The Weekly Download
Ready to level up your knowledge of the video game industry? Welcome to The Weekly Download, the definitive weekly podcast on the video games industry, brought to you by Big Games Machine.
Join industry veterans Tom and Alex as they use their expertise and industry knowhow to help you speedrun through the last seven days in gaming. We cover everything: massive mergers, studio shake-ups, indie success stories, and the latest strategic plays from the biggest studios.
If it's shaping the future of gaming, you'll find the lowdown here.
Episodes
29 episodes
Xbox Kills AI Assistant ‘Copilot’ on Consoles & How Important are Exclusives?
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
Greedfall Developer Spiders Shuts Down & Resident Evil Turboboosts Capcom Earnings
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
Xbox drops Game Pass prices & Switch 2 sales surge in the US!
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
Is Game Pass too expensive? Xbox’s new CEO Asha Sharma says YES!
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:Xbox is considering
Slay The Spire 2 Crushes AAA competition on Steam & Netflix Launches Kids Game App
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
Rec Room is shutting down & could Disney buy Epic?
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:Rec Room, once valued at $3.5B, is shutting down lat...
Epic Games lays Off 1000 staff & Nintendo confirms new Switch 2 digital game pricing
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
GDC shrinks by 30%, Krafton loses Subnautica 2 co-founders legal case, NVIDIA's DLSS 5 faces backlash
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:GDC Festival of Gaming shrinks by 30% year on yea...
V-Bucks Price Hike, PEGI Loot Box Crackdown & Sega’s Sales Struggle…
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
Resident Evil's fake AI review scandal & is Sony quitting PC?
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
What's next for Xbox following Phil Spencer's shock departure?
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
EA Sports FC commentator reveals EA used AI tools to record commentary lines in EA Sports FC 26
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:EA Sports FC commentator gives permission for AI voi...
What's next for Ubisoft after 1,000+ employees go on strike?
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:
Could Google's AI-powered Project Genie be the future of video games?
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:Google unveils AI game engine called Project Genie
Why has Highguard faced so much backlash from gamers?
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:Valve faces legal action in the UK over Steam prices...
Total Takeover: How Nintendo and the Switch 2 took over Japan’s console market
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:Niko Partners’ 10 major trends to watch out for in 2...
Stellar Blade director says AI is essential to compete with bigger developers and studios
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. This week's headlines:Saudi Arabia's PIF to transfer $12bn in shares to S...
Xbox suffers "worst year on record" for console sales in the UK
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. In the first episode of 2026, we’ll be taking a look at some of the stories that could shape the ...
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2025: The Year AAA Faltered and AI Took Over the Games Industry
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry. To mark the final episode of 2025, we wanted to take a look back at the year that was ...
Does Netflix even care about video games as part of Warner Bros. acquisition?
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry.This Week's Headlines:
Tim Sweeney calls out Valve over AI tags, controversial horror game 'Horses' is removed from the Epic Games Store & Yacht Club could be in trouble if Mina the Hollower flops
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry.This Week's Headlines:Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney isn’t a fan of Steam's AI discl...
Roblox CEO is grilled on child safety concerns, the Saudi PIF may be running low on investable cash & the disaster that was the To The Moon Expo
Pod Description:The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry.This Week's Headlines:The Saudi Public Investment ...
43% of kids want in-game currencies for Xmas, survey highlights gacha and live-service woes in Japan & 56% of U.S. game workers want to join a union
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry.This Week's Headlines:Reports from the ESA claim 43% of US kids want in-game cur...
Valve announces the Steam Machine, ARC Raiders' faces AI voice acting backlash & EA navigates PR nightmare over Veterans Day Pack
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry.This Week's Headlines:Valve announces the Steam MachineARC Raiders' con...
Rockstar accused of union-busting, Switch 2 hits 10M units & Japanese publishers take on Sora 2
The Weekly Download by Big Games Machine is your essential weekly speedrun through the biggest stories in the global video games industry.This Week's Headlines:The allegations of union-busting at Rockstar Games.
