The Splatoon Testfire is back!
From Aug. 25 to Aug. 28 between the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. PT each day, anyone who owns a Wii U console can download a free demo for the Splatoon game in Nintendo eShop! gonintendo.com gamingeek
GoNintendo Review - Metroid Prime: Federation Force
"All in all, I was actually quite blown away by Metroid Prime: Federation Force. I was expecting to get an enjoyable experience, but I've come away with a true appreciation for the game"gonintendo.com impressions gamingeek
I've been on a Resident Evil kick as of late and just recently finished playing through RE0. Not really sure what to play next as I try to clear out some of my backlog. Started up Divinity: Original Sin and am playing some more Fallout 4 checking out the Vault Workshop dlc and prepping for the upcoming Nuka World dlc.
I've been playing Rune Factory Frontier. I picked it up last Sunday, and I've got about 15 hours in so far. It's been wonderful to play one of my all-time favorites again, and I'm still finding secrets, and storylines in the game that I'd never found in previous runs.
But it is also depressing the hell out of me. The series is dead and pretty much buried. Plus, games like this just don't make it to home consoles anymore. Really hope that changes with the NX.
I've been playing Far Cry Primal, which is really cool. I'm starting to dig the different directions of some of these FC games. Also once again playing Deus Ex Human Rev in prep for Mankind Div.
So NMS runs like a demotivated midget with MS on a lot of PC's. A friend of mine even asked for a refund after it was barely playable on his PC, which he just spent €750 on in upgrades. And it's not just stuff like small bugs and glitches, what could be expected from a game with 18 gazillion planets, but stuff like the game crashing before even getting to the main menu.
What's with all the twin stick shooters in the news today? One by the team behind Trine, one from the This war of mine guys, ... I don't like twin stick shooters!
Come on NX.... please be Pascal. A generational leap over the X1 would be pretty beefy.
The article says that they're basically sticking (nearly) uncompromised 1060, 1070 and 1080's inside laptops, one even with a detachable water cooler. There is no mention of Tegra chips, so hardly comparable to the rumours concerning the NX.
I let slip a few things I wanted for my birthday to my wife, one being a wireless Xbox one controller with a headphone jack so I could chat through the steam cliant while playing games on Steam. So that's what she got me as a present from my son. And to top it off, she also got me an official xbox one headset, which is miles ahead of the solution I had been using up to that point, namely any headphone with mic that came with my latest mobile phone.
Start installing it yesterday. First up the wireless dongle for use with Windows. That's done. Ok, how do I connect the controller? Turns out it refuses to connect unless I first connect the controller through a USB cable, unplug it, try wireless and hope for the best. But hey, in the end it kind of works. So now I go downstairs and plug it into my Steam Link. Nothing. Some quick googling learns me that Valve themselves couldn't be assed to create a driver for this thing, bound to be one of the most popular controllers for gaming on PC, to work with their own hardware and are endorsing a third party app 'VirtualHere' instead. Fuck this.
So I just give up for the time being and try to get the headphone working on my PC. I plug it into the controller Nothing. Some more googling. Apparently MS couldn't be assed to get the headphones working wirelessly for anything other than Windows 10. Which I didn't upgrade to since I like my Win8.1 better. No way I'm paying €135 and putting up with their 'new and improved' OS I don't want, just to be able to use a headset wired to my wireless controller. Oh, and currently Valve also doesn't offer a means to use a headset, let alone a mic through the Steam Link.
I called the store she bought everything at today. With a bit of luck I'll be able to return it, although they might just flat our refuse since it's not sealed anymore. What a waste of €100+. I hope they take it back, because €100 has become a lot more money for my wife as she hasn't been working much over the span of the last year due to what happened to our little girl.
The article says that they're basically sticking (nearly) uncompromised 1060, 1070 and 1080's inside laptops, one even with a detachable water cooler. There is no mention of Tegra chips, so hardly comparable to the rumours concerning the NX.
