The creative forces behind the online gaming industry will always push the limits of technology. But to turn new ideas into reality, it’s critical that online game developers have the right IT Infrastructure in place. Let’s take a look at five challenges that online gaming publishers must address in order to maintain player loyalty and [...]
Top Five Online Gaming IT Infrastructure Challenges
02.05.2013 By:
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Free-to-play model emphasizes need for data center services
01.17.2013 By:
The massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG) genre has thrived in two different payment models — subscription and free to play. If you look at the industry as a whole, it appears as if the subscription model laid the groundwork for the MMORPG, while the free-to-play style has helped the genre expand. However, there is a [...]
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Monetize your free-to-play online game by adding holiday spirit
12.18.2012 By:
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a big jump in the number of free-to-play games we support. Hi-Rez Studio’s Global Agenda was one of the first MMOs to move to free-to-play in 2010. Their next gen shooter, Tribes Ascend and battle arena, SMITE are two more examples that are shaping up to be enormously [...]
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Too Much Console Gaming Doom and Gloom
12.06.2012 By:
A recent CNN article by Blake Snow, entitled “Why console gaming is dying” tried to investigate the reasons behind the current downward trend in both console hardware and game sales. According to Mr. Snow, the roots of this trend are found in the rise of social/mobile gaming, the evolution of consoles as home entertainment devices, [...]
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