--- title: "As more people play games, even the tiniest niches find... description: Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster discusses the studio's upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Racer, arguing there's still an audience for racing games despite the genre's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/as-more-people-play-games-even-the-tiniest-niches-find-a-bigger-audience-why-matt-webster-is-co-tayrapuf7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: "As more people play games, even the tiniest niches find a bigger audience" – Why Matt Webster is convinced people want Star Wars: Galactic Racer | daily.dev og:description: Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster discusses the studio's upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Racer, arguing there's still an audience for racing games despite the genre's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/as-more-people-play-games-even-the-tiniest-niches-find-a-bigger-audience-why-matt-webster-is-co-tayrapuf7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tayRaPUF7.png og:image:alt: "As more people play games, even the tiniest niches find a bigger audience" – Why Matt Webster is convinced people want Star Wars: Galactic Racer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # "As more people play games, even the tiniest niches find a bigger audience" – Why Matt Webster is convinced people want Star Wars: Galactic Racer **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 10 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster discusses the studio's upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Racer, arguing there's still an audience for racing games despite the genre's decline and competition from titles like GTA6. He explains the game's roguelike-inspired design with meaningful crash consequences, the studio's small core team (75 people) supplemented by external co-development partners as a sustainable AAA model, the surprising success of young talent over some senior hires, and his rejection of the 'singular creative visionary' myth in favor of collaborative team-building. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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