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Japanese F2P hit Puzzle & Dragons gains traction in the West
Japanese F2P hit Puzzle & Dragons gains traction in the West
GungHo Online is taking pains to highlight the 4 million downloads of its flagship free-to-play mobile title in North America as it seeks to bolster its presence in foreign markets.
May 27, 2014
Sir, You Are Being Hunted, and the advantages of procedural generation
Sir, You Are Being Hunted, and the advantages of procedural generation
Big Robot's Jim Rossignol expounds upon how Sir, You Are Being Hunted's procedural generation systems work and the trials and triumphs of developing a Kickstarted game in public.
May 27, 2014
Sony is betting on PlayStation 4 to seed its streaming services
Sony is betting on PlayStation 4 to seed its streaming services
CEO Kaz Hirai claims Sony's network services will be a critical component of its return to profitability, and to seed their growth the company will push sales of the PlayStation 4 and other hardware.
May 27, 2014
Video: Everything and nothing is killing the games industry
Video: Everything and nothing is killing the games industry
Game industry veteran Ste Curran gives an impassioned presentation about the unending litany of potentially fatal threats to the game industry at the Nordic Game 2014 Conference.
May 27, 2014
Unity 4.5 out now with OpenGL and 2D physics enhancements, fixes
Unity 4.5 out now with OpenGL and 2D physics enhancements, fixes
Today, the popular game engine released its latest update -- including a Open GL ES support for the latest iOS devices and more.
May 27, 2014
Steam Controller won't be ready until 2015, Valve says
Steam Controller won't be ready until 2015, Valve says
"Realistically, we're now looking at a release window of 2015, not 2014," says Valve's Eric Hope, opening up questions of the readiness of Steam Machines, too.
May 27, 2014
Networks for MPI
Networks for MPI
It seems like we've gotten a rash of "how do I setup my new cluster for MPI?" questions on the Open MPI mailing list recently. I take this as a Very Good
May 24, 2014
New Security Fears Over Keyboard and Trackpad Data Retention
New Security Fears Over Keyboard and Trackpad Data Retention
Privacy International warns that various PC components could retain data, raising concerns over recycled IT kit.
May 23, 2014
(ISC)² Announces GISLA Award Finalists for Government Security
(ISC)² Announces GISLA Award Finalists for Government Security
(ISC)² will honor excellence in advancing the nation’s public-sector cybersecurity posture on June 3.
May 23, 2014
Outlook for Android Leaves Private Messages Wide Open for Stealing
Outlook for Android Leaves Private Messages Wide Open for Stealing
The flaw in mobile app development plagues many messaging apps.
May 23, 2014
Lowe's Warns Of Cloud-related Data Compromise
Lowe's Warns Of Cloud-related Data Compromise
An insecure backup incident affects 35,000 employees over a period of nine months.
May 23, 2014
Next Generation Data Center Design With MDS 9710 – Part II
Next Generation Data Center Design With MDS 9710 – Part II
Note: This is the second of a three-part series on Next Generation Data Center Design with MDS 9700; learn how customers can deploy scalable SAN networks
May 23, 2014