640: Jay Peters: Phil Spencer and Sara Bond leave Xbox, Bluepoint Games shut down, Unity touts “AI-driven authoring”, God of War: Sons of Sparta, CorgiSpace, Mario Tennis Fever, Forgotlings, Scott Pilgrim EX, Cairn

About this episode

The episode discusses major changes at Xbox, studio closures, and new game developments with guest Jay Peters from the Verge.

Jeff and Christian welcome Jay Peters from the Verge to the show this week to discuss the massive shakeup at Xbox, Sony shuttering another studio, and Unity bringing prompted casual games to GDC. The Playlist: Jay : God of War: Sons of Sparta, CorgiSpace, Cairn Christian : Scott Pilgrim EX demo, Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition Jeff : Mario Tennis Fever, Forgotlings Parting Gifts!

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff, Christian

Guest: Jay Peters

Topics covered

• Xbox shakeup
• game development
• Unity AI
• video game reviews
• studio closures

Keywords

• Xbox
• Sony
• Unity
• game development
• God of War
• CorgiSpace
• Scott Pilgrim
• Mario Tennis
• Forgotlings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Xbox, Sony, Unity

Books & works: God of War: Sons of Sparta, CorgiSpace, Cairn, Scott Pilgrim EX, Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition, Mario Tennis Fever, Forgotlings

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