Video game developer (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Video game developer" in English language version.

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archive.org

"Is Your Favorite Game Company Ripping You Off?". Next Generation. No. 30. Imagine Media. June 1997. pp. 39–40.

archive.today

Harkins, Peter Bhat (5 April 2009). "The Game Industry". Push.cox. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2009.

bbc.com

Sheikh, Rahil (December 20, 2017). "Video games: How big is industry's racial diversity problem?". BBC. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

bigfishgames.com

"Top Gaming Studios, Schools & Salaries". Big Fish Games. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

bloomberg.com

Mochizuki, Takahashi; Savov, Vlad (August 25, 2020). "Epic's Battle With Apple and Google Actually Dates Back to Pac-Man". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
Schreier, Jason (August 27, 2020). "Blockbuster Video Games Mint Millions While Grunts Get Exploited". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on August 27, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
Eidelson, Josh (2024-07-24). "Microsoft's 'World of Warcraft' Gaming Staff Votes to Unionize". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

cnbc.com

Browne, Ryan (August 14, 2020). "The $150 billion video game industry grapples with a murky track record on diversity". CNBC. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

cnet.com

Frauenheim, Ed (11 November 2004). "No fun for game developers?". CNet News. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

destructoid.com

Devore, Jordan (2018-02-26). "HAL Laboratory's first mobile game is out today". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-06-16.

doi.org

Dyer-Witheford, Nick; de Peuter, Greig (2006). "" EA Spouse" and the Crisis of Video Game Labour: Enjoyment, Exclusion, Exploitation, Exodus". Canadian Journal of Communication. 31 (3): 599–617. doi:10.22230/cjc.2006v31n3a1771.

engadget.com

Conditt, Jessica (August 30, 2019). "Emerging from the shadow of GamerGate". Engadget. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.

eurogamer.net

Bramwell, Tom (January 11, 2010). ""Rockstar Spouse" attacks dev conditions". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.

gamasutra.com

Flemming, Jeffrey. "The History Of Activision". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
"The End Game: How Top Developers Sold Their Studios - Part One". www.gamasutra.com. 3 March 2004. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
Kris Graft (July 22, 2014). "Game Developer Salary Survey 2014: The results are in!". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
McCarty, Jared (October 15, 2019). "Crunch Culture Consequences". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
Graft, Kris (July 22, 2014). "Gender wage gap: How the game industry compares to the U.S. average". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
Ochalla, Bryan (March 30, 2007). "'Out' in the Industry". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Parkin, Simon (May 30, 2017). "No industry for old men (or women)". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
McAloon, Alissa (February 15, 2019). "US labor organization AFL-CIO urges game developers to unionize in open letter". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.

gamecareerguide.com

The Game Industry Salary Survey 2007 Archived 2021-10-06 at the Wayback Machine however, different regions and costs of living will add a wide range to the minimum and maximum pay scales. Most larger developers such as Ubisoft will include profit-sharing plans, royalty payments or performance-related bonuses to reward their employees. from GameCareerGuide.com

gamesindustry.biz

Brice, Kath (January 11, 2010). ""Rockstar Spouse" accuses dev of pushing its employees "to the brink"". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
Peterson, Steve (April 4, 2018). "Ageism: The issue never gets old". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Sinclair, Brendan (June 24, 2014). "56% of devs in favor of unionizing - IGDA". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Handradan, Matthew (September 24, 2018). "Telltale's treatment of staff "a problem endemic in the industry"". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

gamespot.com

Ahmed, Shahed. "Naughty Dog discusses being acquired by Sony". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-05-26.

igda.org

Robinson, Evan (2005). "Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: Six Lessons". IGDA. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-03-07.

indiegamemag.com

Gnade, Mike (July 15, 2010). "What Exactly is an Indie Game?". The Indie Game Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2011.

kotaku.com

Fahey, Mike (February 21, 2015). "The Studio Behind Smash Bros. And Kirby, HAL Laboratory Turns 35 Today". Kotaku. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
Gach, Ethan (September 24, 2018). "Telltale Employees Left Stunned By Company Closure, No Severance". Kotaku. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
Plunkett, Luke (December 6, 2021). "Australian Video Games Industry Is Getting Its Own Union". Kotaku. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

latimes.com

Dean, Sam (January 7, 2020). "Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
Martens, Todd (January 15, 2023). "How 'The Last of Us' changed gaming, strained relationships and spawned an empire". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

livejournal.com

ea-spouse.livejournal.com

"EA: The Human Story". livejournal.com. 10 November 2004. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

news.google.com

"Stream of video games is endless". Milwaukee Journal. 1982-12-26. pp. Business 1. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

nytimes.com

Lorenz, Taylor; Browning, Kellen (June 23, 2020). "Dozens of Women in Gaming Speak Out About Sexism and Harassment". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

planeta42.com

Bob, Ogo. "Electronic Game School". Teacher. Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2020-07-20.

