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About Indie-Games vs Free-to-Play-Games - The business models of the gaming industry (Documentary, 2013)

This documentary shows the different concepts and ideologies behind the new business models of the gaming industry. We see how economic considerations influence the work of games designers of free-to-play games like "World of Tanks", "League of Legends" or "Skyrama" and we visit the Game Developers Conference (GCD) in San Francisco.

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Indie-Games vs Free-to-Play-Games - The business models of the gaming industry (Documentary, 2013)
Runtime
22 minutes
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English
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