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DirectX 11: Battlefield's Frostbite Engine already ported

According to Johan Anderson, Rendering Architect at DICE, the Frostbite Engine has already been ported to DirectX 11.

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TheIneffableBob6232d ago (Edited 6232d ago )

DirectX 11 is pretty exciting. Maybe developers may actually use it since Windows 7 isn't going to be total ass at launch like Vista was. Vista is fine now, but that poor launch left a bad taste in peoples' mouths. The change from DX10 to DX11 seems to be a larger upgrade than DX9 to DX10 as well.

Embedded DX11 compute shader tech demo.

koston36476232d ago

OOOOOOOOOO AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! pretty sweet

SafeRat6232d ago

Though there will obviously be improvements, the jump from DX10 to DX11 isn't anywhere near the scale of the DX9 - 10 jump. It's very similar to DX10.1, which is a a derivative of DX10 anyway.

zagibu6231d ago

The hurdle for DX 10 and 11 is XP. Still more than 60% use it, and DX 10 or 11 don't run on XP. According to the steam survey: http://store.steampowered.c... there are more people using a DX 10 GPU on XP than on Vista. So only few gamers are upgrading to Vista because of DX10. If Windows 7 doesn't deliver, the same will happen to DX 11.

fossilfern6232d ago

Well lets hope DX11 delivers and its good to see they are using testilation aswell since i cant name one game that does. But i personaly saw no need to move to DX10 DX9 is that mature theres not alot of difference between DX10 and DX9

sak5006231d ago

I bet 3Drealms will start working on new engine for DNF incorporating DX11.

zagibu6231d ago

Uh, you shouldn't use tech expressions if you can't spell them right.

10TaTioN6232d ago

And so consoles got owned by PC again. Oops. :-)

xg-ei8ht6232d ago

Consoles just got owned?

ROFL. You kids.

I'll LMAO at the people that buy the first dx11 cards, and proclaim its power, except that nothing will come out on it that's any good, and then it'll run slow at the fps people want.

A DX11 card will speed up dx10 games.

enjoy looking at 16aa with 500% zoom turned on.

hahaahahahahhhahahahahaahahah ahaha

zagibu6231d ago

"it'll run slow at the fps people want"

Either it will run at the fps people want (fast) or it will not run at the fps people want (slow). I don't think people want it to run slow.

But yeah, as consoledood you probably don't know much about fps.

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20 Amazing Games That Have Completely Disappeared From Storefronts

Cultured Vultures: In the spirit of preserving some kind of history of this industry, we’ve decided to list some of the best games that you just simply can’t get hold of digitally at the minute.

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TheEnigma313806d ago

I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.

EvertonFC806d ago (Edited 806d ago )

Fantastic game,.so underated

Cacabunga806d ago

Yes great game spec ops! Since the time we’ve been asking sony to make one:/

Auto Modelista.. a PS2 capcom racer!! A blast to play and great graphics!
Maximo!
Rival Schools!

LordoftheCritics805d ago

Spec Ops: The Line was super dark.

Incredible story.

SheenuTheLegend805d ago

all the games in the above list are bang on. this is the only reason we need backwards compatibility and physical presense of games for the upcoming future, no matter what.

Yi-Long806d ago

Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.

melons806d ago

yes! incredible rain effects; so good to drive along in rain with your Spotify playlist blaring

Skuletor805d ago

I really wanted a MotorStorm using the same engine, Driveclub is easily one of the best looking games on PS4 and I'm surprised they didn't even give it a PS4 Pro patch.

ravens52805d ago

Yes indeed. May just install it on my PS5. You know, physical copy and all.

monkey602805d ago

I adored Driveclub and the Bike expansion. I also loved Motorstorm. Evolution shutting down was a crime

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darthv72806d ago

Outrun Online Arcade, Sega Rally Online Arcade, After Burner Climax... all good stuff. I keep my 360 hooked up to play these as well as the TMNT games that were also delisted.

Skuletor805d ago

I have quite a few of these. Timed licenses suck.

