Networking and Online Games: Understanding and Engineering Multiplayer Internet Games

by Philip Branch, Grenville Armitage, Mark Claypool

The computer game industry is clearly growing in the direction of multiplayer, online games. Understanding the demands of games on IP (Internet Protocol) networks is essential for ISP (Internet Service Provider) engineers to develop appropriate IP services. Correspondingly, knowledge of the underlying network's capabilities is vital for game developers. Networking and Online Games concisely draws together and illustrates the overlapping and interacting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470018577
• ISBN13: 9780470018576
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 10.0"