Huge news PC gamers. While Nvidia has not commented yet on supporting Mantle, it appears that both DirectX and OpenGL will be catching up with AMD’s API. According to some slideshows from this year’s GDC, both DirectX and OpenGL will start offering low-level access in order to reduce draw overhead. This obviously translates to performance gains on older CPUs, something that will definitely excite PC gamers. Continue reading DirectX & OpenGL catching up with Mantle, will offer low-level access to reduce draw overhead
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PS4 & Xbox One Emulators May Arrive Sooner Than Expected
Ah, the beautiful – yet awkward – world of emulation. Thanks to them a lot of players can enjoy classic 16bit titles. Thanks to them, all PSX titles have been enhanced with better visuals and framerates. Thanks to them, more people were able to enjoy a variety of games that were not available on their platform. And thanks to them PC gamers may get their hands on PS4 and Xbox One games in the near future. Continue reading PS4 & Xbox One Emulators May Arrive Sooner Than Expected
New Video For Windows 8 Exclusive Title, Project Spark
Microsoft has released a new video for Project Spark; a title that will be exclusive to Windows 8 and aims to let gamers create whatever they want to and share their creations with others. Project Spark is described as a powerful, yet simple way to build and play your own worlds, stories, and games. Players will be able to share all of their creations to a dynamic community, and play what the community makes. Basically, think of Project Spark as a bigger version of Little Big Planet. Now if only that game wasn’t exclusive to Windows 8… but then again, Microsoft needs to somehow hype its latest OS with some exclusives, right? Time for that Halo 3 Windows 8 exclusive title then. Anyway, enjoy the video after the jump and feel free to sign-up for its beta phase. Kudos to PCGamer for spotting it! Continue reading New Video For Windows 8 Exclusive Title, Project Spark
Microsoft Singapore Releases A Short Anime Film Dedicated To All Anime Fans
What a pleasant surprise. Our reader ‘El Pato’ has informed us about a new anime short film, created by no other than Microsoft Singapore. This short is dedicated to all anime fans worldwide in celebration of Anime Festival Asia (AFA) 2013. This is definitely something we did not expect from Microsoft, so kudos to them for embracing the anime community. Enjoy! Continue reading Microsoft Singapore Releases A Short Anime Film Dedicated To All Anime Fans
Microsoft Details Direct3D 11 Improvements For Windows
A couple of hours ago, we informed you about Mantle being exclusive to the PC. As Microsoft revealed on its blog, Mantle is not present on Xbox One. Not only that, but Microsoft has also detailed some new features that are being implemented in Direct3D 11 for Windows (kudos to our reader ‘Sid Spyker’ for spotting what passed under our radar). Continue reading Microsoft Details Direct3D 11 Improvements For Windows
AMD Explains Why Mantle Is Exclusive To PC & Not Present On Xbox One
A couple of hours ago, Microsoft revealed that Xbox One only supports DX 11.x as its API. Contrary to rumors, Xbox One does not support Mantle (or any other API like OpenGL). A lot of gamers got confused by all of this, which is why AMD decided to step in and explain things. Continue reading AMD Explains Why Mantle Is Exclusive To PC & Not Present On Xbox One
AMD clarifies: Mantle is not AMD’s CUDA, Microsoft was well aware of its existence
Another day, another Mantle article. A couple of days ago, French website Hardware interviewed AMD’s Raja Koduri who shared some interesting information about the red team’s upcoming API. According to Raja, Microsoft was well aware of the existence of Mantle. Not only that, but AMD will continue working with Microsoft on all the latest versions of DirectX, just like they’ve been doing this whole time. Continue reading AMD clarifies: Mantle is not AMD’s CUDA, Microsoft was well aware of its existence
