These facts are from http://www.esrb.org/about/video-game-industry-statistics.jsp
- the average age of a gamer is 34
- the average number of years adults have been playing games since is 12
- 67% of US households play video games
- percentage of gamers - 25% are under 18, 49% are 18-49 and 26% over 50
- the average gamer spends 8 hours a week playing video games
- 40% of all gamers are female
- 64% of parents believe games are a positive part of their children's lives
Assassin's Creed 3 facts
- Assassins Creed 3 is an 18+
- Developed by Ubisoft
- Work began in January 2010
- The PSVita version has the main character as a female.
- Assassin's Creed 3 is very much a multi-genre game. Fantasy, adventure, strategy, beat em up, sandbox, sci-fi, puzzle, stealth and racing
- the game engine is anvil next
- spent £4million on marketing in anticipation of the release of Assassin's Creed 3.
- On You tube, you can find a wide range of videos showing interviews and new features of the game.
- Available across 4 consoles, there are 7 different editions of Assassin's Creed 3.
- The Standard Edition is available on Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita and PC.
- It has online Multiplayer
- Ubisoft announced that the game is the most pre-ordered game in the company's history
- It was the best selling game in the United Kingdom in the week of its release, with 3.5 million units sold
Double Fine Adventure facts
- largest crowd funded game
- Kickstarter project initiated on February 8, 2012
- set the goal for the project at $400,000, with $100,000 allocated to the film production and $300,000 for the game
- within nine hours, the Kickstarter project had exceeded the $400,000 goal and by 24 hours, it had surpassed $1 million
- raised $3.45 million from more than 87,000 backers through kickstarter
- various incentives were given to those that pledged $15 or more, including the game itself
- a digital download available on Android, Linux, iOS, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
- started in
- uses Moai as its game engine
- Tim Schafer is the face of the game and has uploaded lots of videos on You Tube
- uses 2D computer graphics
- will have voice acting for the English version, and include text localisation for French, German, Italian, and Spanish languages
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