Digitalization can profoundly change resource mobilization, including the search, access
and governance of resources. In this introductory paper to the Special Issue on Digitalization …

Digital distribution and new business models have transformed mobile games from products
to services. This servitization turn has enabled consumers to extend their identity in mobile …

The digital game industry has actively integrated data-driven methods into its core
processes. This interview-based study shows how game industry professionals perceive the …

The last decade has seen a rapid growth of service-based offerings–also known as Game-
as-a-Service or GaaS–in the video game industry, among which are some of the most …

This article identifies the health of the worker as a third source of labour power
indeterminacy to be added to the indeterminacy of labour effort and the indeterminacy of …

In research on videogame production, much attention has been given, justifiably, to 'crunch',
whereby employees in large studios work extremely long hours for months at a time prior to …

This paper explores the experience of immigrant/expatriate game developers (“game
expats”), focusing on how the game developers' community influences migration. Inspired by …

One of the most successful Australian-made videogames of 2021 was Brisbane team Witch
Beam Software's Unpacking, a restrained and experimental game about a woman …

This chapter provides a history and analysis of videogame production in Australia. We trace
the Australian videogames industry from its emergence out of the hobbyist scenes of the …

This study investigates the work of content creators in relation to developers and fans,
focusing on digital platforms in a case study of the video game Path of Exile which functions …