Let Us Entertain You.
The article discusses middleware, software that is used by electronic-game developers to support their entertainment products with cross-platform libraries. Topics are: contracting out middleware development to specialized companies; the websites for Criterion's RenderWare graphics engine, Softimage...
| Published in: | Computer (00189162) Vol. 41; no. 12; pp. 120 - 123 |
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Dec2008
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