If you are working on the Next Big Thing in gaming, you may want to consider the ten trendiest concepts in game design (via Grumpy Gamer).
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3. Crime
The biggest trend in gaming at the moment, mainly due to the success of GTA. We’ve had hired assassins (Hitman), cockney gangsters (The Getaway) snuff movie murder (Manhunt) and the Mafia (erm, Mafia), and we’ll soon see robbery (Acclaim’s The Last Job) and another LA gang thriller (25 To Life from Eidos). Boardrooms across the globe are right now trying to work out the next big crime concept. Unfortunately, all that’s left are pick-pocketing, jay-walking and indecent exposure.
If too many games start to do the Crime trend, I fear we Singapore gamers will see less of these games hit our shores. GTA: Vice City is already banned here for its content. So please don't be making the game Geylang: Vice City, or you will only be able to see it overseas. Like the uncensored version of the movie 15.
