InfoGuides: Computer Game Art & Design: Research the Games Industry & Profession

GDCVault

GDCVault is now providing free access to presentations from their past conferences. The last 3 Game Developer Conferences are linked below. To access earlier conferences, or different conferences, e.g. GDC Europe, go the this page http://www.gdcvault.com/free/ and click on the name of the conference you want to browse (left hand side of page).

GDCVault Conferences (free content)
Access the list of GDCVault conferences with links to Open Access presentation content.

Research the Games Industry & Companies

GameDevMap
GameDevMap is "a living map and catalog of game development organizations." Click on the map or search to find game development companies and organizations in a specific region.

Mergent Intellect
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Access to Mergent Intellect ended on 9/30/2024. For access to First Research reports, see D&B First Research. For company reports, see NetAdvantage and Hoover's Company Records. For more resources, please see the Business InfoGuide.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Collects Industry Market Research and Industry Risk Ratings in 6 categories: US Industry Reports (NAICS), US Specialized Industry Reports, Global Industry Reports, US Risk Ratings Reports, US Risk iExpert Summaries and US Business Environment Profiles.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Get overviews and statistics for different industries, including the gaming industry. Create graphs, reports and infographics. Data is easily exportable for analysis. Statista reports now allow you to create your own interactive industry comparisons with Tableau Workbook. Find the free tool here or via https://www.tableau.com/trial/statista-benchmark-report-uk.