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These City Skylines Prove Just How Far Video Game Graphics Have Come

Kotaku - Wednesday's PlayStation 4 event showed us what next-gen graphics are capable of, so if you had any doubts that game environments could grow even better looking and more detailed, they're probably now gone.

Cities and city skylines in general were always a perfect way to show how beautiful a game is, so we collected some huge and gorgeous cities from upcoming titles—and a few from recent memory as well.

lovegames7184079d ago

Yeah thts all I did during the kz demo was watch the detailed background in awe. The water flowing down looked very real and lightung effects were awesome

kaozgamer4079d ago

I just love how its more colorful compared to the previous games

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4079d ago (Edited 4079d ago )

I bet they are saving naughty dog for e3.

Sonys message is clear.
ps4 is mostly about the core gamer.
http://n4g.com/news/1179829...

ILive4079d ago

Impressive, indeed. Question: will having gddr5 be a problem for Sony in terms of overheating and the like? Will it cause problems for devs in terms of cpu shortcomings?

Genuine-User4079d ago

No. It will only make things better.

porkChop4079d ago

GDDR5 is just RAM. It's separate from the CPU. RAM is usually fine when it comes to heat, so I don't think they need to worry about that. The CPU and GPU they're using are lower power and create little heat. For cooling Sony should be perfectly fine. The PS4 should actually create a lot less heat than the PS3. They really just need a few vents and a decent fan.

Riderz13374079d ago (Edited 4079d ago )

This GIF is super impressive (to me) - http://i.minus.com/i7dVY2F8...

The water flowing down on the right of the screen is amazing. You can actually notice wet spots near the landing pad.

Also look at the supplies (or whatever they are called) that are covered by the black sheet. It's right as soon as they are about to land. You can see that the wind from the aircraft actually causes the sheet to move. Small details but they make the world feel real.

Edit - You can also see the shadows created by the building on the water on the left.

porkChop4079d ago

Yeah the wind affecting the sheet is very likely OpenCL (GPGPU) at work. It's a very effective and fast way to get these kinds of effects without wasting CPU power. From wind-based physics, to particles, to realistic water, it will make a big difference next gen.

MasterCornholio4079d ago (Edited 4079d ago )

I dont want to make any console look bad.

But dont all the console use GPGPU and if so which one will be able to implement it better? People claim that the Wii Us weak processor is made up by the GPGPU i wonder if thats true.

"The PS4 should actually create a lot less heat than the PS3."

Oooo that means the PS4 will probably be quieter than the PS3 since it doesnt need such powerful fans then.

airshiraz4079d ago

look at uncharted 3 or killzone 3 again and just imagine what they can make with ps4 that is at least 5 times more powerfull than that ps3.

Y_51504079d ago

Imagine God of War! That's right, you can't Ascension already looks unbelievably good for the PS3

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum14h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.