The Debrief, November 2025

Or, how Rockstar had the kind of month that no-one wants to have

• Rockstar has a less-than-grand November with delays and union scuffles

• Naomi Alderman buys back Zombies Run from crypto firm

• Roblox CEO has what we in the biz call a ‘mare’ with the New York Times

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Good morning VGIM Insiders,

Welcome to the final Debrief of the year. Because the next two free editions of VGIM will be the Year in Review posts, I’ll be running something different in the final paid newsletter of the year.

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And if you aren’t able to go mad this Black Friday, you can catch up with all of our free VGIMs from November via the links below.

• Four things we learned at this year’s AI and Games Conference, 06/11/2025 - George Osborn and Anna Mahtani

• Four lessons from the Green Games Summit, 13/11/2026 - GO, AM

• Video Games Finance Cheat Sheet, Autumn 2025 edition, 20/11/2025 - GO

• How Steam censors LGBTQ+ content on behalf of the Russian Government, 27/11/2025 - GO