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 1C seeks Russian government investment
Posted by maximus on Saturday, May 08 @ 11:50:00 BST (207 reads)
Russian publisher 1C Company has requested that the Russian Communication Ministry help to fund the majority of a new game project, to the tune of 500 million roubles (£11m/$16.5m).
According to a Russian newspaper report translated by website RIA Novosti the project is intended to increase patriotism amongst young people and promote the Russian perspective of World War II.
The Communication Ministry highlighted its interest in creating low cost educational and professional simulators for pilots, as well as promoting Russia information technology exports.
1C has suggested a project consisting of six flight simulators, one of which has allegedly already been demonstrated to president Dmitry Medvedev.
Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich categorised the games as "interesting" but failed to back the proposal, indicating that he was unsure whether it needed government support.
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Intel Debuts Six-Core Core i7 Chip for Gamers
Posted by maximus on Friday, March 12 @ 14:17:54 GMT (314 reads)
Intel has officially rolled out its Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, sporting 6 cores and the company's latest 32nm architecture.
At this week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Chipmaker Intel officially took the wraps off a new chip intentionally designed to make gamers drool. The Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition sports Intel’s latest 32nm manufacturing technology, 6 processing cores, and a full dozen computing threads. In theory, the new chip should offer up to 50 percent better performance than the Core i7 processors that preceded it…not if only software can catch up to leverage those capabilities.
As with existing Intel Core i-series processors, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition features HyperThreading that can effectively double the number of threads a single processor core can handle, meaning the six-core system can handle up to 12 threads executing at once. The new chip also sports AES-NI for enhanced security and support for up to 12 MB of shared L3 processor cache. The 32nm technology also means the processor doesn’t consume mammoth amounts of power…in fact, in some instances it uses less power than the four-core Core i7-975 Extreme Edition that preceded it.
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OpenGL 4 Looks to Take on DirectX 11
Posted by maximus on Friday, March 12 @ 14:01:05 GMT (283 reads)
The Khronos Group has unveiled the OpenGL 4 spec, which takes on DirectX 11 with hardware-accelerated tessellation and improved performance.
High-end gaming has been fixated on DirectX 11 technology lately, but that doesn’t mean OpenGL is out of the picture: the Khronos Group has just announced the OpenGL 4.0 specification, the first major update to the open graphics standard since the launch of OpenCL in late 2008. OpenGL 4 builds on the work of OpenCL by enabling modern application to tap into the computing power of graphics processors, boosting performance and freeing up a computer’s main processor for other tasks. In addition, the OpenGL 4 standard includes support for hardware-accelerated geometry tessellation (essentially, simplifying shapes), can render content and apply shaders with 64-bit accuracy, and sports improved shaders for better rendering quality and antialiasing capability.
“The release of OpenGL 4.0 is a major step forward in bringing state-of-the-art functionality to cross-platform graphics acceleration, and strengthens OpenGL’s leadership position as the epicenter of 3D graphics on the web, on mobile devices as well as on the desktop,” said OpenGL ARB working group chair (and Nvidia’s Core openGL senior manager) Barthold Lichtenbelt, in a statement.
Not all existing hardware will be able to handle OpenGL 4 capabilities; in the meantime, Khronos has released an OpenGL 3.3 specification to bring as much OpenGL 4 functionality to existing GPU hardware as possible. Nvidia says its forthcoming Fermi-based graphics systems will fully support OpenGL 4.0.
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Combat Arms hits 1 million users in Europe
Posted by maximus on Sunday, December 20 @ 15:14:08 GMT (414 reads)
Nexon Europe has announced that its free-to-play online shooter title, Combat Arms, has racked up 1 million registered users in Europe.
The game, launched in the region in January this year, has now attracted over 4 million players worldwide, says the company.
"Hitting the 1 million user mark within the first year of service is a remarkable achievement for a free-to-play online FPS title, especially in today's saturated European market," said Sung Jin Kim, director of European Business at Nexon Europe. "Most importantly, we've seen a very steady growth in registrations during the path of Combat Arms service which reveals its good potential and consistent appeal to the European gamers."
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FIFA outselling PES by 4-to-1
Posted by maximus on Tuesday, November 10 @ 11:22:30 GMT (373 reads)
Electronic Arts' John Schappert has said that FIFA 10 is outselling rival Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 by 4-to-1.
Speaking during a conference call to investors last night, the EA executive team also confidently predicted that its Battlefield franchise can take on Activision's Call of Duty, and that UK studio Criterion is currently developing a new Need for Speed title for 2010.
Comparing sales of its market-leading football franchise, Schappert said that "the sell through at retail in Europe is 31 per cent ahead of last year’s FIFA 09 on a comparable period basis and we are outselling Pro Evolution Soccer 4 to 1."
