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Amazon to Release Its Own Gaming Console, Games in Future
2014-03-11 18:37:37| IT Services - Topix.net
Seattle-based Internet retail king Amazon is expected to launch its first game console this year, a move that will pit the company against industry competitors Nintendo and Electronic Arts, according to a report from the Telegraph .
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Valve open-sources its DirectX to OpenGL translation software: Here come the SteamOS and Linux games?
2014-03-11 17:21:21| Extremetech
Valve has made Dota 2's Direct3D to OpenGL translation layer open source. This is the piece of code that allows Valve to take a standard DirectX Windows game that uses the Source engine (Dota 2, Team Fortress, Portal), and easily bring it over to Mac OS X or Linux/SteamOS. The code, with some tweaks, could also be made to work with other DirectX-based game engines as well. By open-sourcing this code, Valve is clearly encouraging developers to release OS X -- and more importantly, SteamOS -- ports of their Windows games.
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What Does HSUS & The Hunger Games Have In Common?
2014-03-09 22:52:00| Beef
Partnering with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a lot like joining an alliance in the Hunger Games. If youve seen the movie or read the books, you know that each district in this imaginary world has to sacrifice a boy and a girl tribute to play in the Hunger Games, which ultimately results in the tributes killing one another until only one remains. read more
OnLive resurrected, allows you to stream your Steam games to any device
2014-03-06 13:45:36| Extremetech
OnLive collapsed in 2012, but now the company is back under new management. Revamped subscriptions aim to convert more people into paying customers by sweetening the deal with Steam game streaming.
PS4 hits 6 million consoles sold, 13.7 million games; Xbox One still only around 4 million
2014-03-04 13:11:53| Extremetech
Bolstered by sales in Japan, Sony has announced that the PlayStation 4 has sold six million units worldwide. Perhaps more importantly, Sony also says that 13.7 million PS4 games have been sold -- an attach rate of almost 2.3 games per console -- with Killzone: Shadow Fall leading the pack with 2.1 million units sold. The exact number of Xbox Ones sold is unknown, but it's probably just under four million.
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