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$200M in profits for Candy Crush maker, in a single quarter
$200M in profits for Candy Crush maker, in a single quarter
Social game company King continues to reap big profits in the face of flagging revenues and an expanding game catalog that still revolves around its flagship title: Candy Crush Saga.
May 14, 2015
Indie devs see successful Kickstarter sunk by fraudulent backer
Indie devs see successful Kickstarter sunk by fraudulent backer
A backer seems to have torpedoed one dev's Kickstarter by pushing the total over the funding goal with a €7k pledge, then being banned for fraudulent activity 31 minutes before the campaign ended.
May 14, 2015
Discovering Application-Server-Network Dependencies to Facilitate ACI and Application Migration
Discovering Application-Server-Network Dependencies to Facilitate ACI and Application Migration
Earlier this month, I blogged about the challenges of Cloud Sprawl.  Let's now turn to the challenges of "Application Sprawl"!If you are planning
May 13, 2015
Opportunities and Value Through Data Science (Part 1)
Opportunities and Value Through Data Science (Part 1)
I recently attended the Strata + Hadoop World Conference in San Jose, and came away impressed with the accelerating pace of innovation in the world of Big
May 13, 2015
Hybrid Devops – Software Defined Disruption
Hybrid Devops – Software Defined Disruption
Businesses have been and will continue to be disrupted by software agility and innovation. If you have any questions, just ask, if they are still in
May 13, 2015
Attend GDC Europe to learn the business of nurturing amateur eSports
Attend GDC Europe to learn the business of nurturing amateur eSports
GDC Europe 2015 is just a few months away, and today conference officials are proud to reveal talks focused on the business of nurturing your game's community of players.
May 13, 2015
6 musts for a perfect platformer, from the Yooka-Laylee team
6 musts for a perfect platformer, from the Yooka-Laylee team
Yooka-Laylee is a Kickstarter smash, coming as it does from a team of Rare veterans. With that in mind, Gamasutra asked for platformer development wisdom from the team.
May 13, 2015
Imageepoch has filed for bankruptcy
Imageepoch has filed for bankruptcy
Time and Eternity developer Imageepoch has filed for bankrupcy, along with affiliate company Smile Online Games.
May 13, 2015
Get a job: Turbine is hiring an experienced Mobile Engineer
Get a job: Turbine is hiring an experienced Mobile Engineer
The studio known for Lord of the Rings Online and the Infinite Crisis MOBA seeks a senior software engineer to work on mobile projects in its Needham, Massachusetts office.
May 13, 2015
New moves: 3D animation storefront Mixamo 2.0 rolls out of beta
New moves: 3D animation storefront Mixamo 2.0 rolls out of beta
3D game character animation library Mixamo is making an official release this week of its improved Mixamo 2.0 storefront as it disables the old version, which was reliant on Unity's Web Player plugin.
May 13, 2015
After 25 years, Nintendo blows the dust off its World Championships
After 25 years, Nintendo blows the dust off its World Championships
Nintendo is planning to host another Nintendo World Championships competition in L.A. the weekend prior to E3 as part of its summer marketing blitz, twenty-five years after the 1990 inaugural event.
May 13, 2015
Making Teamwork Simpler
Making Teamwork Simpler
I thought I’d spend a few moments to share a little about what we’re working on in the Cloud Collaboration Technology Group at Cisco. Simplifying
May 12, 2015