Sentences with phrase «for gamers by gamers»

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Gillam, though still a young firm, is constructing a solid reputation for itself in the roiling Greater Golden Horseshoe development game, long ruled by engineering and construction giants.

With Pokemon GO still taking the world by storm and Nintendo's new Switch console flying off the shelves, 2017 looks set to become another bumper year for the resurgent games company.

«Generally, when you are the basis for a platform, you don't want to scare away investment in your platform developers by competing with them... There is a vibrant ecosystem of game developers, headed by Zynga, who do a good job making successful social games already, and Facebook gets a cut of what those developers make, so there is currently no need for Facebook to step in and make games itself, either strategically or monetarily,» Hoskins recently explained via Quora.

Get $ 10 to spend by Prime Day when you stream a Prime video for the first time on your compatible Fire TV, Smart TV, streaming media player, game console, mobile phone, or tablet.

The cartoonist said in a note that originally appeared with the cartoon that by using his children «as political props» in a video ad that ran during an episode of Saturday Night Live, the senator had made them «fair game» for editorial criticism.

There's also Ouya, the Kickstarter - funded, Android - software - based console that launched in June with an aim to further shake up the business by offering inexpensive, independently developed games for the TV.

Smartphone and tablet battery technology is adequate for making calls, sending texts, checking social media and playing games, but all of these activities simultaneously can drain a battery by noon.

Anyone can apply for the current competition, though entrants will have to demonstrate serious intent by way of a documented game plan.

For its part, the oil and gas industry, by pouring investment into the oilsands with little concern for how it's going to get the oil out to markets, «is playing a high - stakes game of chicken,» Cann adFor its part, the oil and gas industry, by pouring investment into the oilsands with little concern for how it's going to get the oil out to markets, «is playing a high - stakes game of chicken,» Cann adfor how it's going to get the oil out to markets, «is playing a high - stakes game of chicken,» Cann adds.

China is the world's largest gaming market by revenue, and is expected to account for roughly 25 percent of global game sales in 2017, according to research firm NewZoo.

Although high - end purchasing surged again by 2010, giving the retail side an operating profit of about $ 14 million for the year ending Jan. 31, 2011 (compared with a loss of $ 15.7 million the year before), Gannicott started to reconsider whether the retail game was worth it.

U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed support on Tuesday for Microsoft's bid to fend off class action claims by Xbox 360 owners who say the video game console gouges discs because of a design defect.

Fast - casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill added some spice to its long - running «Food With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food production.

Of course, beyond the major geographical changes as a result of the meteors, there's a new season of «Fortnite» — the most popular game in the world, by some measures — for millions of players to dig into.

For a long time, their game was so clunky and tedious that the staff would reward themselves by playing DotA after play - testing League of Legends.

«Play games (Scrabble, bridge, chess, Go, Battleship, Connect 4, doesn't matter),» suggests Xie (for a ninja - level brain boost, exercise your working memory by trying to play without looking at the board).

By launching in the U.S. first, the network has also been able to fine tune the experience before expanding internationally, which is why Shudder is available on the major platforms — iOS, Android, Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku — except for game consoles.

Facebook is stepping up its efforts to compete with Twitch and YouTube for video game streaming: The company is now offering select video gamers a chance to monetize their gameplay live streams on Facebook by giving their audience a way to tip them as part of a test of new monetization options.

Getting acquired by Salesforce was a game - changer for ExactTarget, for Pardot, and for my career as an entrepreneur.

Even more impressive, this emergency goaltender (part of a crew of recreational players who staff home games for the Blackhawks in case of emergencies) stopped every shot that came at him — seven in total — and was swarmed by an appreciative team when the night ended.

The increased computational power that is making all this possible derives not only from Moore's law but also from the realization in the late 2000s that graphics processing units (GPUs) made by Nvidia — the powerful chips that were first designed to give gamers rich, 3D visual experiences — were 20 to 50 times more efficient than traditional central processing units (CPUs) for deep - learning computations.

Activision has followed the pattern it established with Call of Duty by enlisting a second developer, Vicarious Visions, to create games like Skylanders: Swap Force in tandem with Toys For Bob, which came up with the idea and is behind Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Skylanders: Giants and the new Skylanders: Trap Team game.

Microsoft, for one, opened a new studio last year that is devoted to creating Kinect games, while other, smaller game companies quickly moved to try and snap up employees laid off by Radical.

One of the launch titles for the upcoming PlayStation Vita, the portable game system that will succeed the PlayStation Portable by the end of this year, is being developed by a Queasy Games, a tiny Toronto startup.

Watson threw for 402 yards on 19 - of - 30 passing with four touchdowns, and three interceptions, the last of which was a game - sealing pick by Richard Sherman.

