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Fish-ermen Start To Defend Their Hero Phil Fish is a victim apparently. penny-arcade.com editorial aspro
[pcgamer.com] Saints Row 4 Still Banned in Australia Appeal rejected. Freedom of speech snubbed. pcgamer.com news aspro
[videogamer.com] Sony: PS4 flex memory is "easy for every developer to use" Sony added that is has "no comment to make on the amount of memory reserved by the system or what it is used for." videogamer.com gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Pikmin 3 Almost Had Four Heroes  And Could Have Appeared On Handhelds nintendolife.com gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Pikmin 3 Makes UK Chart Debut in Second Place Number two in the UK all-format software charts, an impressive showing that was only denied top-spot by a significant surge in sales for Minecraft nintendolife.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] UK Supermarket chains stops selling Wii U in shops Still does online computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Can Xbox One multi-platform games compete with PlayStation 4? Digital Foundry on the reality of teraflops vs. the gameplay experience eurogamer.net gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] PlayStation 4 party chat, online apps  won't require Plus subscription eurogamer.net gamingeek
[gamefront.de] 6 pics from the Order 1866 gamefront.de gamingeek
[gamefront.de] 13 Wonderful 101 screens gamefront.de gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Nintendo Registers New Trademark For Eternal Darkness Covers Digital Distribution siliconera.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Vita cannot be used as a PS4 controller Unless programmed for specifically computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Tons of Killer is Dead images gamekyo.com gamingeek
[dualshockers.com] Nintendo claims earthquake stifled 3DS/Wii U launches "We launched the Nintendo 3DS on February 2011 and sales were strong. Two weeks later we were hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake and that stopped the momentum" dualshockers.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Rodea: The Sky Soldier - development details " Controls are very important in this game, so if you don’t have a clear sense of how to control the game, it just becomes an ‘empty flying game" nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[tumblr.com] Miyamoto on Pikmin 3 and death DS/3DS experiments, inspiration and a 4th playable character tumblr.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Jett Rocket II development done - new details nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[gamespot.com] Take-Two files new Bully trademark gamespot.com news aspro
[youtube.com] Watch Dogs Aisha Tyler trailer. MASSIVE downgrade in graphics. This better be PS3/360 version. youtube.com media Dvader
Microsoft to 'reintroduce' Xbox1 @ event Rumour: may lower price to 399 handytips.info gamingeek
[dualshockers.com] Details the tech behind Deep Down Capcom can't say if PS4 exclusive or not dualshockers.com gamingeek
[techradar.com] Nintendo's nightmare: Why Wii U was doomed from the start Tech Radar: "This audience didn't buy into Nintendo but into motion control, they didn't love Mario but Wii Sports, they didn't buy games but they did buy Wii Fit." techradar.com gamingeek
[edge-online.com] Rayman Legends developer protest didn't really happen "Was a misunderstanding" edge-online.com gamingeek
[vooks.net] Wii U GamePad High-Capacity Battery and Wiimote Control Quick Charge Set - quick look video vooks.net gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] ASDA Wallmart pledges Nintendo support "Wii U will be available through every Asda store; customers are able to order it online and have it delivered to their home or their local store" eurogamer.net gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Nintendo confirms purchase of digi content on PC/smartphone Due by year's end nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[ign.com] Nintendo Launches Community for Earthbound More developments incoming for the Mother franchise? ign.com news phantom_leo
[destructoid.com] Ken Levine on BioShock Infinite's Incoming DLC's MEGA-TON ! ! ! destructoid.com news phantom_leo
[youtube.com] Pikmin 3 Review GameXplain reviews Pikmin 3 youtube.com impressions Nintyfan17
OXM: Why splitting Xbox One's OS RAM  allocation is good for developers oxm.co.uk gamingeek
