The Game Business Show

About The Game Business Show

Christopher Dring hosts interviews, in-depth analysis and special features on what's truly going on in the video games industry. www.thegamebusiness.com (https://www.thegamebusiness.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Hosted by Christopher Dring

Category

business · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Mar 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

160 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   How Undead Labs saved itself and State of Decay from oblivion

   In this edition, we welcome Philip Holt, the boss of State of Decay developer Undead Labs. The studio has just declared its independence from Xbox, but has had to lay off a 'significant' number of staff as it prepares to release State of Decay 3 next year. We discuss the studio's new independence, why it didn't find a buyer, whether it has enough to finish the upcoming horror game, the business realities facing smaller teams and his "irresponsible" approach to transparency. Plus, lots more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com/subscribe (https://www.thegamebusiness.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Games media crisis deepens, Bloober hunts weird horror titles, and New York Games Week soft launches

   In today's bumper edition of the Show, we discuss the layoffs in the games media, plus we have two interviews. The first is with the leaders of Bloober Team and Broken Mirror Games about finding weird horror titles akin to Backrooms in the film world. Plus, we chat to New York Games Week's Guy Blomberg about the surprise soft launch of the event next week. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com/subscribe (https://www.thegamebusiness.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   As a Battlefield studio, is Criterion Games really still Criterion?

   We chat with four leaders from EA's Criterion studio about how it made Battlefield with three other international studios, and whether the studio is still the same one that made those Need for Speed and Burnout games. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegamebusiness.com/subscribe (https://www.thegamebusiness.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

Who has been a guest on The Game Business Show

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Matthew Ball
• Shawn Kittelsen
• Amanda White
• Jon Gibson
• Samantha Lester

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

112,237

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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