polygon.com

Campbell, Colin (January 8, 2018). "Game companies are failing on diversity, according to new report". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
Campbell, Colin (December 19, 2016). "The game industry's disposable workers". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
Frank, Allegra (March 21, 2018). "This is the group using GDC to bolster game studio unionization efforts". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
Carpenter, Nicole (January 8, 2023). "The game studios changing the industry by unionizing". Polymer. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
Fridén, Eric (October 23, 2013). "Scandinavian Crunch: Pid Developer Might and Delight Goes Its Own Way". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

push.cx

Harkins, Peter Bhat (5 April 2009). "The Game Industry". Push.cox. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2009.

rollingstone.com

Paprocki, Matt (February 27, 2018). "EA Spouse, 14 Years Later: How One Person Tried Correcting EA Culture". Glixel. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018.
Crecente, Brian (March 21, 2018). "Union Reps Meet With Game Devs About Unionization". Glixel. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com

"Developer Satisfaction Survey 2019 Summary Report" (PDF). International Game Developers Association. November 20, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
"Developer Satisfaction Survey 2014 & 2015 - Diversity in the Games Industry Report" (PDF). International Game Developers Association. 2016-09-12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

techcrunch.com

Peckham, Eric (June 21, 2020). "Confronting racial bias in video games". Tech Crunch. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

theconversation.com

Weststar, Johanna (June 21, 2022). "Canada's first video game union shows that labour organizing is on the rise". The Conversation. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.

theesa.com

"2017 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry". Entertainment Software Association. 2017. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.

theguardian.com

Caddy, Becca (February 17, 2020). "'I was always told I was unusual': why so few women design video games". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
Ramanan, Chella (March 15, 2017). "The video game industry has a diversity problem – but it can be fixed". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2017.

theverge.com

Peters, Jay (July 19, 2024). "Bethesda Game Studios workers have unionized". The Verge. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

usatoday.com

ftw.usatoday.com

Broadwell, Josh (January 19, 2023). "The Last of Us director calls for unionization in the games industry". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

usgamer.net

Olsen, Mathew (June 3, 2020). "Paradox Reaches Agreement With Swedish Unions For Better Pay, Benefits, And More". USGamer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

variety.com

Marc Graser (October 1, 2013). "Videogame Biz: Women Still Very Much in the Minority". Variety. Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
Fogel, Stephanie (December 14, 2018). "Game Workers Unite UK Is That Country's First Games Industry Union". Variety. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.

venturebeat.com

Takahashi, Dean (January 24, 2019). "GDC survey: Half of game developers support unionization, believe Steam is too greedy". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019.

vice.com

motherboard.vice.com

Maiberg, Emanuel (February 22, 2017). "Walk the Line". Vice. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

waypoint.vice.com

Williams, Ian (March 23, 2018). "After Destroying Lives For Decades, Gaming Is Finally Talking Unionization". Vice. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.

vox.com

Romano, Aja (August 10, 2021). "Gaming culture is toxic. A major lawsuit might finally change it". Vox. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

washingtonpost.com

Liao, Shannon (15 April 2021). "A year into the pandemic, game developers reflect on burnout, mental health and avoiding crunch". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
Thomsen, Michael (March 24, 2021). "Why is the games industry so burdened with crunch? It starts with labor laws". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 15, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.

