Category Archives: hardware
Tue, Mar 27, 2012 | 17:23 BST
Ubisoft preparing for Wii U digital strategy through its Vita experience
Ubisoft’s Chris Early has said the firm is ready to take advantage of Nintendo’s Wii U digital strategy – whatever that may be.
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Posted in: Development, Ubisoft, Wii U, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: chris early
Tue, Mar 27, 2012 | 15:15 BST
Epic and Applied Research’s Virtual Heroes division launch Unreal Government Network
Epic Games has announced a long-term, multi-platform Unreal Engine 3 reseller and support agreement with Virtual Heroes, a division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. Under this agreement, Virtual Heroes will license UE3 to agencies, departments, and units of the US and allied governments in order to support government developers through the established Unreal Government Network (UGN).
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Posted in: America, Development, hardware
Tags: Applied Research Associates, Epic Games, unreal engine 3, Unreal Government Network
Sat, Mar 24, 2012 | 19:14 GMT
Reynolds “would certainly like to see” stronger social components in next-gen systems
Industry veteran and Zynga chief game designer, Brian Reynolds, has said he would like to see the next wave of consoles contain a stronger social component.
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Posted in: Development, Social, hardware
Tags: Brian Reynolds, next gen, next-gen consoles
Thu, Mar 22, 2012 | 17:56 GMT
Nvidia’s Kepler announced as GeForce GTX 680
Nvidia has announced the GeForce GTX 680, formerly known by the codeaname Kepler, which the firm is calling the “fastest GPU [and] world’s most power efficient.” It’s the same graphics card Unreal Engine’s Samaritan tech demo was running on at GDC.
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Posted in: PC, Videos, hardware, nVidia, reviews
Tags: epic, GeForce GTX 680, Nvidia GeForce GTX 680, Nvidia Kepler, Samaritan
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 | 23:51 GMT
NeoGeo X due for release in the second quarter
An officially licensed handheld sporting 20 classic NeoGeo games will arrive in the west over the next few months.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012 | 19:28 GMT
DICE would like to see more “memory and processing power” in next-gen consoles
DICE rendering architect Johan Andersson has said next-gen consoles need more “memory and processing power” in order make Frostbite 2 work perfectly on consoles.
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Posted in: Development, EA, GDC 2012, hardware
Tags: dice, Frostbite 2, Johan Andersson, next-gen consoles
Thu, Mar 08, 2012 | 21:55 GMT
Valve has no plans for a game console any time soon
Valve has told Kotaku it doesn’t plan on creating a console any time soon, as its first step is getting Big Picture Mode out for Steam.
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Posted in: PC, Steam, Valve, hardware
Tags: big picture, doug lombardi, steam box
Thu, Mar 08, 2012 | 20:25 GMT
Epic: PC-like performance settings on mobile would be “give power to the user”
Epic believes customer should have performance options on smartphones, which would provide PC-style settings and less disparity in hardware.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012, Mobile, hardware
Tags: Epic Games, Niklas Smedberg
Thu, Mar 08, 2012 | 17:05 GMT
David Cage waxes rhapsodic on the creation of KARA
Sony has released a video featuring David Cage speaking about KARA, a showcase of development technology which was revealed at GDC yesterday. Watch it below.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012, Videos, hardware
Tags: david cage, Kara, quantic dream
Sat, Mar 03, 2012 | 22:38 GMT
Rumor – Valve readying set-top system called “Steam Box”
Saturday’s rumor du jour is that Valve is prepping its own set-top box which can run PC games on Steam and possibly competing services. A source close to The Verge called it the Steam Box.
Fri, Mar 02, 2012 | 17:00 GMT
Crytek to demonstrate “next-generation DX11 graphics and tools upgrades” for CryEngine 3 at GDC
Crytek will demonstrate upgrades to CryEngine 3, including “next-generation DX11 graphics and tools upgrades” at GDC next week along with advancements to the AI System and UI Actions.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012, hardware
Tags: cryengine 3, crytek
Fri, Mar 02, 2012 | 14:34 GMT
Kojima Productions asks: Is it Real, or is it the Fox Engine?
