Candy Manier

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A casual game. Avoid the bombs and bucket the candy….

How We’re Making Roblox’s Infrastructure More Efficient and Resilient 07/12/2023
As Roblox has grown over the past 16+ years, so has the scale and complexity of the technical infrastructure that supports millions of immersive 3D co-experiences. The number of machines we support has more than tripled over the past two years, from approximately 36,000 as of June 30, 2021 to nearly 145,000 today. Supporting these […]
How Roblox Reduces Spark Join Query Costs With Machine Learning Optimized Bloom Filters 28/11/2023
Abstract Every day on Roblox, 70 million users engage with millions of experiences, totaling 16 billion hours quarterly. This interaction generates a petabyte-scale data lake, which is enriched for analytics and machine learning (ML) purposes. It’s resource-intensive to join fact and dimension tables in our data lake, so to optimize this and reduce data shuffling, […]
Insights From Our Latest Digital Expression, Fashion & Beauty Trends Report 09/11/2023
Watch our virtual expert panel “What’s Next in Digital Self-Expression?” for a deep dive into this year’s trends. Self-expression is a vital part of many people’s experiences in immersive 3D spaces—especially Gen Z, who are growing up building connections in digital worlds. That’s why we’ve put together the 2023 Digital Expression, Fashion & Beauty Trends […]

Strategy and Wargaming News – 1st December – Scourge of War Remastered, New Cycle, Slitherine Winter Sale 02/12/2023
Scourge of War – Remastered Is Happening However, not a lot is known about it, and if my assessment is correct, the current description on the Steam Page for Scourge of War – Remastered isn’t updated to reflect what the word “Remastered” means. But by the look of the available screenshots, the game is looking better. New […]
Nuno Carvalho Marques
Stronghold: Definitive Edition Review – Welcome Back, Sire! 18/11/2023
"Greeting, Sire. Your Stronghold awaits you!"
Nuno Carvalho Marques
The Best Strategy Games Of 2023 12/11/2023
In one of the best years in gaming ever, what stood out in the Strategy and Wargaming landscape? Well, here are my favourite games of the past 12 months, by order of favouritism.
Nuno Carvalho Marques

Top 5 Games That Make the Best Use of NVIDIA’s RTX Technologies 08/12/2023
During Gamescom 2018 in Cologne, Germany, NVIDIA announced that ray tracing–a graphics technique capable of rendering special effects on par with motion pictures–was finally coming to video games. The event also marked the introduction of the concept of AI for gaming with the introduction of Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS).And right now, there are over […]
Cesar
Final Fantasy 16 Echoes of the Fallen DLC Out Now, Rising Tide Out Spring 2024 | Game Awards 2023 08/12/2023
Final Fantasy 16 is getting two story DLC content packs, and the first one, titled Echoes of the Fallen, is out right now.
Michael Cripe
Baldur's Gate 3 Is Now Available on Xbox Series X/S 08/12/2023
In a surprise shadow-game after tonight's The Game Awards, Baldur's Gate 3 is now available on Xbox Series X/S.
Taylor Lyles

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