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Batman: Arkham Knight, the final game in Rocksteady’s Arkham trilogy, was released this week to massive critical acclaim. Our sister site IGN gave it a 9.2 out of 10, and it currently has a Metacritic score of 90 out of 100 — big praise. And while the console versions of the game are performing surprisingly well, the PC release seems to be something out of one of Scarecrow’s waking nightmares. ...
Today, after months of previews, leaks, and a smattering of official disclosures, AMD is launching its much-touted Radeon R9 Fury X. The new GPU packs a number of potent firsts — it’s the largest GPU AMD has ever built, the first GPU to use HBM, and the first high-end card AMD has launched to compete directly against Nvidia’s Maxwell since that card debuted almost nine months ago. AMD has been promising ...
Once Microsoft announced a 1TB version of the Xbox One, it was only a matter of time before Sony would do the same. Now, both console manufacturers are planning to move to the higher storage tier, though Sony has yet to announce pricing for the new model. If it goes by previous trends, the 1TB model will debut at or near the same price as the existing 500GB hardware, which will likely take a price cut ...
The very first item on the FAQ states: “No, we cannot make an open world game for $2 million. Shenmue will be produced using both the funds raised from the Kickstarter and through other funding sources already secured by Ys Net Inc. We are very sorry, but due to contractual obligations, details of outside investments will not be disclosed.”That item didn’t initially exist at all — it was added days ...
Ever since AMD announced Fiji and its new memory interface, there’s been one major question on the minds of enthusiasts — could this new memory architecture give Team Red the performance it needed to compete with Maxwell? Fiji, after all, is based on the R9 285 (aka Tonga), a modest update to AMD’s 2013 Hawaii GPU. The entire product family is 3.5 years old at this point. While GCN more than held its own ...