Analysing the modern video game industry and Assassin´s Creed Origins case analysis: Learning with video games

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Diogo Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/19910
• topic: Videojogos; Educação; Gamificação; Setor de entretinimento; Pandemia; Video games; Education; Gamification; Entertainment sector; Pandemic; Gestão

With a recent rise of the video game industry, this type of entertainment medium is ever-more present in our culture. Nowadays, it is almost impossible to look at emerging indus-tries and not consider the video game industry as one of the top contenders in the enter-tainment sector, due to its rapid growth in the last decade. This dissertation aims at provid-ing an overview of this growth and, at the same time, add important context to the indus-try, its evolution and major players. On the other hand, I will also demonstrate some com-mon representations of video games, their benefits, and their impact on modern culture. In addition to that, I provide a case analysis with a unique video game from a popular franchise (Assassin’s Creed Origins) that uses one of its game modes as a tool for educa-tion. I will also explore examples of gamification and other video games’ related benefits that could prove crucial in the near future. Furthermore, this thesis will also focus on the future of video games and how their success has launched new and exciting careers in the industry. Finally, I will address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the entertain-ment sector, and more precisely on the video game industry.