chat briefly with Stellar Blade studio Shift Up. The Micro is for paid subscribers and comes out every Monday. Our main Newsletters/Shows on Tuesday and Thursday remain free www.thegamebusiness.com/p/epic-were-...
Epic: “We’re going to all need to change the way we build things” – The Game Business Micro
We report on the State of Unreal address, and chat to Shift Up CEO Kim Hyung-tae
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'Game Pass missed, and that requires a completely new Xbox strategy... and unfortunately that will mean cuts' www.thegamebusiness.com/p/why-does-x...
This week we are joined by @lucyjames.games to discuss lookingfor.game, review Summer Game Fest, and chat about the imminent changes at Xbox www.thegamebusiness.com/p/why-does-x...
Why does Xbox need a brutal reset?
Plus, Summer Game Fest boosts media, and Lucy James talks lookingfor.game
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There are interesting opportunities we’d like to look at that might not be at the scale of Saros. There are so many things that we want to explore, and we will find whether it’s possible or not." www.thegamebusiness.com/p/can-playst...
Can PlayStation’s Housemarque repeat the FromSoftware story?
“We are now truly a PlayStation first party"
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This week, we are joined by Housemarque, the PlayStation studio behind Saros and Returnal. The team discuss becoming AAA, working with PlayStation and being inspired by FromSoftware www.thegamebusiness.com/p/can-playst...
Can PlayStation’s Housemarque repeat the FromSoftware story?
“We are now truly a PlayStation first party"
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Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan steps down after 15 years at the company. Chief of staff Louise O’Connor also set to depart. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox-game-...
In today's Micro (paid subscribers), is it time for Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo to start doing in-person showcase again? www.thegamebusiness.com/p/it-is-time...
It is time to return to in-person showcases – The Game Business Micro
Plus, Xbox CEO issues warning, Ubisoft makes more cuts, SGF delivers record results
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