Video Games Course
This course explores the evolution of video games from arcade origins to modern esports, covering key historical periods, design influences, business strategies, and cultural impacts to equip learners with practical skills for analysis and content creation.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Video Games Course provides a quick, targeted look at arcade history, console battles, online multiplayer, and esports, explaining how each period influenced game design, business approaches, and player groups. You'll use actual historical materials, assess cultural effects, follow trends in mechanics and monetisation, and learn to make straightforward timelines and descriptions you can use right away in your own work.
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Develop skills
- Analyse game history: swiftly link arcade, console, and online periods.
- Map design lineages: follow modern mechanics, monetisation, and social elements.
- Evaluate sources: identify bias in game history with primary and secondary info.
- Decode business models: compare arcade, console, and esports income tactics.
- Design mini learning modules: timelines, quizzes, and concise game history overviews.
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