Esports Transmedia Universes : The Case of Overwatch
Koskimaa, R., Välisalo, T., Ruotsalainen, M., & Karhulahti, V.-M. (2021). Esports Transmedia Universes : The Case of Overwatch. In D. Y. Jin (Ed.), Global esports : Transformation of Cultural Perceptions of Competitive Gaming (pp. 149-165). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501368745.0014
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