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In-depth: Comparing floating point numbers, 2012 edition
In-depth: Comparing floating point numbers, 2012 edition
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Valve Software programmer Bruce Dawson continues his series on the floating point format by looking at comparing floating point numbers.
Feb. 24, 2012
Road to the IGF: Powerhead's Async Corp.
Road to the IGF: Powerhead's Async Corp.
As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, we talk with the developers behind Powerhead Games' saccharine iOS puzzler Async Corp., a finalist for IGF's Best Mobile Game award this year.
Feb. 24, 2012
Best of Indie Games: From The Blocks Cometh to Pizza Vs. Skeletons
Best of Indie Games: From The Blocks Cometh to Pizza Vs. Skeletons
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including an Experimental Gameplay's 5 Buttons Competition finalist, and a new pick by provocative designer
Feb. 24, 2012
Top iPad game apps: Midway Arcade heads charts in debut week
Top iPad game apps: Midway Arcade heads charts in debut week
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Midway Arcade, Cut the Rope: Experiments, and City Friends currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
Feb. 24, 2012
EA reveals new Medal of Honor title, sans DICE-developed multiplayer
EA reveals new Medal of Honor title, sans DICE-developed multiplayer
EA has announced a new entry in its recently rebooted Medal of Honor franchise, this time putting both the single player and multiplayer elements in the hands of Danger Close Games.
Feb. 24, 2012
Oklahoma's proposed video game tax revised, struck down
Oklahoma's proposed video game tax revised, struck down
Oklahoma's House of Representatives has struck down a recently-proposed bill that initially would have enforced a 1 percent sales tax on all games rated T or higher by the ESRB.
Feb. 24, 2012
Facebook's honeymoon with social gaming is over, report claims
Facebook's honeymoon with social gaming is over, report claims
A new study from analyst firm IHS finds that growth for Facebook's gaming platform has slowed down over the last several months, suggesting that the social gaming has passed its honeymoon phase.
Feb. 24, 2012
Indie hit Dear Esther sells 50,000 copies in one week
Indie hit Dear Esther sells 50,000 copies in one week
Thechineseroom's atmospheric indie title Dear Esther has seen some impressive performance since its launch on February 14, and on Friday the studio's Dan Pinchbeck revealed that the game sold more than 50,000 units in in its first week.
Feb. 24, 2012
Sony launching free-to-play Killzone 3 multiplayer
Sony launching free-to-play Killzone 3 multiplayer
Sony will next week launch a free-to-play version of hit first-person shooter Killzone 3 via the PlayStation Network, which will feature a large portion of the game's multiplayer.
Feb. 24, 2012
HTML5-based platform startup Game Closure raises $12M in funding
HTML5-based platform startup Game Closure raises $12M in funding
Game Closure, a HTML5-based cross-platform tools startup, has raised $12 million in a round of series A funding with the aim to provide its tools to as many developers as possible.
Feb. 24, 2012
Bigpoint integrates GameAnalytics' Predict platform
Bigpoint integrates GameAnalytics' Predict platform
German online games publisher and developer Bigpoint announced today that it is set to integrate a proprietary platform from monetization firm GamesAnalytics into its online games.
Feb. 24, 2012
Rovio considering acquisitions, publishing
Rovio considering acquisitions, publishing
Angry Birds creator Rovio is considering making a number of acquisitions in the near future, while also thinking about becoming a publisher for other developers.
Feb. 24, 2012