[ign.com] IGN Plays Pikmin 3: Using the Gamepad to Plan Strategies IGN editors delve into the layers of strategy in Pikmin 3 with the gamepad ign.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Killzone: Shadow Fall pre-orders outpacing Forza 5  Sony's other titles - Knack and driveclub - aren't gaining the same consumer interest, claims analyst report. videogamer.com gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] Asda: We do support Nintendo, despite Wii U drop The machine is temporarily unavailable on Asda Direct because of a £100 price cut, which has caused the console to sell out, he says. mcvuk.com gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Pikmin inspired by 1983 PC game called M.U.L.E. officialnintendomagazine.co.uk gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Castle of Illusion: 15 minute gameplay video computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Sony and Panasonic outline plan for next-gen optical discs 300GB computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] The Xbox One controller retails for $60 in the US The headset and Play and Charge Kit are both $25 eurogamer.net gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] GTA V images V for victory gamekyo.com media gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Pikmin 3 - 'In the park' and 'Cafe' UK trailers Cheapest trailers imaginable gonintendo.com media gamingeek
[platinumgames.com] The Wonderful 101 blog - Ep. 2 Just what is this game all about? platinumgames.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Amazon - Need for Speed: Most Wanted U for under $20 Worth it. gonintendo.com gamingeek
Miyamoto on the origins of Pikmin, dev process of Pikmin 3 Working on a 'completely new game' nielsthooft.com gamingeek
[platinumgames.com] Wonderful 101: Behold! The Wonderful battle system You can move around the leader character by pushing the left stick, and the rest of the team will automatically follow. platinumgames.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] This week's European downloads - August 1  (Cloudberry Kingdom, Shin'en sale and more) gonintendo.com gamingeek
[joystiq.com] Could Eternal Darkness soon make it to VC? This. Could. Be. Happening! joystiq.com news travo
Bioshock Infinite DLC Announcement Tomorrow Capture the flag mode? gematsu.com news aspro
Dragon's Crown (80) Review As a side-scrolling brawler, Dragon’s Crown is deep and loaded with replay. As an example of 2D art in gaming, it’s unequalled. hardcoregamer.com impressions phantom_leo
[destructoid.com] Dragon's Crown (95) Review Dragon's Crown is quite literally a crowning achievement in the beat 'em up genre. destructoid.com impressions phantom_leo
Dragon's Crown (65) Review I found its over-exaggerated art style alienating and gross in its depiction of women... polygon.com impressions phantom_leo
[psu.com] Dragon's Crown (9.0) Review Dragon's Crown is a brilliant reimagining of a classic genre that wields the depth of an RPG while keeping core elements intact. psu.com impressions phantom_leo
Dragon's Crown (95) Review Dragon’s Crown is a masterpiece. gamingnexus.com impressions phantom_leo
[gonintendo.com] Pachter: Wii U has a ton of appeal to a substantial minority Shocked to see Wii U pulled from ASDA - note ASDA still sell it btw gonintendo.com gamingeek
[gamespot.com] Gamespot reviews Pikmin 3 8.0 - "Pikmin 3 doesn't offer much growth from previous games in the series, and actually takes a step backward in some areas" gamespot.com impressions gamingeek
[joystiq.com] Joystiq reviews Pikmin 3 as 4 stars out of 5 "I still want to explore Pikmin 3 further just to exist in its beautiful, relaxing world a little bit longer." joystiq.com impressions gamingeek
[cubed3.com] Cubed 3 reviews Pikmin 3   9/10 - "Rich, exciting, gorgeous and thought provoking" cubed3.com impressions gamingeek
[gameinformer.com] Game Informer reviews Pikmin 3 9/10 - "if you’re a Wii U owner, consider this an essential game." gameinformer.com impressions gamingeek
[egmnow.com] EGM reviews Pikmin 3 9.5 - "Legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto’s handiwork is obvious at every turn." egmnow.com impressions gamingeek
[theguardian.com] The Guardian reviews Pikmin 3 5/5 - "An enthralling, at times near-classic adventure" theguardian.com impressions gamingeek
[usgamer.net] Opinion: Who's to Blame for Wii U's Dismal Sales? "We see something not altogether surprising in 2013: cynicism and snark" usgamer.net editorial gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Animal Crossing: New Leaf sells 5.5 million worldwide Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon over 2 million siliconera.com gamingeek
[destructoid.com] Destructoid reviews Pikmin 3 9.5 - "Incredibly beautiful graphics, an unexpectedly involving story, tons of secrets, and new ways to play" destructoid.com impressions gamingeek
[usgamer.net] USGamer reviews Pikmin Three- 5 stars out of 5 "I went from being cooly disinterested in Pikmin 3 to completely smitten in the course of an afternoon. It's one of those games in which everything comes together just right. Olimar would be proud" usgamer.net impressions gamingeek
Polygon review Pikmin 3 8/10 - "With a generation-long gap between previous entries, Pikmin 3 feels astoundingly fresh." polygon.com impressions gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Aiming for console graphics on mobile 'a mistake' says ex-EA CEO computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Batman: Arkham Origins multiplayer skips Wii U And people wonder why gimped U versions don't sell? eurogamer.net gamingeek
[venturebeat.com] VentureBeat Reviews Nvidia Shield "...a great device for geeks" venturebeat.com impressions aspro
[ign.com] IGN's Keza MacDonald Gives Nintendo State of the Union "an impressively solvent company that’s making a profit and shows no signs of ill health or imminent collapse" ign.com editorial aspro