I was referring to the Pascal architecture specifically referenced and attributed for the improvements (in this EG article) seen in this latest line of laptop GPUs from Nvidia.
Pascal is going to be in the Parker Tegra chip sometimes referred to as X2, the next chip after the X1. And this is rumoured by multiple sources now, that this is going to be what powers the NX.
And I was only referring to potential improvements over the X1 specifically - speculating on what the Pascal architecture could do for it. If it does mean "a generational leap" as Eurogamer puts it - then a generational leap over the X1 would be a pretty big improvement. The X1 on a Jetson board can push 1 teraflop and because of the way Nvidia calculates its flops that is 40% better than AMD, which means it could literally be eqivalent to a 1.4 tflp AMD GPU.
That's the X1^ - the Parker Pascal based X2 powering the NX will be better.
Having something twice as powerful is not considered a generational improvement, that means that the Pascal based Parker X2 could mean multiple times better performance - over the X1.
But of course it will be thermal constrained, size constrained and battery constrained.
I was referring to the Pascal architecture specifically referenced and attributed for the improvements (in this EG article) seen in this latest line of laptop GPUs from Nvidia.
Pascal is going to be in the Parker Tegra chip sometimes referred to as X2, the next chip after the X1. And this is rumoured by multiple sources now, that this is going to be what powers the NX.
And I was only referring to potential improvements over the X1 specifically - speculating on what the Pascal architecture could do for it. If it does mean "a generational leap" as Eurogamer puts it - then a generational leap over the X1 would be a pretty big improvement. The X1 on a Jetson board can push 1 teraflop and because of the way Nvidia calculates its flops that is 40% better than AMD, which means it could literally be eqivalent to a 1.4 tflp AMD GPU.
That's the X1^ - the Parker Pascal based X2 powering the NX will be better.
Having something twice as powerful is not considered a generational improvement, that means that the Pascal based Parker X2 could mean multiple times better performance - over the X1.
But of course it will be thermal constrained, size constrained and battery constrained.
I misinterpreted your original mentionning of X1 as referring to the Xbone. All is cool, carry on.
I've been on a Resident Evil kick as of late and just recently finished playing through RE0. Not really sure what to play next as I try to clear out some of my backlog. Started up Divinity: Original Sin and am playing some more Fallout 4 checking out the Vault Workshop dlc and prepping for the upcoming Nuka World dlc.
But it is also depressing the hell out of me. The series is dead and pretty much buried. Plus, games like this just don't make it to home consoles anymore. Really hope that changes with the NX.
I've been playing Far Cry Primal, which is really cool. I'm starting to dig the different directions of some of these FC games. Also once again playing Deus Ex Human Rev in prep for Mankind Div.
So NMS runs like a demotivated midget with MS on a lot of PC's. A friend of mine even asked for a refund after it was barely playable on his PC, which he just spent €750 on in upgrades. And it's not just stuff like small bugs and glitches, what could be expected from a game with 18 gazillion planets, but stuff like the game crashing before even getting to the main menu.
What's with all the twin stick shooters in the news today? One by the team behind Trine, one from the This war of mine guys, ... I don't like twin stick shooters!
How much longer do I have to wait for Punk Rebel's Top 25 games of all time? This is bullshit.
The suspense....
Famitsu reviews
The King of Fighters XIV (PS4, SNK): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
Metroid Prime: Federation Force (3DS, Nintendo): 7 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (30/40)
Sengoku Basara: Sanada Yukimura-Den (PS4/PS3, Capcom): 8 / 8 / 9 / 8 -(33/40)
No Man's Sky (PS4, Sony): 7 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (32/40)
Mini Sports Tamashii (3DS, Mechanic Arms): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40)
Youkoso! Pet Hotel (3DS, Starsign): 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 - (24/40)
Armed Blue Gunvolt 2 Sou (3DS, Inti Creates): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
Moujuu-Tachi to Ohimesama (PS Vita, Idea Factory): 8 / 7 / 8 / 7 - (30/40)
Ouma ga Toki: Kakuriyo no Fuchi (PS Vita, Extend): 9 / 8 / 8 / 7 - (32/40)
PuraMai Wars V (PS Vita, Entergram): 7 / 7 / 6 / 7 - (27/40)
Sengoku Otome: Legend Battle (PS Vita, Planet G): 7 / 8 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
50 minutes of FFXV shown at GAmescom.
