The changing economics of open source

by Ken Mugrage - April 21, 20220

Early 2022 has brought with it an unusually high level of commotion in the open-source community, largely focused on the economics of who—and how we—should pay for “free” software. But this isn’t just some geeky flame war. What’s at stake is critical for vast swaths of the business world. To understand

Kitsune Tails Is Getting A Prequel, And It Looks A Lot Like Super Mario Bros

by HendrikWiese - April 1, 20220

Tanookitsune?Right, this story gets a wee bit confusing.Here are the brass tacks: Kitsune Tails is a platformer inspired by games from late in the 8-bit generation, and it's coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2023. Developer Kitsune Games has just announced that they're also making a prequel: Kitsune Zero, which

The Outcast Comes Home – The Life And Career Of Edmund McMillen

by Brian Shea - December 28, 20210

Over the last two decades, Edmund McMillen has made a name for himself in the game industry as one of the preeminent hitmakers in the independent development scene. Whether you're talking about his early days churning out cult-classic games with Adobe Flash or his mainstream success

The internet runs on free open-source software. Who pays to fix it?

by HendrikWiese - December 17, 20210

Right now, Volkan Yazici is working 22 hour days for free. Yazici is a member of the Log4J project, an open-source tool used widely to record activity inside various types of software. It helps run huge swaths of the internet, including applications ranging from iCloud to Twitter, and he and his

Top 10 Party Games To Play Right Now

by Wesley LeBlanc - November 15, 20210

Party games can provide some of the best experiences in all of gaming. They force players to group up and work together toward a common goal, which can be very rewarding. Not all of them do that, though – some party games will test the bonds

Top 10 Horror Games To Play Right Now

by Game Informer Staff - November 1, 20210

Horror games provide some of gaming’s most exhilarating experiences, and much like their silver screen counterparts, they aim to get you as close to experiencing death as possible without actually dying. In between the thrills and jumpscares, horror also lends itself well to character-focused storytelling that

Top 10 Horror Games To Play Right Now

by Game Informer Staff - October 17, 20210

2022 Video Game Release Schedule

by Game Informer Staff - September 26, 20210

If you're wondering what games are coming up in 2022, we've put them all in one convenient location. This list will be continually updated to act as a living, breathing schedule as new dates are announced, titles are delayed, and big reveals happen. This should help

Mirantis launches cloud-native data center-as-a-service software

by Ron Miller - September 16, 20210

Mirantis has been around the block, starting way back as an OpenStack startup, but a few years ago the company began to embrace cloud-native development technologies like containers, microservices and Kubernetes. Today, it announced Mirantis Flow, a fully managed open source set of services designed to help companies manage a

Crypto’s networked collaboration will drive Web 3.0

by Ram Iyer - September 16, 20210

Harry Alford Contributor Share on Twitter Harry Alford is a business development manager at Coinbase Cloud, formerly Bison Trails, where he leads sales and business development efforts for key protocols and engagements with major financial institutions, funds, exchanges and custodians. Web 1.0 was the static web, and Web 2.0 is the social web,