July 2026

The Innovation Profile Map

What is studio innovation?

Jul 24 • Game Industry Patch Notes

Prestige is a Tax: When is it Worth Paying, and When are You Just Buying Arthouse Cred?

A prestige game is a car company’s Formula 1 team: it exists to lose money in exchange for branding and status.

Jul 17 • Game Industry Patch Notes

Why Xbox is Unacquiring Prestige Studios

On Monday Xbox is rumored to be closing or spinning off Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Undead Labs, and Arkane Studios, studios behind…

Jul 6 • Game Industry Patch Notes

June 2026

What is wrong with Ubisoft?

Once one of the big 4 of North American publishers alongside Take Two, EA, and Activision, Ubisoft has gone on a legendary fall from grace that features…

Jun 27 • Game Industry Patch Notes

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The 7 Levels of AI in Game Dev

While working on my next indie game, I wanted to get in on the productivity hype by exploring and utilizing all the different “right ways to use AI”.

Jun 1 • Game Industry Patch Notes

April 2026

March 2026

Why a Procter & Gamble CEO wrote the best strategy book in games

"Playing to Win" by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin

Mar 23 • Game Industry Patch Notes

AAA Games vs the Brain Rot Stack, How Games Can Battle for Attention

Ben Thompson of Stratechary fame had an amazing interview with Mathew Ball, the architect of the perennial annual “State of Video Gaming” deck…

Mar 8 • Game Industry Patch Notes

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A Conversation on Breaking Into Game Product Management

How to Break Into Game Product Management | Eric McConnell

Mar 6 • Game Industry Patch Notes

February 2026

What is and isn’t Google Genie: A Week After the Armchair Analysis

We have all seen the stories, the latest World Model demo from Google sent game publisher and game engine stocks tumbling with Unity (NYSE: U) as the…

Feb 9 • Game Industry Patch Notes

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The strategy book every VC reads and no one in games does

"7 Powers" by Hamilton Helmer

Feb 4 • Game Industry Patch Notes