Careers in Media & Entertainment -- Video Game Industry
Career Information
Industry Information
Journal Articles
Trade Associations and Conferences
Websites
TV Shows
Career Information
- Click on Industry Overview
- Select New Media
- See Industry Profiles: Computer Software
Breaking
In: Preparing for Your Career in Games
Website with current information about career paths and profiles
of careers of leading game developers.
Gamesindustry.biz
Website provides searchable directory of interactive entertainment companies, an extensive job board, and comprehensive game industry news.
Industry Information
S&P
Net Advantage
Collection of S&P's information products, including
Industry Surveys, Register of Corporations (public and private companies),
and Stock and Bond Guides.
- From the industry surveys drop down menu on the right side of the homepage
select from:
- Computers: Software
- Computers:Computer Services & The Internet
ValueLine
Investment Survey Online
Web access to Value Line's U.S. public company Investment Surveys
highlighting a company's year-ahead and three- to -five-year probable
relative price performance, projections of key financial measures,
and commentary on current operations and future prospects.
- Select "Look Up Industry" from the left nav bar
- Scroll to Entertainment Technology Industry
- Select the PDF to open the ValueLine's industry comment
Wall
Street Transcript
The Wall Street Transcript presents, in a series of question
and answer formats, financial analyst and company CEO perspectives
on a range of industry sectors relative to investment outlooks and
financial performance.
- Type "online media" or "interactive entertainment" in search box
Investext
Plus
Analysis from investment bankers on U.S.
and international public companies as well as broad-sector and industry
niches.
- Type company name or "games" in Keyword Search box
Journal Articles
Factiva
Full-text coverage of more than 9,000 business publications; comprehensive
company and industry information.
- Click on Industry.
- Click on Computers/Electronics to expand.
- Click on Computing to expand.
- Click on Software to expand.
- Click on Applications Software.
- Highlight Games Software.
- In free text search box type,
video game* and trend*and
add name of a company or product.
Business
Source Premier
Indexes more than 2,000 business publications. Includes full-text
coverage of the Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, and
the California Management Review.
- Select Advanced Search
- Type su videogames or su computer games in the search box
Nexis.com
Full-text access to news, business,
medical, educational and legal sources. The sources include international,
national, and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters;
wire service reports; and transcripts.
- Select news, most recent 2 years
- Type search using keyword space: video game! and trend!
- Add name of company or product to narrow search
ABI/Inform
Complete
Indexes over 1,000 US and international business and trade journals
in the areas of business, management, finance, economics, human
resources and marketing. Includes full text of 700 journals in an
image (PDF) format. Archives are now included in this database with
a limited selection of business journals from pre-1986 back to their
first issue.
- Type video game and trend* in search space
Trade Associations and Conferences
- E3 Conference (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
- Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
- International Game Developers Association
- Game Developers Conference
- International Digital Games Research Conference
- Digital Games Research Association
Web Sites
Game News/Reviews
- Gamesindustry.biz
- ign.com(some premium content requires subscription)
- Gamespot.com (from CNET)
- GameSpy Daily
- Gamasutra.com (membership required)
- Other Technology News sites:
Game Industry Publications
Electronic Gaming Monthly*
Computer Gaming World*
Gaming Industry News
Computers in Entertainment (ACM)
Game Developer*available through E-Journals/Business Source Premier
Game Research (Academic)
- Ludology.org
- Center for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen
- Georgia Institute of Technology: Experimental Game Lab
TV shows
G4TV (cable)
