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Valve has posted hardware specifications for its SteamOS-powered Steam Machine prototype. Here they are, as listed by Valve: GPU: some units with NVidia Titan, some GTX780, some GTX760, and some GTX660 CPU: some boxes with Intel : i7-4770, some i5-4570, and some i3 RAM: 16GB DDR3-1600 (CPU), 3GB DDR5 (GPU) …

The Batman: Arkham Origins Collector’s Edition, which includes a 12-inch Batman and Joker statue, will release in India, distributror E-xpress Interactive has announced. The Collector’s Edition will be priced at Rs 7,999, but will only be available for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game. It includes the …

Technical leads Adam Fowler and Phil Hooker take us through the technology powering GTA V

Creative Assembly's Tim Heaton on why appointing a new GM at the Company of Heroes studio has been central to its survival

In MCV’s weekly round-up of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Electronic Arts reorganises its executive team and we take a look at the best positions available. EA shifts executive structure EA Games Label executive vice president Patrick Soderlund will take on an expanded role filling Wilson’s former …

Meet the developers behind Grand Theft Auto V

AMD’s upcoming high-end Radeon R9 290X graphics card looks like it will cost more than initially expected. Upon its reveal last month it was being reported that the card would retail for $599 – or around the same price as Nvidia’s GTX 780. However, TechSpot reports that the first prices …

Yoshida teases second-screen potential between next-gen hardware and smartphones

EA’s controversial PC and Mac title SimCity could yet have an offline future. Maxis Emeryville studio MD Patrick Buechner confirmed in a blog post that the developer is actively exploring the possibility, which has been called for by fans ever since the game made its troubled arrival earlier this year. …

Julien Merceron working on Fox Engine at Windsor office