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Tenacious bugs, optimization woes continue to delay DayZ
People have been killing zombies in Arma 2 mod DayZ for years, yet the game's long-awaited standalone client remains in development limbo. The culprit? Bugs and code optimization. "We think we need a minimum of 15 [server side] FPS [with] 50 players, 2000 zombies, and 25000 loot items," explained designer Dean Hall in a recent Reddit post. "Our latest tests have all shown some runaway systems ...read more
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Minecraft gets Twitch with new partnership for integrated streaming
Twitch and Mojang have partnered to deliver an integrated streaming experience in indie sensation Minecraft, the companies announced at MineCon today. Players on PC and Mac with a Twitch account will be able to easily stream their games to their Twitch.tv channels "soon," according to a press release. Matthew DiPietro, vice president of marketing at Twitch, said in the same press release that ...read more
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Steam surpasses 65 million users
Valve announced that its Steam platform now has 65 million users, with the last 12 months alone bringing a 30 percent increase in active accounts. Steam reached its current milestone as Valve prepares to launch Steam Machines, an initiative that aims to bring PC gaming to the living room with dedicated hardware, a platform-specific operating system, and a gaming-optimized controller. ...read more
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Command & Conquer cancelled, Victory Games closed
Command & Conquer has been cancelled and EA has closed developer Victory Games. The cancellation comes via a post on the game's site and the studio closure comes from EA in a statement to Game Informer: "This does mean that the Victory Games team will be disbanded. Wherever possible, we are working to help these talented people find other opportunities with EA." The cancellation post says ...read more
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Nether - Is it WarZ 2.0?
I am sure everyone can remember back to a year or so ago when the leading gaming news sites were handing out gleaming reviews to a certain open world zombie game that was slated to wow the open world pvp survival genre, this year also has a huge disappointment in that particular situation. Nether is slated to launch as early access to those who preordered on October 31st. It is worth noting the ...read more
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Call of Duty: Ghosts PC only requires 40GB of space, 6GB of RAM
Call of Duty: Ghosts will only require 40GB of hard drive space on PC, rather than the 50GB an unofficial system requirements list Nvidia released last week. However, the game will still require 6GB of RAM and a 64-bit operating system. Below are the official Minimum System Requirements: OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom™ X3 ...read more
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Apple reveals iPad Air, thinner and faster
Apple today refreshed their iPad lineup with a brand new generation of 9.7" tablet. Sharing the exterior design of the existing iPad mini, just with a larger screen, the device is noticeably thinner and only weighs 1 Pound. The device includes an A7 processor which will power the same retina display that has been present since 'the new iPad', released early last year. It has double the ...read more
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Xbox One will run Windows 8 apps according to website listing – report
Remember that old Xbox One rumour that suggested we might be able to run Windows 8 apps on the console? Well, according to the console’s description on Dell.com, it might actually be true. The Xbox One website listing and description on Dell.com has a part that mentions Windows 8. The descriptor reads, “Consider the game officially changed. With all your favourite Windows 8 apps able to ...read more
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Windows 8.1 available to download now
The promised launch of Windows 8.1 is upon us. Microsoft should be turning on their servers right now to allow PC users worldwide that have Windows 8 installed to download the free update to its latest OS with tons of new features and improvements. You can check out our own assessment of Windows 8.1 in our review that we posted on Wednesday. Some users are also reporting that the "GA Rollup A" ...read more
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Microsoft releases Xbox One countdown and news app for Windows 8
We have been wondering if Microsoft would launch an app for Windows 8 that would help promote the release of the Xbox One, and now that day has come. The company has quietly added what's being called the "Microsoft Store’s Xbox One Countdown app" in the Windows Store. As the app's name implies, it features a countdown clock which ticks off the days, hours, minutes and seconds before the ...read more
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