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September 24th, 2015, 22:18 Posted By: wraggster
Epic Games, the studio behind Gears of War, unveiled its brand new virtual reality game, Bullet Train, during the Oculus Connect 2 conference today. Bullet Train is an Oculus Touch experience, meaning players use two motion-sensing controllers to pick up weapons, shoot and interact with the environment. Plus,Bullet Train features bullet time and teleportation, and it's developed in Unreal Engine 4. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney presented Bullet Train to the world today, and he's been a longtime champion of virtual reality. In February, he told Engadget that VR was "going to change the world."
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/24/e...-bullet-train/
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September 23rd, 2015, 22:34 Posted By: wraggster
On the scale of awesomeness, writing an operating system ranks near the top for software hackers and ranks just below writing a whole new language. [Lukas F. Hartmann] is reaching for the epic status with the Raspberry Pi operating system dubbed Interim. In an interesting mixture of old and new, it’s written in LISP!
LISP (LISt Processing) is the second oldest high-level programming language that received wide-spread usage. The only one older is FORTRAN (FORMula TRANslation), and that is just by one year. LISP is generally associated with artificial intelligence research but it also surfaced as a utilitarian scripting language in various applications like AutoCad. You may have also heard of a more recent dialect, Clojure, which has been receiving a lot of attention.
 The source code, an image for the Pi 2, and directions for making it all work are available. [Lukas] also describes how to get a new OS up and running on a Pi.
[Lukas] isn’t the first to create this type of system. Back in the ’70s MIT worked on a Lisp machine that led to commercially available systems. If you have anold Apple IIe around you can make it into a Lisp Machine. You can also find LISP in the Internet of Things. And then there is [kremlint] who actuallyscored an original LISP Machine. We’ll have to keep an eye on his progress in restoring it to working condition.
Thanks for the tip, [krs013].
http://hackaday.com/2015/09/23/old-l...spberry-pi-os/
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September 23rd, 2015, 22:23 Posted By: wraggster
Sales of the current generation of consoles will fall ever so slightly short of previous generation of machines.
That’s according to Michael Pachter who Games Industryreports told a DICE Europe audience that he believes PS4 will sell between 120m and 130m units in its lifetimes. Xbox One, meanwhile, is expected to reach between 100m and 110m. He reckons Wii U will reach just 20m units.
As of July Wii U had sold 10m units in the two and half years since launch. PS4’s July figure stood at 25.3m while the Xbox One’s last update, from way back in November 2014, was just 10m.
If Pachter’s predictions are correct, that would mean total current generation hardware sales of 260m – just shy of the previous generation’s 270m.
Said the analyst: "The console installed base is as big as it's ever going to get. [This] generation is not going to be bigger than the last generation. We're going to be about the same.”
Pachter also went on to make some slightly woollier predictions about the demise of the console, arguing that the actual need to own console hardware will itself be eroded – leading to potentially huge motion growth.
"You're going to have a CPU/GPU in your house that is connected to your television," he said, references devices such as the Amazon Fire TV or Apple TV. "What happens when you lower the entry so nobody has to buy a console?
"If Activision sells 20m copies of Call of Duty to people with a console, how many people would buy it who don't have a console? I'm guessing 20m more. To make it easier for the Europeans in the room, how many more people would play FIFA if a console wasn't required? Another 20m.
"There's plenty of 30 or 40-somethings who would like to play FIFA or Call of Duty, but they can't. They're not going to buy a console for one game, and I'd say that's true of every single [console] game made. There's a market of probably several million people who would never buy a console to play the game, but would absolutely buy the game.
"How many people would play Grand Theft Auto if you didn't need a console? 100m. It's crazy numbers. This just makes so much sense. It is going to happen."
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/analy...-sales/0156296
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September 23rd, 2015, 22:11 Posted By: wraggster
Virtual reality headsets can trick our eyes and ears into believing we're someplace else. Fooling the rest of the body is a little trickier though. Companies have tried spinning chairs and omnidirectional treadmills, but nothing comes close to the "Cable Robot Simulator" developed at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. The player wears a wireless VR headset inside a carbon fibre cage, which is then suspended in mid-air and thrown around the room using eight steel cables. The exposed pod is able to tilt, bank and move with an acceleration of up to 1.5g in response to the VR experience. Researchers have shown off some basic flight and racing simulations, but we're already imagining how it could be used in our favorite video games. A dogfight in Star Wars: Battlefront? Tearing around corners in F-Zero GX? The possibilities are endless. It's still very much a prototype, and hardly suitable for home use, but we're desperate to have a go ourselves.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/23/v...bot-simulator/
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September 23rd, 2015, 22:08 Posted By: wraggster
You may have fond memories of playing games on the family TV as a kid, but the next generation might not feel the same way. The NPD Group haspublished a report showing that more 2- to 17-year-olds in the US are playing games on phones and tablets (63 percent) than on consoles (60 percent). That may not sound like a big gap, but it was only two years ago that consoles captured 67 percent of young eyeballs. They're playing more often on those mobile devices, too, at an average 6 hours per week. And sorry, PC gamers, your platform of choice isn't as popular as it once was. Computer gaming has fallen from a heady 67 percent adoption back in 2013 to 45 percent today.