Wall Street - trained, Matthew Silverman and Andrew Friedman had never been involved with the pro game in any capacity, so they were unconstrained by the sport's conventional wisdom when looking for advantages.

With the addition of the streaming and DVR views recorded by Nielsen for «Game of Thrones» (seasons five through seven), the numbers go up.

Howard was led by Caylin Newton, younger brother of Cam Newton, and showed some of the same dual - attack ability his sibling is known for, finishing the game with 330 total yards and three touchdowns in the game.

Still, by enabling resale of e-books — a technology that could certainly be applied to other goods, including movies and games — Amazon would dramatically change the market for them.

Pokémon Go's instant popularity appears to be the result of nostalgia for the classic 20 - year - old cartoon franchise and players» desire to win kudos within the game by capturing as many characters as possible.

Also banned: instructions on «on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people,» unless there is «clear context that the content is for an alternative purpose (for example, shared as part of recreational self - defense activities, training by a country's military, commercial video games, or news coverage).»

One thing to know: As it stands, it looks as if the Bills will miss the postseason by one game, and there's a chance that the spot that would have been theirs will go to the Chargers, making head coach Sean McDermott's decision to sit Tyrod Taylor for Nathan Peterman when the teams met midseason all the more painful for the snake - bitten franchise.

I'd wager that most people who bought a Wii U when it launched in 2012 were pretty bummed out by the early lineup of games that were available for it.

The two least - notable events for Americans, of the 10 possible choices in the poll, were the Angelina Jolie - Brad Pitt divorce filing and the «Pokemon Go» app game phenomenon, each described by most as forgettable.

Some viewers had reacted on social media ahead of the game by lashing out at the car company and criticizing it for allegedly not practicing what was being advocated in the ad.

By the time the game finally started, on a steamy Texas Saturday this September, there were 87,500 people in the stadium and thousands more in the streets, all eager for the rematch between Alabama and Texas A&M — the «game of the century,» at least for that week.

NBC's thinking is driven by the $ 1 - billion plus it paid for the rights to broadcast the games.

Analyzing data provided by 50,000 of its own clients for the past year, Bigcommerce determined that auto, jewelry, toys and games and pet care are fast - growing areas where one - of - a-kind merchants are outperforming their big - box or chain store peers.

That's another reason why Amazon's purchase of streaming rights for Thursday NFL games is such a big deal — also evidenced by the fact that Amazon is reportedly charging advertisers millions of dollars for ad packages for those games.

As desktop use, traditional ads and virtual payments on apps and games like those published by Zynga slow down, many analysts say the company's mobile business, commerce features and new external ad network will more than make up for it.

Were it not for a dramatic collapse by Atlanta's defense late in the game, the Patriots would have lost handily.

Voted one of the top football and sports bars in America by Draft Magazine, Forbes, Esquire and MSN City Guides, the 5 - acre property is legendary to tailgaters, averaging three live bands, three DJs, and 100 part - time employees to manage anywhere between the 6,000 - 8,000 people that show up for a standard Packers home game.

Then in 2007, Edwards was at agency T.A.G. to create the «Believe» campaign for Halo 3, a game that went on to sell 3.3 million units in its first month (a record broken by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in 2009).

Wilson is by no means a small business, but they utilize many factory workers to make the 36 balls needed for every single game.

By analyzing games between professional Italian soccer teams, he found that matches played between intra-city rivals resulted in a substantially higher number of red and yellow cards, a fairly good indicator of unethical behavior in sports because cards are typically awarded for dangerous tackles or attempts to deceive a referee by taking a divBy analyzing games between professional Italian soccer teams, he found that matches played between intra-city rivals resulted in a substantially higher number of red and yellow cards, a fairly good indicator of unethical behavior in sports because cards are typically awarded for dangerous tackles or attempts to deceive a referee by taking a divby taking a dive.

And yet, the clock is ticking for the most valuable company in the world, as the aggressive moves made by the other major players could squeeze Apple out before it even has a chance to get in the game.

While much rests on how the players perform, each team is guided by its manager, who is responsible for making decisions in key moments that ultimately affect how games are won.

Brooks explained that he wanted to take robotics to the next stage by bringing out a game - changing robot for manufacturing companies.

By giving Gears of War 3 such a high average score, reviewers are setting the bar low for what a great game should be and are doing a disservice to an industry that is struggling to be taken seriously by the mainstreaBy giving Gears of War 3 such a high average score, reviewers are setting the bar low for what a great game should be and are doing a disservice to an industry that is struggling to be taken seriously by the mainstreaby the mainstream.

One player to make an impact so far is 14 - year - old Guan Tianlang, who qualified for the prestigious Masters at Augusta National in Georgia, U.S, this year and was heaped with praise by some of the game's veterans.