Publisher Platforms
Space of game publisher-operated digital distribution and social ecosystems, combining storefronts, friend networks, game launchers, and community features across multiple publishers.
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Battle.net is Blizzard Entertainment’s online platform that serves as a central hub for playing, connecting, and interacting within Blizzard and select Activision game communities.
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Battle.net
A global community of gamers who use EA’s Origin launcher (now EA App) to purchase, manage, and play Electronic Arts titles, sharing platform-specific strategies, jargon, and social features.
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Origin
Ubisoft Connect is a digital ecosystem and platform where players join a community to access Ubisoft games, track achievements, complete challenges, and earn in-platform rewards.
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Ubisoft Connect
The Ubisoft Connect Community is a global group of gamers who actively engage with Ubisoft’s cross-platform digital ecosystem, using features like friend rewards, Units currency, game challenges, and progression tracking across titles.
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Ubisoft Connect Community
Battle.net is Blizzard Entertainment’s online platform that serves as a central hub for playing, connecting, and interacting within Blizzard and select Activision game communities.
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A global community of gamers who use EA’s Origin launcher (now EA App) to purchase, manage, and play Electronic Arts titles, sharing platform-specific strategies, jargon, and social features.
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Ubisoft Connect is a digital ecosystem and platform where players join a community to access Ubisoft games, track achievements, complete challenges, and earn in-platform rewards.
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The Ubisoft Connect Community is a global group of gamers who actively engage with Ubisoft’s cross-platform digital ecosystem, using features like friend rewards, Units currency, game challenges, and progression tracking across titles.
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Space covering digital game distribution and service ecosystems—including PC storefronts, console/app stores, cloud services, and their social, sales, and content-delivery features.
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Gaming Platforms
Broad domain covering digital storefronts and service ecosystems for distributing video games across PC, console, and mobile; encompasses payment, DRM, social features, community hubs, and seasonal sales events.
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Game Distribution Platforms
Space encompassing digital storefronts and service ecosystems on personal computers—including major platforms like Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and publisher-run services—covering their shared payment systems, DRM policies, community hubs, and sales events.
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PC Game Distribution Platforms
A broad domain covering online gaming platforms that integrate friend networks, asynchronous and synchronous multiplayer, in-game chat, and social feeds. It focuses on casual, skill-based games hosted on social networks or mobile apps, distinguishing itself from general gaming by its built-in social mechanics and community-driven play patterns.
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Social Gaming Platforms
A broad domain encompassing digital storefront clients and service ecosystems on personal computers, including major launchers like Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, Ubisoft Connect, Battle.net, and Origin, covering their storefront features, DRM systems, community hubs, and update mechanisms.
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PC Launcher Ecosystems
Space encompassing digital distribution platforms for mobile applications across smartphone ecosystems, covering major public stores, third-party markets, and enterprise deployment channels.
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Mobile App Stores
Space covering digital game distribution and service ecosystems—including PC storefronts, console/app stores, cloud services, and their social, sales, and content-delivery features.
Contains 11 bubblesGaming Platforms
Broad domain covering digital storefronts and service ecosystems for distributing video games across PC, console, and mobile; encompasses payment, DRM, social features, community hubs, and seasonal sales events.
Contains 7 bubblesGame Distribution Platforms
Space encompassing digital storefronts and service ecosystems on personal computers—including major platforms like Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and publisher-run services—covering their shared payment systems, DRM policies, community hubs, and sales events.
Contains 5 bubblesPC Game Distribution Platforms
A broad domain covering online gaming platforms that integrate friend networks, asynchronous and synchronous multiplayer, in-game chat, and social feeds. It focuses on casual, skill-based games hosted on social networks or mobile apps, distinguishing itself from general gaming by its built-in social mechanics and community-driven play patterns.
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A broad domain encompassing digital storefront clients and service ecosystems on personal computers, including major launchers like Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, Ubisoft Connect, Battle.net, and Origin, covering their storefront features, DRM systems, community hubs, and update mechanisms.
