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The announcement that Killzone Shadow Fall hit 290GB in uncompressed data before the development team started optimizing the game for a smaller target raises the question of whether or not the 500GB storage capacities for the next-gen PS4 and Xbox One are going to be large enough — and, more importantly, which console offers the better options for the end user? ...

Sony has promised a number of outstanding features for its new game console, but today we learned of a substantial catch for early adopters. While features like Remote Play, game broadcast, and play-as-you-download are still slated for the PS4′s launch, they will not ship on the first production run. Instead, you’ll need to download a 300MB patch on launch day ...

With the recent release of Pokémon X and Y instantly becoming the fastest selling installment in the venerable franchise, outsiders may be looking in wondering why a “children’s game” has become so popular with every demographic of gamer. The answer, quite simply, is because of the series’ merciless, brutal grind. Why, though, is a universally hated mechanic so appealing when ...

We’re less than a month away from the launch of the Xbox One, so it’s no surprise that we’re starting to see a lot more information slip out. We’ve already seen a complete unboxing of the day one edition, but now some sweet details from the Xbox One’s manual have made their way to the internet at large. Based on ...

For the past 18 months, AMD has been playing a defensive game in the GPU market. The Radeon HD 7970, which launched nearly two years ago, was initially met with strong reviews, but the card’s $ 549 price tag raised eyebrows. Then, Nvidia delivered the first 600-series cards based on the GK104 GPU. Suddenly, it was AMD with the hotter, ...

The DualShock 4 and Xbox One gamepad have seen a largely positive response from the gaming industry. The issues from the previous generation have been fixed, and it seems we’ve reached the pinnacle of traditional console-style controllers. It wasn’t an easy task, though. Controllers have been evolving over the last thirty-some years, and these latest models required substantial engineering prowess ...

Nvidia has demonstrated a new display refresh technology that’s meant to move v-sync (vertical synchronization) out of the stone age and create a solution better suited to the needs of modern displays. In doing so, it’s exposed a fundamental problem of technology — oftentimes, our standards aren’t based on any sort of objective evaluation of what’s “good,” but simply built ...

Ever since Valve announced its three-tier approach to bringing PC gaming to the living room — Steam OS, the Steam Machine, and the Steam Controller — people have been divided on whether or not it’s a sound idea. John Carmack, a man who changed the face of PC gaming at Id Software, thinks the Steam Machine’s odds of succeeding are ...

Early on, Sony made it clear that users would have physical access to the 500GB hard drive in the PS4, but the exact details surrounding the process were slim. Now, we have a hands-on confirmation that anyone with the will and a screwdriver can replace the drive inside of Sony’s next console. Too bad a 500GB SSD will cost just ...

The next-gen consoles are using x86 processors, the Xbox One is built on the Windows kernel, and most of what makes up online multiplayer is being handled server-side these days. Fundamentally, there isn’t much of a difference between console and PC infrastructure now, but most games still can’t connect players across different platforms. Why is that? Why hasn’t Microsoft exploited ...