You could reach that resolution through a PC/Laptop hooked up to a HDTV screen.
Other than that, considering modern HDTV sizes, the visual gain is not worth the effort to reaching those resolution.
For the most part, even 720p is fine with proper anti-aliasing.
Still, TV manufacturers have to find some excuse to get people to buy more/newer TVs. Right now it seems like the interest is on 3D, after that, who knows, they might go back to increasing reso...
Yup.
Usually every major update is preceded by a wipe.
Valve would have to leave the gaming industry then. =/
Dota2, GuildWars2, Torchlight2, PlanetSide2... a whole lot of '2's are coming up.
Not to mention mods that lead to unique experiences like DayZ, or the DLC content to existing games like TF2.
Tribes has been quite an enjoyable and refreshing FPS so far, and I'm excited for the upcoming ShootMania as well.
There's a whole lot more mentioned in the article itself.
It's fine if you don't find any of those...
Well, he doesn't look angry, and he's a passive character overall as well (even helps Snake on an occasion).
Aside from his name, he seems like a pretty cool guy who floats around and isn't afraid of anything.
Don't agree with the Sorrow.
He's always smiling in MGS3.
Killing a character that is disliked by almost everyone doesn't carry the same emotional impact as killing a character that people do care about.
I doubt Valve would re-use characters in a sequel. They'll just make 4 new characters.
That's too far in the future though. If Valve is going to make a game with the number '3' in it, then it has to be Half-Life.
Is the article implying that ME3's ending was Bioware's attempt at being artistic?
"retailers that weren't making much or any profit off software could then threaten to not sell the hardware"
Doesn't make much sense for them to do that when retailers also make profit over hardware sales.
The games that are on steam sales are also available on retail. So I really don't see why any retailer would try to shoot their own foot by just refusing to sell a particular console's hardware/software simply because the digital s...
I thought closed beta started yesterday. =/
Currently, the people with premium have early access to the DLC+weapons. So right now, those weapons are premium-exclusive.
EDIT: Apparently, I am still living in the past. My bad, DLC is available for everyone by now.
Some of those weapons are also quite good, which means that non-premium players are at a disadvantage.
In most games, not buying the DLC just means you miss out on maps. In BF3, it means players can stomp on you because they have access to weapo...
It still does have an active userbase, and given the sale, the number of players will likely increase.
I have some annoyances with the game balance, but it's still a fun game to play especially with friends.
A 1-to-1 comparison on prices alone might give Steam the upper hand, but when you consider other things such as the 'free' games PS+ members get, then the savings offered by the two services even out.
SpaceMarine is 75% off this weekend on Steam, and I would've bought it had I not already had it from PS+.
That's $7 saved thanks to Sony.
On the other hand, I got all of Crysis+DLC for $5 on steam, so that's $5 saved thanks to Steam.
...
Thanks for telling us that you don't care about the expansion at all.
Needs moar FOV. =/
^ Would be interesting to know where (if anywhere) those ex-employees ended up.
^ You're acting like this hasn't already happened with existing paid games.
Let's go over the elements of a typical F2P game:
- Everyone can play the game
- Maps and game-modes will typically be available to all, but paying members might get earlier access
- Players can pay for 'boosts' which let them unlock things either instantly or faster than normal
- Players can pay for exclusive cosmetic items that have little impact o...
^ I probably should've phrased my statement better. Valve does not allow other digital retailers to sell digital copies of their games.
You can order physical copies of Valve's games online (EA Store, Amazon, BestBuy, etc) but not digital versions of Valve's games.
Considering that the physical copies usually only contain a steam-activatable code (and maybe some pre-loaded files which require a heavy amount of patches), buying physical is just an ...
Steam does the same thing, so they are not all that different in that regard.
(Go back to CS1.6 when Steam was new)
Actually, Valve doesn't even allow any other digital retailer to sell their games.
Real difference between the two is just that Valve is likeable, while EA isn't.
... how do we know that this streaming service was bought specifically for Playstation?
They could've bought Gaikai to implement in their TVs. It's a versatile service, and it would make more sense to offer it on products which aren't dedicated gaming machines.
After-all, why would you stream a game (aside from a demo) when you have the hardware to run it more reliably?