{"product_id":"the-dream-architects-adventures-in-the-video-game-industry-hardcover","title":"The Dream Architects: Adventures in the Video Game Industry - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Polfeldt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inside story of the booming video game industry from the late 1990s to the present, as told by the Managing Director of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eUbisoft's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMassive Entertainment (\u003ci\u003eThe Division\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFar Cry 3\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAssassin's Creed: Revelations\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAt Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft studio, a key division of one of the largest, most influential companies in gaming, Managing Director Polfeldt has had a hand in some of the biggest video game franchises of today, from \u003ci\u003eAssassin's Creed\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eFar Cry \u003c\/i\u003eto Tom Clancy's \u003ci\u003eThe Division\u003c\/i\u003e, the fastest-selling new series this generation which revitalized the Clancy brand in gaming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Architects\u003c\/i\u003e, Polfeldt charts his course through a charmed, idiosyncratic career which began at the dawn of the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox era -- from successfully pitching an Avatar game to James Cameron that will digitally create all of Pandora to enduring a week-long survivalist camp in the Scandinavian forest to better understand the post-apocalyptic future of \u003ci\u003eThe Division\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Polfeldt ruminates on how the video game industry has grown and changed, how and when games became art, and the medium's expanding artistic and storytelling potential. He shares what it's like to manage a creative process that has ballooned from a low-six-figure expense with a team of a half dozen people to a transatlantic production of five hundred employees on a single project with a production budget of over a hundred million dollars.\u003cbr\u003eA rare firsthand account of the golden age of game development told in vivid detail, \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Architects\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal work about the biggest entertainment medium of today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Polfeldt\u003c\/b\u003e is the Managing Director of Massive Entertainment, a world-leading video game studio and part of the Ubisoft family. At Massive, David has worked industry-defining, AAA games such as \u003ci\u003eAssassin's Creed: Revelations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFar Cry 3\u003c\/i\u003e, and Tom Clancy's \u003ci\u003eThe Division\u003c\/i\u003e, which together have generated billions in revenue worldwide. Massive is currently developing a series of Avatar video games in collaboration with James Cameron and Lightstorm which will be released in conjunction with the forthcoming Avatar movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769208078624,"sku":"9781538702611","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1ee6a939a15cefdbe1a0e80429bd407d.webp?v=1780343710","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-dream-architects-adventures-in-the-video-game-industry-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}