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James Batchelor and Chris Dring talk about the largest tales of the previous week from the enterprise of video video games.
We begin by (not) speculating concerning the anticipated Xbox enterprise replace, which Phil Spencer says will tackle the latest rumours about first-party exclusives to rival platforms, Microsoft dropping bodily media and even probably pulling out of the console area. Okay, perhaps we speculated a bit of. Only a wholesome quantity.
The big matter of this week’s Microcast is Disney’s $1.5 billion funding in Epic Video games and the 2 firms’ plans for a partnership on a brand new expertise for Fortnite. We talk about Fortnite’s evolution, and what to anticipate from the Disney deal.
We additionally check out the assorted financials, funding tales, and acquisitions and replicate on why this provides a bit of gentle in what are undoubtedly darkish instances for the video games business.
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Music composed by Thomas Marchant. Episode edited by Alix Attenborough.
We’re at the moment exploring how we will enhance the total podcast – hour-long exhibits that includes extra of the editorial workforce – with plans to revive this format quickly. In case you have any solutions, or something you suppose is especially lacking from video video games enterprise podcasts, please e mail james.batchelor@gamesindustry.biz.