Not exact matches
The PC, where video
games were originally born, has also seen a renaissance as a
platform thanks to Steam, the
online distribution system started in 2002 by Valve Corp., based in Kirkland, Wash..
The report suggests that the major VR and AR areas that will be generating revenue fall into one of three categories: Content (gaming, film and TV, health care, education, and social); hardware and
distribution (headsets, input devices like handheld controllers, graphics cards, video capture technologies, and
online marketplaces); and software
platforms and delivery services (content creation tools, capture, production, and delivery software, video
game engines, analytics, file hosting and compression tools, and B2B and enterprise uses).
For consumer products companies looking for quick
online distribution to a mass audience, the Amazon
platform might be a
game changer.
In an era where
platform holders and
online storefronts are pretty much consistently attempting to get
gamers to switch to digital
distribution, the numbers are a little bit surprising.
Used
game sales are collapsing as developers and
platforms have shifted to
online distribution of their
games, and traditional retailers are under assault by Amazon.
Battle.net is an
online gaming
platform and digital
distribution service created by Blizzard Entertainment and first launched back in 1996 with the release of the original Diablo fantasy role playing
game.
The contest is open to console, mobile, social, casual and
online games with no restriction on genre,
platform or
distribution method.
It also maintains a proprietary
online gaming service, Battle.net that facilitates the creation of user generated content, digital
distribution, and
online social connectivity in its
games; and develops and publishes interactive entertainment content and services primarily on mobile
platforms, such as Android and iOS, as well as distributes its content and services on the PC
platform primarily through Facebook.
Since we will be distributing the
game via
online digital
distribution platforms like SpicyWorld, there is by default a
platform registration.
Robot Cache, a decentralized video
game distribution platform, and Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX), a blockchain
platform for trading
online video
game assets, today announced...