The video game industry has grown into a multi-billion dollar business with over 30,000 game designers and publishers. An estimated 450 games are published each year across platforms like Xbox, PC, and PS3. Some of the largest game publishers are Activision Blizzard known for the Call of Duty franchise, Take-Two Interactive which publishes the Grand Theft Auto series, and EA Sports responsible for the FIFA soccer franchise. Music and social media also have synergies with gaming through licensed songs in games and integration that allows sharing achievements.

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Once the game industry was a niche form of
entertainment often thought to be for the
younger demographic. But now a multi
million industry with over 30 thousand game
designers, publishers and many more.
Each year an estimated 450 games are
published on XBOX, PC and PS3.

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Some of the very well known ones are:
Activision Blizzard. Call of duty series. Black ops 2 is the 2nd
most sold game in history after GTA 5
Take2 Interactive. Grand theft auto series. GTA 5 is Fastest
selling entertainment product of all time
EA Sports. Fifa Series world renowned football game. Most
anticipated football franchise of all time.
Blizzard. Made World Of Warcraft. Biggest online mmorpg.

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Take2 Interactive © has a few subsidiaries
including Rockstar Games, RockstarNorth.
Activision Blizzard owns Treyarch& Activision
which makes the Call of duty franchise.
EA Sports has many subsidiaries such as
Fifa, NBA, WWE, NFL and many more to
produce games for.

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The music industry has the most synergy with the
games industry providing music for games such as
Fifa and GTA which pay licenses to use certain songs.
This also promotes certain musicians and artists.
Some games choose to make custom songs which
could possibly be cheaper than buying a license to
play that song.
There is also synergy between some games and social
networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Which allow
users to post updates based on game scores or
achievements directly to them.