EA Games
Company
3 documents in the library are about EA Games, from writers such as DiGRA, Enthusiast Gaming Holdings and IDA Ireland. Each has a summary and key insights with the page they come from.
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Documents about EA Games
Let's Play The Sims: The Un(der)studied Women's Origins of a Media Format
The document challenges the conventional, male-centric history of the "Let's Play" media format, arguing for an earlier, female-driven origin within The Sims community.
- The paper argues the Let's Play format should be traced to the female-dominated Sims fan community rather than the 2004 Something Awful forums conventionally credited with it, since Sims stories predate it and share its screenshot-plus-commentary structure.
- The origin has been overlooked because Sims stories were classified as fanfiction or literacy tools rather than Let's Play precursors, and much of the community's output has been lost.
- Official Sims platforms hosted over 100,000 stories on The Sims Exchange and 172,061 on TheSims2.com before those sites closed, while the rogue archive A Certain Reader preserved 4,039 stories scraped from the latter.
Game On: Ireland's Digital Games Sector Gets Ready for Growth 2024
The document, "Game On: Ireland's Digital Games Sector Gets Ready for Growth 2024," asserts that Ireland's digital gaming sector is poised for significant expansion, driven by a new tax incentive and the presence of established industry players.
- Ireland's digital games sector is poised for growth, significantly bolstered by a new Digital Games Tax Credit, which many in the industry believe could replicate the success of the Section 481 relief for film and TV.
- Major international gaming companies like Black Shamrock, Riot Games (League of Legends), EA Games, and Demonware already have a significant presence in Ireland, with Black Shamrock planning to expand its Dublin studio to 200 people by 2022.
- The Digital Games Tax Credit offers a 32% tax credit on eligible expenditure, capped at €25 million per project, with StoryToys being the first company to successfully apply for and reinvest the credit.
Enthusiast Named #1 Top Ranked Gaming Property for January by Comscore
Enthusiast Gaming Holdings was ranked as the #1 gaming property for unique visitor traffic in the United States for January 2023, according to digital media ratings compiled by Comscore.
- Enthusiast Gaming was ranked the #1 gaming property in the United States for January 2023 by Comscore, reaching 49.12 million unique visitors.
- The company outperformed major industry players including Roblox (44.88 million), Twitch (44.08 million), and Activision Blizzard (32.05 million) in unique visitor traffic.
- Enthusiast Gaming reported a 349% growth in its digital media property reach over the previous three-year period.
