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Akamai Bot Manager Takes Aim at Bot Traffic
Akamai Bot Manager Takes Aim at Bot Traffic
60% of an organization’s Web traffic may be generated by programs that operate as an agent for a user or another program.
Feb. 18, 2016
One-Third of IT Staff Are Hackers
One-Third of IT Staff Are Hackers
33% of respondents in a survey admitted to successfully hacking their own or another organization.
Feb. 18, 2016
Stateful Applications on Mantl Using the Mesos ELK Framework
Stateful Applications on Mantl Using the Mesos ELK Framework
Introduction Throughout this week the discussion has been focused on the necessity of a programmable infrastructure and the Mantl project. Mantl was
Feb. 18, 2016
Analysis: 6 ways Street Fighter V tries to reinvent the franchise
Analysis: 6 ways Street Fighter V tries to reinvent the franchise
With Street Fighter V, Capcom seems to be trying to turn its venerable franchise into a tentpole eSport that could stand alongside League of Legends. How well does it do with this new direction?
Feb. 18, 2016
Epic hands out $100k in Unreal Dev Grants to support educators
Epic hands out $100k in Unreal Dev Grants to support educators
Epic Games has today dished out more cash from its $5 million Unreal Dev Grants program, handing out $100,000 in no-strings-attached funding to creatives using Unreal Engine 4.
Feb. 18, 2016
Activision launches multiplayer-only version of Black Ops III
Activision launches multiplayer-only version of Black Ops III
Activision has released a multiplayer-only version of its latest Call of Duty title, Black Ops III, onto Steam's Windows store.
Feb. 18, 2016
For Todd Howard, making games at Bethesda is a bit like playing jazz
For Todd Howard, making games at Bethesda is a bit like playing jazz
Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard took the stage today at DICE 2016 in Las Vegas to chat a bit about how the studio goes about making games like Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Feb. 18, 2016
Player profiles and avatars come to Google Play
Player profiles and avatars come to Google Play
Quick bit of news today for Android game developers, as Google has announced plans to spend the next week rolling out a new "Gamer ID" player profile and avatar system across its Google Play platform.
Feb. 18, 2016
No more 'narrative paramedics': Tomb Raider writer says hire writers early
No more 'narrative paramedics': Tomb Raider writer says hire writers early
Game writer Rhianna Pratchett explains the difference between being a "narrative paramedic" and being on the award-winning writing team for Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Feb. 18, 2016
Unity devs, Improbable wants you to make games with its virtual world tech
Unity devs, Improbable wants you to make games with its virtual world tech
Improbable, creator of the remotely-distributed virtual world rendering platform SpatialOS, is hoping to get more Unity developers acquainted with the tech through its new Developer Partner Program.
Feb. 18, 2016
The benefits of integrating a writer: Rhianna Pratchett makes the case
The benefits of integrating a writer: Rhianna Pratchett makes the case
In her DICE talk, writer Rhianna Pratchett delivered a paean to writing in games and offered advice on how to better integrate writers into teams -- and explained its benefits.
Feb. 18, 2016
Kojima and del Toro fuel creativity with 'the same passion'
Kojima and del Toro fuel creativity with 'the same passion'
What brought Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro and Japanese video game director Hideo Kojima together, as friends and collaborators? The two spoke about it, and their creative drive, together on stage today.
Feb. 18, 2016