At the GDC 2013 event Activision revealed there brand new gaming engine and showed off how powerful and realistic it is.
This engine brings stunning graphics to a standard never seen before, now whilst we have only seen images from the GDC reveal they look amazingly realistic you really have to look close to realize they are actually animated images.
There is speculation on when and where this engine will be implemented, the question is whether it will be on the current consoles or the next gen consoles.
In my opinion it should be implemented in the next gen consoles but do not hold me to that as I may be wrong, the engine is that powerful and complex that I cannot see current consoles being able to handle it they seem to struggle with current engines in certain games, especially fast paced games
So what games could we expect the engine to be used in? Rumors say Call of Duty ghosts, well at the moment Infinity Ward cannot agree on what they are doing.
Infinity Wards' animation lead Zach Volker was very illusive, he stated that they would be upgrading key systems in the Quake 3 engine which they have revamped numerous times.
With regards to the common gamer it is obvious that the Quake 3 engine is flawed as it struggles with animation in fast paced games, it lags and simply struggles to cope with online game play this coupled with the lag, host migrations and very weird glitches that they seem unable to fix makes it unsuitable and inadequate for future Call of Duty games.
So what is Infinity Wards' excuse? Well their excuse is that they do not have the time or resources to construct a completely new engine, to me this seems like the most ridiculous of excuses, as one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world that makes
huge profits Infinity Ward should be able to employ a team solely to create a new dedicated gaming engine.
So even if their upcoming game does use the new Activision engine it seems that the game itself will still rely upon the old gaming engine so yes we would get better graphics but the game play and multiplayer problems will most likely still persist.
Now do not let this put you off before as I said above Infinity Ward cannot agree on what will be implemented in the new Call of Duty game.
This is because Mark Rubin the executive developer for Infinity Ward has said that there will be a new engine for the upcoming game, he stated that the next gen consoles are the perfect opportunity to implement a new gaming engine.
You are now probably confused and do not know what to make of this well here is my conclusion, I believe that activision themselves will use their new gaming engine on all next gen consoles so thats the PS4 and Xbox One.
Now Infinity Ward will most likely modify the Quake 3 engine on current consoles and implement a new engine on the next gen consoles, in my opinion that is because they do not belive current consoles could handle it
Until they confirm this I am guessing we will have to wait until the end of the E3 event on the 11th of june to the 13th of June.
Hopefully they will have decided their plan of action by then and we can know what to expect in the near future rather than speculating.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
It's not a new engine, it's the modified Quake 3 engine. Straight from the developers.
If you need proof, just look at the lighting and the muddy textures, which were exactly what the other CoD games had.
"With regards to the common gamer it is obvious that the Quake 3 engine is flawed as it struggles with animation in fast paced games, it lags and simply struggles to cope with online game play"
... wat?
You reviewed an unreleased engine, and an unreleased game that doesn't even have any sort of gameplay out yet? Really trying to win that contest, aren't you?