Game Wise: The IGEA Educates Podcast – We’re Back for Season 2

Game Wise – the IGEA Educates podcast is back for season 2!

We’re kicking it off with a conversation with Video Game Insights’ Vic Bessey for a data-driven look back at 2025 and what it tells us about where the games industry is heading.

Drawing on VG Insights’ latest datasets and reports, the conversation explores global game sales and spending trends, the growing dominance of Steam, and the mounting challenge of visibility and discoverability in an increasingly crowded market. Vic breaks down why success is no longer guaranteed, even for well-funded projects, and what metrics like wishlists, demos, and platform showcases really mean in practice.

The episode also dives into VG Insights’ Soulslike Report, highlighting the genre’s continued growth and its strong traction across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the Big Game Engines Report, which shows how Unity and Unreal continue to dominate development pipelines despite ongoing industry debate.

Packed with practical insights for studios, publishers, and policymakers alike, this episode offers a clear-eyed view of 2025 as a year of “shifting sands” – and what developers should take with them into 2026.

You can listen to the episode below:

The podcast is also available on all major podcast platforms.

For an overview of all released episodes, go here: Game Wise – The IGEA Educates Podcast.

If you have any suggestions for future conversations, please let us know! We already have a range of more exciting episodes in our pipeline.