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During the hustle and bustle of the 2014 Game Developers Conference, My.com and Slightly Mad Studios let Hardcore Gamer jump behind the wheel in World of Speed, the company's new free-to-play, team-based, racing MMO. While that mouthful of sloppily conjoined tidbits may seem counteractive to one another -- as racing and massive multiplayer gaming have yet to establish any solid foundation -- there's a lot to appreciate about Slightly Mad Studios' zealous approach to both respective genres. The focus isn't always on winning in World of Speed, at least not in the traditional sense. You can just as easily earn your keep by way of smart driving and objective completion. Trust us, plenty of eyebrows were raised, and the team spewing these words were subjected to a lady's-night-at-the-bar-full of oddball stares.

Added: 26.03.2014 20:36 | 5 views | 0 comments


If only Aperture Science could see this.

Genius. That's what I felt when I first saw , and just recently when I first saw Museum of Simulation Technology at the IGF Pavilion, an annual showcase of indie games on the show floor at the Game Developers Conference. But that would be a small lie. I first saw the title, named Museum: simulation technology at the time, as a YouTube tech demo trailer (see video below) in early January that now has more than 32,000 upvotes, fewer than 400 downvotes, and over 1.2 million views. So I'm not the only one who sees genius here.

On design, Museum of Simulation Technology is based on forced perspective, an optical illusion that seems to resize objects based on their distance to the viewer and, in more layman terms, makes people believe they can squeeze the moon between their fingertips. It's a common camera trick that, surprisingly, has been rarely explored in games apart from perhaps a minor one-time use.

Added: 26.03.2014 15:15 | 9 views | 0 comments


VRFocus - Up until last week the advent of virtual reality (VR) technology was a kind of one horse race. Oculus VR's Oculus Rift has undoubtedly spent the last few years in the spotlight as the de facto standard in VR videogaming. Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) had a thing or two to say about that when it lifted the lid on its own VR headset, Project Morpheus, at the Game Developers Conference last week.

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ArabicGamers writes: Virtual reality is making headlines right now, and it's only going to get tense from here. The concept of VR gaming really started to appear in the news again over the last year with the success of the Oculus Rift, a head-mounted display that allows you to feel like you're actually in a videogame. Only developers and a small number of crowdfunding backers have been able to get their hands on it so far, but most of them say good things. As the world waited for a consumer release, something else major happened. At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week, Sony decided to use the event to showcase its new plans for virtual reality: a mysteriously named device called Project Morpheus that works with the PlayStation 4. Suddenly one of the giants of console gaming was backing virtual reality, surely it was time to sit up and take notice?

Added: 26.03.2014 11:15 | 8 views | 0 comments


Game developers in the Midwest United States are finally getting their own convention. The Midwest Game Developers Summit (MGDS) is a new game conference thats planting its stakes in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The newly-formed summit has turned to Kickstarter for some crowd-funding love, with a goal of $8,000.

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nFAMOUS: Second Son is definitely one of the best looking games seen on consoles, if not the best, and Sucker Punch Productions hosted a series of panels at the Game Developers Conference explaining in-depth the magic (or better, technomancy) behind the beauty of the game.

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Peter Molyneux, the creator of iconic franchises like Fable and Black & White, is convinced that the indie scene won't be a booming part of this industry forever.

"These things go in cycles. What I'd say is, enjoy this time, because it won't last," Molyneux told CVG at this year's Game Developers Conference. Don't think we're going to be all indies for the next five years - these things go in cycles, just like in the music business. You have a time where punk is big, and then you have times like now where everything is manufactured.

Added: 25.03.2014 11:44 | 4 views | 0 comments


Off-screen footage from last week's event.
Microsoft announced DirectX12 - a new instalment of its long-running graphics Application Programming Interface - at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week. During the presentation, Turn 10 software architect Chris Tector played footage of Forza Motorsport 5 running on PC with various DirectX12 benefits enabled. The folk of Bright Side Network were kind enough to film it. Have a watch.

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During the Game Developers Conference Sony Computer Entertainment America held a very interesting panel titled F2P on PS4-Can it Work? addressing the companys recent push in the Free to Play market, and according to the speakers, it has been a definite success.