Gaming
AMD Refreshes Their APU Lineup with the A8-7870K
AMD launched the A8-7670K APU in their Godavari line of APUs, featuring native Windows 10 support and unparelleled performance at the budget. For the people not in the know, an APU combines a CPU and a proper GPU in one die. This APU has 10 computational cores: 4 CPU running up to 3.9GHz + 6 GPU running at 757MHz. The integrated GPU in this case is an unspecified Radeon R7 class GPU, which, while not on par with proper dedicated mid-range GPUs, outperforms embedded solutions by a country mile. An upscaled version of these APUs are most famously present in the Xbox One and PS4. The A8-7670k comes packed with all the Radeon goodies: AMD Eyefinity for multi-monitor setups, FreeSync, AMD’s Gaming Evolved, which allows game footage capturing and automatic game optimisation, Virtual Super ...
Nintendo is finally coming to Smartphones
his morning Nintendo announced a partnership with DeNA (pronounced “D-N-A”) to deliver new titles featuring Nintendo characters to “smart devices and bring a new multi-device membership service” to market worldwide. This is the news that Nintendo fans have been waiting the better part of a decade to hear. As our own Anthony Domanico put it in an editorial back in 2011, “Nintendo could single-handedly revolutionize Android gaming…but they don’t wanna.” Apparently the sheer size of the smartphone and tablet market has finally overwhelmed whatever concerns Nintendo had about cannibalizing its own hardware sales. It seems shocking that it took them this long to appreciate that position, considering it was back in 2011 that the tide turned and smartphone gaming first overtook the traditional ha...
NVIDIA’s Maxwell GPU’s will bring you closer to Virtual Reality Gaming
We’ve seen it in movies. We’re read about it in books. Virtual technology is breaking into the mainstream with NVIDIA’s latest GPUs – built on the new Maxwell architecture – are ready. Maxwell is at the core of the new GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 GPUs, the most advanced GPUs from NVIDIA. Maxwell is designed to solve some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing. One of the biggest challenges: virtual reality. With screens positioned inches away from the user’s face, responsiveness is at a premium. Which is why Maxwell-based GPUs have been optimized for virtual reality. No margin for error: get VR wrong and gamers can get sick. Typically, it takes 50 milliseconds or more to render a scene in a virtual reality environment, from the time you move your he...
A Little Gaming Everyday Keeps The Doctor Away
Many people think video games all the time is a total and complete waste of time and cannot lead to anything productive, and at the risk of sounding completely nuts, to a certain extent, I do agree with these people. Now mark my words–“to a certain extent”. Too much of anything isn’t good, and sadly enough this applies to gaming too. Studies suggest that young people who spent less than an hour a day playing video games were better adjusted than those who did not play any at all. Don’t get overexcited, here is the downside. Children who played on their consoles for over three hours a day were said to have had lower satisfaction with their lives overall. The research is published in the journal Pediatrics. Experimental psychologist Dr Andrew Przybylski analyse...
Consumers Spent $3.45 Billion On Video Games Last Quarter
Whoa! Research Shows $3.45 Billion Spent On Video Game Content In The U.S. During The Third Quarter Of 2013, A 17 Percent Increase Over Same Time Period Last Year According to a recent report from the NPD group, U.S. consumers spent 3.45 billion dollars last quarter on video game content — up 17 percent from the same quarter in 2012. Leading the charge was Grand Theft Auto 5, which shattered all single-day sales records with an $800 million dollar opening. Additionally, the report stated that physical game software accounted for $1.30 billion, while another $1.75 billion was spent on digital content (DLC, subscriptions, social, mobile, and full digital purchases). Used sales and rentals made up the remainder at $436 million. Liam Callahan, industry analyst said, “Trends during the third qu...
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...
The brotherhood of Gamers at BYOC
BYOC, Delhi offered endless gaming across 3 days and guess what we were there and here is our 2 cents about the event 🙂 Delhi witnessed one of the country’s largest gaming events on the 21st of June, the 18th edition of BYOC took place in Pacific Mall, Tagore Garden. This three day-long event allowed gamers to bring their own computers and participate in tournaments like Counter Strike 1.6 (Pro), Counter Strike 1.6 (Semi-Pro), Call of Duty 4, League of Legends, Counter Strike Global offensive and DOTA 2, FIFA 13 and Tekken. Apart from the yelling gamers, there were stalls set up by sponsors like NVIDIA, Asus, Cooler Master, WD and Red Bull to name a few. Each stall had desktops that were highly equipped for gaming and was free for anyone to try out. Red Bull however had a very interesting...
Titanfall gameplay preview
This year’s E3 gaming expo has made one thing clear… it’s that we’ve got some serious first person shooters in the pipeline. Titanfall looks to be one such title. In the same year as Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim gets a theatrical release, Titanfall certainly has its finger on the mecha-robot trend’s pulse. Play as a futuristic pilot shooter or gear up and dive into a giant mechanized suit known as a Titan. But you needn’t make that decision at the beginning of the game the focus has been on seamless integration between one and the other during play. That’s Titanfall’s hook. As a pilot there are certain routes through levels or access points not reachable when suited up, while the inclusion of a jetpack gives plenty of wall-bouncing...