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Embracing ’the right sort of scary’ — Tripwire’s road to success

SPONSORED: Presented by Intel Tech companies famously start in unusual places, like a basement, dorm room, or garage. Developer Tripwire Interactive takes that mythology one step further: Its first office space was on the second floor of a church in Roswell, Georgia. Fortunately, the staff didn’t mind that the dozen or so people working upstairs were […]

Chip industry turned upside down: Broadcom bids $130 billion for Qualcomm, Intel teams up with AMD

Today provided a brutal reminder of how fundamental shifts to mobile technology has caused a profound upheaval in the semiconductor market that is transforming some of the biggest names in the industry. The move away from desktop computing started long ago. But the increasingly powerful smartphones we carry, the explosion of so-called Internet of Things […]

Megaton Rainfall: Making a Superman game without Superman?

SPONSORED: Presented by Intel  “People are saying that this is the first good Superman game. The only problem is that Superman isn’t present.” Despite being the most iconic, archetypal superhero, Superman hasn’t had much fortune when it comes to games. Aside from outliers such as Injustice and the LEGO games, most of his video game outings […]

Alumni of Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar figuring out how to monetize VR

SPONSORED: The Rogue Initiative—founded in 2015 and led by alumni from the likes of Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, Sony Pictures, Epic Games, and Microsoft—eschews traditional boxes. It’s a mashup, combining a variety of mediums and perspectives to tell new kinds of stories with real-time, interactive experiences. “Setting out on this new company, it was always our passion […]

Intel to show off 5G network at 2018 Winter Olympics

Intel plans to showcase 5G wireless networking technologies at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PeyeongChang, South Korea, in February. The network will demonstrate wireless data transfer speeds of gigabits per second, based on the pending 5G wireless standard. That means that fans attending the Winter Olympics will be able to post all of the selfies […]

Pocketwatch Games: From business school reject to indie game veteran

SPONSORED: Presented by Intel When Andy Schatz decided to become an indie developer, he didn’t want to think about what would happen if he failed. “I never really thought about that. I probably avoided the idea of thinking about the binary concept of being able to live my dream or not being able to live my […]

Yankai’s Peak: When your hobby turns into your full-time job…and awards

SPONSORED: Presented by Intel When Kenny Sun’s latest solo project, Yankai’s Peak, came out earlier this year, he never would have anticipated that the game would be selected to win the Best Sound award from the Intel Level Up Developer Contest for its crunchy sound effects and atmospheric music. The announcement completely caught Sun off guard, […]

Intel sees strong growth beyond consumer PC chips

Intel beat its earnings expectations for the third quarter, but not because of growth in its core PC microprocessor business. Rather, the world’s biggest chip maker saw strong growth in chips for programmable devices, non-volatile memory, the Internet of Things, and data centers. And it is boosting its predictions for revenue in the fourth quarter. Analysts […]