Joystiq has a really good preview of the new Stereoscopic Enabled Call of Duty Game, Black Ops; “While the image may not be as detailed or sharp, Black Ops‘ selling points still remain in 3D: its fluid animation and focused art direction aren’t lost in the translation. As with movies that take advantage of the feature well, the [...]
The 3DS may only be the beginning of Nintendo’s 3D intentions, as president Satoru Iwata said to Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun paper (via Andriasang) that they may introduce 3D into their next console as well. When asked by the paper if Nintendo has any plans to create 3D games on the Wii, Iwata said, “if you [...]
The PS3′s 3D feature—upgradeable via a software update for every PS3 out there—is actually pretty decent. Not only did we see it live, working, on a giant projection screen, but on a smaller HDTV in front of us. First up, you still need a 3D-enabled TV to play these games, even though the PS3 supports 3D [...]
Nintendo’s 3DS has charged out the gate at E3 – it already boasts major support from Hollywood studios working on 3D movies. Disney and Dreamworks are the first on board. Their movies Tangled and How to Train Your Dragon will be released for the device – presumably at retail – for the device. Read More at; http://www.mcvuk.com/news/39570/NINTENDO-3D-movie-support-for-3DSrn
It’s not enough anymore to create a visually stunning video game. Electronic Arts and developer Crytek are upping the ante with a stereoscopic 3D version of their upcoming Crysis 2. An alien raid empties the streets of New York City except for defending soldiers. Expect a faithful recreation of Grand Central Station, though most New Yorkers will notice a [...]
As announced earlier this year Disney Interactive Studios is scheduled to release Toy Story 3: The Video Game today for all major platforms including Mac OS X. The game will feature film adventures along with Disney’s first open-world game play for kids. Toy Story 3: The Video Game is inspired by the upcoming Disney Pixar animated film. Read [...]
Rumours are swirling that Gran Turismo 5 will feature 3D visuals and support for the PlayStation Move controller. According to MCV, the news comes from “a source close to Sony”. Apparently the delays to the game’s release can be attributed to the extra time required to implement the new technology. Read More at; http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/gran-turismo-5-to-have-3d-move-support
Speaking about Mario Galaxy 2, “I think we had solved a lot of the problems inherent in 3D Mario games with the first Mario Galaxy,” responded Miyamoto. “We often talk about 3D Mario games, but actually you’re just playing in a world made in 3D. What’s fun is the gameplay itself is often still 2D.” Read [...]
Killzone 2 on the PS3 is one of the finest-looking games of all time, no question – but its sequel is set to crank things up a notch by rendering the whole shooter in 3D. Read More at; http://stuff.tv/news/Killzone-3-to-be-available-in-3D/14525/
GAMES PUBLISHER Ubisoft has looked into its crystal ball and is proclaiming that half of all games will be 3D in two years. According to Kotaku, the giant French games publisher made the announcements on an investors’ conference call. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said we’ll all be breaking our eyeballs to get a glimpse of [...]
Without doubt, for content starved Australians, the highlight of today’s press event was the announcement of the PlayStation Network Video Delivery Service, delivering movies into households – something Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been doing for a number of months, but it is good to have competition, and Sony is certainly stepping up heat in this area. [...]
With its recent rise in popularity and the prospect of a 3D television in every living room right around the corner, it was only a matter of time until the 3D craze hit casual gaming. It started last month with Escape the Lost Kingdom, and was seen on the iPhone with the April release of Crash Course [...]
Microsoft has been pretty quiet about the potential of their 3D gaming strategy for the Xbox 360, no one has even thought for a minute that they didn’t have one. Sources are whispering to us that Microsoft has put together a partnership with LG that will see the two companies work together on a joint [...]
The amusing story in 3D Dot Game Heroes takes place in the appropriately name Dotonia. Originally a flat and bland land which looks dated and jaggy, the monarchy of Dotonia has decided that due to lagging tourism in the area, it’s time for a change. Thus the landscape changes into a more modern and lush [...]
Xbox 360 gaming is on the way but only in South Korea to start with. A press release unearthed on Flickr reveals that Microsoft has done a deal to market Xbox 360 3D games along with LG 3D TVs in Asia. With E3 just around the corner, could Xbox 360 3D gaming join Natal on the agenda? [...]
Since April, 1.5 million PlayStation 3 users have downloaded the update to play in three dimensions, a figure that will rise to two million by the end of the year. In early June, the Japanese television will release HX 800, 40 “, which will cost 1,800 euros and will include a free download of a [...]
With both the consumer technology and games industries preparing to pour their hearts and souls into the 3D TV push later this year, a leading Hollywood producer has once again argued that tech’s reliance on glasses will not halt the 3D steam train. “When it comes to the glasses, I see glasses as an opportunity, [...]
Sure, Gran Turismo 5 has been rumored to support 3D gaming (according to “reports” given to a MotorTrend editor at CES 2010)… but it was never official. Now, Taku Imasaki, one of the producers of the U.S. version ofGT5, has finally officially confirmed it: “This is the first time we’re implementing the 3D feature in Gran Turismo, [...]
World of Warcraft in 3D, an inhabitant of Azeroth would need hundreds of dollars worth of gear: a robust computer setup with a compatible graphics card, monitor capable of displaying 3D and a pair of 3D spectacles. At this early stage, it’s an expense that many virtual adventurers have yet to adopt. Dozens of game [...]
