Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Gaming trends

Businessweek predicts a continuing boom for the gaming industries and lists the biggest trends.

1. Simple games that are less time-consuming developed for less experienced gamers like EA:s Boom Blox developed in colaboration with Steven Spielberg.
2. Gradual roll-out of games such as Mass Effect on Xbox where the new episode was sold for USD5
3. Free-to-play - the games are for free but things in the game are bought. This will be the case for the new release of Battlefield.
4. Indie games released free online. (Check out "N" below.)
5. Merges among publishers.
6. User generated/developed games where the players can develop and share their designs. Example? "Little big planet" from Sony.

I don't really get what Businessweek mean when they talk about indie-games. Thought that it had always been that way. Well, this game "N" is quite amusing. Help the ninja collect all the coins and open the portal. Simple and to the point.

N Game Just play it.

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