Episode Details

After so many failed attempts, can a new MMO offer enough financial upside to justify the risk again, or does the business case only work for established companies like Blizzard and Riot?

How confident are you that Bungie's apology puts the studio on a sustainable path back, and how long do we have to wait?

Red flag or green flag: watching an advertisement to earn your next block of uninterrupted gameplay?

AI letting players choose a game's visual style? Is this a use case that will gain lasting traction, or a filter people try once?

Is Resident Evil a 10/10 video game movie?

Is Halo getting better leadership, or is Xbox admitting its previous structure failed?

CHAPTERS:

3:16 - MMO Comeback | Bullish or Bullshit?

17:31 - Bungie Redemption? | Sentiment Score

30:37 - Microsoft Ads | Red or Green Flag?

42:30 - Choose Your Art Style | What’s the Word?

52:03 - Halo + Activision | Buy or Sell?

Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbafRdQNAAU

HOST:

Sam Steffanina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsteffanina/

PANEL:

Chris Heatherly - Ex-Disney / Ex-NBCUniversal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisheatherly/

Wills Spangler - GameCred - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wills-spangler/

Colan Neese - Screen Engine / mindGAME Data - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colanneese/

Kohji Nagata - Parallel - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod

Tony Valcarcel - Makko.ai - https://x.com/Tvalc