The Game Publisher’s Guide to P2P Delivery (6 pages, PDF format) describes the most common implementations for P2P technology as they pertain to the games industry. As a game publisher, this white paper will help you understand the most common P2P network and client types as well as how they benefit you and your players. If you are considering a third-party P2P delivery/patching solution for your game(s), or if you’re working on one of... 

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NOTE: This is the second in a series of posts on P2P technology and game publishing. See the first post, User Engagement: A Simple and Intuitive P2P Participation Policy and our main P2P Best Practices page. Please subscribe to our news feed or check back soon for more. – Ed As an early developer of commercial P2P solutions for games, Solid State Networks has often had to work to educate customers, partners and regulators about how the technology... 

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Level 3 and Solid State Networks’ Combined Solution Provides Advanced Reporting and Analytics for Pure-Play Online Games Company BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 1, 2010 – Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced its work with Austin, Tx.-based UTV True Games (www.truegames.com), an international pure-play online game publisher for massive multi-player online games (MMOGs), to provide content delivery network (CDN) services and... 

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Combined Level 3 CDN and Solid State Networks’ Game Publishing Software, Offers Faster Downloads and Improved Analytics BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 08, 2010 – Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that it has teamed up with Solid State Networks, a leading provider of game publishing software, to offer an integrated game delivery solution for game developers and publishers designed to increase player conversion and retention,... 

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CURRENT™ 3.0 Enables Download, Install, Update and Launch Functionality for Games TEMPE, Ariz. – November 18, 2009 – Solid State Networks, Inc., the leading developer of game publishing software, announced the release of CURRENT™ 3.0 which is now available to game developers free of charge for commercial use. CURRENT 3.0 provides a unified platform for downloading, installing, patching and launching games. Built upon Solid State’s industry... 

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CURRENT™ 3.0 Enables Download, Install, Update and Launch Functionality for Games TEMPE, Ariz. – September 17, 2009 – Solid State Networks, Inc., the leading developer of game publishing software, announced today their plan to make their upcoming release of CURRENT™ 3.0 available to game developers free of charge for commercial use. Built using the company’s proven delivery technology, CURRENT™ 3.0 provides a unified platform for downloading,... 

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Industry Experts Convene to Discuss Conversion and Monetization Technologies for Online Games TEMPE, Ariz. – September 15, 2009 – Solid State Networks, Inc., the leading developer of online game publishing software, will present a panel discussion titled “Conversion Technologies: Design and Implementation Strategies for Expanding Profitability of Online Games,” which will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. during the Game... 

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DCIA Invites Participation in P2P-for-Games Working Group New Initiative Aims to Protect Consumers and Intellectual Property of Distribution Channel Participants Washington, DC – The Distributed Computing Industry Association (www.DCIA.info), a trade organization representing peer-to-peer (P2P) and related software providers, content rights holders, Internet service providers (ISPs), and service-and-support companies, today announced a call for... 

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SOLID PUBLISHER Enables Download, Installation, Update, Launch and Promotion Capabilities TEMPE, Ariz. – June 16, 2009 – Solid State Networks, Inc., the leading developer of digital game and patch delivery solutions, today announced the availability of SOLID PUBLISHER, the company’s game publishing software suite. SOLID PUBLISHER includes two distinct products that enable game developers and publishers to deliver games directly to gamers through... 

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Kreisher to Lead Digital Game Publishing Software Sales TEMPE, Ariz. – June 15, 2009 – Content delivery software maker Solid State Networks, Inc., the leading developer of game delivery and updating solutions, today announced that it has named Skylar Kreisher as its Vice President of Game Services. Kreisher’s role includes leading the marketing and sales efforts for Solid State’s next-generation game publishing software as well as expanding... 

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