Episode Summary
Welcome back to The Weekly Download! Brought to you by Big Games Machine, industry experts Jack and Tom are once again going to speedrun you through the biggest stories of the week.
In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing the departure of Remedy CEO Tero Virtala, analysing Xbox’s latest comments on console exclusivity, and examining the recent success of Escape from Duckov and the relationship between Chinese gamers and Steam.
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Stories mentioned in this episode can be found below:
- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/remedy-ceo-tero-virtala-steps-down-after-nine-years
- https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/10/xbox-boss-believes-sonys-strategy-of-console-exclusives-is-antiquated
- https://www.gematsu.com/2025/10/escape-from-duckov-sales-top-one-million
- https://www.dexerto.com/counter-strike-2/cs2-skin-update-rug-pulls-collectors-as-1-billion-wiped-from-market-cap-3273322/
- https://www.polygon.com/ea-shutting-down-the-sims-mobile/?mc_cid=b9e9305713&mc_eid=a70eb334cb
- https://automaton-media.com/en/news/steam-wishlist-to-sales-study-shows-how-genre-release-timing-and-reviews-affect-success-nsfw-games-show-unusually-high-conversion-rate/
