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Games Industry Executive Summary — 106 episodes

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Steam's big leak, Sony's pricing play, and Xbox's cloud hours cap | Gies #106

2

What do you even own? | Gies #105

3

Straight out of Gamescom 2026 | Gies #104

4

AI's class war, Disney in Fortnite, Horizon stumbles | Gies #103

5

GTA 6's Extended Look, Devolver's Pivot, and the Rise of Friendslop | Gies #102

6

Why Can't We Play Offline Anymore? | Gies #101

7

Our 100th Episode: Industry Veterans on Iconic Covers, First Games, and Gaming's Future | Gies #100

8

SE Xbox Cuts 3,200 Jobs and Divests Five Studios, Nintendo Plays the Good Guy | Gies #99

9

Xbox Hikes Prices, PlayStation Ends Discs, and a $6 Game Sells 10 Million | Gies #98

10

Steam Machine's Price Problem, GTA 6 Goes Premium, and Gaming's $201.6B Paradox | Gies #97

11

Xbox's Crisis, Fortnite's Pokemon Play, and Black Myth's China Lesson | Gies #96

12

The Return of the Console Wars? | Gies #95

13

State of Play: God of War Laufey, Wolverine, Until Dawn 2. Plus the Games Circling GTA 6 | Gies #94

14

State of the Industry 2026 - Nordic Game | Gies #93

15

Platform exclusives are making a comeback! | Gies #92

16

Future of Live Service Games | Gies #91

17

GameStop and its market implications | Gies #90

18

Single-Player Games Are Winning Again | Xbox Identity Crisis & Capcom’s Secret Formula| Gies #89

19

How Gaming Connects All Ages | Gies #88

20

Subscriptions Are Breaking Gaming | Gies #87

21

Live Service Games Are Starting to Fall Off | Gies #86

22

PS5 Prices Are Rising… Do Consoles Still Make Sense? | Gies #85

23

Gaming Is Getting Really Weird… And It’s Working | Gies #84

24

Indie Dev Makes $250K in a Week… But Is It Enough? | Gies #83

25

Fortnite’s Price Problem & Steam’s Weirdest Hit | Gies #82

26

Resident Evil Requiem Is Huge & Xbox Faces Big Questions | Gies #81

27

Resident Evil’s Big Moment, Xbox Shakeup & Marathon’s Test | Gies #80

28

Does Anyone Even Want a PS6? | Gies #79

29

Why Studios Keep Chasing Multiplayer (And Why It Fails) | Gies #78

30

The New Overwatch Update & Arc Raiders’ Clear Vision | Gies #77

31

Highguard’s Rough Launch & Arc Raiders vs The Division | Gies #76

32

Arc Raiders Is a Multiplayer Social Experiment!! | Gies #75

33

Arc Raiders Is Winning the Shooter War | Gies #74

34

New Year, New Hype, Is this Gaming’s Biggest Year Yet? | Gies #73

35

2025’s Biggest Games, Switch 2 & Why Releases Are Broken | Gies #72

36

Arc Raiders PvP Problem & The New Motion Console Boom | Gies #71

37

Bloodlines 2 Flops & Arc Raiders Is Taking Over Steam | Gies #70

38

Why Asian Studios Are Going Global And Changing Everything | Gies #69

39

Call of Duty’s Decline, Unreal x Unity Collab | Gies #68

40

GTA 6 Delayed again, Steam’s New Console, and the Future of PlayStation | Gies #67

41

The Freshest Shooter Since PUBG | Gies #66

42

Exclusivity, Layoffs, & Resident Evil’s Comeback | Battlefield 6 Future & Game Pass Shift | Gies #65

43

The Rise of Extraction Shooters | Gies #64

44

Skate's Comeback: Fun in a Sandbox | Gies #63

45

Battlefield’s Next Release and the Challenges Facing Hades 2 | Gies #62

46

The Future of Gaming: EA’s Buyout and What It Means | Gies #61

47

New Palworld Spin-Off Announced & Epic Turns Fortnite Into Roblox New Palworld Spin-Off Announced & Epic Turns Fortnite Into Roblox | Gies #60

48

Silksong and the Future of Indie Games | Gies #59

49

GTA 6 Hype, Game Pass Trends & Nintendo’s Patent Drama | Gies #58

50

The Evolution of No Man's Sky | Gies #57

51

Hollow Knight Swan Song: The Long Wait | Gies #56

52

Straight out of #Gamescom2025 | Gies #55

53

Baby Steps, Battlefields and Betas

54

Censorship in games and Roblox copycats | Gies #53

55

Battlefield 6: A New Era for the Franchise? | Gies #52

56

The age of game mechanics is over?!!? | Gies #51

57

AI and Its Impact on the Gaming Industry | Gies #50

58

We live in the Tiktok era of game making | Gies #49

59

AAA games are dead, long live AAA | Gies #48

60

Industry consolidation aftermath | Gies #47

61

The most played video game on earth today! | Gies #46

62

E3 is back! | Gies #45

63

You NEED to Know This Before Playing Elden Ring Nightreign | Gies #44

64

Elden Ring Update, Roblox Boom, Doom’s Wild Twist & Battlefront Revival | Gies #43

65

What Clair Obscur Nails That Modern RPGs Keep Missing | Gies #42

66

GTA 6 Delay Changes Everything: What It Means for the Industry | Gies #41

67

How This Tiny Studio Shocked the Entire Gaming Industry | Gies #40

68

The Remaster That Stole the Spotlight, Indie Breakouts & Game Pass Strategy | GIES #39

69

Global Gaming Shift: Extraction Shooters, Rising Prices, Korean Indies & Missed Trends | Gies #38

70

Nintendo’s $1,000 Switch 2: Biggest Mistake Yet? | Gies #37

71

[SPECIAL REPORT] The State of PC & Console Gaming in 2025 | Gies #36

72

Switch 2: Game Changer or Disappointment? | Gies #35

73

Next Big Collab: Pokémon x LEGO | Gies #34

74

The 8% Problem: Why New PC Games Are Failing | Gies #33

75

Chinese Gamers Overtake Steam | Gies #32

76

Monster Hunter Wilds Shatters Records | Gies #31

77

Obsidian’s Secret to Success | Gies #30

78

GTA 6 Will Be The First Real Metaverse? | Gies #29

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GIES #28 - W7 | 2025

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GIES #27 - W6 | 2025

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GIES #26 - W5 | 2025

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GIES #25- W4 | 2025

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GIES #24- W3 | 2025

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GIES #23- W2 | 2025

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GIES #22- W50 | 2024

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GIES #21 - W49 | 2024

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GIES #20 - W48 | 2024

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GIES #19 - W47 | 2024

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GIES #18 - W46 | 2024

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GIES #17 - W45 | 2024

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GIES #16 - W44 | 2024

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GIES #15 - W43 | 2024

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GIES #14 - W42 | 2024

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GIES #13 - W41 | 2024

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GIES #12 - W40 | 2024

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GIES #11 - W39 | 2024

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GIES #10 - W38 | 2024

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GIES #9 - W37 | 2024

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GIES #8 - W36 | 2024

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GIES #7 - W35 | 2024

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GIES #6 - W34 | 2024

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GIES #5 - W33 | 2024

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GIES #4 - W32 | 2024

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GIES #3 - W31 | 2024

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GIES #2 - W30 | 2024

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GIES #1 - W29 | 2024