The Impact of COVID-19 on the Video Game Industry

Şener, Deniz; Yalçın, Türkan; Gulseven, Osman

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“…The same activity increase was found in committed players' gaming behaviors. This finding is in alignment with the conception of games as a coping mechanism for social isolation [62], although it may also be related to a greater opportunity for playing due to the forced stay-at-home orders. While all geographical areas saw a peak in the number of matches, North America was the only area in which there was no significant increment in the number of players.…”

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“…Steam, a game distributor, reported the highest peak of players in its history [40] and internet traffic related to gaming increased dramatically [45,64]. People spent more time playing games to socialize and cope with stress [62]. While social media overly exposed users to the dramatic situation world-wide, games represented a refuge and an escape from reality [20,42].…”

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confidence: 99%

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#StayHome Playing LoL - Analyzing Players’ Activity and Social Bonds in League of Legends During Covid-19 Lockdowns

Petrosino

Loria

Pirker

2021

The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021

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Humans are social beings. It is therefore not surprising that the social distancing and movement restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic had severe consequences for the well-being of large sections of the population, leading to increased loneliness and related mental diseases. Many people found emotional shelter in online multiplayer games, which have already proven to be great social incubators. While the positive effect games had on individuals has become evident, we are still unaware of how and if games fostered the fundamental need for connectedness that people sought. In other words: how have the social bonds and interaction patterns of players changed with the advent of the pandemic? For this purpose, we analyzed one year of data from an online multiplayer game (League of Legends) to observe the impact of Covid-19 on player assiduity and sociality in three different geographical regions (i.e., Europe, North America, and South Korea). Our results show a strong relationship between the development of Covid-19 restrictions and player activity, together with more robust and recurrent social bonds, especially for players committed to the game. Additionally, players with reinforced social bonds-i.e., people played with similar teammates-were more likely to stay in the game even once the restrictions were lifted.

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#StayHome Playing LoL - Analyzing Players’ Activity and Social Bonds in League of Legends During Covid-19 Lockdowns

Petrosino

Loria

Pirker

2021

The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021

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“…Hal ini kemudian memicu kebosanan dan kejenuhan orang karena tidak bisa mendapatkan sosialisasi serta entertainment yang biasa didapatkan jika bisa keluar rumah dengan bebas. Karena itu, banyak orang yang beralih memainkan game untuk kebutuhan entertainment-nya itu [1].…”

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Implementasi Algoritme Binary Space Partition untuk Pembuatan Peta Prosedural pada Aplikasi Permainan Roguelike Guns Blazing

Iskandar¹,

Kuswardayan²,

Fabroyir³

2022

JTITS

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Abstrak-Roguelike adalah sebuah genre game yang merupakan turunan dari genre role-playing games atau yang biasa disebut RPG. Roguelike biasanya memiliki sistem level yang diolah secara prosedural dan sistem permanent death yang berarti pemain harus mengulang dari titik awal yang telah ditentukan sebelumnya secara fresh. Maka dari itu, pemain bisa dibilang dipaksa untuk mempelajari sistem dari game ini melalui kegagalan dan berkembang menjadi pemain yang lebih baik dari sebelumnya. Sistem pembangkit peta dari sebuah permainan ada bermacam-macam, tergantung dengan kebutuhannya. Salah satu metode yang digunakan dalam pembangkitan peta ini adalah Binary Space Partition. Metode ini bekerja untuk membelah sebuah ruangan menjadi ruanganruangan yang lebih kecil lagi, dimana pembelahan yang dilakukan ini adalah secara acak. Maka dari itu ruangan tersebut akan memiliki tempat yang terdistribusi dan tidak tumpang tindih antar ruangan. Game yang ingin dibangun ini bernama Guns Blazing, yaitu game roguelike yang pembangkit petanya menggunakan metode Binary Space Partition ini. Namun, sebelum bisa dimainkan, game harus memilih ruangan yang akan diisi kedalam tempat yang sudah disediakan oleh algoritme dan melakukan beberapa perubahan kepada interior ruangan agar koneksi antar ruangan dapat terhubung dengan baik. Uji coba yang dilakukan pada pembangkit peta didalam game Guns Blazing ini bisa dibilang cepat. Dalam satu kali pembuatan, waktu yang diperlukan hanya sekitar 31 milidetik saja. Waktu ini sangat penting agar pemain tidak lama menunggu loading dari game. Dalam uji coba lainnya, didapati bahwa setiap kali pemain memainkan game, peta yang ada selalu berubah yang sangat penting untuk keperluan replayability dari game ini.

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic has further increased the importance of virtual worlds. The demand for video games has increased, and many people have turned to online games to cope with stress and forget about the pandemic ( Şener et al, 2021 ). Currently, there are an estimated 1 billion internet gamers worldwide ( Clement, 2021 ).…”

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Why Do Women Pretend to Be Men? Female Gender Swapping in Online Games

Zhou

Han

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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This research explored the influencing factors of gender swapping among female players in online games and their impact on online gaming behavior. Based on an online survey of 3,658 female players in China, we found that perceived benefits and the Tanbi tendency, a psychological indulgence in enjoying novels, comics, or series on love and sex between attractive males, were the most important factors for female players to employ male avatars. Sexual orientation, perceived anonymity, and perceived tolerance also had a significant influence on gender swapping. Different from the practical benefits perceived by men who use female avatars in online games, the perceived benefit for female players who use male avatars was to avoid gender discrimination. In order to obtain more freedom and fairer treatment, they chose male avatars for a better experience. Female players with a higher degree of gender swapping showed a stronger aggressiveness and dominant “hyper-masculinity” behavior tendency in the game. Though online virtual worlds may be a convenient place for females to experience gender equality through gender swapping, the findings of this study suggest that gender swapping in games may, to some extent, perpetuate or even reinforce gender stereotypes in the real world.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Video Game Industry

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#StayHome Playing LoL - Analyzing Players’ Activity and Social Bonds in League of Legends During Covid-19 Lockdowns

#StayHome Playing LoL - Analyzing Players’ Activity and Social Bonds in League of Legends During Covid-19 Lockdowns

Implementasi Algoritme Binary Space Partition untuk Pembuatan Peta Prosedural pada Aplikasi Permainan Roguelike Guns Blazing

Why Do Women Pretend to Be Men? Female Gender Swapping in Online Games

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