Xbox One and PS4 "a generation ahead of the highest end PC" – EA CTO
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EA’s chief technology officer Rajat Teneja says that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are a generation ahead of the best PCs on the market.
“Both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have adopted electronics and an integrated systems-on-a -chip (soc) architecture that unleashes magnitudes more compute and graphics power than the current generation of consoles,” wrote Teneja in a post on LinkedIn.
“These architectures are a generation ahead of the highest end PC on the market and their unique design of the hardware, the underlying operating system and the live service layer create one of the most compelling platforms to reimagine game mechanics.
“Our benchmarks on just the video and audio performance are 8-10 times superior to the current gen,” he wrote.
“The compute capabilities of these platforms and the data transfer speeds we can now bank on, essentially removes any notion of rationing of systems resources for our game engines.”
US Square Enix president Mike Fischer has quit
Mike Fischer is no longer president and CEO of Square Enix North America.
As reported by Polygon, Square Enix has confirmed that Fischer quit earlier this month.
He had been in the role since July 2010.
Atari to auction all IP piece by piece
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After failing to find a buyer for its entire back catalogue, Atari will auction its IP piece by piece.
In January Atari filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and since convened with about 180 potential buyers only to receive 15 unsatisfactory bids for its entire catalogue.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Atari will hold auctions over four days in July, and is seeking a minimum of US$22.2 million (NZ$27.4 million) in total.
Dead Island studio announces free-running zombie title Dying Light
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Dead Island studio Techland has announced another zombie title: Dying Light.
The Polish studio said the game was a free-running zombie survival title with a day/night cycle.
Zombies are slow in daylight, but their numbers and strength increase at night.
Need for Speed: Rivals announced by EA
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EA has announced Need for Speed: Rivals, the latest entry in the long-running racing franchise.
Rivals is in development at Ghost Games – EA’s newest studio – in partnership with Burnout and Need for Speed: Most Wanted developer Criterion Games.
The game will run on EA’s Frostbite 3 engine, and capture “the adrenaline and intensity of the street’s ultimate rivalry between cops and racers, in a stunning open road environment”, according to EA.
“Microsoft did not target the highest-end graphics” – Xbox One engineer
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A Microsoft engineer says the company purposefully didn’t aim for the highest possible specs on the Xbox One.
Speaking in a video touting the power of the Xbox One, Microsoft’s silicon development general manager Greg Williams told Engadget that Microsoft's engineers “purposefully did not target the highest-end graphics”.
"We targeted more as a broad entertainment play and did it in an intelligent way," he said.
Battlefield 4 release date announced
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Battlefield 4 will be available from October 31, DICE has announced.
The game is confirmed for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC.
“Powered by the advanced Frostbite 3 engine, Battlefield 4 delivers a genre-defining all-out war experience brought to life with unmatched visual and audio fidelity, superior character animations, and dynamic destruction that ensures no two matches are alike,” said DICE.
The indies react: No self-publishing on Xbox Live hands money to competitors
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Destructoid has gathered a number of developer reactions to the news that Microsoft won’t allow self-publishing on the new Xbox Live.
It's worth noting that Sony, Nintendo, and Valve all allow self-publishing on their respective game distribution platforms.
Brian Provinciano, creator of Retro City Rampage:
Triple-A development "fundamentally broken" – former Trion Worlds GM
The current model of triple-A game development is fundamentally broken, according to former Trion Worlds general manager and CCO Scott Hartsman.
Speaking with Massively, Hartsman made it clear that he was talking about the system rather than companies or individuals.
“I don't know of anyone who's hired with the intent of treating people disposably. No one ever wants that, even the companies frequently perceived as ‘evil’,” he said.
Remedy explains absence of Alan Wake sequel
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Remedy creative director Sam Lake has taken to YouTube to explain why his studio is developing a new IP rather than an Alan Wake sequel.
Yesterday at Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal, Remedy announced a new IP by the name of Quantum Break, but many were hoping for Alan Wake 2.
“After the first game, we worked hard to make the sequel happen,” said Lake.
Friday 24 May
Dead Island studio announces free-running zombie title Dying Light
Thursday 23 May
“Microsoft did not target the highest-end graphics” – Xbox One engineer
The indies react: No self-publishing on Xbox Live hands money to competitors
Triple-A development "fundamentally broken" – former Trion Worlds GM
Overhauled Xbox Live still won't allow indies to self publish
Wednesday 22 May
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