Download or read book How Apex Legends Became A Global Video Game Phenomenon How Apex Legends Changed People s Lives And How To Earn Revenue As An Apex Legends Player written by Dr. Harrison Sachs and published by The Epic Books Of Dr. Harrison Sachs. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay sheds light on how Apex Legends became a global video game phenomenon, explicate how Apex Legends changed people’s lives, and expounds upon how to earn revenue as an Apex Legends player. Apex Legends was able to achieve the stupendous feat of becoming a global video game phenomenon during its incipience. There are a multitude of reasons as to why Apex Legends was able to become global video game phenomenon during its genesis as one of the utmost popular battle royale video games of all time as of November of 2023. Apex Legends is also one of the utmost popular video games for gamers to watch live stream broadcasts of as of November of 2023. Apex Legend's extreme popularity among gamers is not solely attributed to Apex Legends launching as a free-to-play battle royale video game. Apex Legends is far more than a conventional battle royale video game. Apex Legends has offered a myriad of limited-time game modes. Some of the surfeit of limited-time game modes that were available in Apex Legends for a finite duration encompass “airdrop escalation, always be closing, auto banners, battle armor, flashpoint, second chance, shadow royale, shield regen, third-person mode, ultra zones, and winter express”. Apex Legends is not limited to just offering battle royale game modes. Some of the other game modes in Apex Legends encompass “team deathmatch and control”. Apex Legends’ vast variety of game modes has rendered Apex Legends all the more appealing to gamers than it otherwise would be if it had scant game modes. Gameplay sessions in Apex Legends can appeal to gamers who have eclectic video game interests since Apex Legends is replete with game modes that can allow gamers to bask in different types of gameplay experiences while playing Apex Legends matches as a heroic legend. A person should only play Apex Legends matches as a heroic legend. Apex Legends is one of the utmost popular video games for gamers to watch live stream broadcasts of as of November of 2023. Even though Apex Legends has discontinued offering certain game modes in 2023, such as by discontinuing hardcore royale and arenas as of February of 2023, Apex Legends still has far more games modes than most battle royale video games as of November of 2023. Apex Legends has an exorbitant amount of legends that players can utilize in Apex Legends matches. There are five different types of legends that players can utilize in Apex Legends matches. The different types of legends that players can utilize in Apex Legends matches encompass “skirmisher legends, recon legends, support legends, assault legends, and controller legends”. In addition to having one of five roles, legends in Apex Legends have three abilities which encompass a passive ability, a tactical ability, and an ultimate ability. Players are able to select legends to leverage in Apex Legends matches who have abilities that are aligned with their preferred playstyle. Apex Legends has over twenty-four legends as of November of 2023 who players can leverage in Apex Legends matches. Apex Legends’ surfeit of legends has rendered it Apex Legends all the more appealing to gamers than it otherwise would be if it had an infinitesimal amount of legends. As of November of 2023, Apex Legends has gained significant traction as one of the utmost popular free-to-play battle royale video game of all time. Live stream broadcasts of Apex Legends matches have accrued substantial concurrent views. Apex Legends became massively popular as a video game to watch live stream broadcasts of during its genesis. Ninja was commissioned by Electronic Arts to produce a live stream broadcast of his Apex Legends gameplay session on its release date. Ninja was furnished with an estimated payment of $1,000,000 from Electronic Arts for producing a live stream broadcast of his Apex Legends gameplay session on February 4th of 2019 that would coincide with the release date of the video game. “Electronic Arts partnered with streamers from all over the world to help spread the word” of Apex Legends’ release. It is estimated that within “the first eight hours” of Apex Legends being released in the market, Apex Legends had obtained a registered player base of over 1,000,000 players and it is also estimated that within “the thirty days” of Apex Legends being released in the market, Apex Legends had obtained a registered player base of over 45,000,000 players which was accomplished in a fraction of the time that it took Fortnite to obtain a registered player base of over 45,000,000 players.
Download or read book A Newborn Business written by Zoltan Andrejkovics and published by Zoltan Andrejkovics. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Games covered Fortnite, League of Legends, Dota 2, FIFA, Overwatch, CS:GO, Clash Royale, Hearthstone and F1 series "How can I become a professional esports player?" "How can I make a living playing esports?" "What is the lifespan of an esports game?" "What are the most popular esports?" These are just some of the questions I have been asked over the last five years. With the boom of the esports industry, everyone wants to know how they can be part of it. In this book, I have answered those questions, and dozens more, based on my years of experience working in the professional esports scene as a team manager. In this book, you will find no topic was off limits. I talk about the past, present, and future of esports and different aspects of the professional gaming industry at large.
