The Acagamic

Game Developer Magazine pub­lished a story in the March 2008 issue rank­ing the top 50 game devel­op­ment stu­dios world­wide accord­ing to empir­i­cal data that they have gath­ered. They are using sales data as well as qual­i­ta­tive eval­u­a­tions by devel­op­ers work­ing at the stu­dios for their research. Detailed reports include releases per plat­form and review score averages [...]

People often come to me ask­ing if I know any good books or sources to give a begin­ner a good lit­tle overview of the jobs out there in the games indus­try. While I know many books on many spe­cial­ties, most of which fea­ture a decent overview of the game indus­try jobs and appli­ca­tion areas, the choice really also depends on [...]