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But numerous barriers need to be overcome before full realism can be achieved, says AMD's Richard Huddy

As hardware advances, so the challenge of pushing game graphics increase. Develop speaks to the experts looking at the future of looking

Yet another virtual reality headset has been announced – Razer’s OSVR. Razer is hoping to carve out its share of the increasingly crowded market by trying to construct an industry standard. Indeed, OSVR actually stands for Open Source Virtual Reality. At the centre of it is a VR headset going …

Monitors that support AMD’s refresh rate synchronisation technology should become widely available in 2015. TechSpot reports that five manufacturers have committed to releasing FreeSync compatible displays – LG, BenQ, ViewSonic, Samsung and Nixeus. Confirmed models span in size from 23.6-inch to 34-inch, the latter of which will be offered by …

Valve has added an FPS counter to Steam’s overlay, allowing users to check the framerate of their games without having to use third-party software such as FRAPS. Polygon reports the counter is accessible right away as part of the current Steam client beta, much to the rejoicing of account holders …

Two of the more recent Alien games to be released on PC have been delisted from Valve’s Steam service. Eurogamer reports that both Rebellion’s 2010 shooter Aliens vs Predator and Gearbox’s lamented 2013 outing Aliens: Colonial Marines are no longer available to download. Lapsed licenses are unlikely to blame, particularly …

Steam users came out in droves during the holiday break, with Valve’s digital distribution service scoring a new record in total concurrent users over the past weekend. Blue’s News reports Steam’s game and player stats page showed users peaking out at 8,357,541 on Sunday, December 28th at one point. DOTA …

The Ukrainian studio behind cult PC shooter STALKER has re-opened. The developer hit hard times in 2010 and was eventually closed completely the following year. It now emerges that the company was half way through the development of STALKER 2 when business was halted, Valentine Yeltyshev has told Games Industry. …

UPDATE:It looks like this was alla big misunderstanding, according to Neogaf sleuths, and that DSfix will survive as normal. ORIGINAL STORY: The mod that popularised the otherwise technically compromised PC version of Dark Souls has been pulled after a copyright threat. DSfix, made by Durante, implements 1080p and 60fps gameplay …

UK eSports firm Gfinity has debuted on London Stock Exchange’s AIM today, raising 3.5m. Gfinity arrived on the alternative investments marketing this morning at 17p per share – shares are already trading at a higher rate two hours later. The placing gives the company a market cap of 13.2m. Gfinity …