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Assassin's Creed franchise

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Playing games

A brief and extremely biased history of the videogame industry

How are videogames a specialised industry?

The video game industry is a specialised industry

Using Assassin's Creed: Unity to answer industry questions

Videogame development and marketing

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and the role of trailers

How does the Trailer to Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation appeal simultaneously to both niche and generalised audiences?

Economic factors and the videogame industry

Ubisoft and media diversity

Ownership and the Assassin's Creed franchise

The regulation of the videogame industry

Regulation, harm and offense 

Explore how digital technologies have affected the regulation of the video game industry. Make reference to the Assassin’s Creed franchise to support your answer [8]

How will Assassin's Creed Valhalla minimize risk and maximise profit?

Bandura, the effects model and the videogame industry

Assassin's Creed and audience issues

Stuart Hall and reception theory

Assassin's Creed, audience response and social issues

Fandom and Assassin's Creed: lots of examples of fan responses!

Henry Jenkins, fandom and videogames

Indie videogame study 1: The Silver Case 1999

Indie videogame study 2 Mushihimesama 2004

Industry and audience - video game industry revision