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What Is Cisco UNIFIED FABRIC? Why Should You Care?
What Is Cisco UNIFIED FABRIC? Why Should You Care?
Is your network ready to help you transform and be the strategic partner that you can be? Let’s face it… Today’s data centers are challenged with siloed
Nov. 14, 2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops II: What the critics are saying
Call of Duty: Black Ops II: What the critics are saying
This edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Treyarch's choice-driven FPS Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which reviewers describe as "the most ambitious and exciting Call of Duty ever made."
Nov. 13, 2012
Fastest-growing Facebook games: From Ruby Blast to Pet Rescue Saga
Fastest-growing Facebook games: From Ruby Blast to Pet Rescue Saga
Gamasutra's bi-weekly look at the fastest-growing Facebook titles examines recently popular games, including Zynga's Ruby Blast Adventures, King.com's Pet Rescue Saga, and more.
Nov. 13, 2012
Future is bright for AAA games, says Epic's Sweeney
Future is bright for AAA games, says Epic's Sweeney
High-budget, high production games and technologies have a bright future, but the way these "triple-A" games are made in the years ahead must evolve, says Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney at MIGS.
Nov. 13, 2012
The Holodeck may be possible, but it's going to need game designers
The Holodeck may be possible, but it's going to need game designers
Former Star Trek: The Next Generation producer Lee Sheldon has been using educational grant money to build a sort of proto-Holodeck. He says the technology is all but there, but it's going to need some old-fashioned game design.
Nov. 13, 2012
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From brown shooters to killing gameplay
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From brown shooters to killing gameplay
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including the inaccuracy of "brown shooters," and why gameplay must die.
Nov. 13, 2012
'Memory' board game trademark threatens several iOS games
'Memory' board game trademark threatens several iOS games
Apple is sending takedown notices to several game developers using "memory" in their App names, as the maker of the board game Memory is claiming that they infringe on a 42-country-wide trademark.
Nov. 13, 2012
Halo 4 on track to beat franchise record
Halo 4 on track to beat franchise record
The retail video game industry may be declining, but that isn't stopping the industry's biggest juggernauts, as Microsoft reports that Halo 4 is on track to outpace its previous installments in sales volume.
Nov. 13, 2012
Windows 8 boss exits Microsoft
Windows 8 boss exits Microsoft
Now that Microsoft's Surface tablet and Windows 8 are out the door, so is the man who spearheaded development of both products.
Nov. 13, 2012
The 'immense responsibility' of creating value for players
The 'immense responsibility' of creating value for players
Dan Cook, designer at Triple Town developer Spry Fox, shares insights on creating quality hours for players, and emphasizes the great responsibility designers have in shaping culture and creating ecosystems.
Nov. 13, 2012
Ubisoft's CEO isn't too hot on Wii U's price tag
Ubisoft's CEO isn't too hot on Wii U's price tag
"I always prefer lower pricing, so I can't say I'm happy. I'm never happy when the machines are expensive." -- Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on the Wii U's $300 and $350 price points.
Nov. 13, 2012
Zynga loses another executive as its CFO heads to Facebook
Zynga loses another executive as its CFO heads to Facebook
Zynga CFO David Wehner has joined a long line of executives and chief officers who have abandoned the social gaming giant in recent months as the company struggles to live up to lofty Wall Street expectations.
Nov. 13, 2012