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Are pre-order bonuses for video games worth it?
The concept behind pre-ordering a product is simple. You pay some or all of the price up front before the product is out, and in return you reserve your copy for the day that it is released. Pre-orders help stores decide how many units to stock, and they guarantee that consumers will get their copies on time. For ...
Mortal Kombat fans care about humor more than shock value
When games like Street Fighter were still showing less violence than a professional boxing match, Mortal Kombat had decapitations, burnt corpses, and ripped out hearts — still beating, of course. The series’ violence was both its greatest controversy and its biggest selling point, but in the modern, more-mature video game industry, violence alone is not enough to sell a game. ...
Networks need to be as agile as the businesses they support | #AWSSummit
The drive for agile business led F5 Networks to offer its functions and services through the Amazon Marketplace, Senior Technical Marketing Manager Nathan Pierce told hosts John Furrier and Marc Farley on theCUBE during AWS Summit 2015 in San Francisco. “Our customers have been looking to take advantage of cloud and these utility models for quite ...
Unity will soon support development for New Nintendo 3DS
If you want to make games for Nintendo Co Ltd’s handheld systems, now might be a good time to start learning your way around the Unity Engine. At its Unite 2015 Tokyo event in Japan, Unity Technologies announced that its popular video game engine will soon support development for the confusingly-named New Nintendo 3DS and New ...
Could an esports channel one day rival ESPN?
The esports industry has seen enormous growth over the last few years thanks to games like League of Legends and Dota 2, as well as livestreaming platforms like Twitch.tv. The industry has repeatedly proven to be highly valuable to both developers and advtertisers, and one analyst says all the data is there to support an upcoming explosion in the ...
Former Darkside Games employees blame Microsoft’s unrealistic expectations for the studio’s closure
Small video game studios are often at the mercy of their gigantic publishing partners, and it can be painful for fans to watch developers get chewed up by the corporate machines of companies like Electronic Arts Inc and Activision Publishing Inc. Former employees of a small-time studio called Darkside Games say they got to experience that process first-hand when it ...
Twitter is reportedly urging celebs to switch from Meerkat to Periscope
Twitter, Inc. is not a fan of people sharing media using third-party apps on its microblog platform, especially when the site has its own alternatives. But rather than targeting the average user, the social media company tends to go after the trendsetters who set an example for everyone else. This is what happened back in January when the ...
Microsoft cuts the power to the Xbox One—in a good way
Pretty much any appliance that you leave plugged into the wall drains power even when it is not in use, and the Xbox One is no exception. Where it is running updates and downloading games in the background or constantly listening for you to say “Xbox on,’ the system is always pulling power out of the ...
Is Nintendo already winding down the Wii U?
The performance of Nintendo Co Ltd’s Wii U video game console has been respectable for the most part, but when compared to other current gen consoles or the runaway hit that was the original Wii system, the Wii U’s sales have been somewhat lackluster. In 2013, financial analyst Michael Pachter even called the Wii U’s sales figures ...
John Carmack tells tech students to experiment with VR now, even if it’s not ready for primetime
In a recent talk at the University of Texas at Dallas, Oculus VR CTO John Carmack outlined the current state of Virtual Reality, and he made it clear that while the technology is very promising and advancing rapidly, it still has a long way to go before it reaches its potential. “We are at the point right ...