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Intel Developer Blog: A look at how Funcom used Intel's pixel synchronisation extension to boost its graphics capabilities

Momentum appears to be building for the Xbox One. Microsoft last night revealed that it sold 1.4m Xbox consoles in its fourth quarter, which is up on the 1.1m sold in the same quarter the previous year. CEO Satya Nadella described it as an incredible” quarter for Xbox. Furthermore, revenues …

Consumers might be buying fewer iPads, but Apple’s unlikely to run out of money anytime soon. The tech titan has released its financials for its Q3 period, revealing that it generated nearly $11 billion in profit over the last three months. This is a good third higher than the same …

Ten years after it first came out, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords has benefitted from a significant patch. The update adds support for both Mac and Linux in addition to a wealth of new features. 37 achievements can now be earned, the game now …

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Arc System’s BlazBlue series of fighting games is making its debut on the PS4 and Xbox One in Europe this year. Publisher PQube has announced that BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend will be coming to Europe at some point this year. The title comes with 28 playable characters, both the Calamity …

The troubled Wii U edition of Slightly Mad Studios’ Project CARS has been axed. The developer confirmed as such to Nintendo Life. The official line is that we’re awaiting an announcement from Nintendo on new hardware,” studio lead Ian Bell told Nintendo Life. As of now pCARS is simply too …

Studio plans to expand MOBA into Asian market

Games journalist takes new role as writer at MMO firm