Download or read book Apex Legends Pathfinder s Quest Lore Book written by Respawn Entertainment and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world of the hit game through the eyes of the lovable robot, Pathfinder, as he chronicles his journey throughout the various environs of the Outlands to interview his fellow Legends -- all in the hope of finally locating his mysterious creator. The rich history of Apex Legends is explained by the characters that helped to shape it, as are their unique bonds of competition and camaraderie.
Download or read book Playing Smart written by Julian Togelius and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FUTURE OF GAME DESIGN IN THE AGE OF AI: Can games measure intelligence? And how will artificial intelligence inform games of the future? In Playing Smart, Julian Togelius explores the connections between games and intelligence to offer a new vision of future games and game design. Video games already depend on AI. We use games to test AI algorithms, challenge our thinking, and better understand both natural and artificial intelligence. In the future, Togelius argues, game designers will be able to create smarter games that make us smarter in turn, applying advanced AI to help design games. In this book, he tells us how. Games are the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence. In 1948, Alan Turing, one of the founding fathers of computer science and artificial intelligence, handwrote a program for chess. Today we have IBM’s Deep Blue and DeepMind’s AlphaGo, and huge efforts go into developing AI that can play such arcade games as Pac-Man. Programmers continue to use games to test and develop AI, creating new benchmarks for AI while also challenging human assumptions and cognitive abilities. Game design is at heart a cognitive science, Togelius reminds us—when we play or design a game, we plan, think spatially, make predictions, move, and assess ourselves and our performance. By studying how we play and design games, Togelius writes, we can better understand how humans and machines think. AI can do more for game design than providing a skillful opponent. We can harness it to build game-playing and game-designing AI agents, enabling a new generation of AI-augmented games. With AI, we can explore new frontiers in learning and play.
Download or read book Assetization written by Kean Birch and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the asset—anything that can be controlled, traded, and capitalized as a revenue stream—has become the primary basis of technoscientific capitalism. In this book, scholars from a range of disciplines argue that the asset—meaning anything that can be controlled, traded, and capitalized as a revenue stream—has become the primary basis of technoscientific capitalism. An asset can be an object or an experience, a sum of money or a life form, a patent or a bodily function. A process of assetization prevails, imposing investment and return as the key rationale, and overtaking commodification and its speculative logic. Although assets can be bought and sold, the point is to get a durable economic rent from them rather than make a killing on the market. Assetization examines how assets are constructed and how a variety of things can be turned into assets, analyzing the interests, activities, skills, organizations, and relations entangled in this process. The contributors consider the assetization of knowledge, including patents, personal data, and biomedical innovation; of infrastructure, including railways and energy; of nature, including mineral deposits, agricultural seeds, and “natural capital”; and of publics, including such public goods as higher education and “monetizable social ills.” Taken together, the chapters show the usefulness of assetization as an analytical tool and as an element in the critique of capitalism. Contributors Thomas Beauvisage, Kean Birch, Veit Braun, Natalia Buier, Béatrice Cointe, Paul Robert Gilbert, Hyo Yoon Kang, Les Levidow, Kevin Mellet, Sveta Milyaeva, Fabian Muniesa, Alain Nadaï, Daniel Neyland, Victor Roy, James W. Williams
Download or read book How Fortnite Became A Global Video Game Phenomenon How Fortnite Changed People s Lives And How To Earn Revenue As A Fortnite Player written by Dr. Harrison Sachs and published by The Epic Books Of Dr. Harrison Sachs. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay sheds light on how Fortnite became a global video game phenomenon, explicate how Fortnite changed people’s lives, and expounds upon how to earn revenue as a Fortnite player. Fortnite was able to achieve the stupendous feat of becoming a global video game phenomenon during its incipience. There are a multitude of reasons as to why Fortnite was able to become global video game phenomenon during its genesis as one of the utmost popular video games of all time as of November of 2023. Fortnite’s extreme popularity among gamers is not solely attributed to Fortnite launching as a free-to-play battle royale video game. Fortnite is far more than a conventional battle royale video game. Fortnite has three unique game modes and is one of the utmost popular video games for gamers to watch live stream broadcasts of as of November