Would you like increased transparency over the state of the backend systems as you launch and scale? [This content was created with Improbable]
Read More »Game operation costs: the unpredictable beast?
In this video, zeuz founder Manuel Karg digs deep into which risks matter most, which can be minimised, and which can be mitigated in order to prepare your game for any level of success [This content was created in association with Improbable]
Read More »Driveclub servers will shut down in March 2020
The games will continue to retail until August 2019
Read More »Multiplay revealed as host for Ready At Dawn’s Oculus exclusive Echo Arena
UK events and games service provider Multiplay has been unveiled as the host for Ready At Dawn’s new VR multiplayer title, Echo Arena. Multiplay previously hosted the servers for Ready At Dawn’s Deformers, as well as Tripwire Interactive’s Killing Floor 2 (which is now coming to Xbox One this August), …
Read More »Disney Infinity server shutdown timetabled
The clock is ticking on the online services for the Disney Infinity series. Having announced its abandonment of the franchise in May, Disney has now revealed a systematic timetable of server shutdowns that will see the series turned off on every format. Polygon reports that the first of these changes …
Read More »What developers can learn from Pokémon Go’s technical problems
What went wrong for Niantic? How can other developers learn from their difficulties to prepare themselves in the future? Griff Parry, CEO and founder of GameSparks, explores what is going on
Read More »Pokemon Go arrives in Japan, ushers in global server meltdown
At long last Japanese players are finally able to download Pokemon Go. Whether they can play it is another question entirely, however. The app itself is available to download on the Japanese versions of both iOS and Google Play. If reports are to be believed it’s a couple of days …
Read More »Hackers claim they took down Pokemon Go servers
Did you have trouble trying to get Pokemon Go to work over the blistering hot UK weekend? You weren’t alone. Many users struggled to access the game at various points across Friday and Saturday, and while service was largely restored on Sunday, connectivity to the game’s servers remained a little …
Read More »Devil’s Third multiplayer is being shut down
The online component of Tomonobu Itagaki’s Devil’s Third for Wii U will be shut down in December. Nintendo has revealed that its servers will be switched off on December 29th. That’s just 16 months after the game was released in Europe and Japan and a year after its North American …
Read More »PES 2015 servers will be shut down in August
Konami has said that it will be killing off the online element of PES 2015 this autumn. All online services for the game will be terminated on August 25th, just 21 months after it was first released. Any unspent game credit will be wiped from user accounts at that time. …
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