Sony Online Entertainment announced today that EverQuest Next Landmark has transitioned from its Alpha stage into Closed Beta. Coming off a successful Alpha, the team is ready to open Landmark for more players, more discoveries and more creativity. Continue reading EverQuest Next Landmark – Closed Beta Testing Begins Today
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SOE Will Move PlanetSide 2 To 64Bit OSs Only, Hopes To Fix “Out Of Memory” Crashes
Seems like more and more games are abandoning the 32bit operating systems. Following the example of COD: Ghosts and TitanFall, Sony Online Entertainment will be moving Planetside 2 to 64bit systems only. Continue reading SOE Will Move PlanetSide 2 To 64Bit OSs Only, Hopes To Fix “Out Of Memory” Crashes
DC Universe Online: War Of The Light Part 1 – Now Available
Sony Online Entertainment announced today that the ninth DLC pack for DC Universe Online – War of the Light Part I – is now available for download on the PC, PS3 and PS4. War of the Light Part I is the first installment of an epic trilogy focusing on characters that wield power from the Emotional Spectrum. Continue reading DC Universe Online: War Of The Light Part 1 – Now Available
Planetside 2 – New Update Further Optimizes Esamir Objects, Physics & Memory Handlers
Well, you gotta admit that SOE is trying to fix PlanetSide 2. The game was a resource hog but after the latest updates, we can definitely some performance improvements across various PC systems. This latest update brings improved physics calculations, optimized objects in Esamir and a number of client memory optimizations. This update is live as we speak, and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading Planetside 2 – New Update Further Optimizes Esamir Objects, Physics & Memory Handlers
EverQuest Next Landmark Detailed Via A New Trailer
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new trailer, detailing what exactly is EverQuest Next Landmark. EverQuest Next Landmark is a Free to Play, next-generation online sandbox game that is powered by the ForgeLight Engine. Although players can sign up for its alpha phase, EverQuest Next Landmark’s alpha test is scheduled to begin on or before February 28th and its Closed Beta is scheduled to begin on or before March 31st. Continue reading EverQuest Next Landmark Detailed Via A New Trailer
PlanetSide 2 – Massive Update Addressing Performance Issues Released
Sony Online Entertainment released today PlanetSide 2’s first major optimization patch to the live servers. The huge Phase 1 patch of OMFG is now live on the European PlanetSide 2 servers. As the press release reads, this first phase of OMFG includes optimized UI, physics, sound, player processing, rendering code and more. Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – Massive Update Addressing Performance Issues Released
PlanetSide 2 – New video focuses on PhysX and its incoming physics optimizations
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video for PlanetSide 2. In this fourth episode of Operation: Make Faster game, the development team introduces us to Rob Elam and Julio Jerez, programmers for PlanetSide 2. Rob and Julio are charged with optimizing aka “wrangling” the system interactions with the game physics engine to make PlanetSide 2 run better. Enjoy! Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – New video focuses on PhysX and its incoming physics optimizations
PlanetSide 2 – Operation: Make Faster Game – Episode 3
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video for PlanetSide 2 that focuses on the team’s attempts to further optimize its title. In episode 3 of Operation: Make Faster game we introduce you to Alex Hoffman, an Associate Programmer for PlanetSide 2. Alex’s role in improving optimization is to work on the Bot client tool which generates a bunch of bots to stress test to benchmark performance. Enjoy! Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – Operation: Make Faster Game – Episode 3
PlanetSide 2 – Operation: Make Faster Game – Episode 2
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video that takes us into the heart of the development efforts to optimize PlanetSide2. In this first in a series of Documentary style videos, we get to know the people behind the efforts as well as get a glimpse at the types of technological challenges and creative solutions that the team discussed and implements in Operation: Making Faster Game. Enjoy! Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – Operation: Make Faster Game – Episode 2
New PlanetSide 2 “Behind The Scenes” Video Sheds Light On Upcoming Optimizations
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new, behind the scenes, video for PlanetSide 2 in which the development team talks about the upcoming optimizations that will be implemented in this MMOFPS, aiming to make it run faster. This is a pretty interesting video as it gives us a glimpse of what players can expect from upcoming udates, so make sure to give it a go. PlanetSide 2 is a free-to-play title, and those interested can head over at its official website, create a profile, download the game’s client and play it. Enjoy! Continue reading New PlanetSide 2 “Behind The Scenes” Video Sheds Light On Upcoming Optimizations