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September 22nd, 2015, 22:43 Posted By: wraggster
If you've been searching for a non-DIY Bitcoin mining machine, there's now a device that could meet all your needs. Announced earlier today, the 21 Bitcoin Computer is a pocketable, Raspberry Pi-powered tool with native hardware and software support for the open-source, peer-to-peer money protocol. 21.co, the startup behind the new product, says you can use it to seamlessly buy or sell digital goods and services from a custom command line interface. What's more, thanks to a built-in payments system, you can also set up the Bitcoin Computer to sell your own API calls (like language-to-language translations) and even create a personal store for virtual items.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/22/21-bitcoin-computer/
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September 21st, 2015, 21:08 Posted By: wraggster
The first boxed expansion for Activision’s Destiny debuts at No.1 in the UK, according to data from GfK Chart-Track.
This is the publisher’s first time at the top spot since Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in Week Six of this year.
The PlayStation 4 SKU took the lion’s share of sales, claiming 57 per cent of all boxed software for the game – unsurprising given PlayStation’s partnership with Activision for the online shooter.
Meanwhile the Xbox One SKU claimed 34 per cent, the 360 version took seven per cent and the PS3 edition made up two per cent.
But The Taken King’s boxed sales represent a mere 16 per cent of Destiny’s initial Week One sales. Destiny shot to No.1 when it hit shelves last September, and became the biggest selling new IP.
Of course, given that a huge number of people bought a boxed edition of Activision’s online shooter, it’s possible they will have bought The Taken King digitally – meaning that digital sales for the expansion could be considerably bigger.
There are new games in second and third place, too. Forza Motorsport 6 debuts at No.2, while Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 starts life in the charts at No.3.
Last week’s No.1, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, falls to fourth place with a 54 per cent decline in sales, while previous fourth place holder Mad Max drops to No.5 as sales dip 45 per cent.
Below is the UK software Top Ten for the week ending September 19th:
1. Destiny: The Taken King, Activision
2. Forza Motorsport 6, Microsoft
3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2016, Konami
4. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Konami
5. Mad Max, Warner Bros
6. Super Mario Maker, Nintendo
7. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
8. Disney Infinity 3.0, Disney
9. Rugby League Live 3, Alternative Software
10. LEGO Jurassic World, Warner Bros
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/desti...the-uk/0156160
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September 21st, 2015, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster
Prepare to re-live the glory days of grabbing a gaming bargain from a man wearing a bum bag and an apron.
Replay Events, Showmasters and Dark Cleo Productions have announced The London Gaming Market, which will take place at the Royal National Hotel in Russell Square in London on November 15th. Three other dates have also been confirmed – March 6th, July 3rd and November 6th 2016.
There’s an entry price, however - £5 between 11am-12pm and £2 thereafter. Kids under 14 with an adult enter for free.
“The London Gaming Market is THE place to buy retro video-games, board games and merchandise all in one place,” the organisers said. “The London Gaming Market is the first event of its kind held in the heart of London.
“Our traders are bringing fantastic selections to London Gaming Market, from current releases to classic memorabilia. With thousands of collectables and rare merchandise to browse, our specialist vendors are sure to have something for every collection. Looking for that specific item? Why not take advantage of our early entry ticket, to ensure you get that much sought after piece.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/londo...vember/0156164
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September 20th, 2015, 22:11 Posted By: wraggster
Virtual reality headset shipments will reach 30 million by 2020, a new report claims.
Juniper Research believes next year will see just over three million VR headsets sold. Hardware revenue from HMD sales is expected to exceed $4 billion by 2020.
The biggest market for VR is expected to be North America, which it claims will take up nearly half of all shipments. Other popular markets include the Far East and Asia, which takes up the second largest share, and Western Europe.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/30-mi...imates/0156107
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September 20th, 2015, 22:11 Posted By: wraggster
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House has said that PlayStation VR “will be priced as a new gaming platform” when it launches next year.
If the PS4 is any indication, that could mean that the virtual reality headset – which was formerly known as Project Morpheus – will cost around £350. House gave the statement to Bloomberg.
Alternatively, in 2011 the PlayStation Vita launched in both £229.99 (Wi-Fi) and £279.99 (3G) flavours. PS3 cost £425 at launch and the PSP £179. Back in the year 2000 PS2 arrived at £300.
