Esports: Industry and Career Resources
Career Information
The Crazy Careers of Video Game Designers by
You might think that working in the video game industry is all fun and, well...games. Jobs like combat designer and animator sound pretty exciting. But do you know what it really takes to do one of these jobs? Do you have the skills? The knowledge? Are you ready to work hard? Game designers create the images, sounds, and action that gamers enjoy. Find out if you can handle a job in this fast-paced industry.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781467712491Publication Date: 2013-08-01- Career As a Video Game Developer, DesignerCall Number: eBookISBN: 9781441612878Publication Date: 2009-01-01
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- Unions and Video Games : Gaming is a huge industry, and workers are trying to unionize.New York Times by German Lopez, January 24, 2023
Online Resources
- The Business of EsportsHome of "The Official Podcast of Esports" and everything you need to know about the business of video games
- ESI Esports InsiderThe leading esports business focused platform worldwide. We feature the latest news stories daily alongside interviews, reports, analyses, thought leadership and more. We’ve the twice weekly newsletter, the ESI Dispatch, we’re active across social channels, and we’ve the ESI Podcast network too. We also operate The Esports Journal, an industry focused magazine (print & digital).
- Esports Industry NewsEsports.net is a new esports community network that has been created for gamers, by gamers. It’s your one-stop-shop for everything related to esports games, players and events
- Esports ObserverThe Esports Observer is the world’s leading source for esports business news and insights.
- Esports Research NetworkThe Esports Research Network was founded on the 7th July 2019 at the ESL One Cologne Event by researchers from Tampere University, Jönköping University, and University of Siegen. This network was formed to foster future research collaborations. The goal is to connect researchers around the world and create a meeting point for researchers and practitioners. Thereby the Esports Research Network is open for anybody and is an interdisciplinary research group that examines the esports phenomenon.
- Ready EsportsEsports resources from Ready Esports
- Gameindustry.bizA website and community for news and information about the global video games industry.
