Another live service game meets an early end, plus more layoffs and closures. Thoughts to everyone affected by the latest headlines. Today on GamesIndustry.biz...

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/james-e-batchelor_sony-pulls-concord-from-sale-with-immediate-activity-7236813208219492352-qxDS?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

So Sony didn't just send Concord out to die, it's already killed it! It's beyond tough to make a hit nowadays, esp. in a crowded genre like hero shooters. Just hope this doesn't impact the folks at Firewalk Studios too badly

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/sony-pulls-concord-from-sale-with-immediate-effect

Back from Gamescom, back from holiday, and back into the habit (hopefully) of bringing you up to speed on the games industry's biggest business news. Today on GamesIndustry.biz...

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Just over an hour to go until the Four B2B Games Journalists of the Apocalypse discuss the great divides of the games industry. Be sure to tune in, otherwise we're just talking to each other

https://lu.ma/k2r3daur

Tomorrow, the best B2B journalist in the biz (and me) will be discussing the great divides in the games industry in a webinar hosted by Raptor PR.

It kicks off at 5pm UK/12pm ET/9am PT - come join us

https://lu.ma/k2r3daur

Rather proud of how much Chris and I crammed into this week's Microcast: financials for Nintendo, Xbox and EA, US June spending, Bungie layoffs, Game Informer's closure, and the state of games media - all in less than 45 minutes.

Not bad given we were both away last week.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/game-informers-closure-and-the-state-of-games-media-microcast

I remember my little Nintendo fanboy mind being blown at the idea of Mario and Sonic being in the same game together. A shame to see this historic partnership end

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/olympics-reportedly-dropped-mario-and-sonic-games-in-favour-of-mobile-nfts

MS financials: Gaming revenue up 44%, Xbox content and services up 61%, mostly thanks to Activision.

ABK makes this fiscal year a blip for MS. Intrigued to see how that growth drops next year
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/activison-continues-to-boost-xbox-revenues-but-hardware-sees-further-decline

GTA 6 and the PlayStation 4 problem

Great piece by Chris here. The biggest challenge facing GTA 6 is not another game or even another entertainment launch, it's the fact that so many gamers are still on last-gen hardware

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gta-6-and-the-playstation-4-problem

It's Monday, it's morning (just about), it's GI Microcast time

This week we discuss Humble Games and the state of publishing, AI concerns around Activision and the SAG-AFTRA strike

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/what-does-the-humble-restructuring-say-about-the-state-of-games-publishing-microcast