Can you mention video games in books?
You will italicize the title of the video game, as it’s the name of a standalone, self-contained work — a work that is complete in and of itself, like a book or movie or painting. Side note: Yes, you will read articles online in which game titles are not italicized.
How does game licensing work?
A copyright gives you ownership of your video game. As the legally recognized owner of the game, you can initiate licensing contracts to distribute and sell your work. Licenses must be executed in compliance with various laws and drafted to ensure that the developer’s rights and interests are protected.
Why do gamers buy in-game content?
Selling in-game content has become a popular revenue model for game publishers. While prior research has investigated latent motivations as determinants of in-game content purchases, the prior literature has not focused on more concrete reasons to purchase in-game content that stem from how the games are being designed.
Can I copyright my game?
You can copyright your finished game. As soon as you publish a work in a fixed, tangible form, you are the copyright owner. You do not technically have to do anything, you are automatically granted copyright ownership (you might want to register your work anyway, and we’ll get into why in a bit).
Is selling in-game content a good way to make money?
An empirical study on concrete purchase motivations Selling in-game content has become a popular revenue model for game publishers.
Is it legal to copy a video game character?
However, your artwork only has copyright protection insofar as no one can just closely duplicate it. For example, if a video game has a princess and she looks like Princess Toadstool, that could be in violation of Nintendo’s copyright (unless the game obtained a license or had a good fair use reason to use the character).