Press reset : ruin and recovery in the video game industry / Jason Schreier ; print book interior design Thomas Louie ; cover design and illustration by Philip Pascuzzo.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021Publisher: ©2021Edition: First edition : May 2021Description: xvi, 301 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781538735497 (paperback)Subject(s): Video games industry | Video games -- DesignLOC classification: HD9993.E452 S37 2021Awards: The New York Times Bestseller.Summary: "The business of videogames is both a prestige industry and a very opaque one. Based on dozens of firsthand interviews and covering the development of landmark games including Bioshock: Infinite, Epic Mickey, Dead Space, and more, and through the studios' shocking closures, this book will tell the stories of how real people are affected by game studio shutdowns -- and how and if they recover. Jason Schreier has made a name for himself as gaming's preeminent investigative journalist. In Press reset, through countless of insider interviews that cover hostile takeovers, abusive bosses, corporate drama, bounced checks, and that one time the Boston Red Sox's Curt Schilling decided he was going to lead a game studio that would take out World of Warcraft, Schreier covers not only why video games are so hard to make, he explores why it's so hard to make a living making games in the first place"-- Provided by publisher.
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"The business of videogames is both a prestige industry and a very opaque one. Based on dozens of firsthand interviews and covering the development of landmark games including Bioshock: Infinite, Epic Mickey, Dead Space, and more, and through the studios' shocking closures, this book will tell the stories of how real people are affected by game studio shutdowns -- and how and if they recover. Jason Schreier has made a name for himself as gaming's preeminent investigative journalist. In Press reset, through countless of insider interviews that cover hostile takeovers, abusive bosses, corporate drama, bounced checks, and that one time the Boston Red Sox's Curt Schilling decided he was going to lead a game studio that would take out World of Warcraft, Schreier covers not only why video games are so hard to make, he explores why it's so hard to make a living making games in the first place"-- Provided by publisher.
The New York Times Bestseller.