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Video Game-Based Films

Video Game Films Box Office Performance In the past decade, video game films have experienced fluctuating performances at the box office. Even though these films were initially not fully embraced, they have continued to gain popularity. Insights Historically, video game films have struggled to reach the blockbuster level . Even seemingly big movie such as Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life backed by a prolific celebrity like Angelina Jolie, only grossed $65.7 million at the domestic office box. Video game films such as Sonic the Hedgehog is the fifth video game adaptation to ever get to the $100 million mark at US theaters. Seeing that the movie only took ten days to do,

ESports : Top Esports Leagues( PART -I)

Top Esports Leagues Some top esports leagues in the world are League of Legends (LOL), the Overwatch League, and the CS : GO ESL Pro League. LEAGUE OF LEGENDS (LOL) LOL is typically characterized as a MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena). It is listed as the most popular esports in the world with 120 million players (on the whole) in 2019. The LOL championship series is the biggest 2019 esports league.   In 2018, it recorded tournament views of about 240 million hours on Twitch and YouTube according to Newzoo. LOL had 14 professional leagues in 2018. However, there are only 5 premier leagues taking part in the LOL championship Series: EU LCS (European), NA LCS (North American), LCK (Korea), LPL (China), and LMS (Master Series in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau).

GamesNewsCity : News and Headlines from the Video Games Industry

Read the most authoritative, up-to-date  news  and headlines from the video  games  industry at GamesNewsCity Purely Dedicated to Gaming world. You  will get the all needs of Gaming. Building  minimum PC Rig to Game plays and guides. Categories  that are  included are: 3DS      About      Gaming    headset      Gift Card       Latest      PC     PS VITA       PS3     PS4      PSP      WII   XBOX 360     XBOX ONE Help in buying  the games by providing the top Games.  Some Top  Articles: TOP 10 Best Open World Games (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) Is a Pentium Budget Gaming PC Build Still Worth It? Unboxing DAYS GONE Collector's Edition [PS4 Exclusive] Playstation 4 Pro Gameplay DAMIAN BUYS a GAMING PC | LANDON GIVES HIM $750 | D&D SQUAD Tfue just said ...

Casual mobile gaming trends

INSIGHTS Major trends in the casual mobile gaming category include increased global popularity, penetration of the commercial market, and potential for educational purposes. 15-25% of total global sales volumes in the gaming industry can be attributed to casual gaming. In terms of total install numbers, the United States is the most active hyper-casual gaming market globally, followed by Brazil. Casual games have become the most prominent mobile gaming app category globally. This success is mostly due to its simplicity, ease of use and addictive tendencies. Increased patronage and positive feedback by users of the app has inspired interest from EdTech companies and academic institutions in developing STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) learning programs. Started off by searching for articles, media updates, surveys, reports and expert opinions on the major trends relating to casual mobile gaming globally. Our focus was on the most recent trends available within the...

Browser Based Games - Market Size

INSIGHTS The market size of the browser-based social/casual gaming market segment in the US was estimated to be $406 million in 2019 with a CAGR of -1.906% between 2014 and 2019. While we could not find the US market size for browser based games, we were able to find the browser-based social/casual gaming market size in the US. The methodology used for the research and the findings are presented below.     We broadened the research criteria by searching for the global market size/revenue for browser based games. We also searched for the US market size for games as well as the global market size for games. We hoped to find reports with a wider coverage where market size figures were broken down into regions and by segments. We found several reports by Newzoo , Venture Beat , TweakTown , Games Industry , and WePC with the global market size for games. The Newzoo report also provided the US market size for games as well the global revenue for browser PC games. Also, the ...

VR & Creativity

INSIGHTS Studies show that the use of virtual reality (VR) in the classroom "positively improves students’ understanding in geometric relationships and creativity," though best practices balancing that creativity with learning disciplines have not yet been established. Architecture firms use VR at the early ages of development of a new structure, allowing the architect to make edits to the design as they go and show stakeholders the proposed building; ultimately, VR may replace traditional CAD software entirely, eliminating much of the bookkeeping and making architecture more of an artistic discipline. VR has been shown to be able to induce a "flow state" which creates perfect focus, a loss of fear and the sense of time, maximized productivity and creativity, and an enjoyment in the task at hand that has been described as "euphoric." Virtual reality (VR) is such a new technology that experts are still getting a handle on how it can be used to boost ...

Epic Games - Fortnite

 INSIGHTS Fortnite has 6,322,255 twitter followers, 14,505,025 followers on Instagram, 4,357,986 YouTube followers, and 1,617,040 Twitch followers. Fortnite total player count was estimated to be 200,000,000 — Fortnite made $318 million in May 2018 and more than $1.2 billion in revenue since it was launched in 2017. Playing field with randomness, decent battle royale game on consoles, modified game skin, and making it enjoyable for viewers are some Fortnite competitive advantage.  FINDINGS Fortnite was launched as a paid Early Access game in July 2017 — in December 2017, Fortnite was awarded the " Best Multiplayer Game " at the 2017 Game Awards. Just recently, Fortnite total player count has topped 200,000,000 on November 27, 2018. Fortnite made $318 million in May 2018 and more than $1.2 billion in revenue since it was launched in 2017. Continue below for a deep dive into our findings:  THE GROWTH OF FORTNITE Fortnite to has 6,322,255 twitter followers a...

EDUCATIONAL GAMES: SUCCESS

Minecraft and Age of Empires are two of the best-selling and most widely reviewed education games of the last decade. Sales figures place Minecraft sales in second place behind Tetris as the best-selling game of all time, Age of Empires is one of the most influential educational games of the past decade. Minecraft and Age of Empires are two of the most successful and popular educational video games over the past decade. Kids, parents, and teachers agree on these games' ability to teach world-building, creativity, planning, problem-solving, strategy, and other critical thinking concepts. MINECRAFT WHAT IS IT? Minecraft was originally published in 2011 and is a game that allows players to build 3-D worlds from textured and colored cubes. Some more common activities designed to be completed within the created worlds are gathering resources, exploring, and planning. The Minecraft universe has been described by some as 'online Legos' and involves creating what could b...

Valve Announces CS: GO Free Edition with Offline Gameplay Support

Valve has announced a free-to-play version of its hit multiplayer first-person shooter game, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which has support for offline gameplay. Announced via the release notes for CS:GO dated August 29th, the free version of the game went live later the same day and is currently listed on Steam as ‘Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Free Edition’. GraveDigger  The game is available to download for macOS and Windows devices, however, not much official detail is known about the gameplay experience provided by the free-to-play title, such as availability of in-game items and levels among others.  ‘Free for offline play against bots and spectating matches through GOTV’ , reads the game’s description on Steam.              The decision to launch a limited version of CS:GO which only lets you play against bots, and that too, on just a solo mission is quite baffling, because the game is known...

League of Legends : Top 10 LOL players

INSIGHTS With five years of experience, Faker is the number 1 player at League of Legends. Jongin Kim aka Pray is the second best player at League of Legends with six years of experience at the game. Nicknamed Gorilla, Beomhyun Kang is ranked third at League of Legends with an experience of five years. OVERVIEW We have identified the top 10 LOL players using a p r e - c o m p i l e d list by Joshua L e e s m a n , Martin L y n g e , and Chris Smith. The list ranks players on the basis of their current forms , their performance throughout 2017 ,