Why did Annapurna Interactive’s staff resign? Kaitlyn and Sam dig into that question on this week’s episode. Then the pair breaks down GamesIndustry.biz’s great post-pandemic analysis of the games industry before concluding with a new segment about the hype for Nintendo’s next console.
Timecodes:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:07:17 – Annapurna Interactive Staff Resigns
00:23:05 – Read of the Week: GamesIndustry.biz on “How the games industry turned pandemic success into disaster”
00:51:23 – Developer Cites “Future Nintendo Platforms” in Game Announcement. Was That a PR Tactic?
00:59:44 – Outro
Stories/media discussed:
Bloomberg – Annapurna Video-Game Team Resigns, Leaving Partners Scrambling
Eurogamer – Developers rush to reassure players of forthcoming releases following Annapurna Interactive mass exodus
GamesIndustry.biz – Cheap money and bad bets: How the games industry turned pandemic success into disaster
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