Episode 192: PAX East Takes A MAGFest Turn (News Show)
Update: 2025-05-30
Description
PAX East isn’t the show it was 10 years ago. With most AAA developers staying away, indies take center stage. Also: Circana report for April 2025, GameStop sells off its Canadian holdings, Curve Games has a new owner, the SAG-AFTRA voice performer strike enters the endgame, and much more. We’ve also got a pair of great listener questions!
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:03:10 ] - Circana Report on U.S. Video Game Spending for April 2025
- [00:17:36 ] - PAX East Recap
- [00:52:48 ] - Investment Interlude
- [01:09:12 ] - Quick Hits
- [01:17:15 ] - Labor Report
- [01:34:37 ] - Listener Questions
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
- Universal Distribution completes Alliance Game Distributors buyout from Diamond Comics after chaotic bankruptcy auction | BoardGameWire
- Curve Games Acquired by Nazara Technologies | Curve Games
- Apple acquires RAC7, its first-ever video game studio | Digital Trends
- NCsoft makes "strategic equity investment" in Empty Vessel | GamesIndustry
- Griffin Gaming Partners Leads €12M Series A in Amplitude Studios | Griffin Gaming Partners
- Sony PlayStation establishes new studio, teamLFG, to work on "an ambitious incubation project" | GamesIndustry
- Starbreeze acquires publishing rights to troubled Payday 3, says move will 'accelerate development roadmap' | Eurogamer
- Brightika expands to PC and console with $3m investment for indie devs | GamesIndustry
LABOR REPORT
- EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Games | IGN
- Microsoft announces plans to lay off thousands more workers | VGC
- Video Game Companies Release Final Offer to SAG-AFTRA Addressing AI Demands Amid 9-Month Strike (EXCLUSIVE) | Variety
- Video Game Companies Remove AI Provision on Unlimited Digital Replicas From ‘Best, Last and Final’ Offer to Actors Union (EXCLUSIVE) | Variety
- SAG-AFTRA's Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee Responds to Video Game Employers | SAG-AFTRA
- SAG-AFTRA Statement on Fortnite’s Use of A.I. Darth Vader Voice and ULP Filing | SAG-AFTRA
- THQ Nordic studio that was set to be closed in 2023 somehow escaped the Embracer death spiral and is now working on a new RPG | PC Gamer
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