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# References

&#x20;1\. Radoff, Jon (4 January 2024). “Games and Attention: the Economics,” <https://meditations.metavert.io/p/games-and-attention-the-economics>

&#x20;2\. NewZoo (2024), “Global Games Market Report 2023,” <https://newzoo.com/resources/trend-reports/newzoo-global-games-market-report-2023-free-version>

3. Rousseau, Jeffry (29 April 2024). “Fallout TV Show amassed 65 million viewers in its first two weeks,”  <https://www.gamesindustry.biz/fallout-tv-show-amassed-65-million-viewers-in-its-first-two-weeks>
4. Steam Games Release by Year (2024), <https://steamdb.info/stats/releases/>
5. Knezovic, Andrea (June 11, 2024). “Mobile Gaming Statistics,” <https://www.blog.udonis.co/mobile-marketing/mobile-games/mobile-gaming-statistics>
6. Griffin Gaming Partners, “2023 Game Development Report,” p. 10, <https://griffingp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023-Game-Development-Report.pdf>
7. Ibid
8. Wilson, Chris (21 January 2024). “Revealed: The Trust Cost of Building Your Own Backend,” Metaplay, <https://metaplay.io/blog/the-true-cost-of-building-your-own-backend>
9. Radoff, Jon (25 May 2023). “75 Lessons Learned from Live Game Development,” <https://meditations.metavert.io/p/75-lessons-learned-from-live-game>
10. Griffin, “2023 Game Development Report,” p. 36
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12. Lunden, Ingrid (5 March 2018). “Amazon confirms that it has acquired Gamesparks,” TechCrunch, <https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/amazon-confirms-that-it-has-acquired-gamesparks/>
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14. Beamable Blog (11 February 2022). “Beamable 1.0 Launch,” <https://beamable.com/blog/beamable-release-unity-sdk-1-0->0
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18. Griffin, “2023 Game Development Report,” p. 36
19. Griffin, “2023 Game Development Report,” p. 32
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