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→
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→
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→
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→
In case you did not get the memo with our earlier article about Batman: Arkham Origins’ DRM, GFWL is going down. And a couple of hours ago, Microsoft itself revealed that the service will be discontinued on July 1st, 2014. This information was shared on Age of Empires Online support page, however Microsoft was quick to react and re-edited that page. However, Reddit’s user ‘recawn’ has been able to capture the previous page that contained Microsoft’s message about GFWL. Continue reading Games For Windows Live Service To Be Discontinued On July 1st, 2014→
The GDC Europe 2013 organizers have rounded up several notable vendor sessions, including new talks from Microsoft on its ‘Commitment to Indie Success’ and cross-platform talks, Google’s Dev Day, Blackberry 10 porting and gaming strategy tips, and App Annie’s mobile analytics talk.
Havok announced today that Microsoft and 343 Industries have integrated Havok’s AI technology into Halo: Spartan Assault on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8. The new top down shooter is set in the intense and dangerous Halo universe and provides an advanced gameplay experience with accessible controls for the ideal pick-up-and-play mobile title. Halo: Spartan Assault is available for $6.99 at the Windows Phone 8 app store. Continue reading Halo: Spartan Assault Is Powered By Havok’s AI Technology→
Well, we all saw that coming. In an attempt to promote its latest OS, Microsoft has officially revealed the new version of its DX API. And as you may have guessed, it is coming exclusively on Windows 8.1 and Xbox One. DirectX 11.2 was presented at its Build Conference, and you can find the keynotes video below. Perhaps the best feature of DX11.2, Tiled Resources, is demoed at around the first one hour mark. With Tiled Resources, Direct3D 11.2 introduces support for hardware virtual resources, allowing the creation of massive textures using minimal memory, and permitting improved bandwidth efficiency. Let’s see now how PC gamers and developers will respond to Microsoft’s move, and whether the former will be forced to upgrade their systems – yet again – for this DX exclusivity! Continue reading DirectX 11.2 Revealed – Available Only On Windows 8.1 & Xbox One [UPDATE]→
Well, you all saw that coming, right? As we said a year ago, a number of PS3 and X360 games were actually running on PCs and not on those consoles. Hell, even Watch Dogs was running on a PC during Sony’s PS4 event. And here we are today with some images, showcasing PC setups running Xbox One games during this year’s E3. What a shock! Continue reading PCs Equipped With Nvidia Cards Spotted Running Xbox One Games At E3 2013→
