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Steam Machines – Prototype Model Detailed – High-End Hardware Coming To Your Living Room

Steam Machines

Valve has revealed the specs for the prototype model of its Steam Machines. According to the company, 300 units will be made based on these mixed specs, and this prototype model will be sent to beta testers. Some of those prototypes will be equipped with Nvidia’s Titan cards, while others will be packed with GTX780s, GTX760s, and GTX660s. And despite the fact that Nvidia has teamed Valve for the Steam Machines, users will be able to replace the GPUs with ones from the ‘red’ team. Continue reading Steam Machines – Prototype Model Detailed – High-End Hardware Coming To Your Living Room

AMD Aims To Give OpenGL A Big Boost, “API Won’t Be The Bottleneck”

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Well, you gotta love AMD and its engineers. Mantle looks – in paper – amazing, however that’s not the only thing the red team is currently working on. According to Graham Sellers, OpenGL guy at AMD, the red team will be supporting this open API with some high performance extensions that will offer almost similar performance to AMD’s upcoming API, Mantle. Continue reading AMD Aims To Give OpenGL A Big Boost, “API Won’t Be The Bottleneck”

Playstation 4’s DualShock 4 Will Work ‘Just Fine’ On The PC For Basic Functions

PS4 DualShock 4

A lot of our readers wondered whether the DualShock 4 would work on the PC or whether Sony would have to release some drivers for it. Well, good news everyone as Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, confirmed today that the controller will work just fine on the PC for basic functions. Continue reading Playstation 4’s DualShock 4 Will Work ‘Just Fine’ On The PC For Basic Functions

Ikaruga Is Coming To The PC – Now On Steam’s Greenlight

Ikaruga

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F1 2013 Is Now Available

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Codemasters announced today that F1 2013 is available on PC, X360 and PS3, and has released a launch trailer that can be viewed below. As Codies noted, this launch trailer showcases the game’s latest step forward in visuals, which deliver the ultimate immersion in the 2013 season, alongside ground-breaking new classic content. We’re pretty sure that the game will suffer from the same performance issues of both F1 2011 and F1 2012, so stay tuned for our Performance Analysis. Continue reading F1 2013 Is Now Available

Battlefield 4 Beta Is Now Open To Everyone

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Great news for all BF fans as the open beta phase of Battlefield 4 has been launched, meaning that the beta is available to everyone. Yeap, that’s right. You can head over to Origin, download, and play it. As we’ve already said, the beta supports only 64-bit OSs (though the final version will support both 32-bit and 64-bit OSs). Continue reading Battlefield 4 Beta Is Now Open To Everyone

Saints Row IV Gets A Mod That Adds A First Person Perspective

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Our reader ‘llllShaDowllll Killer’ has informed us about this interesting mod for Volition’s sandbox title that adds a first person perspective to it. Created by ImmortalSin (with the help of modders MrScratch and BadMadScientist), this mod aims to give players a new experience inside the world of Saints Row IV. And despite the fact that it is still in alpha stage, it looks f’ing awesome. There are some bugs here and there (that will be obviously fixed in a later version) but who cares – time to experience the world from the eyes of the boss. Continue reading Saints Row IV Gets A Mod That Adds A First Person Perspective

Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection Released, Contains All Five Major Titles

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Ubisoft announced today the release of Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection available exclusively in EMEA territories for X360, PS3 and PC. Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection is a high value compilation of the five previous Assassin’s Creed games and will be available in stores from November 8, 2013 in the UK. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection Released, Contains All Five Major Titles

Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition To Be Released On November 15th

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Baldur’s Gate fans, rejoice. Beamdog, Atari, and Overhaul Games announced today that pre-purchasing for Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition on Mac and PC has begun, in preparation for release on November 15th, 2013. In addition, a new trailer for this revamped version of Black Isle’s classic RPG has been released that can be viewed below. Continue reading Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition To Be Released On November 15th

Watch Dogs’ Tech Director – PC Specs Not Official, To Be Revealed Soon, Lower Than Previous

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Good news for all PC gamers as Watch Dogs’ Tech Director, Sebastien Viard, has confirmed that the previously mentioned system specs for Ubisoft’s title are not official, and that the company will unveil the proper specs for its sandbox title really soon. Not only that, but according to Sebastien, the real specs will be lower than those who reported yesterday. Hooray. Continue reading Watch Dogs’ Tech Director – PC Specs Not Official, To Be Revealed Soon, Lower Than Previous