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Computer games Media sector: Description Computer games industry is part of the economic sector of entertainment. Computer games uses human interactions to make the computer circuitry work. Computer games can be used using either a joystick or keypad. The interactions we have with the device makes the user interface change the visual feedback we get from the device. Computer games can be linked with advertising and marketing because who would know when a new game comes out.

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Computer gamesMedia sector:

Description Computer games industry is part of the economic sector of entertainment. Computer

games uses human interactions to make the computer circuitry work. Computer games can be used using either a joystick or keypad. The interactions we have with the

device makes the user interface change the visual feedback we get from the device. Computer games can be linked with advertising and marketing because who would

know when a new game comes out.

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Size, shape structure

• The UK is Europe's largest video game market in the world. The UK games market generated 5.2 billion revenues in the UK and the number of gamers at these revenues is at 33 billion. It has employed a huge sum of people, quite specifically 7,000 people in the uk.

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Companies within the sector

• Activision is one of Americas largest game companies. There CEO is Eric hirshberg, Activision were founded on October 1, 1979 and was the worlds first independent developer and distributor of video games. Activision are subsidiary with Activision Blizzard. They’re one of the biggest video game publishers in the world. Activision are mostly known for there Tony hawk Pro skater series

• Rockstar is a huge company. They have made some extraordinary games such as Bully Scholarship, Red dead redemption, Max Payne and of course Grand theft auto. They were founded in 1998, the owner of Rockstar is Take-Two Interactive. They’re a multinational video game developer and publisher team based in New York city. Take-Two Interactive belong to famous publishers named BMG interactive.

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Companies owned

• Vivendi is a French multinational mass media company with a headquaters based in Paris, France. The company has doings in Music, Film, Telecommunication, Publishing, Television, The internet and video games. They were founded at December 14, 1853. But their name Vivendi became the name in 1998.

• Take-Two Interactive. They were founded in 1933 by Ryan Brant. They are a American publisher, developer and distributor of video games. Take-Two owns 2k games and GTA. They are based in New York with international headquarters in wisdor, United kingdom.

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The relationship between game companies and other media sectors.

• In the computer games industry there are quite a few companies that are linked with Musicians or bands such as Avenged Sevenfold being in the call of duty series, In the GTA series there is a wide range of bands and singers that are used in the game such as, Blondie, Stevie wonder, Def leopard, The trammps, Fear, Black Flag ETC. Other games such as the Tony Hawk Skateboarding series, they include many songs from bands such as Green Day, Slayer, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Offspring, Goldfinger, Motorhead, AFI, ACDC. ETC

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How does the Gaming industry relate to other industries?

The gaming industry can relate to the photography and photo imaging Media sector. This is because when game designers are designing graphics for a game, the photorealistic graphics is commonly used now a days, so the more High quality pictures there are the better the graphics can become.

The gaming industry can also be linked with the film industry because of Film adapting into a video game, For example, The ghost buster video game is a game based on the Movie.