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Mobile games driving $5B in mergers and acquisitions this year
Mobile games driving $5B in mergers and acquisitions this year
Video game mergers and acquisitions have topped out at $5 billion U.S. so far this year thanks to strong investments largely among mobile developers, says investment bank Digi-Capital.
Oct. 21, 2013
Original Wii officially ceases production in Japan
Original Wii officially ceases production in Japan
Nintendo has confirmed that it has ceased hardware production of the original Wii in the console's native Japan, marking the beginning of the end for the Wii's seven-year legacy.
Oct. 21, 2013
Google brings Minecraft into the quantum computing equation
Google brings Minecraft into the quantum computing equation
In a bid to get kids excited in the field of quantum computing, the Google Quantum Artifical Intelligence team has injected Minecraft into the equation.
Oct. 21, 2013
Video: Exploring the Ouya's mistakes with its founder Julie Uhrman
Video: Exploring the Ouya's mistakes with its founder Julie Uhrman
"We make a ton of mistakes. Let me count the ways." - Ouya's Julie Uhrman discusses the problems that the microconsole has faced since it launched in the summer.
Oct. 21, 2013
Blizzard wins lawsuit against World of Warcraft bot company
Blizzard wins lawsuit against World of Warcraft bot company
After two years of legal battling, a company that provides exploitative bot capabilities for Blizzard's World of Warcraft MMO has been forced to cease operations, and pay Blizzard $7 million in damages.
Oct. 21, 2013
The wonderful depravity of Frictional Games' Soma
The wonderful depravity of Frictional Games' Soma
Creative director Thomas Grip discusses the legacy Frictional Games will continue with upcoming Soma -- the tricky parts of combat-less horror games, reaching a new audience on PS4, and much more.
Oct. 21, 2013
DNS Knows. So Why Not Ask?
DNS Knows. So Why Not Ask?
DNS is like the town gossip of the network infrastructure. Computers and apps ask DNS questions and you can ask DNS who has been asking to resolve malware
Oct. 18, 2013
How An Engineer Looks At Weight Loss
How An Engineer Looks At Weight Loss
There are two ways to write this blog. One is all positive, happy and humorous. The other is to be real. I’ve wrote both versions. I like the happy one
Oct. 18, 2013
Getting a Handle on Your Data
Getting a Handle on Your Data
When your incident response team gets access to a new log data source, chances are that the events may not only contain an entirely different type of
Oct. 18, 2013
Hardware and software queuing
Hardware and software queuing
I've talked before about how getting high performance in MPI is all about offloading to dedicated hardware.  You want to get software out of the way as
Oct. 18, 2013
Video: The design process of Scale
Video: The design process of Scale
Scale made a splash this morning showing off an innovative FPS mechanic inspired by developer Steve Swink's work as a 3D modeler. Here, Swink takes viewers inside the game's design process and philosophy.
Oct. 18, 2013
Life, loss and the beauty of the roguelike in Road Not Taken
Life, loss and the beauty of the roguelike in Road Not Taken
Spry Fox creative lead Dan Cook opens up about Road Not Taken, the upcoming roguelike that weaves an impressionist narrative through emergent gameplay in a tale of harsh winters and losing one's way.
Oct. 18, 2013