As with the Great Development Blogs post, this was originally started on Bruce On Games, with the view to spreading it to as many blogs and websites as possible… Enjoy!
- N4G. A game news aggregator. The stories can be submitted by anyone but are vetted for relevance, commented on and scored for popularity. This gives an excellent news snapshot with the added advantage of measuring the level of public interest
- MCV. The website of the British video game trade newspaper. Lots of information relevant to everyone in the trade. They will send you a daily digest
- Gameindustry.biz. An online only competitor to MCV. They will send you a daily newsletter
- Gamasutra. The American game industry website
- Gamerankings. Like the title says, is an amazing compendium of game information centred around their reviews. An essential tool
- Metacritic. A more sophisticated game ranking with the individual scores weighted according to their credibility
- VG Chartz. Lots of useful guestimated facts and figures. The site is dragged down by a puerile fanboy forum
- Some great development blogs. Find out what the people who actually make the games have to say. This is the gold standard for informed industry comment
- ELSPA. The main UK trade industry organisation. Their main concern is political lobbying which is why the UK government is so good towards the game industry
- How to get lots of money given to you for moving your video game business to Quebec. This site is visited by European companies!!
- Popurls. A metasite of metasites so gives you a breathtaking overview of the internet on one page. So informative that it is addictive
- Geekipedia. Wired magazines’ brilliant guide to our technology age. Essential education for many
- Develop. An online site for the game development community magazine
- Improving Game Marketing: The Game Purchase Process From A Consumer’s Point Of View. An interesting paper
- Fascinating article on game marketing and the press
- Some incredibly incisive commentary on game marketing and game quality
- David Perry’s Game Industry Map. Gives a geographical perspective to the whole industry
- MMOGCHART. The standard industry reference for what is happening in the MMO world
- The Chaos Engine. The private forum for game industry development professionals. Absolutely essential reading if you want to know what is going on
- Videogame Journos Network. Does exactly what the name says
- SoftPressRelease.com. Blast your press release out to the waiting press at low cost
- Games Press, the resource for games journalists
- A good list of game developers and publishers with links to their websites and product lists
- Bruceongames – The game industry blog from a marketing and publishing perspective
Some of my personal favourites for anything Games Industry related…
- GameOn. Lots of information about what you need to get into the Games Industry
- Game Developer Magazine. A wealth of information on game development and even has a cheaper digital version and back catalogue
There is enough information there for even the keenest budding game industry professional. Please add any great industry sites you may know using comments. Bloggers and journalists feel free to copy this anywhere you want.
