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The Long Road to the Cloud – Changes in Application Deployment Criteria
The Long Road to the Cloud – Changes in Application Deployment Criteria
In today’s world as more and more customers prepare to take advantage of cloud technologies, they are finding that private cloud and colocation services
Sept. 3, 2015
Cognitive Research: Learning Detectors of Malicious Network Traffic
Cognitive Research: Learning Detectors of Malicious Network Traffic
This post was authored by Karel Bartos, Vojtech Franc, & Michal Sofka. Malware is constantly evolving and changing. One way to identify malware is by analyzing the...
Sept. 3, 2015
Cloud DVR transforms video services—for operators as much as their subscribers
Cloud DVR transforms video services—for operators as much as their subscribers
A few years ago, the idea of cloud-based digital video recording (DVR) was an aspiration. Today, while the technology is still relatively new, it’s
Sept. 3, 2015
What if anyone at your studio could pitch a game? Ubisoft aims to find out
What if anyone at your studio could pitch a game? Ubisoft aims to find out
Child of Light creative director Patrick Plourde speaks to Gamasutra about building Ubisoft's Fun House skunkworks, where anyone can pitch a game using the Fun Box toolkit.
Sept. 3, 2015
Harmonix using Kickstarter alternative Fig to crowdfund new game
Harmonix using Kickstarter alternative Fig to crowdfund new game
Video game crowdfunding platform Fig has found another high profile partner, with Harmonix announcing it'll be bringing a mystery title to the new service later this year.
Sept. 3, 2015
Jeffrey Hilbert, founder of notable games agency DDM, stepping down
Jeffrey Hilbert, founder of notable games agency DDM, stepping down
The agency, whose clients includes studios like FromSoftware, Ninja Theory, and PlatinumGames, is seeing its founder step away from a leading role.
Sept. 3, 2015
Chinese game firm Shanda guns for Western mobile success with new merged studio
Chinese game firm Shanda guns for Western mobile success with new merged studio
Shanda has merged together two of its owned studios and hopes to make a big success in the West with a portfolio of eight new titles.
Sept. 3, 2015
Unity devs can now experiment with making games on a Linux machine
Unity devs can now experiment with making games on a Linux machine
The folks at Unity released an experimental build of the Unity editor last week that runs on 64-bit Linux distros and exports games to a subset of Unity's supported platforms.
Sept. 3, 2015
Get a job: Hello Games is hiring a Senior Engine Programmer
Get a job: Hello Games is hiring a Senior Engine Programmer
The folks responsible for the Joe Danger games are looking for an experienced C++ programmer to join them in Guildford, England to work on shipping the upcoming No Man's Sky to PC and consoles.
Sept. 3, 2015
Video: Roadtripping across Europe to make games with 11 other developers
Video: Roadtripping across Europe to make games with 11 other developers
At GDC Europe 2015, German dev Marius Winter shared what he and Benedikt Hummel learned from the experience of roadtripping across Europe to meet 11 other developers and make 11 games with them.
Sept. 3, 2015
How a simple Madden-like name change overcame Marvel Heroes' Metacritic woes
How a simple Madden-like name change overcame Marvel Heroes' Metacritic woes
We talk to Gazillion CEO David Brevik about how Marvel Heroes was successfully reborn after a lackluster launch. The secret: an annualized model akin to Microsoft software and EA sports games.
Sept. 3, 2015
OPM Blows $133m on Post-Breach ID Monitoring
OPM Blows $133m on Post-Breach ID Monitoring
OPM Blows $133m on Post-Breach ID Monitoring .Affected employees still haven’t been informed
Sept. 2, 2015