he VR game scene is heating up, and it’s not just about AAA titles, as we’re finding in our new series on developing for VR. Hot off the heels of our interview with No Goblin’s Dan Teasdale, I had the pleasure of speaking to an indie developer named Samantha Kalman. She’s been making games for years, and now she’s decided to take on the challenge of making multiple new VR games on her own. ...
E3, and the Nintendo NX’s full review, are still months away, but news around Nintendo’s next-generation console has been hot lately. Today, we’ve got a new pair of rumors around the device: Nintendo is supposedly seeding software development kits already, and the platform will combine a full-fledged handheld device with console play. According to the WSJ via Geek.com, analyst Hiroshi ...
Back in November, Rise of the Tomb Raider launched on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 to massive critical acclaim. As a sequel to 2013’s Tomb Raider reboot, it was seen as an improvement in nearly every way possible. However, the limitations of Microsoft’s consoles tripped up the game in the performance department. Thankfully, the PC port launches today, and it looks incredible. ...
Last fall, Micron announced that it would bring a new type of GDDR5 to market, GDDR5X. At the time, it wasn’t clear if the announcement would amount to much, since Micron didn’t expect availability until the end of 2016, and both AMD and Nvidia will have likely refreshed their desktop and mobile products by then. Now, the memory standard consortium JEDEC has officially recognized and published ...
We’ve already covered the Asus G751JY-DB72 laptop indirectly, when we reviewed mobile G-Sync and its impact on frame rates and visual quality earlier this fall. But after spending some time with this laptop, we wanted to do a more thorough review. The G751JY-DB72 isn’t perfect, and its base model has been on the market for well over a year, but don’t let that fool you — this system offers a better ...
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