A new games media publication has been revealed from the former head of GamesIndustry.Biz, Christopher Dring, and Geoff Keighley.The Game Business is a new B2B (business-to-business) publication that will cover the business side of the industry, similar to the work Dring had been doing at GI.Biz, that the site continues to do.Per the publications introductory post, it’ll publish a podcast called “The Game Business Show” twice a week, and a newsletter published on Substack.The Game Business will also host its own live show that’ll take place alongside Keighley’s Summer Games Fest this June.“We’ll be covering what’s selling, what’s trending and what’s struggling, we’ll be analysing established and emerging platforms, distribution channels, monetisation practices, new markets, policy changes, shifting player behaviours, the battle for time in a world without any, and so much more,” writes Dring.Dring was also clear that while Keighley is providing funding for The Game Business, it is a separate entity from Keighley’s annual awards show, The Game Awards, and that TGB is not a part of the show.“Geoff’s support does mean that we can go faster, I can make most of it free, and it means we can put on our first event: The Game Business Live, which takes place alongside Summer Game Fest in June,” Dring wrote.For his part, Keighley added “Christopher Dring is a singular talent in the video game industry and deeply invested in the health of our sector. When Christopher presented me with the his idea of starting this venture, I was eager to help him create a new type of trade publication that aligns perfectly with how our industry consumes critical business intelligence today – fast, focused, and forward thinking.”Dring left GamesIndustry.Biz where he had led operations for close to a decade after the website was acquired by IGN’s parent company, Ziff Davis. Most of the GI.Biz staff also left following the acquisition, and in the time since leaving, Dring has been dropping multiple hints that he had something new in the works.Now that we know, it’ll be exciting to watch The Game Business grow, and the industry is better for the fact that Dring is staying in it, instead of taking his skills elsewhere.Source – [The Game Business, VGC]
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The Game Business, A New B2B Games Publication Announced From Chris Dring And Geoff Keighley
