We’re keen on checking in with the folks at Disney Research from time to time to see what crazy projects its been working on. At SIGGRAPH Asia this week, the outfit is presenting recent work in crafting more detailed 3D-rendered eyes. In order to properly capture all the details needed to make
Recently China relaxed its decade old ban on gaming consoles and both Microsoft and Sony were quick to confirm that their new consoles will indeed be released in the People’s Republic. While Sony’s plans are still not known Microsoft went ahead last month and released Xbox One in China. Sony has set
If there is one criticism that Nintendo faces over its products is the fact that they are region locked. This means that if you wanted to play a game, you’d have to wait for it to arrive for your region before you could, which means that any idea you’ve had about importing games from the […]
If the movies and TV shows are any indication, selling off stolen goods to pawn shops is a great way to unload them while making a quick buck. However in real life, that happens too and not only are valuable items such as jewelry, phones, cameras, and etc. that are being sold off, but video [&hellip
Dota 2’s The International has been immensely popular, with more than $10 million worth of crowdfunded prizes up for grabs. It’s no surprise, given Dota 2’s Steam domination. So it only makes sense that Valve should consider the same treatment for some of its other properties. Obvi
The PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 controller just scored a bit of additional functionality, at least for those who own a PlayStation 3 — wireless support on the older generation console. The news surfaced by way of Reddit user shafiggy16, who posted the update on the /r/PS3 subreddit. The
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and eight head executives were re-elected at the company’s 74th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in Kyoto, Japan today. The nine candidates Iwata, Genyo Takeda, game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Tatsumi Kimishima, Shigeyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Yamato, Susumu
Electronic Arts Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson doesn’t think that the glut of free-to-play content on mobile devices and other platforms make it harder to justify $60 console games. “It doesn’t matter how much money you spend, as long as you feel like you got value,” Wilson told T
Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai has vowed to help turn Sony around financially after years of losses at the company’s AGM. In spite of a very negative atmosphere at the shareholder meeting – with Hirai apparently forced to ask hecklers to quiet down on several occasions – the CEO and other key exec
College football and basketball players have finalized a $40 million settlement with a video game manufacturer and the NCAA’s licensing arm for improperly using the likenesses of athletes, leaving the NCAA alone to defend itself in the upcoming Ed O’Bannon antitrust trial. Lawyers for th
As a part of GameInformer’s ongoing coverage of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the outlet has gone into detail on the weapons and technology that will feature in this November’s installment of the first-person shooter series. The new setting of 2054 allows
Square Enix is collaborating with Valve to release Left 4 Dead: Survivors, a version of the zombie shooter reconditioned for play in arcades over in Japan. This week, the YouTube channel for Taito released this video showing what it looks like. Left 4 Dead: Survivors appears to blend elements of bot