House also said that he expects ten titles to be ready for PlayStation VR’s launch, which remains on track for the first half of 2016.
“VR rewrites the rule book on how you can create games,” House added. “You’re seeing a large amount of interest and work happening among smaller teams, because it’s possible to create something in VR that is very simple but still very magical.”
The exec declined to answer questions about a possible Western price cut for PS4 following news of RRP reduction in both Japan and China.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/plays...launch/0156110
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September 19th, 2015, 23:17 Posted By: wraggster
The second-generation Chromecast will come with quite a list of new features and won't even look the same anymore, according to 9to5google. The website has published what it says are a couple of internal images, and as you can see below, the streaming stick might take on a balloon-like appearance (in three different colors!) in its next iteration. 9to5google also found that the next Chromecast might have better WiFi connection, which could mean that it supports the 802.11ac band. Another possible upcoming feature called "Fast Play" will apparently enable the device to connect more quickly to a TV, since the current version sometimes takes a while to establish a stable link.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/18/s...st-9to5google/
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September 17th, 2015, 21:08 Posted By: wraggster
The largest American High Street games retailer will now only sell console bundles that include physical copies of games.
It is common nowadays for hardware bundles to include download codes instead of physical games. However, Giant Bomb reports that the retailer in a recent conference call outlined its new physical bundle policy, confirming that it had "worked with Sony, Microsoft, and EA" to ensure its hardware bundles conformed to the new policy.
COO Tony Bartel even went as far as to warn to should platform holders continue to include digital games in their bundles, GameStop would shift to offering “third party physical bundles” instead of the official SKUs.
Why is GameStop doing this? It hasn’t said, but many speculate it’s because consumers can trade-in used physical copies of games, and that the proliferation of digital software is stifling the supply of lucrative physical pre-owned stock.
It could also be that it is responding to consumer demand. Many internet connections still make the downloading of a 20, 30 or 40GB file a really time-consuming chore. Having a physical disc allows buyers to get stuck into the action faster.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/games...-codes/0156000
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September 17th, 2015, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster
Major games this Christmas could launch with crippling bugs, just like in 2014.
That’s the warning from leading games testing firms, who insist too many publishers have not learnt their lessons from Q4 last year, which saw a number of titles arriving with game-breaking issues, such as Halo: The Master Chief Collection, DriveClub and Assassin’s Creed Unity.
“The run up to this Christmas will be no different to the last one,” Pole to Win localisation director Chris Rowley warned.
“Console games are expensive to develop, so missing a street date is not an acceptable situation to a publisher. Day One patches have become the norm over the last few years to try and address this, but the reality is that it often takes several patches where a title is significantly behind schedule.”
Babel’s functionality QA director Mathieu Lachance added: “We’ll see many games launching with large errors and bugs. It’s impossible to release a flawless game.
“In some cases, delaying a game can have a more devastating impact on the game and studios themselves than what quality concerns could have. It then becomes a balance between quality expectations and financial risk.”
Universally Speaking QA manager James Cubitt says that there has been some improvement from game creators, but it’s still not enough.
“It is getting better, but far from solved,” he told MCV. “People need to stop seeing delays as a bad thing, both companies and the user base. The number of companies that just squeeze QA testing into the remaining period, without sufficient time to then fix the issues and re-test, is hurting their own titles in the long run.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/publi...esters/0156002
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September 17th, 2015, 21:05 Posted By: wraggster
Consumers who pre-order spend twice as much on games as the average player.
Research firm Kantar Worldpanel says that consumers who pre-order spend – on average – £235 on games a year.
The statistic acts as a warning to publishers following recent consumer dissatisfaction over pre-order issues. These have included games not working as intended, overly complex pre-order programmes, stock of Splatoon being stolen from a truck, with no replacements made available.
Warner Bros cancelling its Batman Arkham Knight: Batmobile Edition, and widespread errors around pre-ordered copies of Metal Gear Solid V and Super Mario Maker by GAME.
“It is critical that retailers make the pre-ordering experience a positive one for consumers, particularly given how valuable these consumers are,” Fiona Keenan, Kantar’s UK strategic insight director, told MCV.
“In the last year they spent £235 on games, more than double that of the average games consumer – clearly any negative experiences should be avoided at all cost.”
However, she adds, “whilst the recent pre-ordering issues we’ve seen in the market may deter consumers from pre-ordering in the future, it’s highly unlikely that they’ll deter consumers from actually buying games.”
Pre-orders are currently a £145m business. The vast majority of pre-orders (65 per cent) take place online, said Kantar.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/pre-o...dustry/0156005
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September 17th, 2015, 21:04 Posted By: wraggster
Sales of physical games in the UK generated just £22.5m last month, the lowest figure for an August since the mid-1990s.
