Sucks to hear Iron Galaxy is barely hanging on, I hope they are working on Killer Instinct to give them a lifeline. ProbablyMonsters had more layoffs, even the company with the largest Series A raised to date in the gaming industry is struggling. Roblox is down 26% in premarket trading due to less than expected bookings, the Roblox CFO had this to say about the gaming industry: "We're growing at a substantial premium to the overall gaming market. Right now, gaming is barely growing as a category".

• EA -7%
• Koei Tecmo: -14%
• CyberAgent: -15%
• Capcom: -16%

Expecting 2025 to be another rough year for the industry.

Based on inflation gaming is down and shrunk by 13% (was also in the presentatoin of the state of the video game industry link I posted before)

NeversKnowBest also made a great video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QgQtoGHRY

Harrison Ford has praised Troy Baker's depiction of his iconic whip-toting archaeologist in Xbox's recent release Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. bit.ly/3Q7E45r

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— Eurogamer (@eurogamer.bsky.social) 6 February 2025 at 17:21

ESA announces Interactive Innovation Conference (iicon) taking place in Las Vegas (April 27-30) pitched as an "essential convening for change makers across industries"

Companies attending include Amazon Games, Disney, EA, Epic, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft, WB

LINK

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— Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social) 6 February 2025 at 16:49

Sounds more like GDC than an E3 replacement.

Now playing Avowed, given to me by Obsidian & Xbox.

Crazy to think I've covered this game as a fan for years from announce to today. If you know me, you know I love Obsidians style of games; imho Grounded is a masterpiece in design & creativity.

Thoughts coming February 13.

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— Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social) 6 February 2025 at 15:56

I like how these posts read as "See????? We're doing something!" lol

Oh ok good catch I thought for sure it would include all the other games. Well damn to have single digit growth next quarter with only Avowed is very good IMO. The one after that should be double digits.

It's like this with every recent Xbox game, Lol. People shouting "Where is the marketing?!" but Microsoft nowadays spams the marketing in the final two weeks and Aaron is like "Here it is! Shut up!"

London

One week until early access begins for Avowed Premium Edition players! Pre-order the Avowed Premium Edition on Xbox Series X|S, the Xbox app on Windows, Battle.net, or Steam and get up to five days early access starting on February 13.

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— Obsidian (@obsidian.net) 6 February 2025 at 19:03

XEP Interview: Carrie Patel | Avowed

Jason Schreier Said:

That Minnmax interview is fantastic. Very excited to talk more about this one.