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Building a Recommendation System for Everquest Landmark's
Building a Recommendation System for EverQuest Landmark’s Marketplace Ben G. Weber Director of BI & Analytics, Daybreak Game Company Motivation ● Content discovery is becoming a challenge for players ● Questions ● What games to purchase? ● Which content to download? ● What items to purchase? Daybreak’s revenue-sharing program for user-created content Infantry Gear in PlanetSide 2 Housing Items in Landmark Recommender Goals ● Make relevant content easier to discover ● Recommend content based on gameplay style, friends, and prior purchases ● Improve conversion and monetization metrics Recommender Results ● Offline Experiments ● 80% increase in recall rate over a top sellers list ● Marketplace Results ● Recommendations drive over 10% of item sales ● Used by 20% of purchasers ● Lifetime value of users that purchased recommendations is 10% higher than other purchasers Types of Recommendations ● Item Ratings ● The recommender provides a rating for an item the player has not yet rated ● Item Rankings ● The recommender provides a list of the most relevant items for a player Recommendation Algorithms ● Content-Based Filtering ● Collaborative Filtering ● Item-to-Item ● User-to-User Collaborative Filtering ● Rates items for a player based on the player’s similarity to other players ● Does not require meta-data to be maintained ● Can use explicit and implicit data collection ● Challenges include scalability and cold starts User-Based Collaborative Filtering Similar User ● Users A B ● Items 101 102 103 Recommendation Algorithm Overview Computing a -
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game Chat Project
[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game Chat] 175 Lakeside Ave, Room 300A Phone: (802)865-5744 Fax: (802)865-6446 1/21/2016 http://www.lcdi.champlain.edu Disclaimer: This document contains information based on research that has been gathered by employee(s) of The Senator Patrick Leahy Center for Digital Investigation (LCDI). The data contained in this project is submitted voluntarily and is unaudited. Every effort has been made by LCDI to assure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained in this report. However, LCDI nor any of our employees make no representation, warranty or guarantee in connection with this report and hereby expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility for loss or damage resulting from use of this data. Information in this report can be downloaded and redistributed by any person or persons. Any redistribution must maintain the LCDI logo and any references from this report must be properly annotated. Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Background: ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Purpose and Scope: ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Research Questions: ........................................................................................................................................................... -
Conference Booklet
30th Oct - 1st Nov CONFERENCE BOOKLET 1 2 3 INTRO REBOOT DEVELOP RED | 2019 y Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned Warmest welcome to first ever Reboot Develop it! And we are here to stay. Our ambition through Red conference. Welcome to breathtaking Banff the next few years is to turn Reboot Develop National Park and welcome to iconic Fairmont Red not just in one the best and biggest annual Banff Springs. It all feels a bit like history repeating games industry and game developers conferences to me. When we were starting our European older in Canada and North America, but in the world! sister, Reboot Develop Blue conference, everybody We are committed to stay at this beautiful venue was full of doubts on why somebody would ever and in this incredible nature and astonishing choose a beautiful yet a bit remote place to host surroundings for the next few forthcoming years one of the biggest worldwide gatherings of the and make it THE annual key gathering spot of the international games industry. In the end, it turned international games industry. We will need all of into one of the biggest and highest-rated games your help and support on the way! industry conferences in the world. And here we are yet again at the beginning, in one of the most Thank you from the bottom of the heart for all beautiful and serene places on Earth, at one of the the support shown so far, and even more for the most unique and luxurious venues as well, and in forthcoming one! the company of some of the greatest minds that the games industry has to offer! _Damir Durovic -
SECO/BM Evolution
