• Total video game software sales exceeded $24.5 billion in 2016.
• In 2015, there were 2,457 video game companies operating at 2,858 locations in all 50 states.
• The total direct employment by the U.S. game industry now exceeds 65,000 employees.
• The total employment that depends on the game software industry now exceeds 220,000.
• Between 2012 and 2014, the number of game company locations grew at an annual
rate of 14.1%.
• Between 2013 and 2015, direct employment in the U.S. game company industry grew at an
annual rate of 2.9%.
• In 2015, the average annual compensation per employee (wages, salaries and employer
contributions for pensions, insurance and government social insurance) was about $97,000.
• The U.S. game company industry’s value added to U.S. GDP was more than $11.7 billion in 2015.
• The real annual growth rate of the U.S. game software industry’s value added was 3.7% for
the period 2013-2015.
California Chancellor’s office
The California Chancellor’s office names 3D Animation as a program to watch! According to the Chancellor’s office from 2014 to 2024 there will be 740 new job openings each year in California for Animators!
Game Sales
Sales of video games and consoles each year continue to eclipse the market for movies, both in ticket sales and purchase of DVDs. The video games industry has become big business and now encompasses not only the Playstations and XBOXes in living rooms, but smartphones and tablets where people can play anywhere, anytime!
ANIMATION ADVISORY BOARD
Rio Hondo’s Animation program is guided by Industry Professionals from local game studios. Each semester students have an opportunity to get to know people working in the Entertainment Arts through workshops, Panel discussions and lectures.
BOARD MEMBERS
Name:
Michael Cristobal Altamirano
Title:
Senior Environment Artist
Titles Worked on:
Titanfall 2
Titanfall
God of War: Ascension
God of War 3
Lord of the Rings: Conquest
Full Spectrum Warrior 2: Ten Hammers
Full Spectrum Warrior
Cristobal
Name:
Kristen C. (Wong) Altamirano
Title:
Senior Environment Artist
Titles Worked on:
Titanfall 2
What Remains of Edith Finch
Dead Realm
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
Fallout: New Vegas
Alpha Protocol
Neverwinter Nights 2
Name:
Daniel Cheng
Title:
Senior Concept artist at Treyarch
Titles Worked on:
Call of Duty Black Ops
Black Ops 2
Black Ops 3
Name:
Chris Donaldson
Title:
Lead Environment artist
Titles Worked on:
Diablo 3
Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls
Name:
Tri Do
Title:
Senior Environment Artist
Titles Worked on:
mercenaries
mercenaries 2
Rift
Battlefield 4
Battlefield Hardline
Titanfall 2
Name:
Andrew Krelle
Title:
Senior Environment Artist at Seismic Games
Titles Worked on:
Skylanders: Battlecast
CoD Black Ops 2
Black Ops 3
Saboteur
Mercenaries 2
Full Spectrum Warrior
Name:
Jason Shum
Title:
Senior Animator
Titles Worked on:
The Order: 1886
Terra Nova
Green Lantern
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Star Wars: The Old Republic