“3D if correctly used greatly helps immerse you in experience,” “Resident Evil” director Paul W.S. Anderson said, advising vidgame developers to save the stereo effect for dramatic moments. “There’s nothing wrong with use of positive space,” he continued, but “you just have to make sure it’s an organic experience.” “Avatar” producer Jon Landau said it [...]
In addition, this update preps the PS3 system for some upcoming new features, including 3Dstereoscopic gaming, which is coming soon to PS3, in time for the launch of Sony’s 3D BRAVIA TVs. Read More at; http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/04/21/ps3-3-30-system-software-update/
EVGA has compiled a really neat montage of video showing off nVidia’s Tessellation technology. Tessellation is a big deal because it makes computer generated 3D much more realistic by “fitting” the millions of polygons in a typical scene together in a seamless fashion. As more and more content for 3D TV is generated on-the-fly, as well as what is [...]
Following on from the confusion surrounding Sony and their PS3 3D games support this week, we have some good (or bad) news to tell you about now, as Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi has spoken about 3D and PS Move support for upcoming PS3 racer Gran Turismo 5. As reported from CVG, Yamauchi was asked in a recent interview [...]
Fermi is finally here! We put the new GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce GTX 480 video cards through the paces in four of the latest and most demanding games recently released. We find time for GeForce GTX 480 SLI as well. We compare these to the Radeon 5850, Radeon 5870, and the Radeon 5970. Since [...]
Nvidia on Friday introduced its fastest graphics cards to date, which will be able to play back 3D movies on PCs and bring more realistic images to games. The new graphics cards, the GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470, are based on Nvidia’s new graphics-processing-unit architecture called Fermi, which was announced in September. Read More at; [...]
There’s been a lot of speculation over the last couple days about an upcoming announcement from Sony at this year’s E3 conference regarding a major exclusive. While we doubt the news we’re getting from TakeTwo and Rockstar Games is the “big exclusive”, it’s still pretty interesting news. There have been murmurs about ManHunt 3 since [...]
Speak to anyone about 3D films and you’ll get a different opinion. Some people love them, others find their eyes hurt and others just plain don’t get what the fuss is about. So, with Batman: Arkham Asylum getting the Game of the Year Treatment complete with a new 3D vision mode, we thought we’d poll [...]
According to “the fine print” on NVIDIA’s Website, current owners of NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses system will get a free software upgrade to the new 3DTV Play software that ”lets you connect your NVIDIA GeForce GPU-powered PC or notebook to 3DTVs using HDMI 1.4 for the ultimate, high-definition, big-screen, 3D entertainment experience. By leveraging the [...]
In the past few months, AMD ATI has cornered the DirectX 11 market by offering the only graphics cards capable of it, edging out Nvidia as the dominant GPU provider. While AMD has been doing this, Nvidia has not been idle, and apart from working on the very-soon-to-be-released Fermi DX11 graphic cards (the GTX 480 [...]
His studio currently employs only 13 people, including Final Fantasy art director Ryosuke Aiba andOkami’s Naoki Katakai. Within the next five to seven years, he said he would like to expand that number to around 100. At this point, Mikami has yet to find a publisher or decide what game he’d like the company to design. [...]
More interesting news coming from GDC 2010 in San Francisco, this time from ATI announcing their Open Stereo 3D Initiative in trying to work with more partners to ensure support for multiple different stereoscopic 3D solutions (learning that thanks to MTBS3D, not from ATI!). The idea of the open initiative is to offer consumers additional [...]
Even more 3D goodness for all and this time you don’t need to buy an expensive TV, you just need a Wii or X-Box 360. Attack of the Movies 3D is the first-ever 3D shooter for Wii or X-Box 360. Just put your included 3D glasses on and grab your Wiimote or 360 controller and blast [...]
As we predicted before the start of the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony used its press conference to formally announce the PS3 motion controller. Officially called the PlayStation Move, this wand-and-cam system, briefly demoed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo last year, is the latest move by a video game console maker into the realm [...]
Animation Magazine has joined the S-3D Gaming Alliance, an industry organization that represents the interests of game developers, display manufacturers, and technology enablers in this field. Animation Magazine will provide the digital version of its publication to S3DGA and Meant to be Seen members for free, and will present at the 3D Gaming Summit set [...]
The first ever 3D Gaming Summit™ will attract the brightest minds in the gaming industry to define the market opportunity for 3D stereoscopic gaming and entertainment. Delivering two days of packed in-depth discussions, the summit will help steer your strategy to capitalize on the next biggest thing in gaming! Brought to you by the producers of [...]
Final Fantasy producer, Yoshinori Kitase, and designer, Motomu Toriyama, spoke in London on the highly anticipated FFXIII. One question came up about the possible release of FFXIII in stereoscopic 3D, which lead to the answer.. “we are interested in it.” Resident Evil 5 has already taken advantage of new 3D technologies with its PC version. [...]
Killzone 3 is set to arrive in stereoscopic 3D and use Sony’s motion wand – rumoured to be called ‘Arc’ – a source has told CVG. According to our contact, the Guerrilla Games sequel will launch as part of a big 3D push for the PlayStation 3 this Christmas – far earlier than we expected. [...]
The latest firm to don its stereoscopic specs is Crytek, which has just announced that stereoscopic 3D is going to play a big part in CryEngine 3. Unlike add-on stereoscopic systems for PC games, such as Nvidia’s 3D Vision, Crytek has built the new engine specifically with stereoscopic 3D effects in mind. As such, it [...]
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