EA conference in an hour
Titanfall 2 open beta this weekend and the next!
Get hyped people!
meh. My net is now 0.82mbpsI'm hyped baby! Can't wait to try out Titanfall 2 and I always enjoy seeing more FFXV footage.
I'm not too fond of Yooka-Laylee's protagonist designs, but this is ace:
Rare, stick eyes on everything. Cool that he's transformed though.
Pascal-powered laptop chips are a true generational leap only 10% slower than desktop equivalents
Come on NX.... please be Pascal. A generational leap over the X1 would be pretty beefy.
The article says that they're basically sticking (nearly) uncompromised 1060, 1070 and 1080's inside laptops, one even with a detachable water cooler. There is no mention of Tegra chips, so hardly comparable to the rumours concerning the NX.
Fuck PC gaming.
I let slip a few things I wanted for my birthday to my wife, one being a wireless Xbox one controller with a headphone jack so I could chat through the steam cliant while playing games on Steam. So that's what she got me as a present from my son. And to top it off, she also got me an official xbox one headset, which is miles ahead of the solution I had been using up to that point, namely any headphone with mic that came with my latest mobile phone.
Start installing it yesterday. First up the wireless dongle for use with Windows. That's done. Ok, how do I connect the controller? Turns out it refuses to connect unless I first connect the controller through a USB cable, unplug it, try wireless and hope for the best. But hey, in the end it kind of works.
So now I go downstairs and plug it into my Steam Link. Nothing. Some quick googling learns me that Valve themselves couldn't be assed to create a driver for this thing, bound to be one of the most popular controllers for gaming on PC, to work with their own hardware and are endorsing a third party app 'VirtualHere' instead. Fuck this. 
No way I'm paying €135 and putting up with their 'new and improved' OS I don't want, just to be able to use a headset wired to my wireless controller. Oh, and currently Valve also doesn't offer a means to use a headset, let alone a mic through the Steam Link. 
So I just give up for the time being and try to get the headphone working on my PC. I plug it into the controller Nothing. Some more googling. Apparently MS couldn't be assed to get the headphones working wirelessly for anything other than Windows 10. Which I didn't upgrade to since I like my Win8.1 better.
I called the store she bought everything at today. With a bit of luck I'll be able to return it, although they might just flat our refuse since it's not sealed anymore. What a waste of €100+. I hope they take it back, because €100 has become a lot more money for my wife as she hasn't been working much over the span of the last year due to what happened to our little girl.
I was referring to the Pascal architecture specifically referenced and attributed for the improvements (in this EG article) seen in this latest line of laptop GPUs from Nvidia.
Pascal is going to be in the Parker Tegra chip sometimes referred to as X2, the next chip after the X1. And this is rumoured by multiple sources now, that this is going to be what powers the NX.
And I was only referring to potential improvements over the X1 specifically - speculating on what the Pascal architecture could do for it. If it does mean "a generational leap" as Eurogamer puts it - then a generational leap over the X1 would be a pretty big improvement. The X1 on a Jetson board can push 1 teraflop and because of the way Nvidia calculates its flops that is 40% better than AMD, which means it could literally be eqivalent to a 1.4 tflp AMD GPU.
That's the X1^ - the Parker Pascal based X2 powering the NX will be better.
Having something twice as powerful is not considered a generational improvement, that means that the Pascal based Parker X2 could mean multiple times better performance - over the X1.
But of course it will be thermal constrained, size constrained and battery constrained.
I misinterpreted your original mentionning of X1 as referring to the Xbone. All is cool, carry on.