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Big Shake-ups in the games industry. Xbox buys Activision. Sony share price drops.

PixelMaker — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:49:08 +0000

It’s not every day that a games publisher like Activision Blizzard gets bought by a company for 70 Billion in cash, but that is what happened this week. And in case you didn’t know, Activision owns franchises such as Call of Duty (CoD), Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Tony Hawk, Spyro the Dragon, GoldenEye 007, […]

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nvidia announces RTX 3090, 3080, 3070 Making 60FPS @ 8K possible

PixelMaker — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 23:56:40 +0000

If you want to geek out a little or a lot, then check out Nvidia’s next-gen graphics cards. They boast an implausible amount of computing power, with specs that kinda boggle the mind. But if you are interested in where games are heading over the next few years, then check this out. They feature ways […]

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Star Wars Squadrons is fully playable in VR

PixelMaker — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 01:19:15 +0000

Star Wars Squadrons is one of the worst kept secrets of E3 Summer Games Fest, as it was leaked online weeks before the official announcement, but tonight we finally got a gameplay trailer. Not only that, but we also found out that the entire game is playable in VR, and I have to say, I’m […]

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Real Time Raytracing is Spectacular in This Star Wars Demo from Unreal and ILM XLAB

PixelMaker — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:12:48 +0000

Why is this a big deal?! Well, raytracing is the rendering technique that is used in most offline renderers, so 3D animated films of TV shows such as Toy Story, How to Train your Dragon, UP, Despicable Me and many more. All of those animated films use 3D graphics that are animated and then rendered. […]

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Sony PSVR Playstation VR – Virtual Reality Expert Explains How PlayStation VR Works

PixelMaker — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:39:41 +0000

It has taken me a while, but I finally bought a PlayStation VR or a PSVR as it is also known. This isn’t exactly a review, but it is a brief article about my experience with the device that I have own for a little over a week. First off, something like VR can be a […]

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Game of Thrones Game From Bethesda Leaked – Skyrim: Got 😱

PixelMaker — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:28:20 +0000

Holy Mother of Dragons! Target may have just leaked a Game of Thrones game from the makers of Skyrim! And if that isn’t any Game of Thrones fan’s wet dream, I don’t know what is. For months |I have been pondering the idea of a Game of Thrones tie-in, and I don’t mean the Telltale Games style […]

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Playstation VR is here! I can’t wait to play

PixelMaker — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:52:22 +0000

The PlayStation VR is finally here and I cannot wait to have a go and get some play-time with the thing. With the recent release of the PlayStation Slim and Pro, the original “classic” version was dropped in price in the UK to an amazingly cheap £149. But it sold out in about a day… […]

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Day of the Tentacle Remastered VS Original

PixelMaker — Thu, 12 May 2016 16:00:24 +0000

A story of boy meets girl, meets another boy, meets mutated purple tentacle hell bent on taking over the world, meets scientist, meets George Washington… Time travel… You get the idea. Day of the Tentacle was one of my all-time favourite games as a kid and by kid, I mean teenager, who only had a […]

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