Business Model Evolution in the Game Software Ecosystem Towards a method for modelling business model evolution Graph: Game publishers and game platforms in the game software ecosystem Master Thesis MBI Thesis Candidate Niels van den Berg [email protected] Utrecht University Institute of Information and Computing Sciences Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands Date June 2015 Business Model Evolution in the Game Software Ecosystem 2 Supervisors dr. F.J. Bex Assistant Professor Utrecht University [email protected] dr. S. Jansen Assistant Professor Utrecht University [email protected] Business Model Evolution in the Game Software Ecosystem 3 Summary More than ever, video game software companies operate within networks that share markets and services on common platforms. The Game Software Ecosystem (G-SECO) encompasses many different types of organizations, each maintaining a business model (BM) that enables them to effectively fulfill their role in the SECO. These BMs are not static. To assure a strategic advantage, organizations find themselves continually evaluating and adapting their BM. New technologies and changes in demand open up ways to conduct business and entice organizations to adapt their business models in order to secure or reposition their presence in the SECOs that they are part of. It remains what this evolution looks like and how software organizations influence one another by adapting their business model. Furthermore, we know little about what the G-SECO looks like and how it influences BM-evolution for its members. This exploratory research provides insight on the effects of BM-changes within the G-SECO by investigating the evolution of business models within the video game industry. -
Your Career in the Games Industry
Start your career in the games industry New The MedienWiki homepage www.medienwiki.org offers you all necessary information with videosabout study courses and apprenticeships in the games sector as well as information about more than 200 media jobs. In addition to that, you can also fi nd internship and job offers in the media sector. Québec scholarships: The program is made for game design and game engineering students as well as for media and computing students. For more information please visit our homepage www. mediencampus.de. Further information about the media industry will be presented at the „Medientage München“ fair, which takes place from October 16-18, 2013 at the fairground ICM in „München- Riem“. Students will have the chance to talk directly to professionals from the media and games industry. There is no entrance fee for the MedienCampus area. If you are interested in the „Medien Magazin“ by the MedienCampus Bayern, please write us an email: [email protected]. The „Medien Magazin“ will be sent to you at no charge. www.mediencampus.de www. medienwiki.org BAVARIA ENTER THE GAME EDITORIAL In the summer of 2009, the FFF was commissioned by the variety of courses are now Bavarian State Chancellery to establish a funding pro- available at Bavarian universities. gramme to support the games industry financially. This Not to mention the ever-increasing was a major challenge for us, as the gaming industry was number of diverse enterprises that en- an entirely new field with new players and new rules. hance the Bavarian hub. Over the past four years we have familiarized ourselves And so with this brochure we would with the hugely diverse games industry and are cons- like to shine a spotlight on some of the games Prof. -
Playstation Store
LIBYAN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Author's Name: Mohammed Fouzi Mohammed Mohammed Date: 2019/6/9 University Student's Number: 2164 Subject: Programming II Project Title: PlayStation Store Description: The user first Enters their ID, the ID has to be more than 8 characters. After the welcome screen, the user is presented with a menu of games categories (e.g, RPGs, Sports, Shooter… etc). the user chooses which category they want to browse by entering it's number then hitting the enter button. After doing that, the user is presented with the games that the category has (e.g, The RPGs has the witcher III, BloodBorne…. Etc) then entering the number of the game that the user desires and hitting the enter button. After that the user gets a screen that has information about the chosen game.. The release date, The rating, the studio, the category, the price and the description. Then whether the user wants to add the game to the cart or not. In the bottom, the user will find the receipt. It includes the names that the user chose to add to the cart along with their prices, the total price and the total number of games. The Visual Basic Console Application Code: Module Module1 Dim name As String Dim counter As Integer = 0 Dim sum As Double = 0 Dim ArrPrice(76) As Single Dim ArrGameName(76) As String Dim ArrBool(76) As Boolean Sub Main() infoOfGames() Dim newgame As New game Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkBlue Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White hereWelcome: FirstUserInterFace() Console.Clear() hereCat: GamesCatMenu() Console.CursorLeft -
VIDEO GAMES: CLOUD INVADERS Bracing for the Netflix-Ization of Gaming