EA Games label president Frank Gibeau said that the publisher was successfully revitalising its blockbusters, pointing to 2.5 million sales of the recently-released Need for Speed: Shift as evidence of improved quality.
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Modern Warfare 2 has guns akimbo
Posted by maximus on Thursday, August 27 @ 19:25:27 BST (328 reads)
Developer Infinity Ward has confirmed that the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will have dual-wield weapons for players to make use of, somewhat damaging the game's commitment to realism in the eyes of some gamers.
The confirmation comes from Infinity Ward's Community Manager Robert Bowling, who twittered that akimbo pistols would feature in the game recently after giving a presentation of Modern Warfare 2.
"Just walked off stage. Crowd was amazing, went insane chanting 'pick it up!' when I stumbled over dual-wield Deagles. lol - Akimbo confirmed," said Bowling.
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Wii Sports Resort back on top
Posted by maximus on Thursday, August 27 @ 17:57:38 BST (296 reads)
Fitness title swats aside Ashes upstart to reclaim its spot on top of the pile
Wii Sports Resort has brushed aside Ashes Cricket 2009 to reclaim top spot in the UK games chart for the week ending 23 August.
Codemasters' cricketing title had enjoyed two weeks on top with the nation gripped by Ashes fever, but after holding a watching brief at two for a fortnight, Sports Resort has dutifully snatched its crown back.
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Modern Warfare 2 to be
Posted by maximus on Sunday, June 21 @ 11:59:14 BST (381 reads)
Activision Blizzard has briefed its advertising agency TBWA to make the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 the "biggest entertainment launch of all time".
The publisher wants the Infinity Ward-developed title to eclipse previous records set by games such as Grand Theft Auto IV, which sold 3.6 million units on its first day with a retail value of USD 310 million.
"We believe the idea that TBWA presented to us delivers on that goal," said Brad Jakeman, chief creative officer of Activision, speaking to Ad Age.
"What we liked most about the TBWA campaign is that it's an idea that's big enough to be articulated in lots of different kind of media. That is always the acid test for a great idea."
While the campaign is currently under wraps, it's expected to incorporate TV, print, outdoor, social and online media.
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China's MMO market to hit $5.5b by 2012
Posted by maximus on Sunday, April 12 @ 19:04:49 BST (433 reads)
China's online games market will exceed USD 5.5 billion by 2012, according to Pearl Research, which estimated that the market grew more than 63 per cent to USD 2.8 billion in 2008.
The study, entitled "Games Market in China", reported that six online game operators, including Tencent, Changyou, The9, Netease, Shanda and Giant each brought in more than USD 200 million in revenue last year.
"Trends to track in 2009 include the growth of social networking sites in China, with over 55 million users, and their cross-pollination with games," commented Allison Luong, MD of Pearl Research.
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A gaming world without consoles?
Posted by maximus on Wednesday, March 25 @ 06:30:41 GMT (379 reads)
A new online video game distribution network hopes to revolutionise the way people play games and re-write the economics of the industry.
OnLive, to be launched at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, aims to let players stream on-demand games at the highest quality level.
The service could signal the end for Playstation, Xbox, and the Wii.
"OnLive is the most powerful game system in the world," said company founder Steve Perlman
"No high-end hardware, no upgrades, no endless downloads, no discs, no recalls, no obsolescence. With OnLive, your video game experience is always state-of-the-art," he declared.
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UK leads global videogames market growth
Posted by maximus on Monday, February 02 @ 12:46:19 GMT (534 reads)
Information released by the big three videogame market information providers, The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track and Enterbrain, has shown that the UK led market growth on a global basis in 2008.
The country saw a 26 per cent increase in sales over 2007, compared to 15 per cent in the United States and a 13 per cent decline in Japan, meaning that it's now overtaken Japan to become the second largest videogames market in the world.
Combined growth across the three biggest markets in the world averaged out at 11 per cent, with 409.9 million units of software sold compared to 367.7 million the previous year.
Console software in the UK rocketed by 38 per cent, with portable software jumping 6 per cent, while in the US the numbers were more modest at 22 per cent and 2 per cent respectively.
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Take-Two frustrated by second hand sales
Posted by maximus on Thursday, January 29 @ 17:55:18 GMT (365 reads)
Take-Two has said that it is frustrated by the sale of second hand product through specialist chains such as GameStop.
The company is increasingly looking to online solutions to combat the loss of sales due to pre-owned goods, with the forthcoming release of Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and the Damned an example of breathing life back into an older game.
"GameStop continues to aggressively push their used game business, which is having a meaningful negative impact on sales of new games," noted analyst Doug Creutz, following a meeting with Take-Two CEO Ben Feder this week.