of 2023. Fortnite not only offers Battle Royale modes, but also offers a sandbox game mode that is called Fortnite Creative. Furthermore, Fortnite also offer a “player versus environment cooperative game mode” that is called “Fortnite: Save The World”. As of November of 2023, Fortnite has gained significant traction as the utmost popular free-to-play battle royale video game of all time. Live stream broadcasts of Fortnite battle royale matches have accrued substantial concurrent views. Fortnite became all the more popular as a video game to watch live stream broadcasts of shortly after “Drake the rapper joined one of Twitch's most popular gaming streamers, Ninja, for a Fortnite game. The stream set an all-time record for highest number of concurrent views” (Lorenz, 2018). “Fortnite holds the record for the most videos related to a video game uploaded in a single month to YouTube. Fortnite even set a record for biggest single live gaming stream on YouTube with more than 1,100,000 live viewers” (Lorenz, 2018). An exorbitant amount of Fortnite gameplay videos on YouTube have been able to summarily build substantial traction and swiftly attained viral video status. The appeal of Fortnite among gamers can be partially attributed to the popularity of live stream broadcasts of battle royale video games. Epic Games was able to develop an exhilarating battle royale video game that furnishes live streamers with a frictionless live stream broadcasting experience not only because Fortnite is easily accessible to live streamers due to it being a free-to-play battle royale video game, but also because Fortnite has customizable graphics quality settings and is also able to provide substantial downtime to live streamers during their live stream broadcast sessions of Fortnite battle royale matches. Downtime during live stream broadcast sessions of Fortnite battle royale matches transpires when the live streamer is not in the fray of combat when partaking in Fortnite battle royale matches which furnishes him with ample time to be able to communicate with the viewers of his live stream broadcasts during his live stream broadcast sessions. Live streamers should aim to be engaging during their live stream broadcast sessions by frequently confabulating with their viewers during their live stream broadcast sessions since neglecting to communicate with their viewers during their live stream broadcast sessions can adversely impact their concurrent viewership levels on their live stream broadcast sessions. Having low concurrent viewership levels on their live stream broadcast sessions can undermine a live streamer’s earning potential if it results in him forgoing generating additional potential advertisement revenue, forgoing generating additional potential subscription revenue, and forgoing generating additional potential donation revenue. Live streamers are able to interact with their viewers amid their live stream broadcast sessions as they are roaming around the spacious battle royale island map in Fortnite battle royale matches. The capacious battle royale island map in Fortnite battle royale matches is devoid of non-playable characters and is mostly desolated. Epic Games, the publisher and developer of Fortnite, has played a pivotal role in contributing to the surge of popularity in the battle royale video game subgenre via the seamless integration of the battle royale game modes in Fortnite. Epic Games has also integrated elements of a survival video game into the battle royale game modes in Fortnite. In the battle royale game modes in Fortnite, players need to cope with having access to an infinitesimal amount of resources on the spacious battle royale island map in Fortnite battle royale matches while they are attempting to survive the Fortnite battle royale matches.
Download or read book 100 Unofficial Apex Legends Essential Guide written by Daniel Lipscombe and published by becker&mayer! kids. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the Legends, learn valuable tips, and lead your squad to gaming victory with 100% Unofficial Apex Legends Essential Guide. Whether you’re a serious player or a total noob, 100% Unofficial Apex Legends Essential Guide will help you make the most of gameplay, boost your stats, and finish in the top spot. 100% Unofficial Apex Legends Essential Guide provides everything needed to survive the Apex Games, from strategic gameplay to scoring hot loot and trying new weapons. Each fully-illustrated chapter dives into essential areas of the game so you can battle your way to victory. Chapters include: Where and How to Drop, Meet the Legends, Weapons, Items and Armor, Reviving Your Teammates, Supply Ships and Hot Zones, Battle Pass, and much more! Which is the most important Legend to have on your team because of their healing abilities? Do you keep your gear when you respawn? How do you boost jump? Where should you land to find the most decent weapons and items? Find this critical info and more in the 100% Unofficial Apex Legends Essential Guide. You'll also learn each of the eight Legend’s strengths and weaknesses, how to best work together as a team, and even how to stay safe online. Show the world you know what Legends are made of!
