Sam Sepiol
Sam Sepiol tracks the intersection of blockbuster games, leaks, and corporate restructuring, turning early information on major franchises and workforce changes into straightforward news reports for Insider Gaming.
As a news writer at Insider Gaming, he covers the gaming industry with an emphasis on scoops about upcoming titles and the business decisions behind them.
His reporting is repeatedly sourced by other gaming outlets, which credit his stories when covering Battlefield 6’s reported battle royale mode and a leaked sequel to Minecraft Dungeons.
EA layoffs and the $55 billion Saudi deal
Sepiol’s coverage of Electronic Arts anchors on the company’s repeated rounds of layoffs, including a story on its third workforce reduction of the year as a $55 billion Saudi-led acquisition approaches.
He links workforce cuts to the progression of the deal, treating layoffs as part of the restructuring that precedes a major change in ownership rather than isolated incidents.
Other gaming and tech sites mirror this framing when they describe EA trimming staff ahead of the Saudi-backed takeover, underlining how his focus on timing and context lines up with wider industry scrutiny of the transaction.
Battlefield 6 and live-service shooters
Sepiol reports on Battlefield 6 ahead of release, including a story that the game is set to receive a battle royale mode that will launch after the core game’s October release window.
His Battlefield coverage concentrates on multiplayer structure and mode timing, giving readers a sense of how the series is positioning itself within the crowded battle royale space rather than just repeating announcement beats.
This work positions Insider Gaming as a source for pre-release details on major shooter franchises, built around contacts willing to share information about unannounced content and rollout plans.
Minecraft Dungeons sequel and franchise spin-offs
Sepiol extends this leak-driven reporting to other franchises, notably a story on a sequel to Minecraft Dungeons, codenamed Project Spicewood.
Other outlets cite his work as the original source when outlining the codename and its link to Mojang’s 2020 dungeon crawler, showing that his coverage of early projects is picked up across the gaming press.
The reporting highlights his interest in how established IP grows through spin-offs and sequels, flagging in-development titles before official announcements and mapping where publishers plan to take their brands next.
Role at Insider Gaming
Sepiol is listed as a news writer on Insider Gaming’s masthead, part of the team producing fast-turn industry coverage.
His author page sits within the site’s news output, reflecting a remit that spans corporate stories like EA’s layoffs and leak-driven reports on upcoming games such as Battlefield 6 and the Minecraft Dungeons sequel.
Aggregator sites list Sepiol as an author, indicating that his work circulates beyond Insider Gaming’s own pages and is tracked as part of a wider body of games writing.
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