Preface

Networked multiplayer games are a huge part of the games industry today. The number of players and amount of money involved are staggering. As of 2014, League of Legends boasts 67 million active players each month. The 2015 DoTA 2 world championship has a prize pool of over $16 million at the time of writing. The Call of Duty series, popular in part due to the multiplayer mode, regularly has new releases break $1 billion in sales within the first few days of release. Even games that have historically been single-player only, such as the Grand Theft Auto series, now include networked multiplayer components.

This book takes an in-depth look at all the major concepts necessary to program a networked multiplayer game. The book starts by covering ...

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