Game Development 2042: The Future of Game Design, Development, and Publishing

Game Development 2042 is a fast-paced look at the next two decades of the games industry with a focus on game design, the evolution of gaming markets around the world, the future of technology, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, crypto-currency, and the art and business of creating and publishing hit games.

The book contains interviews with a dozen games industry veteran luminaries, who collectively have created many of the greatest hits of the last twenty years and grossed tens of billions of dollars in revenue for companies like Electronic Arts, Facebook, Apple, Activision, Microsoft, Amazon, Supercell, Netflix, Warner Brothers, and others.

This book is meant for game developers, anyone with a financial interest in the games business, and for gamers who want to know what the future holds. Mobile, console, PC, web, free-to-play, play-to-earn, and other businesses are discussed in depth with specific examples.

《遊戲開發2042》是一本關於未來二十年遊戲行業的快節奏研究，著重於遊戲設計、全球遊戲市場的演變、科技的未來、人工智慧、大數據、加密貨幣以及創造和發行熱門遊戲的藝術和商業。

這本書包含了十幾位遊戲行業的資深人士的訪談，他們共同創造了過去二十年中許多最為熱門的遊戲，為像是藝電、Facebook、蘋果、動視暴雪、微軟、亞馬遜、Supercell、Netflix、華納兄弟等公司帶來了數十億美元的收入。

這本書適合遊戲開發者、對遊戲業務有財務利益的人以及想要了解未來趨勢的玩家閱讀。書中深入討論了手機、遊戲主機、個人電腦、網頁、免費遊玩、玩而有所得等業務，並提供了具體的案例。

Tim Fields has been making and operating games and leading game publishing companies for more than 25 years. Along the way he has been a part of bringing games to life in franchises like Call of Duty, Halo, Marvel, Disney, Need for Speed, Fast and Furious, Transformers, Dungeons & Dragons, and many more, winning multiple Editor's Choice and other awards, and generated billions of dollars in earnings. This is his fifth book on the games industry. He recently served as the CEO of mobile game publisher Kabam and currently works at Wizards of the Coast, bringing beloved franchises to life as digital games.

Tim Fields已經在製作和經營遊戲以及領導遊戲發行公司方面超過25年。在這過程中，他參與了許多知名遊戲系列的製作，包括《決勝時刻》、《光晕》、Marvel、Disney、《極品飛車》、《玩命關頭》、《變形金剛》、《龍與地下城》等，贏得了多個編輯之選和其他獎項，並創造了數十億美元的收益。這是他在遊戲行業的第五本書。他最近擔任移動遊戲發行商Kabam的首席執行官，目前在Wizards of the Coast工作，將受人喜愛的系列作品轉化為數位遊戲。