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Performance anxiety for PS4 and Xbox One ?
With the upcoming next generation of consoles, PlayStation 4 is currently around 50 per cent faster than its rival Xbox One. Multiple high-level game development sources have described the difference in performance between the consoles as “significant” and “obvious.” It is reported that memory reads on PS4 are 40-50 per cent quicker than Xbox One, and its ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) is around 50 per cent faster. One basic example we were given suggested that without optimisation for either console, a platform-agnostic development build can run at around 30FPS in 1920×1080 on PS4, but it’ll run at “20-something” FPS in 1600×900 on Xbox One. “Xbox One is weaker and it’s a pain to use its ESRAM,” concluded one developer. Microsoft is aware of the problem and, having recently upped the clock s...
Watch Dogs might run on 30fps on Xbox One, PS4
Creative director Jonathan Morin says “there’s always a balance, especially for open-world, between the simulation and the rest.” Ubisoft’s open-world action game Watch Dogs will run at 30 frames per second on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the game’s creative director, Jonathan Morin, told Videogamer today. “Right now the frame-rate we’re focusing on [is] a steady 30[fps],” Morin said. “There’s always a balance, especially for open-world, between the simulation and the rest.” “I think for where we are, the most important thing is the steadiness and [ensuring] that it’s always capped the same so when you play it, it feels right,” he added. Although he did confirm the frame rate, Morin said he is not sure i...
Valve Unleashes the Steam Controller
Valve came out with the final announcement of the week, with the Steam Controller. They seem to be set out with a singular goal: to bring the Steam experience, in its entirety, into the living-room. Here are the few brief highlights of the controller. Complete catalog The Steam Controller is designed to work with all the games on Steam: past, present, and future. Even the older titles in the catalog and the ones which were not built with controller support will can be played using this new controller. Superior performance Traditional gamepads force us to accept compromises. With a goal to improve upon the resolution and fidelity of input that’s possible with those devices, the Steam controller offers a new and, we believe, vastly superior control scheme. Steam claims the controller is just...
New Battlefield 4 Multiplayer Modes Revealed
Battlefield 4 brings seven distinct game modes all playable on the ten exciting multiplayer maps – and all modes will be playable on all maps. By carefully zoning the playable combat areas, adapting flag layouts, and catering for a variety of gameplay styles, each map will accomodate any game mode you wish to play. Read on for details on each of the game modes in Battlefield 4! The seven difference game modes will be playable across 10 maps, with all modes supported on all maps. Conquest Mode, described as “the quintessential Battlefield mode”, will be playable in the Battlefield 4 beta and is designed for 24 players on Xbox 360 and PS3 and 64 players on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Domination, also playable in the Battlefield 4 beta, is a fast-paced infantry-only variant of Conquest that made i...
Valve develops its own Game Controller too
Yesterday morning, Valve revealed the first steps of its plan to marry the new SteamOS to custom hardware. According to the Steam Machines Beta Test Agreement, Valve has developed a game controller. Speculation has been abundant about the third of Valve’s announcements, which is scheduled for reveal on Friday at 1 PM Eastern. “Valve Corporation (“Valve”, “We”, “Us” or “Our”) has developed and produced prototypes of entertainment system hardware and software, including a set-top box running custom software and a game controller (collectively: “Beta Products”),” the agreement states. Whether Valve intends to release this controller to market or has simply created it for the purposes of testing is unclear. Our Take ...
5 Super Funny Grand Theft Auto V Glitches
With the GTA V fever gripping the globe it is time to check out the shady part 😛 Any game as sprawling as GTA V is gonna have some bugs and glitches. As it turns out, some of those glitches are very amusing.:) This video, compiled from a number of YouTube videos by AmazingFilms247, has some glitches for a complete list of the videos included in the compilation, check out the YouTube video description. News Source : Kirk Hamilton
Move over Temple Run? Try Modi Run!