[eurogamer.net] Xbox One is designed to be always-on for 10 years New development hardware also reveals that it's near-silent a lot of the time. eurogamer.net gamingeek
[gamespot.com] Take-Two hints at Red Dead Redemption 2 CEO says Western has potential to be "permanent" franchise. gamespot.com news aspro
[tumblr.com] Miyamoto on understanding Wii U Low sales due to lack of games, SKU troubles, Pikmin 3 DLC and anime tumblr.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Oddworld: Munch's Odyssey HD too old for Wii U "Munch is built on extremely old tech, to bring it to PS3 and VITA was quite a struggle because of this, and it’s not one I’d want to repeat with WiiU, sorry.” nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[joystiq.com] Joystiq Reviews Nvidia Shield "...it's an expensive novelty" joystiq.com impressions aspro
Nintendo Financials Wii U sold 160K this quarter compared to 390K last quarter. gematsu.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Wolfenstein: The New Order Dealyed Until 2014 Previously it was set for Q4 2013 on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3 and PC. eurogamer.net news aspro
[joystiq.com] Gran Turismo 6 Demo Gets 1.3 Million DL The demo remains open until the end of August. joystiq.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Obsidian Was Working on KOTOR 3 Plot revealed. eurogamer.net news aspro
Bethesda Announces QuakeCon Steam Bundle Bascially everything they've published for $90. penny-arcade.com news aspro
[kotaku.com] Elder Scrolls Anthology Announced Everything but a knifeset included. kotaku.com news aspro
[youtube.com] IGN goes over Pikmin 3 control schemes Video youtube.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] rain Developer Diary: The World of rain Go behind the scenes and learn how the development team tells a unique story of being lost in the world of rain. youtube.com media Nintyfan17
[gamekyo.com] Infamous Second Son smoke and mirrors vidéo Massive Downgrade, PS2 visuals, now a MMO gamekyo.com gamingeek
[nintendoworldreport.com] NWR reviews Pikmin 3 9.5 - "This is a Nintendo masterpiece, and easily one of the best games on the Wii U." nintendoworldreport.com impressions gamingeek
[platinumgames.com] Wonderful 101 to feature dual audio tracks We’ve actually gone and included both the Japanese and English voice track in the game so that players can choose the one they prefer. How’s that for service? platinumgames.com gamingeek
[neogaf.com] Pikmin 3 has “secret memos” Collect 10 to form a code that will be used later neogaf.com gamingeek
[wired.com] Sums up Wii U & Pikmin 3 and Wii U pad. Pikmin 3 retrospect wired.com impressions _Bear
[neogaf.com] Here are Capcoms' 13 game announcements Oh woooooowwwww neogaf.com news gamingeek
[gamefront.de] PS4 Basement Crawl artwork Chucky? gamefront.de media gamingeek
[edge-online.com] EDGE: Don’t panic: Nintendo profits are up 3DS remains strong, despite poor Wii U sales edge-online.com gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] MCV: Here's how Nintendo rescued the 3DS A major moment in the life of 3DS happened on May 11th this year. mcvuk.com gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Animal Crossing - Get your Festival Lantern & Fireworks Table officialnintendomagazine.co.uk gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Resident Evil: Revelations HD Sells 900,000 Worldwide siliconera.com editorial gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Capcom's Deep Down is an online game for PS4 'Will be massively multiplayer. The trailer gives a brief glimpse at what appears to be new visuals – they don't look much like what was shown previously' videogamer.com media gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Deep Down video Sequel to Deep Throat? gamekyo.com gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] Analyst says Wii U R&D to hurt profits Big holiday success needed to predict long-term success gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
Boy takes wheel when grandma passes out Credits Mario Kart for driving skill gameskinny.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Harvest Moon - Wii U VC trailer youtube.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Dyack: too early to talk Wii U failure Discusses why Precursor chose Wii U for Shadow of the Eternals nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[destructoid.com] DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS 2 COMING TO 3DS ! ! ! oh. in japan. F U SQU-ENIX ! ! ! destructoid.com phantom_leo
[kotaku.com] Capcom to Announce 13 New Games Today! Trying NOT to get my hopes up. kotaku.com news phantom_leo
[kotaku.com] BREATH OF FIRE 6 ANNOUNCED ! ! ! oh. for pc and mobile... F U CAPCOM ! ! ! kotaku.com news phantom_leo
[mcvuk.com] Fox sitcom about game devs slammed for sexism and racism Other comments include the accusation that it is “mostly nasty about women of colour” and that it’s “casually racist and horrifically unfunny”. mcvuk.com gamingeek
[joystiq.com] Carmack: 3DS, Wii U, Vita 'extremely unlikely' in id Software's future joystiq.com gamingeek
