Episode 199: Game Pass Abdicates 'Best Value in Gaming' Throne (News Show)
Update: 2025-10-13
Description
With prices skyrocketing this generation, Microsoft has increased costs on Game Pass' top tier while cutting offerings on others. We discuss the broader implications as price-sensitive players get boxed out. Also: Unity security alert sends devs scrambling, Tencent fires back at Sony's Horizon: Zero Dawn lawsuit, and private equity rears its head once more.
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:01:40 ] - Game Pass Price Hike Hits Hard
- [00:29:53 ] - Unity Security Flaw Alert
- [00:32:53 ] - Tencent Hits back at Sony's Horizon: Zero Dawn lawsuit
- [00:50:13 ] - Investment Interlude
- [00:57:46 ] - Quick Hits
- [01:01:19 ] - Labor Report
SOURCES
- Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans | Xbox
- Unity Platform Protection: Take Immediate Action to Protect Your Games and Apps | Unity
- SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC v TENCENT HOLDINGS | United States District Court, Northern District of California
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
- Ubisoft Launches Brand-New Subsidiary - Vantage Studios | Ubisoft
- Splash Damage breaks away from Tencent | GamesIndustry
- Fragbite sells Playdigious to Griffin Gaming Partners for €10.5 million | Game Developer
LABOR REPORT
- Dune: Awakening developer Funcom announces redundancies | GamesIndustry
- The Outsiders is closing | David Goldfarb on Bluesky
- Testronic makes 4.8 percent of its total workforce redundant, closes Madrid and Belgrade studios | Game Developer
- Digital Extremes layoffs | Justin Kranzl on LinkedIn
- A Studio Update from Avalanche Studios Group | Avalanche
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