Gaming

Mobile gaming is getting an upgrade from MediaTek

MediaTek revealed two chipsets recently, the Dimensity 8200 and 9200, which will deliver more power efficiency and a better mobile gaming experience.

MetaX Tech plans gaming GPU

Will use SMIC’s surprising 7nm process for the GPU, which it plans to have for the domestic market by 2025.

Google invests $12 million in the unofficial VR app store SideQuest

Google Ventures shakes hands with an unofficial alternative to the Meta Store.

Game over for Google’s streaming game service Stadia

Google abruptly shuts down Stadia. (Source: Google) Google is shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service that it launched in 2019. The service will remain live for players until January 18, 2023. Google said it will refund all Stadia hardware, software, and add-on content purchased from the Stadia store and Google Store. The company expects those refunds will be … Read more

The era of ‘who cares’ computing

Microsoft’s Game Pass, a big play in the young game subscription market. (Source: Microsoft) What happens when people start to find out that you can do the same work on a lower-cost hardware platform as you do on a more expensive platform? If you are an Apple phone user, you’ll probably go for whatever puts you in hock, but almost … Read more

GPUs change the engineering simulation landscape

Since the start of the year, Jon Peddie Research has been conducting a series of interviews with leading CAE software vendors such as Altair, Ansys, Dassault Systèmes, Hexagon, and Siemens Digital Industries Software. We’ve been working with Nvidia to understand how the industry is changing in response to GPU acceleration now available in many CAE applications and workflows. The results … Read more

Tinycade can turn your old cardboard boxes into a DIY arcade cabinet

Lightcycles is one of the first three Tinycade games. Inspired by TRON, players sit next to each other and try to be the last lightbike standing. (Source: ACME Lab) Arcade games are expensive to get and maintain. Some pinball machines easily climb into the thousands of dollars. Despite that, the arcade industry is still strong—because people love the tactile feel … Read more

The future of 3D: Metaverse

There is no metaverse—there will never be a metaverse. There are dozens of metaverses and soon probably hundreds. Which view you hold depends on the definition of what a metaverse is, and we repeat: There is no definition—there are several definitions. Where everyone and everything can interact seamlessly across physical and virtual worlds. The concept of a metaverse is developing, … Read more

‘The Quarry’ redefines the gaming genre

The Quarry video game from Supermassive Games takes its cues from slasher-type horror films. (Source: Digital Domain) The Quarry, a just-released video game from Supermassive Games and published by 2K Games, is described as an interactive drama/horror along the lines of a teen slasher flick like Friday the 13th, as nine teen counselors struggle to survive their last night … Read more