Tired of playing Temple Run and Super Mario on your mobile phone? Well, if you are a Narendra Modi fan, then here is a game by which you can see him winning India. Dexati, a mobile application and gaming company based in the US has launched a game called Modi Run. The game can be freely downloaded on any Android device. Modi Run is an action game where politician Modi runs through all the states and wins over the election to become Prime Minister of India. The description of the game says- “Help Modi through all the states and gather the votes to win the election and become PM of India.” The makers say that this game is not endorsed by Modi or BJP. It is purely for entertainment. There are 12 levels in the game, which have been given names of different states. The first level h...
5 Simple tips to play FIFA 14 like a pro
With GTA V hogging up limelight on the Internet, you can be forgiven for forgetting about EA Sports FIFA 14, coming out on 27th September. In this newest installment, we are promised a more realistic experience; EA have put in plenty of work into the game. Be it the FIFA Ultimate Team, Pro Clubs, Career Mode or just a one off friendly, there is no doubt that you want to finish the game on the winning side. However, adapting to a new game does take time, so we’re listing down some neat tips to play FIFA 2014 like a pro 🙂 Let us know if you found them useful. 5. Shield The Ball In FIFA 14, gone are the times where you have to press LT/L1 to execute skill moves; now it is all about shielding the ball at all costs. One of the main things about the demo is that speed isn’t as dominating i...
FIFA 2014 Midnight Launch
Milestone Interactive Group, the official distributor for Electronic Arts in India, announced today that FIFA 14 will launched at midnight across ten cities in the country. The midnight launch will commence at 11:45 PM on 26th September, 2013. Various retail stores across Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Navi-Mumbai, Thane, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Pune and Chennai will host the midnight launches, where FIFA 14 will be available for purchase 12:00 AM onwards. Gamers purchasing their copy of FIFA 14 from Game4u stores can get their hands on the lenticular “Lional Messi” FIFA 14 steel book, along with a bunch of exclusives. Here are the Midnight Launch venue details: Date: 26 September, 2013 Time: 11:45 PM onwards West Game4u, Mega Mall, Oshiwara, Mumbai Game4u, Infiniti Mall, Malad (West), M...
4 Kickass features of Steam OS
A long countdown to a three-tiered announcement, Valve has finally rolled out phase one of its plan to take over your living room with SteamOS. What many thought was going to be a Steam Box console is for now a Steam platform, one that will be available for hardware manufacturers to implement at will. Perhaps not surprisingly, the immediate focus is on gaming. Why the need for SteamOS? Valve honcho Gabe Newell has long been saber-rattling in Windows 8’s general direction, advocating instead for a Linux-based solution. Valve is wary of a Windows 8 that might threaten to supplant Steam as The Place To Go For Games. SteamOS will also focus on (naturally) graphics processing efficiencies, with access to the full 3000+ strong Steam catalog, and several top titles available—at some point—n...
PS Games to potentially stream to PC’s, TV’s and Phones
PlayStation games may one day stream directly to PC’s Smart TV’s and even smartphones. Once this phenomenon becomes reality, PlayStation will be seen as more of a service rather than just a mere line of consoles. SCE Worldwide Studios head, Shuhei Yoshida said that the rollout of Gaikai’s cloud services on PlayStation 4 next year is only the start of what the company hopes to achieve, in an interview with Dengeki Online. “Speaking of the ultimate goal, we would like to deliver PlayStation games to all devices,” he said. “So we’re considering various things like PC, TVs, Blu-ray players, smartphones and tablets. We hope to continue to expand not only to Sony devices, but even to devices other than Sony’s. This is still being studied. “We previously ...
This is what Metal Gear Solid 5 gameplay looks like
Konami did a live demo of a Metal Gear Solid 5 mission at TGS (not a real mission, but it does take place in a real game location), running on PS4 and showing off the Fox Engine’s ability to render sunlight. Check the video. MGS: Ground Zeroes has also received a quartet of screens, care of Konami. They show Snake running around a military base. Meanwhile, the game received some PS4 gameplay footage out of TGS last week. Watch it here. What do you make of the screens? News Source: VG247