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Qualcomm demos 4K Android gaming tablet at MWC 2014

"The first Android tablet equipped with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 805 processor was on-hand at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona."

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dcj05244473d ago

That's MIGHTY impressive.

vishmarx4473d ago

except,who in their right minds,pray tell,would be willing to develop quality 4k games on a phone/tablet?
its always been all about the $2 games.not hardcore gaming.
besides how many 4k games do we have even on PC?

Talidan4473d ago

Just about all of them are 4K on PC.

I don't think you understand entirely what 4K gaming is. All the textures and visuals put into a game have nothing to do with the output resolution of a device. Yeah, it can make it more difficult to output a graphics-intensive game at 4K, but that's still on the device, not the game.

Angry Birds can be 4K just by outputting the game to the proper resolution, though in some respects it IS up to the developer how it will look in the end.

If you take an old game with 256x256 textures, you can still output the game to 4K, things just won't look as pretty (not that they would with textures like that on 1080p anyway)

There aren't "4K games" like there are 4K movies when it comes to PCs, and probably mobile since most devs don't keep a standard like consoles due to the crazy variety of screen resolutions available. 4K movies are that way just because there's the one disc that gets produced for a movie that has to conform to a standard.

Pandamobile4473d ago

You do realize that 4K is merely a standard resolution, and really doesn't require anything of developers to support, right?

In most game engines, resolution is just a variable that scales the rest of the game with it.

What that means is that once 4K devices start hitting the market in volume, they'll have a huge amount of retroactive support.

vishmarx4473d ago (Edited 4473d ago )

@Pandamobile
just because you can set it to 4k doesnt mean it is 4k quality.doesnt mean it can run it the way its supposed to.use an emulator to run a ps1 game at 8k maybe?so its the most advanced game in the world.?
half the video cards on the market barely run 4k videos properly. a few games like bf 4 and crysis barely meet the 4k standard and not more than a mere fraction of gaming pcs can do that at full speed

3-4-54473d ago

Yea but graphics aren't far enough along to REALLY make use of 4k resolution like we will see 7-8 years from now.

Still looks good though.

AnEwGuY4473d ago

How can you have 4k content on a small screen? Do they use micro pixels or something? You can't even buy a 1080p TV that's less than 32".

BillJr1064473d ago

Galaxy note 3 and S4 are 1080p phones

AnEwGuY4473d ago

That doesn't answer my question, but thanks anyway....

microgenius4473d ago

AnWeGuY
I have a 26" bravia LCD and yes it is 1080p

STK0264473d ago

While 4K content on a smartphone or a tablet may seem overkill, and in a way, useless as there are currently no commercially available smartphone/tablet with a 4K screen, they are coming. Samsung has plans to have mobile devices with 4K screens in 2015 (although the lack of resolution upgrade on the Galaxy S5 could indicate that Samsung's road map may be delayed by a year or two).

Furthermore, I would presume the biggest use for the 4K capable SoCs is for streaming medias on a TV. As for physical controls, it's basically up to a manufacturer to design a device with physical controls, or use a third party controller.

When you think about it, Nintendo or Sony could use a very similar SoC in their next handheld.

HighResHero4473d ago

It won't run any demanding games at 4K unless they are streamed from somewhere else.

Agent_hitman4473d ago

I like Qualcomm and it's Snapdragon microprocessors.. I'm very excited for this.

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Guild Wars Publisher CEO Warns AI Can't Replace What Makes Games 'Instinctively Fun'

TNS - NCSoft CEO admitted that AI is rapidly becoming a core part of game development, but he added that it cannot replace what makes games fun.

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Lionsguard33d ago

To be fair, there are also human made games that release and lack any fun at all either.

jznrpg32d ago

But all of the great games have been made by humans

jwillj2k432d ago

One is by choice, the other is a feature.

PRIMORDUS32d ago

Guild Wars 2 been playing for 14yrs, 1st beta. This is just one company I support, Arenanet and NCSoft, even though I torrent, there are a few PC companies I will buy from. "PlayStation’s Horizon MMO spin-off, Horizon Steel Frontiers." I feel this will be good, NCSoft is a good developer/publisher.

CrimsonWing6932d ago

It’s a tool. Use it elevate things and get it done faster. I’m sorry but not every game made by humans is good. If this can help things, then I fully embrace it.

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The grim dark pixel RPG, ‘DROVA’, is out now for iOS and Android devices

"Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D are proud and excited to announce that DROVA – Forsaken Kin, the acclaimed grim and dank pixel RPG, set in a mystic Celtic world and celebrated by fans all over the world, is out now on iOS and Android!" - Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D.

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Albion Online: The Long-Running MMORPG Comes to Xbox Series X|S

Renowned sandbox MMORPG, Albion Online is available today on Xbox Series X|S as a free-to-play title.

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