What Is AA Gaming? Plus, Amazon’s God of War Show and Secret Level

Real Time Strategy

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden recently said AA games are gone, but what does that mean for the industry? Kaitlyn and Sam explain the state of mid-market games on this week’s episode and then dig into two of Amazon’s upcoming gaming shows, God of War and Secret Level.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:09:13 – The State of AA Gaming

00:30:42 – Amazon’s God of War Show Changing Creative Team

00:41:43 – Why We’re Excited for Amazon’s Secret Level

00:56:43 – Outro

Stories/media discussed:

GamesIndustry.biz – Shawn Layden: "AA is gone and that's a threat to the ecosystem going forward"

PlayStation LifeStyle – Space Marine 2 Studio Wants to Focus on ‘Middle Market’ Games Like Helldivers 2

Deadline – ‘God Of War’: Sony And Amazon Starting Over On Series After Departure Of EPs Rafe Judkins, Hawk Ostby & Mark Fergus

Collider – Tim Miller and Dave Wilson Describe Every Episode of 'Secret Level' [Exclusive]

Variety – Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves, Arnold Schwarzenegger Among Voice Cast for Amazon Video Game Anthology Series ‘Secret Level’

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