Much of the die space of modern GPUs is given over to functionality that’s not part of the traditional rendering pipeline. Sometimes, that feels like a bit of a waste. Which is why Microsoft’s new Shader Model 6.10 preview, announced yesterday, could be mostly good news. It’s making matrix math part of the official DirectX…
In the last few years, I’ve found myself asking ‘What are webcams for?’ The obvious answer is meetings and online social gatherings, but I wonder how many use their ever-expanding feature set for anything more. Yololiv shoves DSLR-quality 4K capture into its relatively small YoloCam S3, and I’m more torn on it than I thought…
Riven Tides is Arc Raiders‘ biggest update yet, and it brings yet another player project for you to work through. This time, it’s the Avian Alarm project, which sees you employing a bunch of birds to monitor seismic activity and atmospheric changes in Speranza. Like previous player projects, you’ll need to scrounge up a bunch…
Stay Kalm. In case you missed it, you can now try out Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on Switch 2 thanks to a free demo. If you loved Remake Intergrade earlier this year, then it’s well worth a shot — because you can transfer your save data from the demo to the main game when it…
Arc Raiders‘ new Riven Tides update features a new limited-time event called Last Resort. This event runs from April 28 through May 25 (so almost an entire month), and you can earn some exclusive rewards for your hard work. If 250 Raider Tokens, a new outfit, and a backpack sound interesting to you, then you’ll…
Let me start off this article with a caveat: I am not a coding expert. I’m also not particularly good at maths. Which means some of the explanations in the video above fly over the top of my head at considerable speed. One thing I do understand, however, is that the code that makes up…
“Elden Ring as it was originally intended… a 1989 Nintendo portable console”. Here’s a sentence we never expected to write: an Elden Ring fan has recently gone to the effort of creating a playable version of the From Software action RPG based on the Nintendo Game & Watch, and it’s available to download now, for…
So, what will it be? With The Super Mario Galaxy Movie rolling in the dough right now, it makes absolute sense that Nintendo and Illumination are looking ahead to the future. And, it seems like the two studios have a plan. Universal Pictures International Spain’s release schedule lists an unannounced movie from the gaming and…
The cat is out of the bag: The new Steam Controller will be available to purchase for $99/€99/£85/$149 AUD from next week, and our verdict on the new hardware is already in (spoilers, we like it). The May launch will only introduce one, all-over black colourway to go with all your other noir hardware. Thankfully,…
Hi, I’m Mike Booth, Chief Creative Officer at Bad Robot Games, and Game Director of 4:Loop. In my last post, I shared how our core gameplay systems come together to create an unpredictable and endlessly replayable experience. Today, I’d like to share more details on one of our co-op shooter’s high-stakes boss fights. Specifically, I’d…