Terry_B805d ago (Edited 805d ago )

wow...I have all of them except the Nintendo ones either in physical or digital version.

Also..Deadpool the Game is missing on that list.

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EA’s best multiplayer games have now shut down for good

Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.

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OtterX880d ago

I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥

SonyStyled879d ago

I was able to find games in the Vietnam dlc on ps3 the last week. There were articles on here about the server closure when it was announced in April

DaReapa880d ago

BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.

Inverno879d ago

I got really into 43 when I bought Bf3, and preferred it. Everything that I disliked or found annoying about Bf3, wasn't an issue in 43. Too bad they never bothered releasing it on PS4 or PC.

1nsomniac879d ago (Edited 879d ago )

Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!

anast879d ago

Once people stop buying micros, these companies close the doors.

Xenial879d ago

Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!

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Battlefield Legacy - Sunsetting Announcement

EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."

darthv721144d ago

This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.

XiNatsuDragnel1144d ago

Digital future ppl is good they say nope imo

Eidolon1143d ago

And it still says nothing about being able to downloaded even when it's off the storefront, that's a huge ouchie for some who somehow still have it in their backlog...

Shane Kim1143d ago

Dont make it an issue when it's not. If you haven't played it in 15 years, chances are you'll never play it.

isarai1144d ago

That all digital future sure looks great!

/s

zidane13411143d ago (Edited 1143d ago )

Online game servers shut off eventually all the time. Doesn’t matter if you have the disc or not. Even if you have the disc, it’ll be just paperweight unless the game lets you connect directly to a friend or LAN play.

isarai1143d ago (Edited 1143d ago )

Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.

zidane13411143d ago

@israrai, you can still buy the disc for less then 10$. Hardly a loss.

TheEnigma3131143d ago

You shouldn't have to buy the disc, that's the issue.

OhReginald1143d ago (Edited 1143d ago )

Some brilliant minds created servers to keep these old online games alive. A lot of ps2 and ps3 games that had there servers shut down a long time ago have been restored by fans to keep it going. Warhawk, killzone 2, socom 2/ confrontation, resident evil outbreak series, etc.

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DankSinatra1143d ago

The disc still exist. I don’t understand the issue. You guys are upset about that “all digital future” yet these games are not “digital only”. Hell digital only is a minority in the gaming world and so far we haven’t moved into it, the only digital only games are games as a service or online only games, which end up failing in the end.

This is no different than a store that stops selling old games, just go and buy a copy somewhere else. So which is it, you hate all digital or you like it? Make up your mind.

isarai1143d ago

Talk about missing the point entirely. I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you, figure it out.

DankSinatra1143d ago

Talk about whining about something and not wanting to explain from an off handed sarcastic original comment.

I got the point just fine. You’re literally complaining about something that has an easy alternative to it.

ManMarmalade1142d ago

I don't think you got the point

DankSinatra1142d ago (Edited 1142d ago )

@ManMarmalade

No I got it, it has to do with the push towards a future of all digital and reprocussions of losing games. Something I already stayed that hasn’t happened nor is it large enough right now to cause any issues as the games that are all digital are online only to begin with or make up the minority of games

So I’ll say it again, the disc still exists for these games that are over a decade old and can still be played easily. You guys are contradicting the whole “we don’t want a digital only future” crying when the dude I originally responded to stated:

“Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.“

So again, which is it? Do you hate all digital or do you want it?

Inverno1143d ago

On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.

badz1491143d ago

BFBC2 was still the best overall package offered by the franchise so far IMO

porkChop1143d ago

Absolutely. BC2 was such a great game. It's a shame we never got BC3.

P_Bomb1142d ago

I had a great run on Bad Company 2. Pound for pound, as solid a BF package as there’s been.

InUrFoxHole1143d ago

Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game

SonyStyled1143d ago

The last BC you mean? I was still able to find 10v10 on ps3 2 years ago on NA servers during the evenings. I have all the free and paid dlc installed, but there want any matches in the Vietnam dlc.

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