It is the 14th worst month in UK games industry history – 12 of which took place during 1996 and 1997. The only month in recent memory to reach lower than £22m was July 2013.
This is GfK Chart-Track figures, which does not factor in digital sales of games due to the industry’s reluctance to share data around download games. Therefore this number does not include the sales of games such as Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, Volume, Beyond Eyes, Her Story and Rocket League.
Three of those games were made in Britain, and it was actually a strong month for UK-made games overall. There were six boxed British games in the Chart-Track Top Ten, LEGO Jurassic World (No.1), Batman: Arkham Knight (No.2), Grand Theft Auto V (No.3), Rare Replay (No.5), Minecraft: Xbox Edition (No.9) and F1 2015 (No.10).
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/worst...ailers/0156007
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September 16th, 2015, 22:11 Posted By: wraggster
Last night saw the long-awaited airing of the BBC’s controversial dramatization of Rockstar’s creation of Grand Theft Auto, The Gamechangers.
At least, that is what we thought it would be about. In reality the 90-minute show didn’t seem to tell any particular story. The events depicted the period between the releases of GTA Vice City and San Andreas. Sam Houser, played by Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, is shown as wanting to push the possibilities of the series, developing Vice City’s bite-sized cultural snapshot into the a fully-blown 3D world.
Houser’s desire to accurately depict sex in the game and the subsequent ‘Hot Coffee’ scandal formed the thrust of the narrative tension, although if any character provided the anchor to the events it was, bizarrely, disbarred lawyer Jack Thompson. His moral tirade against GTA, while at times presented as unhinged, also leant Thompson a depth of character not afforded to any others.
Ultimately he was the only figure the viewer was encouraged to sympathise with, at times leading to the feeling that if the BBC hoped to achieve anything it was to raise concern about video game violence.
None of which is to say that video game violence isn’t a subject that should be explored. Of course it is, and indeed, the most striking sequence of the film – Devin Moore’s murder of three – was designed explicitly to bring that subject into sharp contrast.
But in a film ostensibly pitched as part of the BBC’s Make It Digital education campaign, why this was chosen as the focus over GTA’s actual development is a mystery. In fact, the act of development itself was barely acknowledged, and when it was the details were more often than not farcical. At one point Houser asks for a new, in-house game engine – in the next scene he has one.
There’s also the issue of factual inaccuracies, which were of course inevitable but clearly proved a point of contention both for Rockstar and some of the individuals involved in the game’s development. Rockstar itself even challenged the BBC on Twitter, labelling the show as “random, made up bollocks”:
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/rocks...-b-cks/0155930
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September 16th, 2015, 21:51 Posted By: wraggster
Super Mario Maker has made quite the impression during its first week on sale in Japan.
The Wii U exclusive, which sees players construct their own 2D platforming levels from iconic elements of Nintendo’s flagship franchise, shot to the top of the software rankings, selling over 143,000 units.
Mario’s ascent knocked the latest in fellow iconic Japanese series Metal Gear Solid from the top spot, with The Phantom Pain on PS4 dropping to fourth. The PS3 version of the game sank to sixth.
Metal Gear Solid V sold almost a combined 500,000 units in its first week on sale in the country, with last week’s figures easily pushing the game over the half-a-million mark.
Filling the podium space in MGS5’s stead were new entry Monster Hunter Nikki: PokaPoka Felyne Village DX, a spin-off of Capcom’s highly popular multiplayer franchise, and RPG sequel Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, which remained in third place despite sales halving.
No other new entries made the Top Ten last week, with the charts largely maintaining its order from the previous week, excepting the disappearance of Mario Kart 8 and IS <Infinite Stratos> 2: Love and Purge.
Meanwhile, over in the hardware rankings, Wii U was spurred to the top of the heap by Super Mario Maker, sales more than doubling week-on-week.
It was followed by the New Nintendo 3DS XL and the former week’s star hardware, the PS4. The sales of the latter platform fell by more than 35,000 as MGS5’s magic began to wear off.
Here is the software Top Ten for the week ending September 13th:
- Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) Wii U – 143,514 (New)
- Monster Hunter Nikki: PokaPoka Felyne Village DX (Capcom) 3DS – 52,272 (New)
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) 3DS – 45,954
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami) PS4 – 36,765
- Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan / Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS – 31,399
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami) PS3 – 31,112
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo) 3DS – 17,924
- Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 14,676
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony) Vita – 6,655
- Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) 3DS – 6,397
And here are the hardware rankings:
- Wii U – 20,564
- New Nintendo 3DS XL – 19,418
- PS4 – 18,354
- PS Vita – 8,631
- New Nintendo 3DS – 3,299
- PS3 – 2,083
- Nintendo 3DS – 1,181
- Nintendo 3DS XL – 826
- PS Vita TV – 309
- Xbox One – 115
- http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/super...charts/0155943
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