This week, alongside IO Interactive, we're also reporting back from BitSummit. Alan Wen (@damisanthrope.bsky.social) talked to iGi's co-founder Takaaki Ichijo on a decade of indie development and supporting the Japanese scene. Sign up to read more on Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
Bond's back. Today we speak to IO on creating 007 First Light and the importance of regulating the hero's violent tendencies. That, plus an interview with IGI's co-founder on a decade of supporting Japanese indies. Live at 2pm GMT. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...
In tomorrow’s issue, we talk to Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks about the firm’s continued investment in videogames, what happened with Atomic Arcade (and the future of the project it was working on), AI in games, globalising its studios, and more. Sign up to read more on Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
We're in Iceland today for Eve Fanfest with Fenris Creations (rebranded from CCP at the beginning of this month). Don't miss our coverage next Friday on the company's plans for both the studio and its games, including the upcoming Frontier and Vanguard. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...
This week, as 007 First Light launches, we chat to IO Interactive's Tom Marcham about the game's pillars, fostering player agency while needing to retain a specific identity, and "going for a Batman approach" when it comes to Bond's licence to kill.
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This Friday at 2pm BST, we look at what last week's Xbox and PlayStation showcases tell us about triple-A's creative dead end. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...
This Friday, read our interview with Chaotic Works founders Karl Francis and Lawrence Grabowski about their upcoming unannounced project and the trials of funding an indie in the UK. Live at 2pm BST. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...
This week, in addition to looking back at Summer Game Fest, we talk to Turnip Boy developer @snoozykazoo.com about its next title, Rizz Dungeon, making authentically queer projects, and delivering short games while understanding scope. Sign up to read more at 2pm BST: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
Here's the portrait I took of Fenris Creations (formerly CCP) CEO Hilmar Pétursson at Eve Fanfest in Rekyavik last week. In our @edgeknowledge.bsky.social interview on Friday, he talks the Pearl Abyss deal, the future of New Eden and partnering with DeepMind. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...
This week, we chat to Johnny Galvatron about making @mixtapegame.bsky.social – he tells us about building "nostalgia of the heart, not of the era" and how Beethoven & Dinosaur is building its portfolio like (you guessed it) a mixtape. Sign up here to read more on Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
