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Welcome to the weekly GI Microcast giving you the latest in video games news. Join James Batchelor and Chris Dring, two business journalists with more than 35 years' combined experience, as they give you their take on the biggest stories in video games. Never miss an episode and subscribe to the GI Microcast on all podcasting platforms and YouTube.

The Five Games Of... Debbie Bestwick

75 hours 15 mins; September 25, 2020

PlayStation, pre-orders and preparing for next-gen

55 mins; September 21, 2020

Xbox shows its hand

59 mins; September 14, 2020

The Game Developers' Playlist: RPG Maker with Davionne Gooden

37 mins; September 07, 2020

The future of Unity

43 mins; September 01, 2020

The Five Games Of... Mike Bithell

76 hours 50 mins; August 28, 2020

Is Rocksteady doing enough to tackle abuse?

55 mins; August 25, 2020

Epic is doing the right thing the wrong way | Podcast

59 mins; August 17, 2020

The Game Developer's Playlist: Earthbound, with Aaron Linde

52 mins; August 10, 2020

No, really - do we need E3?

49 mins; August 03, 2020

Xbox confuses its cross-generation message

56 mins; July 24, 2020

Inside GlobalStep's culture of fear

44 mins; July 21, 2020

What went wrong at Ubisoft?

77 hours 29 mins; July 13, 2020

The rising cost of video games

41 mins; July 06, 2020

Are Video Games Too Long?

54 mins; June 29, 2020

Review embargoes and next-generation sweat

58 mins; June 23, 2020

PS5 reveal is the perfect E3 showcase

55 mins; June 12, 2020

Some recommendations

1 min; June 08, 2020

Take-Two betting big on sports, not GTA 6

48 mins; June 01, 2020

Why games firms are ready to go back to the office

67 hours 45 mins; May 26, 2020

An Epic vision of the next generation

53 mins; May 18, 2020

Xbox Series X showcase redefines "gameplay" - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

54 mins; May 11, 2020

Spencer, subscriptions and spoilers - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

63 hours 27 mins; May 04, 2020

(Not)E3 2020 Predicitions - The Gamesindustry.Biz Podcast

71 hours 0 mins; April 27, 2020

Can smaller games kill crunch? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

61 hours 10 mins; April 20, 2020

A Guide To Remote Working - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

53 mins; April 09, 2020

Platform holders and the pandemic - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

45 mins; April 06, 2020

Live at Rezzed Digital - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

49 mins; March 30, 2020

Next-Gen Spec Wars - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

57 mins; March 23, 2020

A Year Without E3 - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

55 mins; March 17, 2020

Could coronavirus change the way we work? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

43 mins; March 09, 2020

The real impact of cancelling GDC - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

83 hours 59 mins; March 02, 2020

What impact will coronavirus have on the games industry? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

48 mins; February 24, 2020

The curious case of Tim Sweeney's keynote - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

59 mins; February 17, 2020

Why Microsoft is targeting Amazon and Google - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

62 hours 0 mins; February 10, 2020

Do numbers matter? The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

47 mins; February 03, 2020

The (Doom) Eternal cycle of crunch - The GamesIndustry.biz

54 mins; January 27, 2020

Xbox's plan to reshape the console industry - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

45 mins; January 21, 2020

Does E3 need PlayStation? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

40 mins; January 14, 2020

Do we need a Switch Pro in 2020? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

49 mins; January 13, 2020

What do we want to see in 2020? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

51 mins; January 06, 2020

Games of the Year 2019 - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

69 hours 43 mins; December 16, 2019

Toxicity, Nintendo, and Shovelware - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

48 mins; December 09, 2019

How unconscious bias is holding back the industry - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

40 mins; December 02, 2019

Here to Stadia - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

66 hours 9 mins; November 25, 2019

Live from X019 - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

23 mins; November 15, 2019

What role will indies play on the PlayStation 5? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

58 mins; November 12, 2019

The mixed messages of Modern Warfare - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

56 mins; November 04, 2019

Gods, Monsters and Delays - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

33 mins; October 28, 2019

Should Nintendo go third-party? And other questions - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

