This is your classic Gamescom episode: A group from the indie side. Tune it to hear Graeme Struthers of Devolver Digital, Aubrey Norris of Deep Silver, and Shams Jorjani of Paradox Interactive talk about the state of independent games publishing, Sony's recent indie dominance, how Microsoft is faring, and the power of catering to niches.
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Show Breakdown
Hosts: Alexander (@Sliwinski), Ludwig (@LudwigK), Jess (@JessConditt), Sinan (@sinankubba), Thomas (@T_Schulenberg)
Guests: Graeme Struthers (@grim1011) - Devolver Digital, Aubrey Norris (@Chupacaubrey) - Deep Silver, Shams Jorjani (@ShamsJorjani) - Paradox Interactive
- 00:03:10 // Devolver Digital, Deep Silver, and Paradox intros
- 00:17:05 // How to approach devs & curration
- 00:36:10 // Listening to the audience
- 00:50:30 // Piracy
- 00:54:00 // Microsoft
- 00:58:40 // Nintendo
- 01:02:35 // Steam Greenlight
- 01:08:40 // The future
Theme Music: Satsuma Audio and Whitaker Blackall – "A Basstastic Undertaking"
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