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Three Unannounced Nitrous Engine-powered Games Under Development, Star Swarm Releases This Month

AMD has shared a new video for Oxide’s Nitrous Engine in which the development team has announced that there are three unannounced games that are powered by this engine. Although Oxide did not reveal the platforms for which these three games will be coming, we do know that Nitrous will work on next-gen consoles and that the three games are developed by Oxide, Stardock and Mohawk Games. Continue reading Three Unannounced Nitrous Engine-powered Games Under Development, Star Swarm Releases This Month

New Video Showcases Oxide’s Mantle Tech Demo – 10,000+ Units Onscreen

Oxide Games has released a new video, showcasing its Mantle tech demo called ‘Star Swarm’. In case you’ve been wondering, Star Swarm is not a game but rather a demo showing off the Nitrous engine and what it means for the future of strategy games. This demo pushes 10,000+ units onscreen. Nitrous is capable of simulating and rendering large-scale, complex scenes never before seen in games, which opens doors to entirely new types of experiences that simply weren’t possible before. Enjoy! Continue reading New Video Showcases Oxide’s Mantle Tech Demo – 10,000+ Units Onscreen

First Screenshots Released For Star Swarm – Oxide’s Space Tech Demo That Supports Mantle

The first official screenshots for Star Swarm – Oxide’s space tech demo that is powered by the Nitrous Engine – were unveiled a couple of hours ago. Star Swarm impressed everyone at this year’s CES as it threw on screen more units than they could expect. Supporting AMD’s Mantle, Nitrous Engine seems to be the ideal choice for developers who want to take their strategy games to the next level. Enjoy! Continue reading First Screenshots Released For Star Swarm – Oxide’s Space Tech Demo That Supports Mantle

Here Is Your First Look At AMD’s Mantle, Showcasing Spectacular Space Combat Sequence

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Like most of you, we’ve been wondering when we would be getting a video with AMD’s Mantle in action. And here it is. AMD has released Oxide Games’ APU13 presentation, in which the has showcased the first live demo of Mantle. The demo starts at around the 25:00 mark, and showcases an epic space combat battle. As Oxide Games notes, this is still pre-alpha stuff. However, this video proves that Mantle will be something really, really interesting. Enjoy! Continue reading Here Is Your First Look At AMD’s Mantle, Showcasing Spectacular Space Combat Sequence

AMD Mantle News – Cloud Imperium, Eidos Montreal & Oxide Will Support It

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AMD announced today that Cloud Imperium Games, Eidos Montreal and Oxide Games are the latest game developers will be using its latest API, Mantle, in order to optimize the way PC games are developed as a means to ‘extract maximum performance from a modern graphics architecture that spans desktop PCs, notebooks and consumer devices like tablets‘. Continue reading AMD Mantle News – Cloud Imperium, Eidos Montreal & Oxide Will Support It

Nitrous Engine Announced – 64-Bit Next-Generation Multicore Engine To Power Strategy Titles

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Oxide Games, new studio formed by Firaxis and Microsoft ex-employees announced the definitive 3D engine for next-generation strategy games for console and PC. The engine, Nitrous, is a native 64-bit multicore game engine designed specifically for the hardware now common in PCs as well as PS4 and Xbox One. Continue reading Nitrous Engine Announced – 64-Bit Next-Generation Multicore Engine To Power Strategy Titles