Sentences with phrase «for video games as»

While this concept is one of the oldest in the book for video games as a whole, it's noteworthy in this instance because of Uncharted's history of laser - focused linearity.

There was little respect for video games as a whole.»

God of War is an achievement for video games as a storytelling medium.

How did you get into writing for video games as a whole, not just for MASSIVE CHALICE?

Spamming from a variety of backgrounds, the people on our team have in common both their love for video games as well as having strong commitment to designing and developing games that are more than a product, games that contribute to the medium, games that make us proud.

2013 was a great year for video games as we saw the dawn of a new era in game consoles.

Bill Gates: ««Halo» is truly a cultural phenomenon, and the launch of «Halo 3» is an important milestone for Xbox 360 and for video games as entertainment and as an art form.

2017 was as great a year for video games as it was for cinema.

As the audience for video games as a whole continues to grow, more and more of those people are not generalists, but specialists: people who play maybe one or two games predominantly, but might spend hundreds of hours on them nonetheless.

From filling out a profile to emailing matches and participating in groups for video games as well as other interests, like books and sports, you won't need your wallet for anything on GamingPassions.

That's a small thing that I've never really seen a game offer, but it's an easy way to expand the player base — books and magazines have large print options, so why not make it an option for a video game as well?

Not exact matches

The cartoonist said in a note that originally appeared with the cartoon that by using his children «as political props» in a video ad that ran during an episode of Saturday Night Live, the senator had made them «fair game» for editorial criticism.

While Nintendo (ntdoy) is known for its mark on the video game industry, Miitomo served as social app, allowing users to communication and create Miis, which serve as Nintendo's avatars.

According to Sam Cooper, senior director for Call of Duty in Activision's marketing department, in today's video game business, any successful «AAA» franchise is as focused on post-launch engagement with fans as with the actual launch of the game.

As part of this staggered roll - out, Facebook has also been testing fan payment option for video game streamers since December.

Facebook is stepping up its efforts to compete with Twitch and YouTube for video game streaming: The company is now offering select video gamers a chance to monetize their gameplay live streams on Facebook by giving their audience a way to tip them as part of a test of new monetization options.

Authorities in Belgium, for instance, have reportedly considered classifying video games with purchasable loot crates as forms of gambling.

Digital avatars have long been featured in video games as a way for users to create digital profiles of themselves.

As a teenager, Olajide «KSI» Olatunji played EA Sports» line of FIFA video games for hours on end in his parents» home.

Kitchener, Ontario - based Vidyard gets points for making a video that carries off a hat trick: It's funny; it's creative, marrying old - school»80s workout gear with Rocky - style training; and — most important — it's useful as a tool for those looking to up their video marketing game.

As Nintendo is primarily known for its landmark video game franchises like Super Mario Bros., Pokemon and The Legend of Zelda, Iwata noted that the QOL products would boast a gamification aspect.

We still play video games, but we may not have as much time for them or our tastes have changed.

For the San Francisco company, these games are part of a major initiative to use the video streaming of live events, particularly sports, as a way to drive user growth and engagement, and, in this way, ad sales.

Also banned: instructions on «on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people,» unless there is «clear context that the content is for an alternative purpose (for example, shared as part of recreational self - defense activities, training by a country's military, commercial video games, or news coverage).»

Funny videos and interactive games may be great marketing tools for Fortune 1000 companies with seven - figure advertising budgets, but how can SMB owners create the same kind of impact as Nike and Burger King?

NEW YORK (AP)-- Amazon is buying video game streaming platform Twitch Interactive for $ 970 million in cash as it seeks to expand its presence in gaming.

Buyers favour physical shops for red - hot items such as video games; those asking for the newly launched Assassin's Creed III at the Futureshop.ca store wanted to take it home right there, says spokesman Elliott Chun.

With almost no money, Musk worked a bevy of jobs — as an intern in Microsoft's Canadian marketing department, an intern for the Bank of Nova Scotia, and as a programmer for a video - game developer called, presciently, Rocket Science.

As a 12 - year - old growing up in the South African city of Pretoria with divorced parents, Musk created a video game, Blaster, and sold it to a computer magazine for the ungodly sum of $ 500.

«From the start we had a bigger vision of disrupting the digital and media industries,» says CEO Rory Armes, better known as the founder Radical Entertainment, for many years the No. 2 video game studio in Vancouver behind Electronic Arts (it was sold to Vivendi Universal Entertainment in 2005 and reduced to a software support office in 2012).

uSell, an online marketplace for used electronics, wanted to see whether it should expand into items such as used textbooks, clothing, and video games.

The ban also means that, for the foreseeable future, travelers booked on more than 125 affected flights a day to the U.S. and U.K. will have to put devices such as tablets, e-readers, cameras, laptops, portable DVD players, and video games in checked baggage.

But the problem with venture is when you exit a company, it has no staying power for you, as opposed to the video game business.

Sony announced the launch date during the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E3, where it showcased a slew of new VR video games, including ones for the Star Wars and Batman franchises.

The partnership includes developing a Lego video zone for children on the Tencent video platform, as well as developing and operating Lego branded licensed games, the toymaker said.

Video game maker Activision Blizzard announced on Monday plans buy «Candy Crush Saga» creator King Digital Entertainment for $ 5.9 billion, Reuters reported, as the heavyweight of console and PC gaming makes a major push into the faster - growing mobile market.

In the mid 1980s, as seemingly every kid in the West was mashing buttons on video - game classics like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, and Duck Hunt, the citizens of the Soviet Union were wondering which pair of shoes they might have to boil for their nutrients first.

When it's not being used for meetings, the room serves as a space for employees to screen movies, play video games, and snack from a popcorn machine.

Maybe some freelancers will get tossed a couple bucks for a story or two, but E3 and video games in general are a far cry from being taken as seriously as other areas of technology and entertainment.

Microsoft's recently launched Kinect motion video - game system, for example, can also be used to conduct video chats, and it follows users as they move around a room.

The Rochester, N.Y. company, best known for its line of head - mounted video eyewear favored by soldiers and gamers (as well as a 2009 cameo on The Oprah Winfrey Show), launched its own smart glasses at the end of 2013.

Memorable campaigns from the likes of Old Spice have used commercials as tent poles for campaigns that stretched across platforms, including Internet video and even online games.

What's different, however, is that the headset costs as much as a video game console as opposed to the older devices that could sell for $ 100,000.

Lest we forget, James» first job upon returning home was as program manager for Blue Startups, a venture accelerator bankrolled by Henk Rogers, the man who developed the video game Tetris.

Google's YouTube is aiming for a bigger part of the $ 70 billion annual TV ad budget, as more viewers turn toward watching YouTube on television screens through devices like digital media players, Google Chromecast, and video game consoles.

As the kinds of graphics chips that were first popular with video gamers have turned out to be among the best - suited for AI programming, too, Nvidia is in the lead, chased by Intel (intc), Advanced Micro Devices, and a host of others.

GameStop shares were down as much as 20 percent Tuesday morning as the company issued a weaker - than - expected forecast for the fourth quarter and full year due to declines in video game sales.

It's designed to compete for video gamers» dollars, as well as meet the needs of some data centers that are using graphics processors to run artificial intelligence programs.

Ralph H. Baer, the creator of the Magnavox Odyssey (known as the «Brown Box»), the first commercial console for home video games, died at the age of 92 on Saturday.

Original content has proven a big draw for video - streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and HBO GO: HBO's Game of Thrones alone scored the network its largest audience ever, while Netflix's original series of Marvel's Daredevil grabbed nearly 4.4 million viewers in its first 11 days.