Last year was not a great E3 for Microsoft. After an Xbox One reveal that offered a terrible first impression with a comically overdone focus on TV, Sony completely stole the company’s E3 thunder by offering the PlayStation 4 at a lower price, with easy used game sharing, and with no online requirement. But this […]
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Why Sony Won E3 2014
June 16th, 2014 
Mark Microsoft did a decent job this E3, and have made considerable effort to mop up the mess from that disastrous Xbox One unveiling last year. Their conference was tight and lean, throwing out game after game with only the barest minimum of tedious waffle. I applaud Phil Spencer’s direction and leadership since he inherited the […]
Fez Developer Polytron Is Back With Polytron Partners, Will Help With Music Game Panoramical
June 16th, 2014 Mark Fez creator Phil Fish has announced that his company, Polytron, has partnered with Canabalt developer Finji to present Panoramical, “a digital anthology of musical landscapes with analog controls.” Panoramical is being developed by two indies, Fernando Ramallo and David Kanaga, who’s best known for composing the soundtracks for Dyad and Proteus. They’ve been showing Panoramical […]
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Comments Off on Fez Developer Polytron Is Back With Polytron Partners, Will Help With Music Game PanoramicalBattlefield, Evolve Devs Considering Early Access
June 15th, 2014 Mark Games like Day Z and Rust have proven that smaller developers can make a lot of money on games before they’re even finished, and now bigger publishers and developers are considering taking the same path. Battlefield 4 developer DICE’s general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson recently told Game Informer that the company doesn’t have anything to […]
Minecraft for PS4 Features Much Bigger Worlds, Uses DualShock 4 Touchpad
June 15th, 2014 Mark The PlayStation 4 version of Minecraft will feature worlds 36 times bigger than those in the PlayStation 3 version and it will take advantage of the DualShock 4’s unique feature, Mojang’s Owen Hill announced on the PlayStation Blog. According to Hill, the developer of Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition and the other console versions of the […]
Posted in PC Comments Off on Minecraft for PS4 Features Much Bigger Worlds, Uses DualShock 4 TouchpadOculus VR Founder: “30fps Is Not a Good Artistic Decision, It’s a Failure”
June 15th, 2014 Mark While many console games still run at 30 frames per second, Oculus VR’s founder Palmer Luckey has said he doesn’t think of it as a choice, but a failure. Speaking with LinusTechTips, Luckey explained that virtual reality requires much higher frame rates than what you need on a typical screen. He said that 60fps is […]
Posted in PC Comments Off on Oculus VR Founder: “30fps Is Not a Good Artistic Decision, It’s a Failure”E3 2014: Our Favorites Games, Moments, and Memories
June 14th, 2014 Mark E3 2014 has drawn to a close, but that only means we can finally sit back and actually take in everything that happened. The press conferences and convention hall gave us a glimpse at what to expect for the rest of the year and beyond, but in this feature, GameSpot’s editors share the moments that […]
E3 2014: 30 Games in 30 Seconds
June 14th, 2014 Mark GameSpot recaps the logos of thirty hotly anticipated games from E3 2014.
Microsoft Showed Off Amazing New Crackdown Tech Months Ago, But We Didn’t Know It
June 14th, 2014 Mark During Microsoft’s E3 press conference in Los Angeles, the company officially announced a new Crackdown game for Xbox One. The cinematic was our first official look at the game, but we actually saw some of the tech it might end up using months ago. We just didn’t know it at the time. Responding to a […]
Posted in PC Comments Off on Microsoft Showed Off Amazing New Crackdown Tech Months Ago, But We Didn’t Know ItSteamBoy Project is a Portable Steam Machine
June 14th, 2014 Mark A teaser video for SteamBoy Project posted to YouTube gives us a first peek at a Portable Steam Machine. Developed by SteamBoy Machine Team, a third party not affiliated with Valve, the video shows off brief, close-up shots of a portable device with the Steam Controller’s signature round track-pads, and Xbox 360-style A, B, X, […]
