S2E5. What defines the future of games? With Ilya Eremeev

The House of the Dev

Raphael Colantonio and Peter Salnikov talk to Ilya Eremeev, co-founder and managing partner of The Games Fund, a video-game-focused VC fund. No boring financial talks this time. We let ourselves discuss the foggy future of video games and what - or who - defines it the biggest measure. The gamers? The publishers and funds? The platforms? Maybe the devs themselves?

- What is the danger of ongoing sequels and remakes? How franchises grow insanely big and what is the worst about it;

- "What if you had a gun?" - how ubiquitous mandatory player weaponizing affects the design of games;

- Do we really need hype culture?

- Why you don't have to be scared to offer new ideas;

- The HR crisis in AAA segment, and competition with indie studios for lead specialists;

- The AI: our thoughts and worries on the most promising tools of the era.

This and much more - only in the new episode of The House of The Dev podcast. Thanks for listening.

Watch full season 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZU6dd_qQ48OP1NCKGsQPa4nQmlKPJ9JY

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