44 mins; October 21, 2019

Can Blizzard recover from Blitzchung? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

56 mins; October 14, 2019

REUPLOAD: Welcome to the Fampany - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

50 mins; October 10, 2019

A tale of two Nintendos - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

48 mins; September 30, 2019

No one online cares about the pie charts - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

58 mins; September 23, 2019

A turning point for loot boxes? - The GamesIndustry.biz

41 mins; September 16, 2019

Boulevard of Broken Dreamcasts - The GamesIndustry.biz

37 mins; September 09, 2019

Selling fridges to survive - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

58 mins; August 27, 2019

Is this podcast 'political'? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

45 mins; August 17, 2019

This is a family show - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

76 hours 3 mins; August 09, 2019

Rockstar's tax returns - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

51 mins; August 02, 2019

The incredible timing of GTA V's online casino - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

49 mins; July 26, 2019

Are Ubisoft and HitRecord exploiting fans? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

46 mins; July 19, 2019

How do you solve a problem like G2A? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

43 mins; July 12, 2019

Why people see EA as the "bad guys" - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

53 mins; July 05, 2019

The messy world of live streaming and Treyarch's QA underclass - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

38 mins; June 28, 2019

Why do we need unions? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

50 mins; June 21, 2019

E3 Aftermath (2019 Edition) - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

69 hours 24 mins; June 14, 2019

E3 Expectations (2019 Edition) - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

55 mins; June 06, 2019

Pod of Duty: Modern Warfare Plus+ - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

56 mins; May 30, 2019

Microsoft and Sony's cloud co-operation - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

41 mins; May 17, 2019

Crunch and walkouts are failures of management - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

53 mins; May 10, 2019

How to spoil your own announcement - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

39 mins; May 02, 2019

The slow journey to killing crunch - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

32 mins; April 26, 2019

PlayStation 5 vs disc-less Xbox - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

30 mins; April 17, 2019

Why does Activision need pregnancy data? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

37 mins; April 11, 2019

Shrinking second-hand sales and BioWare blues - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

36 mins; April 05, 2019

Live from (near) GDC 2019 - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

52 mins; March 22, 2019

Bad Influencers - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

35 mins; March 15, 2019

Valve does the right thing for the wrong reason - The Games Industry.biz Podcast

45 mins; March 08, 2019

When THQ Nordic visited 8chan - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

42 mins; March 01, 2019

What does success mean for Crackdown 3? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

51 mins; February 22, 2019

Activision's record year & redundancies - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

36 mins; February 15, 2019

Apex Legends and the safety of a surprise launch - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

38 mins; February 06, 2019

What now for Activision? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

29 mins; January 14, 2019

What we expect from 2019 - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

47 mins; January 04, 2019

Game of the Year 2018 - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

72 hours 14 mins; December 21, 2018

Unpacking loot boxes - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

31 mins; December 05, 2018

Virtual Reality, with Resolution's Tommy Palm - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

29 mins; November 21, 2018

Counting on cryptocurrency, with Reality Clash - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

40 mins; November 12, 2018

Red Dead Redemption 2 Special - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

31 mins; October 23, 2018

Full stream ahead? - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

39 mins; October 12, 2018

Family games, with Thumbfood - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

31 mins; August 07, 2018

Artificial Intelligence, with Chet Faliszek - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

36 mins; July 26, 2018

Shorter games and quicker releases, with Mike Bithell - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

30 mins; July 17, 2018

Fighting Ageism, with Kate Edwards - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

31 mins; July 02, 2018

E3 Aftermath (2018 Edition) - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

58 mins; June 21, 2018

E3 Expectations: 2018 Edition - The GamesIndustry Podcast

53 mins; June 04, 2018

Accessibility in games, with SpecialEffect - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

28 mins; May 18, 2018

Voice acting in games, with OMUK - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

43 mins; April 21, 2018

Making virtual reality mainstream, with Terra Virtua - The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast

23 mins; April 04, 2018

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