Inside Amazon’s decision to make a video game engine
Amazon launched its Lumberyard video game engine this week, showing its intentions to become a much bigger platform company in the games business. To date,...
VR’s a hog: How to get the most out of multicore CPUs for VR performance
This sponsored post is produced by MaxPlay. Virtual Reality is ushering in an era of amazing new experiences, but it also introduces a variety...
Watch an iOS game get ported to Windows 10 in under 5 minutes
The classic game Canabalt was originally a Flash game, but it was successful enough that it ended up being ported to the iPhone (Apple’s...
How Blizzard stayed laser-focused on quality games for 25 years
Blizzard Entertainment celebrates its 25th anniversary today, a milestone that very few video game companies achieve in a very Darwinian industry. It has survived this...
Google reportedly plans to release a Cardboard successor like Samsung’s Gear VR this year
Google is planning to release a new virtual reality headset for smartphones this year, pegged as a successor to its Google Cardboard platform and...
Games accounted for 32% of Windows Store downloads in Q4 2015, over 85% of in-app purchases
Every few months, Microsoft shares Windows Store numbers to help developers figure out what is worth investing their time and energy in. Today, the...
Unreal Engine’s latest innovation is about building games while inside virtual reality
Epic Games is unveiling a new virtual reality edition of its Unreal Engine game-development tool today that enables you to create a video game from within...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs and ninja monkey wallpapers
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the fourth build of 2016. The release doesn’t include any new features, once again,...
Back-end secrets for app store optimization (webinar)
Whether you’re publishing game or utility apps, Yetizen CCO Japheth Dillman says that far too many marketers are neglecting even the most basic optimization strategies. “Ninety-nine...
Windows 10 passes 10% market share, overtakes Windows 8.1 and Windows XP
Six months after its release, Windows 10 has finally passed 10 percent market share. Not only that, but the latest and greatest version from...