Nostalgia has always been a powerful source of revenue for Hollywood. Turns out, it's equally lucrative for video games.
From its beginnings with the likes of Pong, a two-dimensional table tennis game, the video game industry has grown into a $120 billion business. Over the years, memorable games have garnered strong followings. Like Hollywood remakes or remasters old movies, video game publishers are overhauling and rereleasing games to tap into ready-made fan bases for popular franchises like The Legend of Zelda, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon and World of Warcraft.
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From menace to memory booster: video games connect youth, community, nonprofits, thanks to
Community Esports League is an inclusive, community-driven gaming league geared towards youth and hobbyist gamers to foster healthy competition and the creation of sustainable connections online.
AbdulRasheed Yahaya, chief business development officer for Community Esports League, said the league brings disparate players together to bond over shared experiences.
"We want our youth to create healthy emotional relationships with one another (through) video games," Yahaya said.
'Hey, You Free on Friday for a Meeting and a Bank Heist?' - The New York Times
"He isn't a great gamer, so I had to sort of be the point person for all of the shooting," said Mr. Smithingham, a director at MediaMonks, which is based in the Netherlands. "But now we text each other regularly, and when I get on a call with this guy, I'll be like, 'You remember that time we ran from the cops and crashed into a highway divider?'"
"It's my golf," he said. Unlike golf, video games come with social distancing built in. It is back slapping without the slapping or the back, ideal during a pandemic.
Netflix is looking to Splinter Cell for its next big video game adaptation - The Verge
Netflix and Ubisoft's first project together is an animated adaptation of the gaming publisher's Splinter Cell series, the company announced today.
The streamer has ordered two seasons from the get-go, for a total of 16 episodes, according to Variety . John Wick writer Derek Kolstad is set to oversee the project. Details about the show remain under wraps, but the long-running video game franchise, based on Tom Clancy's book series, follows former Navy SEAL Sam Fisher as he takes on a number of different missions for the NSA.
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Video games becoming a new frontier in digital rights | The Japan Times
New York – Critical digital rights battles over privacy, free speech and anonymity are increasingly being fought in video games, a growing market that is becoming a “new political arena,” experts and insiders said on Thursday.
With the industry set to more than double annual revenues to $300 billion by 2025, questions about how video game operators, designers and governments handle sensitive issues take on added urgency, said participants at RightsCon, a virtual digital rights conference.
Executives are getting together in video games, to bond, brainstorm or rampage.
And for people like Lewis Smithingham, an advertising executive in Brooklyn, an outing in virtual space is a chance to form memories with people he has never met, which is a crucial part of developing relationships, business and otherwise.
"It's my golf," he said. Unlike golf, video games come with social distancing built in. It is back slapping without the slapping or the back, ideal during a pandemic.
Nobody knows how many executives are meeting in video games, including game publishers, but examples are popping up on Twitter and other social media platforms.
Check out these five great video games you can get on Amazon - silive.com
If you're going to be stuck in the house this summer, you might as well grab some of the most popular video games on the market!
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Rev-up for an official new chapter in the fast & furious universe as the blockbuster film series' Dom, letty and Roman - voiced by original film talent - return and put you at the center of the story. Featuring new Crew members vienna, voiced by sonequa martin-green (the Walking Dead, Star Trek: discovery), and cam, voiced by Asia Kate dillon (billions, orange is the new black). Drive iconic cars all curated with dennis mccarthy, the official fast & furious car coordinator.
Opinion: The pandemic rekindled an old addiction – to video games - The Globe and Mail
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I understood. I wasted most of my high-school years playing the game without realizing my leisure activity had become problematic.
During those years, I struggled to regain control. First, I tried to limit playing time. But deals made to avoid time spent gaming became fractures in the grey matter of my brain. Thoughts of more seeped into those cracks and festered . And in an instant the dam would burst and the longing would roar over my other priorities like a breaking wave. Playing would consume me for months, until finally I would uninstall the game in a fit of frustration.
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