The BIG Show (Business, Innovation & Gaming)

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New episodes drop on Mondays! The BIG Show is GamesBeat’s flagship podcast, taking you backstage with the CEOs, creators, investors, and changemakers shaping the $300B+ global games industry. We go beyond the stage to unpack how studios really scale, what VCs are funding next, how AI is actually impacting development, and what publishers truly want. Think after-hours conversations, Discord DMs brought to life, and candid takes you won’t hear in keynotes — all on the record.

  1. 4d ago

    Jenova Chen - Co-founder, Thatgamecompany

    Jenova Chen has been at the forefront of game development since 2005, when he launched his career with the viral student project Cloud. In May, Chen took the stage at GamesBeat Summit to share lessons learned from the 20-year tenure of his studio Thatgamecompany — and sat down for an episode of the BIG Show, GamesBeat’s podcast.  Check out the first episode of season two of the BIG Show to get Chen’s take on the state of the game industry in 2026 — from his frustrations over the rise of “pseudo-gambling” mechanics like gacha and loot boxes to his interest in the so-called “friendslop” genre.

    22 min

  2. May 4

    Mike DeLaet - President, Ares Interactive

    GamesBeat's Lead Writer Alex Lee sits down with Mike DeLaet, President of Ares Interactive.

    20 min

  3. Apr 20

    Maya Rogers - CEO, The Tetris Company

    GamesBeat's Lead News Writer Alex Lee sits down with Maya Rogers, CEO of The Tetris Company

    29 min

  4. Apr 13

    Brendan Greene - CEO of PlayerUnknown Productions

    GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi sits down with Brendan Greene, CEO of PlayerUnknown Productions

    21 min

  5. Apr 9

    Sponsored: GamesBeat's Alex Lee, Lead News Writer, talks with Xsolla's Berkley Egenes

    GamesBeat Lead News Writer Alexander Lee sits down with Xsolla Chief Marketing and Growth officer Berkley Egenes in this sponsored episode of The Big Show, recorded at the Xsolla Clubhouse in San Francisco. Egenes shares his path into the games industry and how he now leads global growth at Xsolla, where the company’s success is tied directly to the developers it supports.

    31 min

  6. Apr 7

    Peter Levin - Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners

    GamesBeat Lead News Writer Alex Lee sits down with Peter Levin, a pioneering executive known for helping bridge Hollywood and gaming during his time at Lionsgate, where he championed transmedia storytelling. Today, Levin continues that work as a partner at Griffin Gaming Partners, one of the industry’s largest venture capital firms with billions under management.

    26 min

  7. Mar 30

    Brian Ward - CEO of Savvy Games Group

    Dean Takahashi sits down with Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group, the global gaming investment powerhouse backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and responsible for billions of dollars in strategic investment aimed at reshaping the future of the industry.

    22 min

  8. Feb 23

    Christopher Dring and Kaare Eriksen

    Video game journalism is in a rough spot in 2026, with layoffs and contracting budgets causing upheaval at large and small publications across the space. Christopher Dring and Kaare Eriksen don’t have all the answers for the industry’s ills — but they do have some ideas. As the founder and editor-in-chief of the Game Business newsletter, Dring has represented one of the few bright spots in the games journalism industry over the past year, while Eriksen Eriksen has a birds’-eye view into gaming journalists’ ongoing challenges as a media analyst at Luminate Intelligence. We took advantage of Dring and Eriksen’s expertise to record a wide-ranging episode of the BIG Show tackling some of games journalism’s challenges in 2026 — and potential paths forward for businesses in the space.

    28 min
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New episodes drop on Mondays! The BIG Show is GamesBeat’s flagship podcast, taking you backstage with the CEOs, creators, investors, and changemakers shaping the $300B+ global games industry. We go beyond the stage to unpack how studios really scale, what VCs are funding next, how AI is actually impacting development, and what publishers truly want. Think after-hours conversations, Discord DMs brought to life, and candid takes you won’t hear in keynotes — all on the record.

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