Contains 6 bubblesPC Launcher Ecosystems
Space encompassing digital distribution platforms for mobile applications across smartphone ecosystems, covering major public stores, third-party markets, and enterprise deployment channels.
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A professional community managing the nuanced relationships and dealmaking between esports organizations and game publishers, using industry-specific language and publisher-tailored workflows.
Esports Publisher Relations
Virtual World Platforms are online 3D spaces where users create avatars, interact socially, and build immersive environments, fostering distinct in-world communities beyond conventional gaming.
Virtual World Platforms
Console Storefronts are dedicated online communities of gamers who actively engage in collecting, curating, and discussing digital games, deals, and libraries within platform-specific digital marketplaces like PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Console Storefronts
Game subscription services are digital platforms that offer access to curated video game libraries for a recurring fee, fostering avid discussion among subscribers about deals, exclusive titles, and service comparisons.
Game Subscription Services
The PlayStation Platform is a global community of Sony PlayStation console users united by fandom, gaming experiences, and insider cultural practices. It encompasses players, esports, modders, trophy hunters, and fans engaged through the PlayStation Network and ecosystem.
Playstation Platform
Marketplace SaaS Providers are a specialized community of businesses and professionals dedicated to developing and managing software-as-a-service solutions for multi-vendor marketplaces. Members focus on platform building, vendor management, monetization strategies, and governance best practices.
Marketplace Saas Providers
A professional community managing the nuanced relationships and dealmaking between esports organizations and game publishers, using industry-specific language and publisher-tailored workflows.
Esports Publisher Relations
Virtual World Platforms are online 3D spaces where users create avatars, interact socially, and build immersive environments, fostering distinct in-world communities beyond conventional gaming.
Virtual World Platforms
Console Storefronts are dedicated online communities of gamers who actively engage in collecting, curating, and discussing digital games, deals, and libraries within platform-specific digital marketplaces like PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Console Storefronts
Game subscription services are digital platforms that offer access to curated video game libraries for a recurring fee, fostering avid discussion among subscribers about deals, exclusive titles, and service comparisons.
Game Subscription Services
The PlayStation Platform is a global community of Sony PlayStation console users united by fandom, gaming experiences, and insider cultural practices. It encompasses players, esports, modders, trophy hunters, and fans engaged through the PlayStation Network and ecosystem.
Playstation Platform
Marketplace SaaS Providers are a specialized community of businesses and professionals dedicated to developing and managing software-as-a-service solutions for multi-vendor marketplaces. Members focus on platform building, vendor management, monetization strategies, and governance best practices.
Marketplace Saas Providers
Third-party tournament platforms are online services where competitive gamers organize and compete in esports tournaments outside official developer-run systems, offering distinct matchmaking, ranking, and community features.
Third-party Tournament Platforms (e.g., ESL, FACEIT)
Platform Creator Communities are self-organized tribes of content creators who build audiences, careers, and cultures centered on a specific platform such as YouTube, TikTok, or Twitch. Each community develops its own identity, practices, insider language, and approaches to engagement and monetization.
Platform-specific Creator Communities
Console gaming is a global community of players who use dedicated video game hardware, such as PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo consoles, to engage in interactive entertainment, form online groups, and celebrate exclusive game worlds.
Console Gaming
Social Slot Gaming refers to the vibrant online communities of players who participate in virtual slot machine games featuring interactive, social elements like gifting, group events, and chat. These communities thrive on shared strategies, insider knowledge, and collective rituals around maximizing in-game rewards.
Social Slot Gaming
Game Developers are creators who design, code, and produce video games, often working collaboratively as part of studios or independent teams. They share a professional culture rooted in creativity, technical expertise, and a passion for interactive entertainment.
Game Developers
Game Streaming is a vibrant online community where gamers broadcast their live gameplay to audiences worldwide, fostering interactive experiences through platforms like Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and Facebook Gaming. Both streamers and viewers participate in shared rituals, unique jargon, and tight-knit subcultures distinct from the broader live streaming space.
