Why developers create huge expansions over standalone games, and other questions | Podcast

For our latest podcast, we did something a little different: a live Q&A show recorded as part of the official Devcom 2024 Twitch stream. Chris Dring and James Batchelor joined Altered Gene's Des Gayle, who answered questions sent in by Gaming Industry.biz Readers before the show. Topics covered in this episode included: Why do developers … Read more

Amazon’s widening bet on games: “We’re not hell bent on just being MMOs”

At first glance, last night's King of Meat presentation doesn't seem to fit with Amazon's gaming strategy so far. While it was already known that the publisher had signed the next title from British developer Glowmade, the team behind King of Meat, most of Amazon's efforts since it announced its move to PC and consoles … Read more

Xbox confirms Core and Standard Game Pass tiers will wait “up to 12 months+” for first-party games

Microsoft has confirmed that paying subscribers to the Core and Standard tiers of its Game Pass subscription service may not be able to play titles from its first-party studios “for up to 12 months or more” after launch. Clarifying the substantial changes it made to its Xbox Game Pass service last month, Microsoft confirmed in … Read more