web.archive.org

Bob, Ogo. "Electronic Game School". Teacher. Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
Gnade, Mike (July 15, 2010). "What Exactly is an Indie Game?". The Indie Game Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
Ahmed, Shahed. "Naughty Dog discusses being acquired by Sony". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
Fahey, Mike (February 21, 2015). "The Studio Behind Smash Bros. And Kirby, HAL Laboratory Turns 35 Today". Kotaku. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
Devore, Jordan (2018-02-26). "HAL Laboratory's first mobile game is out today". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
"Stream of video games is endless". Milwaukee Journal. 1982-12-26. pp. Business 1. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
Flemming, Jeffrey. "The History Of Activision". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
Mochizuki, Takahashi; Savov, Vlad (August 25, 2020). "Epic's Battle With Apple and Google Actually Dates Back to Pac-Man". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
"The End Game: How Top Developers Sold Their Studios - Part One". www.gamasutra.com. 3 March 2004. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
"EA: The Human Story". livejournal.com. 10 November 2004. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
Liao, Shannon (15 April 2021). "A year into the pandemic, game developers reflect on burnout, mental health and avoiding crunch". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
"Top Gaming Studios, Schools & Salaries". Big Fish Games. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
The Game Industry Salary Survey 2007 Archived 2021-10-06 at the Wayback Machine however, different regions and costs of living will add a wide range to the minimum and maximum pay scales. Most larger developers such as Ubisoft will include profit-sharing plans, royalty payments or performance-related bonuses to reward their employees. from GameCareerGuide.com
Kris Graft (July 22, 2014). "Game Developer Salary Survey 2014: The results are in!". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
Robinson, Evan (2005). "Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: Six Lessons". IGDA. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
Frauenheim, Ed (11 November 2004). "No fun for game developers?". CNet News. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
Paprocki, Matt (February 27, 2018). "EA Spouse, 14 Years Later: How One Person Tried Correcting EA Culture". Glixel. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018.
McCarty, Jared (October 15, 2019). "Crunch Culture Consequences". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
Bramwell, Tom (January 11, 2010). ""Rockstar Spouse" attacks dev conditions". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
Brice, Kath (January 11, 2010). ""Rockstar Spouse" accuses dev of pushing its employees "to the brink"". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
Thomsen, Michael (March 24, 2021). "Why is the games industry so burdened with crunch? It starts with labor laws". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 15, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
Marc Graser (October 1, 2013). "Videogame Biz: Women Still Very Much in the Minority". Variety. Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
Campbell, Colin (January 8, 2018). "Game companies are failing on diversity, according to new report". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
"2017 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry". Entertainment Software Association. 2017. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
Lorenz, Taylor; Browning, Kellen (June 23, 2020). "Dozens of Women in Gaming Speak Out About Sexism and Harassment". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Romano, Aja (August 10, 2021). "Gaming culture is toxic. A major lawsuit might finally change it". Vox. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
Conditt, Jessica (August 30, 2019). "Emerging from the shadow of GamerGate". Engadget. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
Graft, Kris (July 22, 2014). "Gender wage gap: How the game industry compares to the U.S. average". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
Caddy, Becca (February 17, 2020). "'I was always told I was unusual': why so few women design video games". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
"Developer Satisfaction Survey 2019 Summary Report" (PDF). International Game Developers Association. November 20, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
Browne, Ryan (August 14, 2020). "The $150 billion video game industry grapples with a murky track record on diversity". CNBC. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Peckham, Eric (June 21, 2020). "Confronting racial bias in video games". Tech Crunch. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Developer Satisfaction Survey 2014 & 2015 - Diversity in the Games Industry Report" (PDF). International Game Developers Association. 2016-09-12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
Sheikh, Rahil (December 20, 2017). "Video games: How big is industry's racial diversity problem?". BBC. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Ramanan, Chella (March 15, 2017). "The video game industry has a diversity problem – but it can be fixed". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
Ochalla, Bryan (March 30, 2007). "'Out' in the Industry". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Peterson, Steve (April 4, 2018). "Ageism: The issue never gets old". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Parkin, Simon (May 30, 2017). "No industry for old men (or women)". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Schreier, Jason (August 27, 2020). "Blockbuster Video Games Mint Millions While Grunts Get Exploited". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on August 27, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
Campbell, Colin (December 19, 2016). "The game industry's disposable workers". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
Maiberg, Emanuel (February 22, 2017). "Walk the Line". Vice. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
Sinclair, Brendan (June 24, 2014). "56% of devs in favor of unionizing - IGDA". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Takahashi, Dean (January 24, 2019). "GDC survey: Half of game developers support unionization, believe Steam is too greedy". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
Crecente, Brian (March 21, 2018). "Union Reps Meet With Game Devs About Unionization". Glixel. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Williams, Ian (March 23, 2018). "After Destroying Lives For Decades, Gaming Is Finally Talking Unionization". Vice. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
Frank, Allegra (March 21, 2018). "This is the group using GDC to bolster game studio unionization efforts". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
Gach, Ethan (September 24, 2018). "Telltale Employees Left Stunned By Company Closure, No Severance". Kotaku. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
Handradan, Matthew (September 24, 2018). "Telltale's treatment of staff "a problem endemic in the industry"". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
Fogel, Stephanie (December 14, 2018). "Game Workers Unite UK Is That Country's First Games Industry Union". Variety. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
McAloon, Alissa (February 15, 2019). "US labor organization AFL-CIO urges game developers to unionize in open letter". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
Dean, Sam (January 7, 2020). "Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
Carpenter, Nicole (January 8, 2023). "The game studios changing the industry by unionizing". Polymer. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
Fridén, Eric (October 23, 2013). "Scandinavian Crunch: Pid Developer Might and Delight Goes Its Own Way". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
Olsen, Mathew (June 3, 2020). "Paradox Reaches Agreement With Swedish Unions For Better Pay, Benefits, And More". USGamer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
Plunkett, Luke (December 6, 2021). "Australian Video Games Industry Is Getting Its Own Union". Kotaku. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
Weststar, Johanna (June 21, 2022). "Canada's first video game union shows that labour organizing is on the rise". The Conversation. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
Martens, Todd (January 15, 2023). "How 'The Last of Us' changed gaming, strained relationships and spawned an empire". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
Broadwell, Josh (January 19, 2023). "The Last of Us director calls for unionization in the games industry". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.