TWIG #354 Jen's Back! Battlefield Wins, Android & Unity Payment Changes, $134M seed for AI startup

In this week’s episode of This Week in Games, Jen Donahoe makes her triumphant return—joined by Eric Kress and special guest Stan Kwan from BetaHat—to break down the news

We dig into:

Battlefield 6 — corrections, marketing takeaways, and what EA’s getting rightAndroid’s new payment-link era — how it changes monetization forever

Unity’s cross-platform payments — a quiet but big move for developers

AI in games — what General Intuition’s $134 M seed means for spatial reasoning and game data

Rovio’s restructuring — what’s behind the layoffs and Sega’s integration plan

Football Manager - signs deal with FIFA

00:00 Welcome

03:12 Jen's Update

09:17 Industry Insights and Trends

14:56 Battlefield Six Analysis

23:05 Marketing Strategies and Success

26:12 Marketing Choices and Target Audience

27:13 Epic vs Google: Legal Battle Update

36:42 Unity's New Commerce Management Product

41:53 AI and Gaming: General Intuition's Ambitious Plans

49:16 Rovio's Restructuring and Industry Trends

52:40 Football Manager's Success and Future Plans