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Saturday, March 22, 2014

- Microsoft praises Steam and says to expect to see Microsoft focusing more on PC

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Microsoft unveiled some pretty interesting things during GDC but something we didn't see coming was a praise to Steam.

During a panel at the Game Developers Conference Phil Spencer praised to Steam on what they have done for PC gaming over the years. "They've been the backbone of PC gaming for the last decade." said Spencer. "As a Windows company, I appreciate what they've done."

Later during the panel, Spencer stated that PC gamers can expect "more focus" from Microsoft in PC gaming in the time ahead. Spencer also quickly followed his response by stating that Microsoft doesn't plan to compete against Valve, but said "it's important to invest in [PC gaming] in a real way."

With Valve now taking on consoles with it's upcoming Steam Machines, Spencer simply commented that it made sense since Valve already has an established storefront and 65 million users.

At the end he wrapped things up saying we will see "tier-1" initiatives for PC gaming from Microsoft  beginning this summer, but did not specify what those things were.


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- DirectX 12 is on the way, but Windows 7 not confirmed to get it?

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As GDC comes to an end, we are here to fill you in on what we saw and experienced!

Microsoft has just announced that DirectX 12, which is the latest version of the company's graphics APIs, at the 2014 Game Developers Conference. What was pretty surprising is that many existing computers, smartphones, and even the Xbox One will see boosts in performance when the new tools arrive. Usually when new versions of DirectX are released they promise users beautiful graphics for your games in exchange of letting go some big bucks to get the latest chips. However, Microsoft has said that DirectX 12 will run on their existing chips. Microsoft however declined to answer to the public whether or not DX12 will support Windows 7.

Somethings that were not cleared up were how much of a performance improvement will we be seeing on Xbox One games, Smartphones or PCs. They showed some charts showing that the APIs could halve the time a single CPU core spends on a task by offloading it to the GPU, and claims that DX12 can lead to using less power towards graphics processing on smart phones as well. 

Microsoft says DX12 games will arrive around 2015, however we can expect to see some previews available later this year.


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Friday, March 21, 2014

- Xbox One's new bundle removes price disadvantage and $50

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*Walmart and Best Buy have started selling the Xbox One console bundled with a copy of Titanfall for $450, that makes it at par with Sony's PlayStation 4 if not cheaper due to game price increases for Next Gen Console games.

Sure the bundle next to a PlayStation 4 alone doesn't make it less but a PlayStation 4 bundled with PlayStation Plus is $450, and a PlayStation 4 bundled with Infamous: Second Son is at $460. If compared between game bundles the Xbox One is indeed $10 cheaper.

*Titanfall Bundle includes: 
The Xbox One console
Kinect sensor
Wireless controller
Chat headset
HDMI cable
1-month Xbox Live Gold membership
Titanfall game download—note that it’s a download




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Sunday, March 16, 2014

- Amazon's Game Controller leaked, possible first look


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Amazon has a set-top box which so far has still gone unannounced, will include some sort of gaming components. While Amazon's box won't be a fully-fledged console like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, it would be closer to the Ouya since it will most likely run some version of the Android operating system.

To the general public it may look alright but to us it looks like a Chinese knock off you bought for $8 that you give your friends to use whenever they come over to play local multiplayer on your Xbox. It resembles the OnLive controller a lot as well, and one of the complaints it received a lot was how cheap the controller was.

Amazon does seem to be moving towards gaming more and more, after they bought Double Helix game studio (The creators of the Killer Instinct on Xbox One).


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- Rockstar isn't quite done with GTA IV and Steam!


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Here's something we don't see every day, GTA IV! Commonly seen on the news as of late is Rockstar's most popular game GTA V. This weekend Steam announced that they would be doing deals on Rockstar games which didn't seem all that new but then this came up and guess for how much. $7.49*! While GTA V floods the internet, Rockstar slid this deal beneath it, with little to not much promotion aside from Steams promos. Either way, get on Steam and Check out this amazing deal.


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