To reconnect back to a game server, the client must contact the central server and wait for a response. The client is not guaranteed to connect to the same edge server

How-ever, since interactive systems are complex, it maybe difficult or impossible to create prototypes of awhole design in the formative stages of a project.

"You aren't thinking nearly paranoid enough about this," said another, noting that Google is a data mining and machine learning company. "They can learn things about you that you might not know about yourself by analyzing gameplay data."

but not everyone has constant access to high-speed internet (which they won't), then it very much limits the diversity of gamers.

The gaming community had this same conversation when Microsoft announced that the Xbox required an always-on internet connection—something it later walked back because of the negative reception.

streaming or forums

In Fortnite, Support-A-Creator lets a popular streamer, like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins for instance, earn $5 for every 10,000 units of in-game currency that gets spent by players who decide to pledge their support. In return, Ninja brings publicity to Fortnite by continuing to stream it daily, while the developer earns revenue from the in-game transactions. But that’s for free games like Fortnite. Sweeney says the Epic Store will now let creators get a piece of the full sale price of each paid game, too — though the amount will be up to developers. To keep devs from just setting it to $0, Epic is pledging to cover the first 5 percent of creator-revenue-sharing for the next 24 months — which could be a big incentive for big internet celebrities to plug Epic’s store

“Thanks to the success of Fortnite, we now have this and are ready to share it with other developers.”

Epic says it will only take 12 percent of all game sale revenues within its store, with the remaining 88 percent going directly to developers and publishers.

“quality games of all sizes and genres” and is open to expanding the store to Android and even iOS, should Apple allow users to install a competing storefront on its iPads and iPhones. (Slim chance of that.)

marking yet another substantial threat to Steam’s dominant position as the lead distributor of PC titles.

“Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” launched in June, and more than 22.8 million players have downloaded the game, with more than 1.2 billion sessions, and more than 5.7 billion minutes played.

But nowhere in the actual game does it ask directly for money to continue playing.

It plays off the absurdity of Kim’s entire career (she’s famous for “nothing”!),

Part of the problem is accessibility. For many disabled gamers, both hardware and software of game design is inherently inaccessible (something groups like Special Effect and AbleGamers hope to change)—and if console companies, who often double as game publishers, aren’t making their hardware accessible, then developers get let off the hook.