News

The dominance of 'free' App Store games, as seen in one handy chart
The dominance of 'free' App Store games, as seen in one handy chart
Marketing firm AppLift takes Apple App Store data reported by Pocketgamer and expands it into a handful of graphs that might help mobile developers chart the currents of the modern iOS marketplace.
Aug. 25, 2014
GameFly is getting out of the digital distribution game
GameFly is getting out of the digital distribution game
GameFly seems to be dropping its digital distribution business, as it has quietly sold off its GameFly Digital storefront to a Taiwanese company that sells cheap retro game emulators.
Aug. 25, 2014
Why make a game a week?: Learning game development in public
Why make a game a week?: Learning game development in public
Adriel Wallick has been making a game a week for some 38 weeks, and shares what she's learned in the liberating exercise -- and how a willingness to be vulnerable can help improve one's design practice.
Aug. 25, 2014
Big challenges: The whys behind Kabam's Chinese deal
Big challenges: The whys behind Kabam's Chinese deal
Last month, the free-to-play mobile mid-core studio announced a huge investment by China's Alibaba -- necessary for growth, COO Kent Wakeford says in a new interview.
Aug. 25, 2014
Microsoft researching game streaming technologies
Microsoft researching game streaming technologies
Microsoft Research has published a new paper with promising technologies for improving the feel of streamed games -- and has been testing them on Doom 3.
Aug. 25, 2014
PlayStation Network attacked over the weekend
PlayStation Network attacked over the weekend
Sony confirmed that its PlayStation Network was the subject of a distributed denial of service attack over the weekend.
Aug. 25, 2014
Get a job: Retro Studios is hiring an AI Engineer
Get a job: Retro Studios is hiring an AI Engineer
Nintendo-owned developer Retro Studios (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze) is looking to hire an AI engineer to work with the team in Retro's Austin, TX office.
Aug. 25, 2014
Video: Building the AI for Hearthstone
Video: Building the AI for Hearthstone
In one of the more popular GDC Vault videos of 2014, former Blizzard engineer Brian Schwab took the stage at GDC 2014's AI Summit to deliver a frank talk on the AI design of Hearthstone.
Aug. 25, 2014
Amazon to acquire Twitch in a $970 million cash deal
Amazon to acquire Twitch in a $970 million cash deal
UPDATE Twitch confirms the $970 million deal, writing that the acquisition is expected to close in the back half of this year.
Aug. 25, 2014
Cisco Data Center Automation and Cloud Management Software at #VMworld
Cisco Data Center Automation and Cloud Management Software at #VMworld
We’re excited to be back at the Moscone Center in San Francisco for VMworld this week and our theme is Bring IT: Unleash the Possibilities. You’ll see
Aug. 24, 2014
Facebook Awards $50K for Inaugural Internet Defense Prize
Facebook Awards $50K for Inaugural Internet Defense Prize
The social network is focusing on making the web safer via protection.
Aug. 22, 2014
Machete APT Hacks Through South American Victims
Machete APT Hacks Through South American Victims
Machete APT Hacks Through South America. Kaspersky Lab uncovers new targeted attack aimed at government, military and spy agencies
Aug. 22, 2014