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China's top flight soccer league signs six-year game deal worth $15M
China's top flight soccer league signs six-year game deal worth $15M
The Chinese Super League has struck up a six-year partnership with Beijing developer Crazy Sports to create games based on the 16 CSL teams.
Aug. 22, 2017
Surpassing $800M in revenue, one of Germany's biggest earners still runs on Flash
Surpassing $800M in revenue, one of Germany's biggest earners still runs on Flash
The dev behind medieval strategy browser title Goodgame Empire says it's the most successful German game of all time after surpassing $800 million in lifetime revenue.
Aug. 22, 2017
6 years and a Chinese chicken company buyout later, Splash Damage's Brink goes F2P
6 years and a Chinese chicken company buyout later, Splash Damage's Brink goes F2P
Update A year after being acquired by a Chinese chicken company, British game studio Splash Damage's multiplayer parkour-em-up Brink has been made free-to-play on Steam by publisher Bethesda.
Aug. 22, 2017
Don’t Rush Your A/B Test!
Don’t Rush Your A/B Test!
You've probably used A/B testing at least once. It’s a powerful tool, allowing you to check various hypotheses with data before introducing any changes to the entire game’s user base. Sounds pretty straightforward -- could anything go wrong?
Aug. 22, 2017
Slowbot Post Mortem
Slowbot Post Mortem
Slowbot was a game created for the Ludum Dare 48 hour game development competition. This article explains the process used for creating the game.
Aug. 22, 2017
Dynamic Pricing, Personalized Offers, and Modern Gaming
Dynamic Pricing, Personalized Offers, and Modern Gaming
This article is an extended discussion of the recent uproar around randomized price-points in Zynga’s CSR 2 and a survey of how prevalent sophisticated data-driven merchandising techniques already are in mobile gaming.
Aug. 22, 2017
Surface Shaders for the Recently Deceased
Surface Shaders for the Recently Deceased
In this post, we'll look at creating a custom surface shader that uses normal mapping, emission, rimlighting, and depth pre-pass to create a ghostly character effect.
Aug. 22, 2017
Introducing New Enterprise Controls for Cisco Spark
Introducing New Enterprise Controls for Cisco Spark
We created Cisco Spark as one tool that is designed for both users and IT in the modern workforce. Today, we’re announcing a new suite of advanced enterprise capabilities in the Cisco Spark platform.
Aug. 21, 2017
ACI Anywhere!
ACI Anywhere!
Evolving beyond multi-pod and multi-site deployment models, ACI will soon be available within public cloud environments, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure At Cisco, we...
Aug. 21, 2017
Apple Trials Privacy Button Disabling Touch ID
Apple Trials Privacy Button Disabling Touch ID
Apple Trials Privacy Button Disabling Touch ID. Feature could help US users worried police will force device unlock
Aug. 21, 2017
Attacks on the Cloud Increase by 300%
Attacks on the Cloud Increase by 300%
The number of attacks on cloud-based accounts has increased by 300%, according to Microsoft’s Security and Intelligence report.
Aug. 21, 2017
HBO hackers threaten to leak Game of Thrones’ season finale
HBO hackers threaten to leak Game of Thrones’ season finale
The nightmare for Home Box Office (HBO) is not over yet as Mr.Smith, the hacker or group of hackers who breached and stole a trove of data from Network is
Aug. 21, 2017