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This article by Deano Calver, former Lead Programmer for Heavenly Sword, was published in October 2007 as a counter to the raytracing hype sponsored by Intel that was going on at the time. It also spawned an extremely interesting discussion thread on the matter (which was lost in a database failure but revived almost completely with the help of the community).
Firmware 2.30 has been released for the PS3, bringing with it heavily anticipated support for DTS-HD MA lossless audio decoding in Blu-ray films. Long viewed by A/V enthusiasts as the most conspicuous absence in the PlayStation's otherwise impressive media capabilities...
According to Japan-based Enterbrain, Nintendo's current home console Wii
has - as of January 20 - sold more than 5 million units in Japan alone.
Originally brought to light in a blog post on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, speculation has been rampant that
Microsoft crown jewel Bungie would soon be departing the stable of
internal XBox studios to strike out on their own. Today, Microsoft
confirmed the speculation...
DailyTech are reporting that the Falcon revision of the Xbox 360 is shipping. As far as the 360 goes, Falcon means a 65nm version of the Xenon system processor.
It's always nice when the MSM (Main Stream Media) has the sense to dig up specialists to help in communicating complicated subjects. For instance, our gaming editor, Farid Bouzid, recently got to chatting with Newsweek's N'Gai Croal about the techincal specifications of Nintendo's Wii.
The Taiwanese based manufacturer Hon Hai
Precision is now assembling Sony's PlayStation3 alongside ASUSTeK Computer.
An unannounced update for the PlayStation 3 was made available
yesterday. This update, which takes the PlayStation 3 firmware from
1.90 to 1.92, is only affecting the backward compatibility with
PlayStation 1 and 2 games feature of the console.
Sony Computer Entertainment America announced yesterday version 1.2 of
its Folding@Home software client, bringing numerous feature updates to
the Playstation 3 application. Chief among these, users will now be
able to take advantage of 'RemotePlay' connectivity via the Playstation
Portable to commence, halt, and view folding operations remotely from
anywhere…
Following the news about the removal of the PlayStation Portable's MHz cap,
which finally gave developers a free reign of the clock frequency of
the CPU, Beyond3D was able to get some more details from its sources.
After reporting impressive quarterly results earlier this week, Nintendo has ridden a rise in its share price that has seen it become the fifth most valuable company in Japan, with a market capitalization now hovering around $72 billion. The company's meteoric share rise in recent months sees Nintendo surpass industry…
Earlier today Nintendo published its financial results for the third quarter in FY 2007. Due to exceptionally high demand for its current products, the Kyoto-based manufacturer raised its net income projections for the current year for the third time.
Sony Computer Entertainment released firmware version 2.0 for the
Playstation 3 yesterday, introducing playlists for music and pictures,
custom themes, RSS feed, and remote wake-on LAN functionality via the
PSP.
Today Sony Computer Entertainment Europe finally confirmed earlier rumours and announced a new PS3 model.
In a Beyond3D editorial our very own Carl Bender is
offering a different view on the mainstream phenomena called 'Wii'.
According to a Bloomberg report today, Microsoft is now shifting its priorities to Europe in order
to gain a significant foothold in the global video game market.
Japan-based Nikkei has released sales numbers for all three major next gen consoles today.
Sony revealed several new non-gaming features for its PlayStation
platforms in the press kick-off to this year's Games Convention in
Leipzig, Germany.
TSMC have announced that they're now fabricating the eDRAM die portion of the Xbox 360 GPU.
Sony has reported first quarter earnings of ~$540 million, doubling net income over the year-ago period and beating analyst expectations. Operating income in the core electronics division increased by 77% to ~$684 million, aided primarily by increased sales of Sony Cyber-shot cameras, Handycam camcorders,…
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Microsoft is lowering the price of their console, the Xbox 360, by $50 USD on August 8th.