Kojima Productions has posted shots taken with a camera and some rendered using its Fox Engine, and has asked the viewer to decide which are the “real-life” photos and which were from the Fox Engine.
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Posted in: Development, Konami, hardware
Tags: fox engine, kojima productions
Sat, Feb 25, 2012 | 21:08 GMT
Pachter clarifies his comments regarding Nintendo being “in disarray”
Michael Pachter has taken to NeoGAF to shed more light on his keynote during the fourth annual Ayzenberg A-List Summit 2012 where he said he felt “Nintendo is in disarray,” and that the firm has “completely blown the Wii U by not telling people what the price is going to be.”
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Posted in: Nintendo, Trade, Wii U, hardware
Tags: michael pachter, nintendo stock
Fri, Feb 24, 2012 | 18:04 GMT
Sony posts list of tips and tricks for Vita
Sony has posted a neat list of “tips and tricks” those who have picked up a Vita can do with their new handheld, and it consists of everything from how to mover your app icons around to changing the contrast and backlighting.
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Posted in: Sony, Vita, hardware
Tags: vita tips and tricks
Thu, Feb 23, 2012 | 19:49 GMT
Analyst predicts Vita will sell 12.4 million units this year
US marketing research firm Strategy Analytics predicts Vita will sell 12.4 million units in 2012, but only if given a price drop by Sony.
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Posted in: Retail, Sony, Trade, Vita, hardware
Tags: analyst, Jia Wu, Strategy Analytics, vita predictions
Fri, Feb 24, 2012 | 15:11 GMT
Over 5,000 games use Hero Engine, MMO use surges
Neil Harris, COO of Idea Fabrik, has announced over 5,000 developers licenses have been obtained for the firm’s Hero Engine.
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Posted in: Development, MMO, PC, hardware
Tags: hero engine, Idea Fabrik, Neil Harris
Sat, Feb 18, 2012 | 20:37 GMT
PS3 has “a lot of legs left” and it shouldn’t be “dismissed”, says Evolution
Evolution Studios’ Paul Rustchynsky, game director for MotorStorm RC, believes PS3 has “a lot of legs left in it” and doesn’t feel people should “dismiss it right now” even with all rumors of next-gen floating around the Internet.
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Posted in: Development, PS3, Racing, Sony, Vita, hardware
Tags: evolution studios, MotorStorm RC, Paul Rustchynsky
Sun, Feb 19, 2012 | 21:40 GMT
Patents detail possibility of 3D, HD display for Wii U Controller
Patents filed with the USPTO office by Nintendo show that at some point, the firm was – and still may be – looking to incorporate HD and glasses-free 3D into its tablet-like controller for Wii U.
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Posted in: Development, Nintendo, Wii U, hardware
Tags: 3d, hd, patents, USPTO, wii u patents
Thu, Feb 16, 2012 | 17:19 GMT
Bioware and Razer announce Mass Effect 3 branded peripherals and gear
Bioware and Razer have announced a line of peripherals and gear created and branded for Mass Effect 3.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: mass effect, mass effect 3, Razer, Razer Mass Effect 3 Edition peripheral line
Wed, Feb 15, 2012 | 15:10 GMT
Nintendo confirms acquisition of Paris-based video codec firm MobiClip
Nintendo has announced it acquired Paris-based video codec company MobiClip back in October, a firm which provides video content for Nintendo handhelds. The firm’s tech ensures battery, memory and processor consumption runs at a minimum. Nintendo plans to use MobiClip’s video compression technology for 3DS and Wii U titles, and the teach has previously been used in DS and Game Boy Advance as well as the Professor Layton games. Via Gamasutra. Thanks, ManuOtaku.
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