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Meet the unheard of US game console that sold out across all major retailers. It's going global for 2026
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“We want a Nex Playground in every living room”
Nex CEO David Lee shares the remarkable story of the family game console that’s taking America by storm
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December 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Meet the unheard of US game console that sold out across all major retailers. It's going global for 2026
www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-want-a-...
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Our final Show of 2025 sees us return to some of the best moments from the last 78 episodes. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/best-of-th...
Best of The Game Business Show 2025
A look back at our first nine months
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December 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Our final Show of 2025 sees us return to some of the best moments from the last 78 episodes. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/best-of-th...
Call of Duty co-creator, Respawn founder and Battlefield boss Vince Zampella has died. He oversaw some of the most successful shooter video games in the world. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-du...
Call of Duty co-creator, Respawn founder and Battlefield boss Vince Zampella has died
The iconic 55-year-old game maker dies in a car crash
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December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Call of Duty co-creator, Respawn founder and Battlefield boss Vince Zampella has died. He oversaw some of the most successful shooter video games in the world. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-du...
It's the last The Game Business Micro of 2025. In this, we look at why the FIFA/Netflix partnership is a potentially smart move for everyone. Plus, TGA's huge viewership, Epic and Apple's latest row, US console sales shock, Ubisoft rescues a MOBA and more
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FIFA’s video game partnership with Netflix has potential – The Game Business Micro
US console sector falters, Epic and Apple row, Sony and Tencent settle and The Game Awards breaks its own record
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December 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It's the last The Game Business Micro of 2025. In this, we look at why the FIFA/Netflix partnership is a potentially smart move for everyone. Plus, TGA's huge viewership, Epic and Apple's latest row, US console sales shock, Ubisoft rescues a MOBA and more
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“We’ve needed to fly in supply to meet demand. We are in over 5,000 stores, and basically everybody’s out”
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“We want a Nex Playground in every living room”
Nex CEO David Lee shares the remarkable story of the family game console that’s taking America by storm
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December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“We’ve needed to fly in supply to meet demand. We are in over 5,000 stores, and basically everybody’s out”
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The game that generated most articles after The Game Awards 2025 was... Resident Evil 9: Requiem
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Who really won The Game Awards? Plus, we review 2025
Newzoo predicts the games market will be 7.5% up this year, finally beating the COVID peak
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December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The game that generated most articles after The Game Awards 2025 was... Resident Evil 9: Requiem
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It's time for our paid subscriber-only market analysis and charts piece! This month, we look at the performance of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Battlefield 6 Redsec, console sales, Anno 117, Fortnite and a lot more... and it's not ALL bad news. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-state-...
The State of Games: November 2025
A tough month for games as Call of Duty misses, new Battlefield mode struggles and consoles falter
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December 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It's time for our paid subscriber-only market analysis and charts piece! This month, we look at the performance of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Battlefield 6 Redsec, console sales, Anno 117, Fortnite and a lot more... and it's not ALL bad news. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-state-...
“Nintendo expanded the audience with Wii. When you expand the audience, and they only buy Wii Fit, Wii Sports and not many others… that’s a bit of a problem.” We meet the company behind 2025’s sold-out game console www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-want-a-...
“We want a Nex Playground in every living room”
Nex CEO David Lee shares the remarkable story of the family game console that’s taking America by storm
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December 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Nintendo expanded the audience with Wii. When you expand the audience, and they only buy Wii Fit, Wii Sports and not many others… that’s a bit of a problem.” We meet the company behind 2025’s sold-out game console www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-want-a-...
Nex Playground is a PS3-level camera-based games console that was more popular than Xbox last month. It's sold out everywhere. "It started with Wii. We are standing on a giant’s shoulder.” www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-want-a-...
“We want a Nex Playground in every living room”
Nex CEO David Lee shares the remarkable story of the family game console that’s taking America by storm
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December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Nex Playground is a PS3-level camera-based games console that was more popular than Xbox last month. It's sold out everywhere. "It started with Wii. We are standing on a giant’s shoulder.” www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-want-a-...