[kotaku.com] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies - review While it never reaches the emotional stakes of the first or third games in the series, it has a decent story and a lot of good new characters. kotaku.com impressions gamingeek
[reddit.com] Saint's Row Dev Does Reddit AMA Jim Boone (Senior Producer) and Scott Phillips (Design Director). reddit.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Sonic CD Now On Ouya If this thing can emulate Sega CD games, count me in. joystiq.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] CD Projekt Red Opens New Studio In Krakow, Poland. gameinformer.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Xbox One GPU Speed increased 6.6% (up 53MHz) eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[gameinformer.com] Microsoft Announces Upgraded GPU Speed For Xbox One Slight increase. gameinformer.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Saints Row 4 Coming Down Under Saints Row Gets MA15+ Classification In Australia. gameinformer.com news aspro
[dualshockers.com] About Twenty Companies Including SEGA made a Bid on Atlus 20 Billion Yen Offered dualshockers.com news Nintyfan17
[computerandvideogames.com] Vita 'not performing that well', says Sony exec computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] X1 and PS4 are 'essentially the same' - John Carmack id Software co-founder also thinks Xbox One backlash was a "bit of a witch hunt" computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Next-gen Ubisoft IP set for Gamescom reveal computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Would you buy a Metal Gear Rising Revengeance sequel Konami asks eurogamer.net gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Gamers hesitant on pre-ordering Call of Duty: Ghosts Because of PS4 and Xbox One videogamer.com gamingeek
[gamefront.de] Warframe - Slash Dashing Gameplay gamefront.de gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] The Evil Within : new images gamekyo.com gamingeek
Breath of Fire II hitting NA Wii U VC capcom-unity.com gamingeek
[siliconera.com] XSeed says Pandora's Tower has done 'pretty well' mostly sticking to eShop on 3DS siliconera.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Carmack says Wii U/Vita would be great for Doom 3:BFG Carmack would love to develop for 3DS, Wii U, Vita ... but it's "extremely unlikely to happen." gonintendo.com gamingeek
3DS StreetPass update has already generated ¥400 million In a month with little promotion, says Iwata toyokeizai.net gamingeek
[joystiq.com] Skylanders is Another Homerun for Activision The franchise passed $1.5 billion in retail sales. joystiq.com news aspro
New Lost Planet 3 Trailer Due for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC in North America on August 27. gematsu.com media aspro
[gonintendo.com] The Mysterious Cities of Gold for Wii U and 3DS Coming Out in French! Kickstarter project in the works for English translation gonintendo.com news robio
[youtube.com] Pikmin 3 - all 10 secret memos youtube.com gamingeek
[destructoid.com] To Market Pikmin on GC Nintendo Created New Life Talk about skilled developers! destructoid.com news phantom_leo
[dualshockers.com] Factory responsible for Wii U eDram to close. Wii U eDRAM is the “secret sauce” and state-of-the-art know-how part of the NEC heritage of the Tsuruoka plant, making production elsewhere difficult. dualshockers.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Nintendo was founded as a card company, named Nintendo Koppai Mind blown. Pikmin 3 planet is called Koppai. gonintendo.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] CGR- DRAGON'S CROWN Review youtube.com impressions media Ravenprose
[pcgamer.com] Everquest Next Interview Lead Designer Darrin McPherson and Creative Director Jeff Butler. pcgamer.com news aspro
[dualshockers.com] France's President visits Ubisoft, leaves with a Wii U Le thief! dualshockers.com gamingeek
Wii U deluxe bundle with Pikmin 3 for $350 Canada? futureshop.ca gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Ubisoft On Splinter Cell Blacklist Taking the Series Forward with Wii U Features nintendolife.com gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Super Mario 3D World ONM preview "3D World feeds that same lust for speed with a new boost sprint. The move is the plumber equivalent of breaking Mach 1: run in a straight line for a second and your shoes ignite." officialnintendomagazine.co.uk impressions gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Jett Rocket II could hit Wii U if fans want it nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[ign.com] EverQuest Next is officially introduced. MMO meets Sandbox meets Minecraft ign.com news robio
[gameunder.net] Game Under Episode 17 Oh Shit! gameunder.net editorial impressions media news aspro
[nintendoeverything.com] Nintendo’s extraordinary rescue of 3DS and whether they can do the same for Wii U nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[gamefront.de] Leaked:32 pics of Prey 2 gamefront.de gamingeek
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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 04:25:24

