Watch all the GI Live: Online 2022 talks right here
Line-up includes Take-Two's Strauss Zelnick, ID@Xbox's Chris Charla, Zordix's Christina Seelye, and Velan Studios' Guha Bala
GI Live: Online is over, but you can watch all the interviews and panels below.
This year's line-up of pre-recorded talks features guests such as Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, ID@Xbox boss Chris Charla, Velan Studios' co-founder Guha Bala and Maximum Games CEO Christina Seelye.
There are also panels discussing games investment, how to get your game noticed, and the opportunities opened by the metaverse.
You can watch each session in full below, and we'll be writing up the highlights and key takeaways in the coming weeks.
Duck, dive, swerve and dodge: Launching an original multiplayer game
Velan Studios boss Guha Bala discusses the launch of Knockout City, what went right, what went wrong, plus the move to self-publishing and free-to-play
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick and the future of games
We speak to the publisher boss about the current wave of industry consolidations, the metaverse and more.
ID@Xbox and the future of indies
We speak to Chris Charla, head of ID@Xbox, about what Xbox is doing for independent creators, what games we should be playing, and what the future holds. You can read the highlights here.
The new developer/publisher model in the post-consolidation era
Christina Seelye, CEO of Zordix and Maximum Games, discusses the age of consolidation and what comes next
The Games Investment Panel
Advice for indie devs on getting investment and publishing deals, featuring Bobby Thandi (XR Games), Ella Romanos (Fundamentally Games), Sarah Burns (Marvelous) and Spike Laurie (Hiro Capital)
How to get your indie game noticed
Caroline Miller (Indigo Pearl), Emily Britt (Diva Agency), Harry Mitchell (Blazing Griffin) and Rachel Macpherson (Neonhive) offer up their PR and marketing expertise to indie developers
Building executive team excellence
Yea Gi Oh, General Manager of All Pixels by Streamline, focuses on how to cultivate meaningful relationships with team members through effective communication, empowerment, and engagement
What does the Metaverse mean for those inside and outside of games?
One of the biggest topics in tech, folks from Warner Music, Hiro Capital and Lego discuss the potential for the Metaverse
The role of diversity, equity and inclusion in the games industry
Newzoo takes a deep dive into some of the key challenges and trends around DEI in the games industry, using the results from our recent gamer sentiment study to get to the heart of the matter
GI Live: Online is not just about the talks, though.
Developers have the chance to secure one-on-one meetings with several big publishers and investors, including Bandai Namco, Devolver Digital, Digital Extremes, EA Originals, Focus Home Interactive, GamesCo London, Hiro Capital, LEGO Ventures, London Venture Partners, Makers Fund, Marvelous Europe, Sega, Snail Games, Team17, Twitch, XR Games, Yogscast and more.
And there are a series of live roundtables where indies can ask questions for the likes of Valve, Yogscast and Kowloon Nights.
To get the full experience, developers can buy tickets for $30 here. More information, including the full schedule of sessions, can be found at live.gamesindustry.biz. To enjoy the talks, simply hit play on the video below. We'll be adding all sessions over the course of the event.