NAP VC: Cedric Marechal, after publishing WoW, COD and Diablo, on the two legs of gaming

Cedric Marechal is Founder and CEO of New Tales, a Paris-based
game publisher and developer founded by industry veterans. With
nearly three decades in gaming, Cedric has shaped some of the
biggest franchises in the industry, from World of Warcraft and
Diablo to Call of Duty at Blizzard, and oversaw major
international operations as Senior Vice President at Activision
Blizzard.





In this episode, Fabian sits down with Cedric to explore how game
publishers pick the right developers, how they evaluate creative
vision under pressure, and what makes a partnership between
publisher and studio actually work.





The parallels are striking: a game publisher betting on a
creative team, absorbing risk when the build looks broken, is
making the same kind of bet venture capitalists make on founders.
A publisher's job is to hold the line and let the team ship.





The core insight: You need two legs to move. Content, the
product. Publishing, the distribution. We're living a publishing
renaissance because the best games need both. Sound familiar to
how we think about founding teams and investor support?





Listen for insights on talent picking in gaming, what separates
winners from flops in the creative industries, and what venture
capital can learn from how games get made.





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