I totally see three asses.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 04:30:25
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I see two caucasian dongs and an asian one.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:29:20
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Approve of the Darkwing Duck NES.  Basically an honourary Mega Man game.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:48:45
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BTW: Here's a picture of me and my mom in Animal Crossing: New Leaf!

**Thank Goodness there aren't any Caucasian-Asian Dong-Ass Trees in the Photo, or that could have been awkward!**

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:04:30

There's a rumour that Animal Crossing: New Leaf retail (standalone and bundle) accounts for 80% of total sales for the month in NPD.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:06:31

Weird, I can't get news update tools visible for day old updates.

Battle Of The Gig Continues



Developers say PS4 has 6 GB reserved for games.





This is wrong the article linked from vblank dev doesn't mention numbers and it's more the developer complaining about the way it's being reported in relation to X1 and how even old systems reserve a lot of memory for OS.

"Anyway, I’m not saying how much memory is used, but I am painting a better picture of how you should be looking at this, and again raising awareness about sensationalist headlines." Then the article quotes so called GAF insiders saying it's 6gb, not any actual confirmed developers.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:12:04
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Approve of the Darkwing Duck NES.  Basically an honourary Mega Man game.

Even using the Mega Man 5 engine according to Wikipedia!

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:57:39
Foolz said:
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So Foolz, you beat that platformer boss in Retrocity?

The boss with the ball and chain? Second hardest part of the game (sweat bomber level was worse). There's a trick to it that makes it relatively easy once you figure it out.

Is that close to the end? If so (and maybe even if not) I'll try it again.  Does the sweat bomber come before the ball and chain boss? (I don't remember).

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:19:12
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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:37:15
Digital Foundry:  The PS4 advantage and the Xbox One challenge

In summary, the PS4 enjoys two key strengths over the Xbox One in terms of its rendering prowess: raw GPU power and masses of bandwidth. On the face of it, the specs look like a wash, but it seems clear that one of those advantages - the 50 per cent increase in compute power - doesn't result in the stratospheric boost to performance you might imagine. Clearly the PS4 is more powerful, but the evidence suggests that quality tweaks and/or resolution changes could help produce level frame-rates on both platforms running the same games. Bandwidth remains the big issue - the PS4's 256-bit bus is established technology, and easy to utilise. Xbox One's ESRAM is the big unknown, specifically in terms of how fast it actually is and the speed at which developers are able to make the most of it. In our benchmarks and game testing we gave the Xbox One target the benefit of the doubt by equalising bandwidth levels, but clearly this is in no way guaranteed.

The focus with Xbox One was to extract as much performance as possible from the graphics chip's ALUs. It may well be the case that 12 compute units was chosen as the most balanced set-up to match the Jaguar CPU architecture. Our source says that the make-up of the Xbox One's bespoke audio and "data move engine" tech is derived from profiling the most advanced Xbox 360 games, with their designs implemented in order to address the most common bottlenecks. In contrast, despite its undoubted advantages - especially in terms of raw power, PlayStation 4 looks a little unbalanced by comparison. And perhaps that's why the Sony team led by Mark Cerny set about redesigning and beefing up the GPU compute pipeline - they would have seen the unused ALU resources and realised that there was an opportunity here to transform that into an opportunity for developers to do something different with the graphics hardware.