Download or read book Gaming Rhythms written by Tom Apperley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Global gaming networks are heterogenous collectives of localized practices, not unified commercial products. Shifting the analysis of digital games to local specificities that build and perform the global and general, Gaming Rhythms employs ethnographic work conducted in Venezuela and Australia to account for the material experiences of actual game players. This book explores the materiality of digital play across diverse locations and argues that the dynamic relation between the everyday life of the player and the experience of digital game play can only be understood by examining play-practices in their specific situations." -- Website.
Download or read book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind written by Julian Jaynes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry
Download or read book Ninja Get Good written by Tyler "Ninja" Blevins and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the leading Fortnite gamers in the world comes your game plan for outclassing the rest at playing video games. “Get the right gear, practice the right way, and get into the right headspace and you too can Get Good.”—Time Packed with illustrations, photographs, anecdotes, and insider tips, this complete compendium includes everything Tyler "Ninja" Blevins wishes he knew before he got serious about gaming. Here's how to: • Build a gaming PC • Practice with purpose • Develop strategy • Improve your game sense • Pull together the right team • Stream with skill • Form a community online • And much more Video games come and go, but Ninja's lessons are timeless. Pay attention to them and you'll find that you're never really starting over when the next big game launches. Who knows—you may even beat him one day. As he says, that's up to you. Praise for Ninja: Get Good “If you’re a casual gamer looking to refine your gaming skills or equipment, or someone considering getting into esports, then livestreamer and gaming guru Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins’ book could be the perfect guide.”—Los Angeles Times “It’s perfect for young kids just getting into gaming after watching streamers, like Ninja, and their parents who may not know much about gaming and streaming . . . It’s an all-in-one checklist of everything you need to start up on a streaming life. This book breaks down complex and sometimes obscure concepts in gaming that many non-gamer parents may not know about or the kids know about instinctually but can't put into words.”—GameCrate
Download or read book Limitless Sky written by Jeff Cork and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A game of survival, exploration, and discovery, No Man's Sky is one of the fastest-growing phenomena in video game history, attracting and astounding players of all ages. The game's 18 quintillion planets are procedurally generated, meaning you could very well be the first person to ever set eyes on a planet that even the game developers never encountered—a true testament to the game's innovation. The very first unofficial guide, Limitless Sky: No Man's Sky Unofficial Discovery Guide will provide not only an introduction to the hottest video game, but it'll also teach you how to get more out of your valuable playtime—exploring vast areas, fighting pirates, upgrading your ship or spacesuit, avoiding Sentinels, and identifying new species and resources. This full-color book shares strategies, examines the creation of the impressive procedurally generated planets, and provides a glimpse at what's to come in this ever-expanding universe.
Download or read book The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers written by Johnny Saldana and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers is unique in providing, in one volume, an in-depth guide to each of the multiple approaches available for coding qualitative data. In total, 29 different approaches to coding are covered, ranging in complexity from beginner to advanced level and covering the full range of types of qualitative data from interview transcripts to field notes. For each approach profiled, Johnny Saldaña discusses the method’s origins in the professional literature, a description of the method, recommendations for practical applications, and a clearly illustrated example.
