game development

  1. Windows 7 Syndicate Sequel in the works???

    Christmas just came early for me... I was just only saying they should update this for the modern generation, last week. SOURCE : HEXUS.NET Evidence that Starbreeze and Electronic Arts are working together on a new Syndicate game has come to light. Electronic Arts has filed a number of...
  2. VIDEO Steam is releasing Alien Swarm for free

    Steam is releasing Alien Swarm for free By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 19, 2010 - 8:31 PM Today Steam is releasing Alien Swarm, which will cost you nothing. Two years ago, Valve hired a group of modders behind the popular Unreal Tournament 2004 co-op mod called Alien Swarm as ggmania...
  3. VIDEO Beyond Black Mesa

    Check out this trailer for Beyond Black Mesa shows off some of the hard work that a bunch of young Half-Life fans have put their blood and sweat into over the past 2 years:
  4. Windows 7 Nvidia purposefully hobbles PhysX on the CPU

    Charlie is at it again: NVIDIA JUST HAD one of their most sleazy marketing tactics exposed, that PhysX is faster on a GPU than a CPU. As David Kanter at Real World Tech proves, the only reason that PhysX is faster on a GPU is because Nvidia purposely hobbles it on the CPU. If they didn't, PhysX...
  5. Windows 7 Game Updates and Patches

    This thread is for any game updates released and hopefully is a 'one stop shop for game updates'. Obviously we can't cover every game in existence but if we have missed something then please feel free to post the update here.
  6. Windows 7 OpenGL 3 & DirectX 11: The War Is Over

    OpenGL 3 & DirectX 11: The War Is Over Introduction 3DLabs And The Evolution Of OpenGL A Need For Change The Revelation Direct3D 11 Multi-Threaded Rendering Tessellation Compute Shader And Texture Compression Shader Model 5 Conclusion
  7. Dukes making headlines again..

    George Broussard, the president of 3D Realms, has set up his Formspring account to let fans grill him on any number of topics. There are also a number of questions concerning the Duke Nukem franchise although when ask if we will ever get to see Duke Nukem Forever, Broussard states, 'Magic 8-Ball...
  8. Windows 7 EA To Charge For Game Demos

    Well this will get them a lot of love. Gamasutra reports that Electronic ArtsLink Removed aims to monetize game demos. According to industry analyst Michael Patcher after an EA investor visit, the publisher will start selling 'premium downloadable content' prior to a game's release for $10-$15...
  9. Windows 7 Dead Space2 on the PC?

    It seems that despite earlier reports that Dead Space 2 was unlikely to arrive on the PC platform, sources are now telling us that despite the fact that the PC SKU has yet to be officially announced, there is at least a strong likelihood that Electronic Arts will announce and release a PC...
  10. Windows 7 The Great Open Source Vs. Closed Source Debate

    It's clear that there are people here that have input on this topic, so rather than derail other topics any further, I thought it would be appropriate to start a thread just for this. I'll make the first post in a pro and con format, feel free to coment no matter what side you take. Windows...
  11. VIDEO DirectX 10 vs Directx 10.1

    DirectX 10 vs Directx 10.1 Link Removed - Invalid URL DirectX 10.1: - improved access to shader resources - In particular, this involves better control when reading back samples from multi-sample anti-aliasing. In conjunction with this, the ability to create customised downsampling...
  12. Windows Vista Sims 3 Developer Game Tour

    This is a very sophisticated software program. You can make your "Sim" resemble anyone you want. They can do complex things, it's shocking.......Link Removed
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    Windows 7 DirectX 11

    Hi there, whats your opinion on DirectX 11? I just ran dxdiag and just found a few info tabs, no test buttons ... has someone already done benchmarks with it?