Matt, Brendan, Chris and James gather to discuss the biggest industry headlines of the past week on The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast,l.
Chief among them is the arrival of Crackdown 3 and the difficulty it presents in judging its success. Media reviews are mixed, its retail performance (in the UK, at least) has been poor, yet engagement on Xbox One seems to be high, thanks to Game Pass. Is this the first in a new type of release, where the metrics the industry has relied on in the past are ultimately meaningless?
Also discussed are the ongoing troubles of Starbreeze, with the poor performance of Overkill’s The Walking Dead continuing to highlight the struggles the Swedish publisher faces. With the company now in a reconstruction period to avoid insolvency, what does the future look like for Starbreeze?
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