Awesome to hear that Divinity: Original Sin is coming to consoles. I play the hell out of the Baldur's Gate games, will certainly get this game.

Yeah there's some pretty awesome deals on PSN this weekend. Even though I have some of those games on the 360 already I'm very tempted to get them on the PS3 as well just because, Mass Effect trilogy I'm looking at you.

Dogs are the greatest.

Buy here

That artwork is incredible. Brings back many great memories from the "Golden Age." Thanks for posting that, I may have to look into getting some of those.

90's Arcade Racer Wii U 60 fps video and tracks - also coming to PC

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Oval: This is the most basic track in the game, it's a good place to practice and get accustomed to the game's drift mechanics.

Difficulty: Easy




Oval Infield: A few tricky corners can catch you out so you will have to use the brakes.

Difficulty: Medium





Island Short: This is the signature track of the game, it's small with quite a few tricky corners.

Difficulty: Medium





Island Long: This track has long straights and wide corners with only a couple of places that require braking.

Difficulty: Easy





Mountain Short: There are plenty of U-turns in this track, you will need to master the drifting mechanics to put in some good times.

Difficulty: Hard





Mountain Long: This is the longest track in the game, it has everything from very tight U-turns to long straights and plenty of elevation.

Difficulty: Hard





Airport: Long straights followed by sharp corners.

Difficulty: Medium





VR track: This is a bonus track Inspired by a certain Racing game about Virtua.

Difficulty: Medium





Playroom: Another bonus track, this one is inspired by Scalextric, the famous slot racing toy.

Difficulty: Medium

Oculus Rift recommended specs confirmed  

Oculus has announced its recommended specifications for the consumer version of its virtual reality headset.

Here's what you need for "the full Rift experience", Oculus said:

• Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater
• Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
• 8GB+ RAM
• Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
• 2x USB 3.0 ports
• Windows 7 SP1 or newer

"The goal is for all Rift games and applications to deliver a great experience on this configuration," Oculus said.

The consumer Oculus Rift, due out Q1 2016.

"Ultimately, we believe this will be fundamental to VR's success, as developers can optimise and tune their game for a known specification, consistently achieving presence and simplifying development.

"All of the games and applications for the Rift created by Oculus will provide an incredible experience on this system."

In a blog post, Atman Binstock, Oculus chief architect, expanded on the news, saying the configuration announced today will be held for the lifetime of the Rift and should drop in price over time, meaning more people will have systems capable of running the headset.

The Rift runs at a 2160x1200 resolution at 90Hz split over dual displays. This consumes 233m pixels per second, Binstock said. But at the default eye-target scale, the Rift's rendering requirements go to around 400m shaded pixels per second.

"This means that by raw rendering costs alone, a VR game will require approximately 3x the GPU power of 1080p rendering," he said.

Unfortunately, it looks like Rift won't work with laptops - for now.

"Many discrete GPU laptops have their external video output connected to the integrated GPU and drive the external output via hardware and software mechanisms that can't support the Rift," Binstock explained.

"Since this isn't something that can be determined by reading the specs of a laptop, we are working on how to identify the right systems. Note that almost no current laptops have the GPU performance for the recommended spec, though upcoming mobile GPUs may be able to support this level of performance."

Meanwhile, Binstock said development for OS X and Linux had been paused in order for Oculus to focus on a launch on Windows. "We want to get back to development for OS X and Linux but we don't have a timeline," he added.

Oculus Rift launches during the first quarter of 2016. A price has yet to be announced.

How are consoles going to get 3x the power of 1080p rendering to run this shit?

Not locking content? They've locked out level select!

I don't want to pay an extra $13 for level select.

edgecrusher said:

Iwata: NX is not a replacement for Wii U or 3DS "the new NX should not simply be considered as a replacement for its current machines."

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Then what

Then what the hell is it?

Dvader said:

Then what the hell is it?

Plus, what would be the fourth pillar?  Amiibos?  Mobile?  It's probably a home console/handheld hybrid.  Wii U type controller with DS cartridge slots.