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Vertical or horizontal, the choice is yours
over 3 years ago
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Development now under new leadership
almost 3 years ago
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Cruis’n Blast makes its way from arcades to Switch
almost 3 years ago
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FidelityFX Super Resolution promises massive performance gains
almost 3 years ago
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You haven’t lived until you’ve played Uncharted at 120 fps
about 2 years ago
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Favor Resolution or Favor Performance? Hm ... why not both?
about 2 years ago
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A woman fronts the hockey sim for the first time, too
over 1 year ago
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Portal with RTX coming in November, free for existing owners
over 1 year ago
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What makes for a highlight-reel moment in sports? It’s not just the raw athletic skill on display — part of the how-did-they-do-that thrill comes from the difficulty and risk associated with a low-percentage play. Making a spectacular diving catch can get you into the SportsCenter Top 10; touching grass with your face as the ball rolls to the outfield fence is more of an America’s Funniest Home Videos kind of thing. Flashy plays have always been difficult to pull off in EA’s hockey video games,…
6 months ago
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is finally here, and on the cusp of the PlayStation 5’s third birthday, assumes the throne as the console’s most technically impressive game to date. I said effectively the same thing last fall about God of War Ragnarök, but in this line of work, there’s always something on the horizon that has the potential to make you look foolish in retrospect. (And hey, I did say that Ragnarök could be the PS5’s most technically impressive game yet — back then. A lot can change in 11 mo…
5 months ago
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As Shakespeare might have put it (but probably didn’t): Motion smoothing is known by many names, yet it’s just as much of a scourge no matter what you call it. The technology, which rose to prominence with the advent of high-definition televisions in the mid-2000s, is a terrific demonstration of the adage that ignorance is bliss. If you know what motion smoothing is, there’s a good chance that it drives you mad every time you see it in action at your parents’ house, or at a local sports bar, or…
4 months ago