The Way Forward
Love it or hate it, no one can deny that 2012 was a paradigm-shifting year for the game industry: mobile gaming saw a significant rise in popularity, kickstarter gave developers a legitimate alternative to the traditional system by putting the power in the consumer’s hands, Nintendo jump-started the new console generation, and CoD made half a billion in its first 24 hours. Now in 2013, the gaming world looks poised and ready to make some very significant changes in how gamers play, and what they play on. So let’s ring in the New Year reviewing the best of predictions, analysis, and anticipations cultivated from around the community.
GamesIndustry.biz: State of the Industry Report
Pulling together a roundtable of insiders and experts, the team at Gamesindustry.biz asks all the burning questions attempting to boil down where the gaming world stands at the beginning of 2013.
Kotaku: Handy 2013 Calendar for Gamers
An early schedule for the upcoming year, Kotaku outlines the key dates that gamers will want to pay attention to.
Destructoid: Most Wanted Games of 2013
The staff of the geekiest gaming site out there talks in depth about what they are most looking forward to in this year.
Gamespot: Predictions for 2013
As one of the longest-running veterans of the game journalist community, the staff of Gamespot has a pretty good barometer for what will happen next in the industry. And these quarter operated Nostradami have a few interesting predictions for the New Year.
Joystiq: Best of 2012
And now to wrap it all up, the people at Joystiq offer a look back at the previous year, deciding what came out on top in 2012.
All videos from this month’s Buzz Worthy are taken from Youtube’s “Best of 2012: Most Trending Videos.” To see the complete listings: Most Trending Videos of 2012 Link
Fresh Guacamole
Stop-motion artist PES follows up his hit video, “Western Spaghetti,” by showing the most inventive and creative recipe for guacamole.
Assassin’s Creed Meets Parkour in Real Life
With this visually stunning and action-filled fan video, internet filmmaker Devin Graham captures a Free Runner bringing the moves of Altair to life.
Amazing Anamorphic Illusions
Youtuber brussup continues his series of practical visual illusions with forced perspective pictures so real that it’s hard to believe even when you know the trick.
5 Marketing Predictions for 2013
The gurus over at Mashable reached out to Advertising experts, read recent studies, and examined business trends to come up with these 5 marketing predictions for the New Year.
Marketing Predictions for 2013 Link
Holiday App Downloads Hit 1.7 Billion
New information from Flurry shows that the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s saw record downloads from across the world. And with new adoptions and activations of mobile devices, a 2 billion download week seems almost certain.
Holiday App Downloads Hit 1.7 Billion Link
Day of Week Effects Facebook Response
SEO company Linchpin put together a comprehensive infographic that charts different Facebook interactions (Like, Share, Comment) by day across various product types. Some results might be surprising.
Day of Week Effects Facebook Response Link
Once more, the gaming industry resets itself after its busiest season and readies for E3 to sound off the next round of hotly anticipated titles. As the next generation of consoles looks ready to be announced, this E3 could be the biggest in the past seven years. Eyestorm is currently filling slots for E3 and still has some space available to make sure your title stands out amongst the crowd. Feel free to drop us a line (310-582-3937) or email us ([email protected]) so we can secure your dates into our calendar before all bookings are solidified.