It's The Game Awards Awards! Who came out top in the battle of the trailers, the fight for press coverage, and the drive for Steam follows? Find out here www.thegamebusiness.com/p/who-really...
Who really won The Game Awards? Plus, we review 2025
Newzoo predicts the games market will be 7.5% up this year, finally beating the COVID peak
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December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It's The Game Awards Awards! Who came out top in the battle of the trailers, the fight for press coverage, and the drive for Steam follows? Find out here www.thegamebusiness.com/p/who-really...
Nex Playground is the new console sensation in America. It's sold out across the country, and the company behind it are flying in hardware to try and meet Christmas demand. We speak to their CEO on the remarkable journey so far www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-want-a-...
“We want a Nex Playground in every living room”
Nex CEO David Lee shares the remarkable story of the family game console that’s taking America by storm
www.thegamebusiness.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Nex Playground is the new console sensation in America. It's sold out across the country, and the company behind it are flying in hardware to try and meet Christmas demand. We speak to their CEO on the remarkable journey so far www.thegamebusiness.com/p/we-want-a-...
It's a Double Bill! We have two editions of The Game Business today. First, here is our review of the year, plus we reveal the other winners of The Game Awards 2025 (it was mostly Resident Evil 9: Requiem) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/who-really...
Who really won The Game Awards? Plus, we review 2025
Newzoo predicts the games market will be 7.5% up this year, finally beating the COVID peak
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December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's a Double Bill! We have two editions of The Game Business today. First, here is our review of the year, plus we reveal the other winners of The Game Awards 2025 (it was mostly Resident Evil 9: Requiem) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/who-really...
Sucker Punch, the PlayStation studio behind Ghost of Yotei and Ghost of Tsushima, has announced its studio head and co-founder Brian Fleming is stepping dow. He'll be replaced by Jason Connell and Adrian Bentley www.thegamebusiness.com/p/interview-...
Interview: How Todd Howard and Bethesda are capitalising on the Fallout TV show
“We were able to be more ambitious”
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December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sucker Punch, the PlayStation studio behind Ghost of Yotei and Ghost of Tsushima, has announced its studio head and co-founder Brian Fleming is stepping dow. He'll be replaced by Jason Connell and Adrian Bentley www.thegamebusiness.com/p/interview-...
“We are deliberately and intentionally trying to drive new consumers who have just finished binge watching Season 1 to be able to get in and play these games”
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Interview: How Todd Howard and Bethesda are capitalising on the Fallout TV show
“We were able to be more ambitious”
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December 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“We are deliberately and intentionally trying to drive new consumers who have just finished binge watching Season 1 to be able to get in and play these games”
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“The one thing we did learn [from Fallout Season 1] is that some of these people have never played a game. So, we’re doing a little bit more of getting them into the game, particularly with Fallout 76."
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Interview: How Todd Howard and Bethesda are capitalising on the Fallout TV show
“We were able to be more ambitious”
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December 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“The one thing we did learn [from Fallout Season 1] is that some of these people have never played a game. So, we’re doing a little bit more of getting them into the game, particularly with Fallout 76."
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In today's edition of The Game Business, we speak to Bethesda boss Todd Howard about the things he and his team are doing to capitalise on today's launch of Fallout Season Two. Also features Samsung's games boss Kevin Beatty
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Interview: How Todd Howard and Bethesda are capitalising on the Fallout TV show
“We were able to be more ambitious”
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December 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In today's edition of The Game Business, we speak to Bethesda boss Todd Howard about the things he and his team are doing to capitalise on today's launch of Fallout Season Two. Also features Samsung's games boss Kevin Beatty
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In today's edition of The Game Business Micro, we have some early data from The Game Awards, we look at Call of Duty's strategy shift, plus more from Rockstar's union row, 2K's new studio, Warner Bros drama and a lot, lot more (paid subscribers) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/resident-e...
Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Marvel Rivals and Star Wars conquer The Game Awards – The Game Business Micro
Plus, Activision Blizzard on Call of Duty collapse, Rockstar union row intensifies, Square Enix has an activist investor and so much more
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December 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In today's edition of The Game Business Micro, we have some early data from The Game Awards, we look at Call of Duty's strategy shift, plus more from Rockstar's union row, 2K's new studio, Warner Bros drama and a lot, lot more (paid subscribers) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/resident-e...
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“Rare is off to great, great things now, but we are still in love with the olden days of their productions. And if we can capture some of the magic again, that would be the best.” www.thegamebusiness.com/p/meet-the-d...
Meet the developer behind The Game Awards’ most bonkers reveal
“It’s in the period of troubles where you have to come up with something new," says Bradley The Badger developer Day 4 Night
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December 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“Rare is off to great, great things now, but we are still in love with the olden days of their productions. And if we can capture some of the magic again, that would be the best.” www.thegamebusiness.com/p/meet-the-d...
“A lot of the money has dried up, but it’s brought out of the woodwork investors that are trying to be more innovative or disruptive”
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Meet the developer behind The Game Awards’ most bonkers reveal
“It’s in the period of troubles where you have to come up with something new," says Bradley The Badger developer Day 4 Night
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December 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“A lot of the money has dried up, but it’s brought out of the woodwork investors that are trying to be more innovative or disruptive”
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Today, we spoke to Day 4 Night, the team behind one of The Game Awards most unusual reveals: Bradley The Badger. We discussed launching a studio in this environment, bringing satire to games... and Rare. Note: We had sound issues on this one
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December 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today, we spoke to Day 4 Night, the team behind one of The Game Awards most unusual reveals: Bradley The Badger. We discussed launching a studio in this environment, bringing satire to games... and Rare. Note: We had sound issues on this one
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“People naturally want to be one of the top 3 or 5 announcements. So that’s something we talk with teams about, what’s the right way to show up? We talk about showing gameplay, not just CG stuff. We talk about how you can do something that’s unique."
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Interview: Geoff Keighley on the impossible balancing act of running The Game Awards
“We feel the weight of what we’re doing”
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December 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“People naturally want to be one of the top 3 or 5 announcements. So that’s something we talk with teams about, what’s the right way to show up? We talk about showing gameplay, not just CG stuff. We talk about how you can do something that’s unique."
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This week, we spoke with Geoff Keighley about The Game Awards. We cover the challenge of getting the balance right between awards and reveals, plus the responsibility of running the biggest event in the industry calendar www.thegamebusiness.com/p/interview-...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This week, we spoke with Geoff Keighley about The Game Awards. We cover the challenge of getting the balance right between awards and reveals, plus the responsibility of running the biggest event in the industry calendar www.thegamebusiness.com/p/interview-...
In this week’s edition of The Game Business Micro, we have a surprise new competitor in the console space! Plus, could the Warner Bros/Netflix deal boost game subscriptions and streaming? (plus much more)
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Bigger than Xbox. NEX Playground is a timely reminder of the power of consoles
Plus, could Netflix’s $72bn Warner Bros deal boost game streaming and subscription?
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December 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
In this week’s edition of The Game Business Micro, we have a surprise new competitor in the console space! Plus, could the Warner Bros/Netflix deal boost game subscriptions and streaming? (plus much more)
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PS5 had a huge Black Friday week in the UK. It accounted for 62% of all console sales (Xbox had 10%, Switch 2 had 23%). The PS5 Pro had its best week since launch.
Meanwhile, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 26 came out top in Europe.
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Meanwhile, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 26 came out top in Europe.
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PS5, EA Sports FC 26 and Hogwarts Legacy come out top during Europe’s Black Friday
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 slips to No.3
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December 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
PS5 had a huge Black Friday week in the UK. It accounted for 62% of all console sales (Xbox had 10%, Switch 2 had 23%). The PS5 Pro had its best week since launch.
Meanwhile, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 26 came out top in Europe.
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Meanwhile, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 26 came out top in Europe.
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Asia and MENA markets to reach $89bn this year – Niko Partners
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December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Asia and MENA markets to reach $89bn this year – Niko Partners
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