The Game Developers Conference is set to go ahead in March, which will be our first look at the future of games in 2015. At the event, Eidos Montreal will be showing off its new game, Deus Ex Universe, featuring AMD Tress FX 3.0 technology. The description for the Eidos …
Read More »Steam Machines are dead according to Origin PC CEO
During an interview with GameSpot today at the Consumer Electronics Show Origin PC CEO Kevin Wasielewski revealed his thoughts on the state of Steam Machines and they are not great. He did however have some positive news about Valve's Steam Controller though, in that it has now been finalized after several iterations and …
Read More »Valve won’t be appearing at CES next year
Earlier this year, Valve showed up at CES with a bunch of Steam Machines to talk a little more about its plans and show off the controller. The controller and OS have since been delayed but it doesn't look like we will be hearing anything new in January as Valve …
Read More »Playstation 4 to suffer from stock shortages until the summer
Sony has admitted that it is unable to keep up with Playstation 4 demand and that adequate stock levels likely won't be reached until the summer. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal from the Game Developers conference, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO, Andrew House said: “We’re struggling to keep up with …
Read More »Xbox #dealwithit tweeter on internet toxicity and mob rule
Adam Orth is a man that should know a thing or two about aggressive, online mob tactics. Why? Because he's the man that sent out the Xbox One #Dealwithit tweet last year when gamers reacted negatively to the console's always on design. This led to him receiving thousands upon thousands …
Read More »Exclusive Interview with Richard Huddy from Intel at GDC
When Lisa Graff, Intel VP for the Desktop Client Platforms Group, recently told KitGuru about her plans for 2014/2015, the focus was clearly on reinventing the desktop. As KitGuru reported a while back, there will be a resurgence on desktop for Intel going forward, which we believe will peak around …
Read More »DirectX 12 confirmed for GDC unveiling
We knew something big was happening with DirectX at the Games Developer Conference this year, since the brief for the event was posted on the official event planner site. However this is the first time we've seen anything about it involving the next version of DirectX. Initially it just sounded …
Read More »Microsoft responds to Mantle with DX upgrade plans
Microsoft has seen the writing on the wall – finally – Mantle and the rise of Steam boxes, could see us all jumping ship to a new OS, with a new API with nary a look over our shoulder. To help combat that, it's looking to give DirectX a real …
Read More »Only 4 per cent of developers plan to make games for Wii U
Having sold only around 5.86 million Wii U units in more than a year, Nintendo clearly understands that it is in trouble. But it looks like more bad news are incoming for the platform and the company. According to a poll of game developers, only about 4 per cent of …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Richard Huddy about Intel moving beyond DX
Johan Anderson is a programmer who has dedicated his life to making games more immersive. From his days developing some of the most famous games on the Sega Mega Drive, he has been focused on creating ‘believability'. He famously laid out a series of 5 major problems that he would …
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