Download or read book How Rocket League Became A Global Video Game Phenomenon How Rocket League Changed People s Lives And How To Earn Revenue As A Rocket League Player written by Dr. Harrison Sachs and published by The Epic Books Of Dr. Harrison Sachs. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay sheds light on how Rocket League became a global video game phenomenon, explicates how Rocket League changed people’s lives, and expounds upon how to earn revenue as a Rocket League player. Rocket League was able to achieve the stupendous feat of becoming a global video game phenomenon during its incipience. There are a myriad of disparate reasons as to why Rocket League was able to become global video game phenomenon during its genesis as one of the utmost popular vehicular soccer video games of all time as of November of 2023. Rocket League’s extreme popularity among gamers is not solely attributed to Rocket League being subsumed under the vehicular soccer video game subgenre. The vehicular soccer video game subgenre is a niche video game subgenre that lacks an extensive library of video games as of November of 2023. As a vehicular soccer video game, Rocket League is a far cry from a conventional soccer video game. Rocket League is an innovative vehicular soccer video game that features rocket-powered vehicles in Rocket League matches. Rocket League has ample online multiplayer game modes that extend beyond the ambit of Rocket League solely having an online multiplayer rumble mode. Some of the additional online multiplayer game modes in Rocket League encompass “dropshot, snow day, and hoops”. Moreover, Rocket League also has an offline training mode. Rocket League also offered limited-time online multiplayer game modes. Some of the ample limited-time online multiplayer game modes in Rocket League encompass “Beach Ball, Boomer Ball, Dropshot Rumble, Eggstra Special Mode, Gotham City Rumble, Spooky Cube, Spring Loaded, Super Cube, Tactical Rumble, Winter Breakaway, and Loophole”. Offering limited-time online multiplayer game modes that are available in Rocket League for a finite duration allows Psyonix to be able to further innovative its selection of online multiplayer game modes and entice more former rocket league players to recommence playing Rocket League who metaphorically migrated to the virtual settings of other videos games that also a surfeit of online multiplayer game modes. Even though it can be cumbersome to elicit a resurgence of interest in an old video game among the video game’s inactive player base whose interest in the outmoded video game have tapered off overtime, it is still nonetheless possible to entice these players to recommence playing an antiquated video game by significantly expanding its content offerings with the infusion of additional enthralling online multiplayer game modes in an old video game. Unbeknownst to most people, Rocket League is over 8.33 years old as of November 17th of 2023. Rocket League was released in the market amid the mid 2010s on July 7th of 2015. Rocket League’s released in the market was contemporaneous with the era of the eighth generation of video game home consoles. As of November 17th of 2023, a sequel video game to Rocket League has not been released even though Rocket League was released over 8.33 years old as of November 17th of 2023. Rocket League was released in the market amid the bygone era of the previous generation of video games home consoles, the era of the eighth generation of video game home consoles. Gamers who are apart of the Rocket League’s active player base are voraciously clamoring to play an engrossing and innovative sequel video game to Rocket League. As of November 17th of 2023, it is enigmatic if Psyonix will develop sequel video game to Rocket League sometime amid the era of the ninth generation of video game home consoles. Rocket League’s vast variety of game modes has rendered Rocket League all the more appealing to gamers than it otherwise would be if it had scant game modes. Gameplay sessions in Rocket League can appeal to gamers who have eclectic video game interests since Rocket League is replete with game modes that can allow gamers to bask in different types of gameplay experiences while playing Rocket League matches as a heroic vehicle. Rocket League is one of the utmost popular video games for gamers to watch live stream broadcasts of as of November of 2023. Rocket League has an exorbitant amount of vehicles that players can utilize in Rocket League matches. There are six different types of vehicles that players can utilize in Rocket League matches. The different types of vehicles that players can utilize in Rocket League matches encompass vehicles that have an octane hitbox, vehicles that have a dominus hitbox, and vehicles that have a plank hitbox.
Download or read book Pathways and Opportunities Into the Business of ESports written by Sharon Andrews and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explains areas of specialization that intersect and align with eSports and why these are appropriate fields of specialization around eSports, how the fields are developing within the realm of eSports, and what research has already occurred (as well as what research opportunities and needs exist) as current gaps in practice, as well as future-leaning considerations"--
Download or read book Fast Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.
Download or read book Global Nomads written by Anthony D'Andrea and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Nomads provides a unique introduction to the globalization of countercultures, a topic largely unknown in and outside academia. Anthony D’Andrea examines the social life of mobile expatriates who live within a global circuit of countercultural practice in paradoxical paradises. Based on nomadic fieldwork across Spain and India, the study analyzes how and why these post-metropolitan subjects reject the homeland in order to shape an alternative lifestyle. They become artists, therapists, exotic traders and bohemian workers seeking to integrate labor, mobility and spirituality within a cosmopolitan culture of expressive individualism. These countercultural formations, however, unfold under neo-liberal regimes that appropriate utopian spaces, practices and imaginaries as commodities for tourism, entertainment and media consumption. In order to understand the paradoxical globalization of countercultures, Global Nomads develops a dialogue between global and critical studies by introducing the concept of 'neo-nomadism' which seeks to overcome some of the shortcomings in studies of globalization. This book is an essential aide for undergraduate, postgraduate and research students of Sociology, Anthropology of Globalization, Cultural Studies and Tourism Studies.
Download or read book Principles of Management written by David S. Bright and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black & white print. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.
