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

IGN – My Time at Portia Dev Announces Sequel for PC, Xbox Series X and S, PS5 and ‘Future Nintendo Platforms Yet to Be Announced’

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