To critically engage with the political economy of platformization, this article builds on the
concepts of platform capitalism and platform imperialism to situate platforms within wider …

By analyzing and contextualizing different aspects of the Finnish game development scene,
this article provides concrete examples of why we need cultural studies of game …

Based on the OECD research from 2020, tourism is one of the biggest and fast-growing
sectors of the world economy. Tourism plays a key role in job creation as well as in added …

The precarious reality of videogame production beyond the corporate blockbuster studios of
North America. The videogame industry, we're invariably told, is a multibillion-dollar, high …

Digital games and their appropriation for live-streamed events of competitive gaming–the
pillars that constitute eSports–experience tremendous growth. This theoretical study …

In the introduction, the editors of this collection argue for the importance of game production
studies at a point when the public awareness about the production context of video games …

With the proliferation of technologies and digital platforms, contemporary game development
firms' value propositions have become more complex. While on a global scale a …

Rahapelien ja digitaalisten viihdepelien raja on hämärtynyt erityisesti internetissä.
Rahapeleihin integroidaan digipeleistä tuttuja ominaisuuksia ja digipeleihin on lisätty …

This chapter contributes to the discussions about spaces of digital work by exploring
subcontracting and outsourcing work in digital games industries in Poland and Estonia. The …

Denne artikel undersøger de økonomiske og kulturelle forhold mellem digitale platforme og
norske og danske spiludviklere. Hvor digitale platforme som Apples og Googles …