Cerny himself admits that utilisation of GPU compute isn't likely to come into its own until year three or year four of the PS4's lifecycle. One development source working directly with the hardware, told us that "GPU compute is the new SPU" in reference to the difficulty coders had in accessing the power of the PS3's Cell processor, but also in terms of the potential of the hardware. There's a sense that this is uncharted territory, that it's an aspect of the graphics tech that's going to give the system a long tail in terms of extracting its full potential. But equally, this isn't going to happen overnight and almost certainly not in the launch period. That being the case, as unlikely as this may sound bearing in mind the computational deficit in its graphics hardware, theoretically Xbox One multi-platform games have a pretty good shout in getting close to their PS4 equivalents, with only minor compromises. Further into the lifecycle it becomes a question of whether PS4 GPU compute becomes a significant factor in development when the additional effort would not yield much in the way of dividends for the Xbox One version of the game.

PS4 GPU compute is the 'special sauce' this gen which may only be used much later in the console lifespan, if anyone works out how to use it.

DFs testing says PS4 has an overall 20% performance advantage over X1, despite having a 50% more powerful GPU.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:17:32

That kiwi looks nice. Hmmm hmmm hmmm.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:33:37

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:46:50

On Pikmin 3 ground textures, the big debate going on. The game uses 4 different zoom levels where most games have one camera viewing level normally with textures made to be viewed from a certain distance.

The environments seem to be made for the top down birds eye view level viewing where everything seems fine. It's important to note that the whole level is loaded at once and that's because it gives you a gameplay advantage, like Soul Bubbles on DS you can use the touch screen to scroll through the entire enviroment at once to plan and multitask, so it's not like the system resources can use everything for one section then render the next as it comes into view.

When you go into photo mode (just means view from your Captain ground level) you are seeing a first person view in an RTS game so as you would expect the ground textures that close at an angle looks low. I would assume in any other RTS from that view it would look bad.

However I think the biggest factor in low detail ground textures is the lack of effects in normal sunny conditions. When you are in a cave and the lighting is right or when it's raining the same ground texture can look up to twice as detailed as effects are applied.

At the end of each day for instance when the rockets from your ship flare the detail is brought out. This screen is not water BTW.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:01:29

I was more impressed when I thought that was water. Nyaa. how is the music?  I can't help but be reminded of the end of the day music in the first game when I look at that last shot.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:05:35

So, not to look like a noob, but errr...  How do you get your Miiverse pics on the internet?

I see you're about as far in as I am.  How are you liking it so far GG?  Me, I'm all praise.  God, it's been too long since Pikmin 2.  However, I haven't seen any enemies so far that have really wowed me like some of the older designs have.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:29:35

Nintendo has a website that you can log into Miiverse on the PC.

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/

Just log in using your Nintendo Network ID and Password and get your images from your posts.

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  • SMB Mix-Up! (1AB2-0000-0047-5A7D)
  • Storm the Castle (77BD-0000-00E0-A9C0)

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:13:56
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travo said:

I was more impressed when I thought that was water. Nyaa. how is the music?  I can't help but be reminded of the end of the day music in the first game when I look at that last shot.

The end of day music is still exactly the same.  GG will barge in here saying it isn't exactly the same, as the music's textures have been vastly improved upon, but to me, it's still the same  WinkWink

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:15:50
Nintyfan17 said:

Nintendo has a website that you can log into Miiverse on the PC.

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/

Just log in using your Nintendo Network ID and Password and get your images from your posts.

Grinning

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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:17:07
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SupremeAC said:
travo said:

I was more impressed when I thought that was water. Nyaa. how is the music?  I can't help but be reminded of the end of the day music in the first game when I look at that last shot.

The end of day music is still exactly the same.  GG will barge in here saying it isn't exactly the same, as the music's textures have been vastly improved upon, but to me, it's still the same  WinkWink

The tunes you want in there are in there, there is new music all cohesive with the familiar.

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