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Think Piece: Democratize Games!
Video games have evolved from a relatively affordable pastime into an increasingly expensive hobby, putting it out of reach for many potential players. The high costs of gaming hardware, such as powerful PCs and the latest consoles, coupled with the ever-rising prices of game titles, have created a significant barrier to entry for those on...
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Serverless Architecture: The Future of Game Backend Hosting?
As the gaming industry continues to embrace cloud technologies, serverless architectures offer a compelling alternative to traditional server hosting, providing a more agile, scalable, and cost-effective solution for managing dynamic game workloads. The serverless computing concept revolves around the idea of executing code and managing resources on-demand, without the need for provisioning or maintaining servers....
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Think piece: Video Games
Video games have undeniably become a cultural and economic juggernaut. The gaming industry raked in over $184 billion globally in 2023, with blockbuster franchises like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto selling millions of copies. Gaming has moved from a niche hobby to a mainstream obsession captivating audiences of all ages. However, to view...
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From Pong to Ping: 1.0 to Hero
The Final Fantasy series is one of the most iconic and influential role-playing game (RPG) franchises in gaming history. Developed and published by Square (now Square Enix), the series has spanned numerous mainline entries and spin-offs across various platforms since its inception in 1987. Each mainline Final Fantasy game introduces a new world, characters, and...
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From Pong to Ping: Enter Azeroth
In our previous installment of “From Pong to Ping,” we traced the evolution of massively multiplayer online role-playing games from early text-based multi-user dungeons all the way through the breakout 3D graphical worlds of Ultima Online, EverQuest, Asheron’s Call and Anarchy Online. These pioneering virtual worlds brought the MMORPG genre into the mainstream spotlight, even...
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From Pong to Ping: Every Quest you take
In our previous From Pong to Ping covering the evolution of massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs), we traced the genre’s origins in text-based multi-user dungeons (MUDs) up through the release of the pioneering Ultima Online in 1997. Ultima Online was groundbreaking for implementing a large-scale 3D virtual world with thousands of simultaneous players...
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Think piece: Head. Set. Go!
VR gaming has come a long way in recent years and yet it’s still persisting in a niche corner, with untapped potential for further innovation and expanded mainstream appeal. While devices like Oculus Quest 2 and Valve Index have driven growing consumer adoption and game development, VR gaming is still maturing as an overall industry...
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Think piece: Kitchen sink
The general rule of thumb for finding a game that might catch your interest, is looking at a genre you already find enjoyable, or ─ as many people tend to say ─ feel at home with. However, the trend of blending together elements from different gaming genres into new hybrid experiences has become increasingly common...
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From Pong to Ping: What a time to be online
Our ongoing series puts the spotlight on games that moved the multiplayer genre forward, sending ripples through the video game industry with intersections to server hosting and online gameplay: Doom, Half-Life, StarCraft, DayZ and many more; they all initiated an evolutionary process that moved the medium videogames into new territories, spawning genres and multiple, spiritual...
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From Pong to Ping: Shooting Star
For many game designers, coming up with a unique idea or concept is often the very first step to building an interesting video game. But does it really have to be called Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars? In fairness, if your game includes all of the aforementioned, you might as well roll with it and see...