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So, what's new in CryEngine 3?

By Andrew Yoon, Mar 29, 2013 10:30am PDT

As with all engines, CryEngine gets updated all the time. We met up with Crytek at GDC to see what shiny new bells and whistles they've added to their engine.

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"Agree. Lens flare has never been an attractive or logical effect. I don't get lens flare in my eyes."

- pizzaput see all 7 comments

Unreal Engine 4 shown off in Infiltrator trailer

By John Keefer, Mar 29, 2013 9:00am PDT

Epic Games showed off all the bells and whistles of its Unreal Engine 4 at GDC this week, giving developers an up close look at the ease of use of the tools and just how realistic the technology can make game look.

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"What the heck is a game play camera, and how do you get "in" it?"

- EternaLife see all 14 comments

'Rebuilding' the future in Cyberpunk 2077

By John Keefer, Mar 29, 2013 9:00am PDT

CD Projekt's has an interesting task in front of it for the development of Cyberpunk 2077, its new game based on the Cyberpunk 2020 role-playing game. How do you change a creative vision of a pen & paper series that had visions of a future that is now only seven years away?

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MechWarrior Online to launch in 'late summer'

By John Keefer, Mar 29, 2013 8:00am PDT

Developer Piranha Games has been releasing regular updates for MechWarrior Online since the game went into open beta in late October. But now, Shacknews has learned of three new features that will be rolling out leading up to the game's official release late this summer.

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"Again, the revelation that you were a sailor, was not revelatory."

- Firefly1985 see all 12 comments

Hawken dev details the challenges of virtual reality

By John Keefer, Mar 29, 2013 7:00am PDT

After it was revealed that Doom 3: BFG would not be shipping with the Oculus Rift, another game had to step forward to be the pack in for the VR goggles once they shipped to retail. Adhesive Games' Hawken accepted the challenge.

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DmC Dante started out looking a lot like original Devil May Cry character

By Andrew Yoon, Mar 29, 2013 6:00am PDT

When Ninja Theory revealed the reimagined Dante to the world, fans didn't take kindly. Oddly, the entire controversy could have been avoided if Capcom had accepted Ninja Theory's first attempts at making the character.

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"Id say he started out looking like jason statham. The left pic at the top of the article looks ..."

- mattsslug see all 4 comments

Diablo 3's auction houses 'really hurt the game,' former game director says

By John Keefer, Mar 29, 2013 5:00am PDT

Diablo 3's game director Jay Wilson admitted today that both the real money and gold-based auction houses have "really hurt the game," but Blizzard hopes to fix the problems it has caused in minimizing item values instead of shutting them down completely.

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"I said that (and thousands of others) like a year ago. Same goes for playing Diablo with a ..."

- mystifier see all 88 comments

Nintendo's Miiverse coming to smartphones in May

By Steve Watts, Mar 28, 2013 5:50pm PDT

The Miiverse app for smartphones is coming in April or May, Nintendo said at GDC. The company also promised an impending 3DS version, but didn't give a release window for it.

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Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes are two different games

By Andrew Yoon, Mar 28, 2013 4:15pm PDT

"Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain are two separate games. Ground Zeroes will actually be a prologue to The Phantom Pain."

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"I still say that Ground Zeroes is a PSVita (and maybe other portables) game and The Phantom Pain ..."

- lightbulbsocket see all 5 comments

N++ announced

By Andrew Yoon, Mar 28, 2013 3:35pm PDT

It's been over four years since Metanet Software released their last game, N+. At GDC this year, the studio president announced a sequel, N++.

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Battlefield 4 won't have co-op due to 'focus' on single and multiplayer

By Steve Watts, Mar 28, 2013 1:25pm PDT

Battlefield 4 won't have a cooperative mode, according to a translated interview with DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson.

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"Regenerating Health Regenerating vehicle armor...wtf? Unlimited ammo in vehicles 3D spotting ..."

- Demon4231 see all 79 comments

Breaking down Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

By Ozzie Mejia, Mar 28, 2013 12:00pm PDT

We break down the reveal trailer of The Phantom Pain to see where the Metal Gear Solid franchise is going in its next numbered game.

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"Perhaps you should travel back in memory lane to the end of MGS 4. You might be surprised at ..."

- lightbulbsocket see all 16 comments

Firaxis 'cannot live by Civ alone,' as dev moves to mobile

By John Keefer, Mar 28, 2013 8:30am PDT

Firaxis game has always been traditionally a PC house. So why is it making a mobile free-to-play game?

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"I'm getting a Plants vs Zombies vibe off of this new game, which is a good thing. I am worried ..."

- PenicillinX57 see all 3 comments

SimCity dev pokes fun at game's troubles

By John Keefer, Mar 27, 2013 11:30pm PDT

Maxis and Electronic Arts have rightly endured their share of slings and arrows for its botched launch of SimCity, but one developer giving a talk about the game at GDC is trying to make the best of a bad situation.

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"Click on the bulldozer icon, it will tell you how many abandoned buildings and rubble sites ..."

- Derringer see all 18 comments

Journey wins big at Game Developers Choice Awards 2013

By Andrew Yoon, Mar 27, 2013 8:26pm PDT

Spoiler alert: Journey wins pretty much everything

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"really looking forward to getting PC back up and running to play some Mark of the Ninja"

- filthysock see all 3 comments