VIDEO GAMES: CLOUD INVADERS Bracing for the Netflix-ization of Gaming Citi GPS: Global Perspectives & Solutions June 2019 Citi is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, operating in all major established and emerging markets. Across these world markets, our employees conduct an ongoing multi-disciplinary conversation – accessing information, analyzing data, developing insights, and formulating advice. As our premier thought leadership product, Citi GPS is designed to help our readers navigate the global economy’s most demanding challenges and to anticipate future themes and trends in a fast-changing and interconnected world. Citi GPS accesses the best elements of our global conversation and harvests the thought leadership of a wide range of senior professionals across our firm. This is not a research report and does not constitute advice on investments or a solicitations to buy or sell any financial instruments. For more information on Citi GPS, please visit our website at www.citi.com/citigps. Authors Jason B Bazinet Thomas A Singlehurst, CFA U.S. Entertainment, Cable & Satellite Analyst Head of European Media Research Team +1-212-816-6395 | [email protected] +44-20-7986-4051 | [email protected] Kota Ezawa Mark May Co-Head of Global Technology Research U.S. Internet Analyst +81-3-6776-4640 | [email protected] +1-212-816-5564 | [email protected] Walter H Pritchard, CFA Alicia Yap, CFA U.S. Software Analyst Head of Pan-Asia Internet Research +1-415-951-1770 | [email protected] +852-2501-2773 | [email protected] Expert Commentators Luke Alvarez Ralf Reichart Wil Stephens Founding Managing Co-CEO of ESL CEO, Founder of Fusebox Partner, Hiro Capital Games Global Video Game Team Hillman Chan, CFA Arthur Lai China Internet & Media Analyst Greater China Technology Analyst +852-2501-2777 | [email protected] +852-2501-2758 | [email protected] Carrie Liu ` Atif Malik Taiwan Technology Hardware Analyst U.S. -
Design Business Art Technology
03/2015 OFFICIAL PARTNER OF DESIGN BUSINESS ART TECHNOLOGY THE NEXT GENERATION 03 OF MOBILE 4 197050406909 FREE2PLAY-ANALYSIS CASE STUDY NEVERWINTER LORDS OF THE FALLEN HOW BLIZZARD, POPCAP, UBISOFT HOW TO PORT AN ONLINE-RPG WHAT LEARNINGS DECK13 GAINED AND KING BIND THEIR PLAYERS. FROM PC TO CONSOLES. FROM CREATING A AAA-GAME. GDC EUROPE RETURNS AUGUST 3-4, 2015 READERS,USE CODE GDCE15MG TO SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 10% ON ALL ACCESS PASSES! SAVE 200€ WITH EARLY REGISTRATION BEFORE JULY 8! GDCEUROPE.COM Editorial Making Games 03/2015 THE FUTURE OF MOBILE? MOBILE IS THE FUTURE! t the beginning of March, what have a much broader »install base« than tra- seemed like the entire global ditional gaming platforms in these countries. Sebastian Weber games industry gathered in San Consequently, publishers will focus more and is Managing Editor of Making Games Magazin. Francisco for GDC in order to more on mobile games in the future in order exchange their knowledge and to reach these new target markets. They’re as- look out for any emerging in- suming to tap markets of potentially hundreds novationsA and trends. For the public, there was of millions of gamers after all. Many gamers one topic that dominated the conference: VR! suspect quick free2play rip offs in this area and Oculus presented its Rift, Sony introduced their turn their back on mobile gaming, but there latest version of Morpheus, and Steam inventor are plenty of examples which show that there Valve topped both competitors with SteamVR, are other ways, too: Daedalic, for example, are incited visitors and journalists to heaps of fully porting their adventure games from PC praise, and even made people from outside the to iPad (p. -
INVESTOR PRESENTATION December 2020 AGENDA
INVESTOR PRESENTATION December 2020 AGENDA Section A: Introduction to EG7 Section B: Introduction to Daybreak Section C: The new group Appendix: Additional material 2 Introduction to EG7 EG7 at a glance ▪ EG7 is a group of companies that develops, markets, publishes and distributes video games for PC, console and mobile on a global market ▪ The group comprises EG7 Studios, Petrol, Sold Out, Big Blue Bubble, Piranha Games and Antimatter Games among others ▪ Covers the entire gaming industry value chain. Where work-for-hire, marketing and publishing has predictive and stable revenue streams and development with great option value ▪ Has undergone rapid growth, both organically and through acquisitions including the most recent acquisitions Big Blue Bubble and Piranha Games SEK 657M SEK 156M PRO FORMA REVENUE YTD PRO FORMA EBITDA YTD Source: Company Information. 3 Acquisition of Piranha Games Piranha Games at a glance Transaction structure ▪ Video game developer and publisher founded in 2000 with c. 65 EV/Adj. EBITDA Purchase price table CADm employees, based in Vancouver, Canada LTM Q3’20 ▪ Operated on a work-for-hire basis until 2009. Made games for big-name Upfront consideration shares 10.5 franchises, including AAA licensed title Need for Speed: Undercover ▪ In 2009 the company entered an agreement with Microsoft for the Upfront cash consideration 20.9 MechWarrior license Upfront consideration 31.4 3.7x ▪ MechWarrior Online is an online free-to-play game officially launched in Maximum deferred consideration 63.4 2013. The game is monetized via in-game purchases ▪ MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries was launched in 2019 and is currently under an exclusivity agreement with Epic Games Store. -
Weekly News Digest #49
