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Bandai Namco’s Tekken team is developing a Pokemon-themed fighting game. It’s called Pokken and it due for release in Japanese arcades next year. There’s so far no hint that the game will either make it to the West or onto Nintendo’s Wii U or 3DS. The game looks very much …

Maker Studios has launched a new iOS app dedicated to the Yogscast network. It follows the release of an app dedicated to Maker’s YouTube poster boy PewDiePie earlier this month. This new app is built in much the same way, offering quick access to the channel’s content as well as …

Two six-core and one eight-core processor are on the way from Intel. The new Core i7 5960X will house eight processors, all of which are multi-threaded for 16 threads, and ship with a base clock of 3.0GHz and boost clock of 3.5GHz. It has an RRP of $999. There are …

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Microsoft Research is working on a new cloud gaming system that aims to reduce network latency by predicting what input players will enter next. The project, codenamed DeLorean, produces "speculative rendered frames" of potential future outcomes and delivers them to players once the relevant input is identified, according to the …

Retro console manufacturer AtGames has acquired GameFly’s digital distribution service. Joystiq reports that the service will keep going throughout the transition and the company assures users that they will retain access to their content after the switch is complete. AtGames, which is best known for making replica retro consoles such …

Cloud gaming system reduces latency by speculating on future inputs

If you follow the UK charts as closely as we do, you will have noticed that Skate 3 has been in the Top 40 all year. This week the game sits at No.20. The reason why this is worth noting is because Skate 3 is four years-old. There is no …

A look at how developers can bring console quality graphics to mobile

While Gamescom was a good platform to announce Rise of the Tomb Raider’s exclusivity, it was not the place to go into detail. That’s according to Square Enix, which has published a Q&A apologising for the confusion surrounding the confirmation of the game’s Xbox exclusivity but claiming that misleading gamers …