Nov 28 / Mikhail Matytsin

Business, Budget & Law Books

The GameDev Business Handbook is an instructional guide for creating and sustaining your independent video game studio. The Handbook features expert guidance and in-the-trenches anecdotes on budgeting and finance (complete with links to downloadable worksheets), incorporation, contracts and employment, intellectual property, press and public relations.

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An extension of the The GameDev Business Handbook budgeting chapter, The GameDev Budgeting Handbook takes a deeper look at costs in video game development. This book is an explainer, breaking down a game budget and the expenses behind various elements.

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Video Game Law is aimed at game developers and industry professionals who want to better understand the industry or are in need of expert legal guidance. Given the rise in international competition, the increasing complexity of video game features, and the explosive growth of the industry in general, game developers can quickly find themselves in serious trouble, becoming vulnerable to copyright infringement claims, piracy, and even security breaches.

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While not exclusively about project management, this book provides valuable information on the business and legal aspects of game development, which are crucial for product management.

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