INVESTGAME Nov 30 — Dec 06, 2020 Weekly News Digest #49 EG7 acquires Daybreak Game Company for up to $300m Stockholmbased multiplatform games developer, publisher, and distributor Enad Global 7 AB (ST: EG7) has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of San Diegobased MMORPG developer and publisher Daybreak Game Company for up to $300m on a cash and debtfree basis, including: $260m of an upfront consideration, of which $160m paid in cash and $100m paid in shares at closing; $40m of deferred consideration paid in cash, upon the finalization of the company’s financial statements for 2020FY; overall, EG7 will pay $200m in cash (2/3 of the total payment) and $100m in shares. Daybreak Game Company is a PC/Console AA/AAA MMO F2P games developer and publisher that owns several original IPs, such as H1Z1, EverQuest series, and PlanetSide 2. The company also has a number of games, based on 3rd party IPs, including DC Universe Online, The Lord of the Rings Online, and Dungeons & Dragons Online. Based on the LTM Q3’2020 financials of Daybreak Game (Net Revenue $77.6m, adj. EBITDA $29m), the transaction valuation multiples are 3.9x EV/NetRev and 10.3x EV/EBITDA. With the acquisition, EG7 will get a stable cash flow from F2P and GaaS business model with loyal communities of Daybreak Game’s IPs, which will further improve EG7’s size and profitability. EG7 almost tripled its financial pro forma with the latest acquisitions of Big Blue Bubble, Piranha Games, and Daybreak Game. Moreover, the Daybreak deal looks like a merger of two companies that are very much alike in terms of financials. -
Examining Popular Video Game Reviews Through a Comparative Content Analysis
Cleveland State University EngagedScholarship@CSU ETD Archive 2013 Reviewing the Critics: Examining Popular Video Game Reviews Through a Comparative Content Analysis Ben Gifford Cleveland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/etdarchive Part of the Communication Commons How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! Recommended Citation Gifford, Ben, "Reviewing the Critics: Examining Popular Video Game Reviews Through a Comparative Content Analysis" (2013). ETD Archive. 578. https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/etdarchive/578 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by EngagedScholarship@CSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in ETD Archive by an authorized administrator of EngagedScholarship@CSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. REVIEWING THE CRITICS: EXAMINING POPULAR VIDEO GAME REVIEWS THROUGH A COMPARATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS BEN GIFFORD Bachelor of Arts in Journalism Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH May, 2009 submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree MASTER OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION THEORY AND METHODOLOGY at the CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY May, 2013 THESIS APPROVAL SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION This thesis has been approved for the School of Communication and the College of Graduate Studies by: ________________________________________________________________________ Thesis Committee Chairperson – print name ________________________________________________________________________ Signature School of Communication -
Case 2:19-Cv-00248-JRG Document 1 Filed 07/11/19 Page 1 of 16 Pageid #: 1
Case 2:19-cv-00248-JRG Document 1 Filed 07/11/19 Page 1 of 16 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION INFERNAL TECHNOLOGY, LLC, and § TERMINAL REALITY, INC., § § Plaintiffs, § § Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-248 v. § § Jury Trial Demanded SONY INTERACTIVE § ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA, LLC § § Defendant. § PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT Plaintiffs Infernal Technology, LLC and Terminal Reality, Inc., file this Complaint against Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC and Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC and allege as follows. THE PARTIES 1. Plaintiff Infernal Technology, LLC (“Infernal Technology”) is a Texas Limited Liability Company with its principal place of business at 16135 Preston Road, Suite 136, Dallas, Texas 75248. 2. Plaintiff Terminal Reality, Inc. (“Terminal Reality”) is a Texas Corporation with its address at P.O. Box 271721, Flower Mound, Texas, 75027-1721. Terminal Reality, a video game development and production company, was formed in 1994 in Lewisville, Texas. Terminal Reality developed a number of video games, such as Nocturne, Bloodrayne, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Kinect Star Wars, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, and many others. Terminal Reality also developed a video game graphics engine, called the “Infernal Engine,” used in many of Terminal Reality’s games. In addition to using the “Infernal Engine” in its own games, Terminal Reality successfully licensed the “Infernal Engine” to other video game developers for use in their 1 Case 2:19-cv-00248-JRG Document 1 Filed 07/11/19 Page 2 of 16 PageID #: 2 video games. On June 3, 2014, Terminal Reality granted Infernal Technology an exclusive license to a number of patents, including the Asserted Patents as defined below, and the exclusive right to enforce same.