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Grumman F6F Hellcat For Flight Sim X
Posted by maximus on Friday, January 02 @ 07:14:05 GMT (425 reads)
A new UK based producer of addons for Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X has launched the first of a range of WWII aircraft to flight simmers through their website. Real Flight’s debut product is a replica of the Grumman F6F Hellcat, the acclaimed carrier based fighter that joined the war in February 1943. Development of the FSX Hellcat has been ongoing by Project Manager Dean Greasley who launched Real Flight in June 2008, and his small team to complete.
Attention to detail has been the key to already gaining positive feedback from forums across the flight sim community. Built only for FSX including SP1, SP2 and Acceleration (no planned version for FS9), the Hellcat has a highly detailed virtual cockpit complete with 3d gauges and authentic textures, as well as switches to arm and use both bombs and rockets, as well as the working drop tank.
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Videogames now
Posted by maximus on Friday, January 02 @ 06:36:39 GMT (448 reads)
The music market in the US has contracted by 2 per cent on plummeting CD sales, according to data from NPD - although entertainment media rival videogames is helping the music industry by providing new platforms for artists to promote their tracks.
Estimates point to CD sales falling by around 19 per cent in the third quarter of 2008 in North America, with continued threats from peer-to-peer networks, but according to NPD music-based videogames have now become "important" to the music industry.
"Year-to-date through November, the music and dance genre was the best-selling genre in video games, representing 16 percent of total software sales for the year," said the company's videogames analyst Anita Frazier.
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Retailers slash new release prices
Posted by maximus on Tuesday, December 02 @ 06:50:22 GMT (404 reads)
Online and High Street retailers are slashing the prices on high profile new releases in the run up to Christmas
Play.com is currently offering THQs Saints Row 2, Take-Two's BioShock for PlayStation 3, Ubisoft's Shaun White Snowboarding and Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV all for GBP 17.99, along with a number of other discounts.
High Street chain Gamestation is selling Microsoft's Fable II for GBP 19.99, with the promotion backed by a high profile TV campaign.
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Grand Theft Auto IV DLC due February 17
Posted by maximus on Monday, December 01 @ 08:03:21 GMT (371 reads)
Rockstar has finally confirmed that the exclusive downloadable content for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be available from February 17, 2009.
The content will be a new episode for players, entitled The Lost and the Damned, according to USA Today.
Microsoft has made considerable noise about its exclusive deal with Rockstar and publisher Take-Two, with the content originally due for release this year.
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PS4 and Xbox '720' to arrive in 2011-2, estimates Crytek
Posted by maximus on Saturday, September 06 @ 22:39:49 BST (554 reads)
At a keynote session during this year's GC Developer Conference, taking place in Leipzig, Germany, Crytek president and CEO Cevat Yerli revealed his belief that the new next generation of consoles from Microsoft and Sony will hit the market in 3-4 years' time.
"The PlayStation 4 and Xbox '720' will arrive in 2011 or 2012, we think," said Yerli. "But this is just our estimate - we don't know, and even if Microsoft and Sony told us, I couldn't say because it would be under NDA.
"But we think in three to four years' time, although there are good reasons why it should be 2010 already...but we'll see."
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Epic: Gears of War 2 not coming to PC
Posted by maximus on Friday, September 05 @ 07:31:21 BST (362 reads)
Epic's Cliff Bleszinski has revealed that Gears of War 2 will not see a release on the PC, therefore remaining an Xbox 360 exclusive - unlike its predecessor.
Speaking to IGN, Bleszinski explained that the title was "first and foremost" for the Xbox 360 and that a PC version of the title was not planned.
"Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around," he explained.
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Australian game sales reach AUD 1.57 billion
Posted by maximus on Friday, July 11 @ 08:37:02 BST (471 reads)
Australia's videogame industry has recorded sales of AUD 1.57 billion (EUR 955m/ GBP 762m) for the last financial year, according to figures compiled by research firm GfK.
Sales of games software were up 55 per cent, while consoles titles improved 74 per cent. Combined sales for all games software, hardware and peripherals were up 52.9 per cent on last year.
"With sales of video and computer games increasing over 50 per cent over the last financial year, it is clear that interactive entertainment is now firmly entrenched as a mainstream activity," commented Ron Curry, CEO of the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia.
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Funcom apologises for Age of Conan breast reduction
Posted by maximus on Wednesday, June 04 @ 09:21:36 BST (532 reads)
A recent patch to Funcom's Age of Conan game resulted in the involuntary reduction in size of character model assets - specifically, the breast size of female characters.
Funcom has responded to complaints from forum users.
"Funcom can confirm that some of the female models in the game have had the size of their breasts changed. This is due to an unintended change in data that was introduced in an earlier patch - data which controls the so-called morph values associated with character models and the size of their respective body parts," the company said in a statement.
"We are working on a fix for this and your breasts should be back to normal soon."
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