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In taking what some see as the brave decision to help the long overdue Duke Nukem Forever come to market, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has stated that he feels committed to realise the vision that 3D Realms was unable itself to complete. When asked by Eurogamer if Duke Nukem Forever …
Read More »Mass Effect 2 to use ME3 engine on PS3
Developer BioWare has confirmed that the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 will use the engine built for the upcoming Mass Effect 3. "One of the first things you’re going to see is improved graphics," producer Jesse Houston said on the BioWare podcast, as reported by 1UP. "We actually created …
Read More »Next iPad ‘to offer 360 quality graphics’
Fishlabs CEO Michael Schade has stated his belief that "iPad HD" will be released and running games at at least an equivalent standard to the Xbox 360 within a year. Talking during a session entitled Mobile becomes Console” – itself named after a recent Mark Rein comment about mobile gaming’s …
Read More »3DS close to 360 and PS3 quality
The victory of the DS over PSP in the current handheld generation proves amongst many things that graphics are not the be all and end all – so claims that the upcoming 3DS will boast processing power on par with current home consoles certainly raise eyebrows. IGN claims to have …
Read More »3DS close to 360 and PS3 quality
The victory of the DS over PSP in the current handheld generation proves amongst many things that graphics are not the be all and end all – so claims that the upcoming 3DS will boast processing power on par with current home consoles certainly raise eyebrows. IGN claims to have …
Read More »Complex graphics bring iPad to its knees
Brian Greenstone, CEO for Pangea Software – the iPhone games studio working on content for the iPad – has told Develop that the iPad 3D chip is a mobile chip, and not really designed for such a high resolution screen.” That means it’s a little bit fill rate limited – …
Read More »Eye candy loses its lustre
Is the era of high-end graphics no longer relevant?
Read More »Minimal changes for GOW on PS3
Sony has revealed that aside from the technical changes, the re-releases of both God of War and God of War 2 on PS3 are likely to be more or less identical to their PS2 forbearers. The games will, however, boast revamped 720p visuals, 60fps gameplay and run with 2X anti-aliasing. …
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