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CryEngine 3 SDK 3.4 DirectX 11 Update Released

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This weekend, CryTek announced the release of the latest version of the free CryEngine 3 SDK, version 3.4 which supports new and revamped features including some highly anticipated DirectX 11 features among its core updates. Among the more noticeable upgrades, the CryEngine 3.4 SDK which is of course available as a free download now offers game developers updated DX11 tessellation, new advanced character rendering options, improved AI systems with multi-layer navigation meshes, improved skin rendering, eye and glass shaders, geometric light beams and a slew of bug fixes and general [...]

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Motion is Out of Control

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There was coffee everywhere. I guess I should rewind a bit. I was listening to a podcast recently which was discussing Valve’s Steam Box and what we want to see in the next generation of consoles. It was when they said “more motion-control support and games!” that I proceeded to damage a lot of very expensive electronics by spitting my coffee…well…yeah we covered that part. With nothing to do with all my pent up rage towards motion control, I thought “what would an angry house-wife in the 1950s do?” and [...]

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Forza Motorsport 4 Demo in the Alps

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It’s the best time of the year if you are a race freak. The release of F1 2011 and now the demo released 11 days before the official launch of Forza Motorsport 4. Although the update is only available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers taking up at least 1,2 GB of hard-drive space for a nice ride in the Bernese Alps. Forza Motorsport 4 will hit the shelfs in the UK on October 14th. Check out the official content of the demo below.

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ITV uses ArmA 2 game footage in TV documentary and claims it’s real IRA footage

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Talk about an epic failure from ITV and for 21st century journalism in general. Yesterday the British broadcaster ITV aired a TV documentary called “Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA” which was available online here (although they’ve since taken it down) on the subject of Colonel Gaddafi’s support for the IRA (Irish Republican Army) in the 1980′s, as naturally everything Libya/Gaddafi related is in vogue these days and presumably good for TV ratings. The ITV documentary features a segment with supposed experts and narrators talking over straight up grainy and pixelated [...]

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F1 2011 released with slow-motion launch trailer

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Well it’s finally September 20th 2011 and today Codemasters have officially shipped out and released F1 2011 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. They’ve also dropped a new slow-motion intensive launch trailer to mark the occasion which you can check out below. The trailer as with past promo teaser video releases for this game tries to show off the unique physics, graphic detail, dynamic weather system, and authenticity that the game will bring to the world of simulated F1 racing. So far the game has received pretty good feedback and [...]

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BIS drops sort of new ArmA 3 Intel Update

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A few minutes ago Bohemia Interactive released some new ArmA 3 information regarding the latest installment of the award winning milsim due out in the summer of 2012. So far several small intel updates have been made to the main arma3.com site to provide a little more information and media about the personnel, armory, factions and environment. They’ve also released their official version (with commentary) of BIS’s ArmA 3 Gamescom 2011 presentation, for now only part 1 of the video has been released which we’ve included below. The footage contained [...]

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F1 2011 – Developer Diary Update (Co-op Championship)

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Codemasters just released the third developer diary for F1 2011 showing off a brand new feature: The Co-op Championship. This will allow you and a friend to race in the same team competing for team-leadership and the championship as well as competing together for the constructors championship. It’s not clear whether you are able to play with more then just two and if you need to be in the same team together but at least its a step into the right direction. You can check the video out below.

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Forza 4 presents Infineon Raceway gameplay trailer

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The latest Forza 4 trailer is out and as usual it’s crisp and beautiful showcasing the game’s stunning graphics and smooth gameplay. This time it’s a short in-game trailer showing off the new Infineon Raceway track which is located at Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California. You can also check out some developer diary videos here and here for other Forza 4 tracks if you’re interested in a more insiders look at how they reproduce these awesome tracks in game. Forza 4 is due out around [...]

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World at War for World of Planes of War

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If that title confused the hell out of you don’t worry that’s normal it doesn’t make any sense to me either. The gist of this post is actually simply to show off the new MMO game World of Planes debut trailer which was released today and which we’ve embedded below this nonsensical text that follows. Of course it’s not just a World of “regular” Planes but rather the game is full of “war” planes, World War II era to be precise.

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Free CryEngine 3 SDK over 115k downloads in five days

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As we announced earlier this week on our main blog, 5 days ago the free non-commercial CryTek CryEngine 3 SDK and Editor were released for download to the general public. To give you an idea of the scope of interest in the newly free to use game engine, within 5 days of its release, it has already been downloaded over 115,000 times!

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BIS Take On Helicopters Gameplay Demo Gamescom 2011

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Here’s a new video posted up on the official Nvidia YouTube channel no less as part of their Gamescom 2011 coverage showing off some demo gameplay from Bohemia Ineractive’s Take On Helicopters game which understandably looks essentially identical to ArmA 2 (and likely ArmA 3) in pretty much all aspects. Although if you’re a big fan of flying helicopters in that game you’ll likely want to check this out.

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Codemasters new F1 2011 “Season So Far” trailer

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A couple days ago at the now finished Gamescom, Codemasters released their new F1 2011 promo trailer entitled “Season so Far” which we’ve included the video of below. While we came across it earlier we just didn’t get around to posting it until now. Sorry but better late than never right? Anyways Codemasters even went to the trouble of publicizing the fact that the video shows off for the first time some of that highly sought after Mercedes AMG safety car footage.

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More ArmA 3 Screenshots from Gamescom 2011

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BIS released 15 more screenshots today at Gamescom for their upcoming ArmA 3 title which is due for release in 2012. These come to add to the 5 “underwater” screenshots they released yesterday which we also posted up here. I don’t know why BIS couldn’t just release them all at once but I suppose they want to drag it out a bit to keep the chatter up, fair enough. Of course we’ve also come across a fan made video a few hours ago which shows off some demo footage filmed [...]

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ArmA 3 fan made Gamescom video shows new gameplay

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A nice new 20 minute fan made video has surfaced online showing off some fresh new ArmA 3 footage which was recorded via handy cam at the modest Bohemia Interactive Studio (BIS) booth at Gamescom 2011. The video contains a small demonstration and explanation of some ArmA3 game features with explanations from one of the rather uninspired albeit friendly BIS representatives who was manning the booth at the time. While BIS didn’t release much media at Gamescom this year they did release a few new screenshots the other day also [...]

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New Arma 3 Underwater Screenshots (GC 2011)

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New Arma 3 screenshots have emerged to the surface at the Gamescom 2011. The screenshots show the newly added underwater scene like we haven’t seen before, ship wrecks and plane wrecks laying silently on the bottom of the sea. Bohemia Interactive definitely made the right choice by finally adding the ability to go underwater, instead of the clumsy swimming and losing all of your gear at the same time. Arma III is scheduled for release exclusively for PC in Summer 2012. UPDATE: BIS also released 15 more screenshots the day [...]

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