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In-depth: Tricks with the floating-point format
In-depth: Tricks with the floating-point format
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Valve Software programmer Bruce Dawson explains a trick for doing epsilon floating-point comparisons by using integer comparisons.
Jan. 11, 2012
Opinion: Launch day
Opinion: Launch day
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, Itzy Interactive's Kyle Kulyk shares the anxiety and other unexpected feelings independent developers can feel when it's finally time to launch.
Jan. 11, 2012
A hiring spree for Just Cause dev Avalanche Studios
A hiring spree for Just Cause dev Avalanche Studios
Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios recently bolstered its ranks by hiring dozens of new employees for its recently opened New York studio.
Jan. 11, 2012
Half of social game cheaters cheat in real life too, says study
Half of social game cheaters cheat in real life too, says study
A new study from PopCap Games finds that players who cheat while playing social games are nearly 3.5 times more likely to find ways of 'cheating' real life than those who don't.
Jan. 11, 2012
Riot Games latest to denounce SOPA
Riot Games latest to denounce SOPA
Riot Games said today that it opposes the proposed "Stop Online Piracy Act," adding that while the company is opposed to online piracy, this legislation could pose a huge threat to the games industry and the internet at large.
Jan. 11, 2012
Analysts disagree on December retail performance ahead of NPD results
Analysts disagree on December retail performance ahead of NPD results
Ahead of NPD Group's U.S. retail sales data for December 2011, analyst firm Sterne Agee expects software sales to remain flat, or even dip 5 percent to compared to the same period in 2010.
Jan. 11, 2012
Sony's Hirai dispels rumors of a PlayStation 4 reveal
Sony's Hirai dispels rumors of a PlayStation 4 reveal
PlayStation head Kaz Hirai says that Sony will not make any new hardware announcements at E3 this June, reiterating the company's commitment to the PlayStation 3 as well as physical media.
Jan. 11, 2012
OnLive to be integrated into all Google TV devices
OnLive to be integrated into all Google TV devices
In OnLive's latest move to expand to new devices, the company revealed that its cloud-based game streaming service will become available as a standard feature in all televisions and devices running the Google TV platform.
Jan. 11, 2012
Assassin's Creed, Arkham City authors nominated for Writers Guild award
Assassin's Creed, Arkham City authors nominated for Writers Guild award
The Writers Guild of America has nominated Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Batman: Arkham City, and Uncharted 3 among other candidates for its annual video game writing award.
Jan. 11, 2012
Xbox 360 honored with TV innovation award
Xbox 360 honored with TV innovation award
Microsoft's increased efforts to expand its entertainment offerings on the Xbox 360 console have attracted the eye of TV industry watchers, as the company was recently honored with a TV innovation award.
Jan. 11, 2012
Security concerns are slowing but won’t stop the growth of instant messaging
Security concerns are slowing but won’t stop the growth of instant messaging
“I would not be surprised to see the demise of email by the end of this decade.” This surprising but potentially realistic statement was made by Graeme Codrington, a futurist at the TomorrowToday consultancy.
Jan. 11, 2012
Spam site becomes one of the most popular locations on the web
Spam site becomes one of the most popular locations on the web
Typosquatting has led to a spam site becoming one of the highest ranking sites on the internet, according to Alexa.
Jan. 11, 2012