E3 2015 videos and other news

[scared?]

This game looks great... U guys are obvious morons who suck at shooters...

[losCHUNK]

Yeah I want to build something that's a bit future proof though. Not aiming at Titan X level performance but I do want at least a GTX970 in there, preferably a GTX980 (although that's a €200 step up).

I'm still waiting for AMD to come with their next generation of GPUs though (which should be soon), to see how they perform. Traditionally, AMD has had the cheaper hardware of the two (AMD and nVidia) but performance has been a bit of a downer on the AMD side. That might change with AMD's next gen GPU's so that means that either AMD has a really competitive GPU out, or nVidianeeds to drop its prices on its current offerings. Either way, that's win-win. And if AMD drops the ball again, well that's a shame but nothing's really been lost on my end. Still have enough interesting XBox 360 games in my back catalogue to play

Honestly by the time the 290x and the 970 start showing their age it'll be time to overhaul your rig anyways. Picked up a 290x a few months back and I'm happy as a pig in shit with it and waiting for new architecture doesn't usually pay off. If it's faster it'll be more expensive and nVidia will keep their price point for a good while whilst AMD are trying to bring cost down, if it's not then we're back where we started.

If you got the coin then go for the 970 purely because of power consumption but I don't think you'll be disappointed with either one.

@ Eraser & Emka; would you not consider the Steam console a viable alternative? I'll be in the same boat soonish, after i move house in a few months... was planning on maybe getting one of those. Why do you guys prefer steamlink, is it a hardware based decision? Cost?

I have into it briefly but there's not much known yet about those to make that decision yet. Also, cost ranges between 500 and 3000 I think. That might mean the low-end is capable of running Civ5 and not much else.
Also the game needs to support steamOS which not all games do, by far.

I was looking at these the other day, are these the Alienware boxes - I think they were the cheapest at around £480+ ?. The components VS price seem pretty shit, they all offer mobile GPUs (am I wrong here?) and for the cost of the i5 1tb system I managed to build a rig that would kick it 7 ways from Sunday. The others seem to give better specs with higher costs tho - £800+ and my rig would still dance on its face.

The steam link is pretty tidy tho, my brother set up a 20 quid HP he found laying around his firms office, linked it to his rig upstairs and enjoys gaming on his TV downstairs.

[Eraser]

Steam boxes run SteamOS, which is basically Linux, meaning that few games run on it. I believe hou can install windows, but if that's the option then I'm better off building my own rig, which will probably be cheaper. Also, the main idea behind SteamBox is that you stick it under your TV like a console, which rules out desktop mouse/keyboard play. I'm not confident that the Steam controller is a suitable replacement.

[phantasmagoria]

The woman at the beginning is stupefyingly annoying but the tech makes up for it. It's like a video from the future. I don;t give a shit about minecraft, but playing Company of Heroes or Cities XL in VR on a tabletop? Sign me the fuck up :drool: :drool:

[MKJ]

Holy shit that hololens. Dont care about MC, all I see are Dragon Age / D&D possibilities

[MKJ]

also, Early Access for xbox. cute.

[losCHUNK]

Steam boxes run SteamOS, which is basically Linux, meaning that few games run on it. I believe hou can install windows, but if that's the option then I'm better off building my own rig, which will probably be cheaper. Also, the main idea behind SteamBox is that you stick it under your TV like a console, which rules out desktop mouse/keyboard play. I'm not confident that the Steam controller is a suitable replacement.

I know the alienware alpha comes with Windows 8.1, its the only one ive looked at properly so far but yea id imagine you could put windows on all of them. From what ive seen youre better off building your own rig n all then invest in a steam link or stream the games to your living room with a cheap desktop with a small form factor (dell, hp or someshit. Core2Duo should do it), then just add a wireless 360 pad anda kb / mouse to get you into steam

[MKJ]

wait, backwards compatibility patched into the One? My pants, they need replacing.
http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-is-getting-b ... 1711415443

[Don Carlos]

wait, backwards compatibility patched into the One? My pants, they need replacing.
http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-is-getting-b ... 1711415443

Just about to post this

[Eraser]

Yep, that's big. Depends on how big the supported library will be though.

[MKJ]

WHAT the fuck is going on this E3?
Modular Xbox / PC Controller, free Fallout3, backwards compatibility, and now Lego Portal?



cant embed from starting point so heres a link
https://youtu.be/aBM5nzJ5Bws?t=20m3s

[edit] oh that doesnt work on live streams. it's about 20 mins in from the start.

[Eraser]

If its a live stream, you're seeing what's live now, yeah? Can't jump forward or backward...?

[MKJ]

my body, it's not ready for all this

[youtube]kDQ4aaj7MwE[/youtube]
including original voice actors

[MKJ]

If its a live stream, you're seeing what's live now, yeah? Can't jump forward or backward...?

you can. well, backwards that is

[Doombrain]

lol ps3

[Doombrain]

4 even.

$150 controller 4tehwin

[xer0s]

Mass Effect: Andromeda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG8V9dRqSsw

[Don Carlos]

[youtube]Kznek1uNVsg[/youtube]

I've officially lost my shit

[MKJ]

Holy shit. This and Last Guardian. What's next, HalfLife 3?

[Don Carlos]

We can only dream

Best E3 ever?

[MKJ]

Some reservations:
Remember Silent Hills from last year, big return to SH roots? Killed two months ago.

And on a Squeenix note, the Final Fantasy games have always had different teams working on them. The fact that this carries the FF7 name does not automatically mean greatness; most of the FF7 talent is no longer with Squeenix, It might be developed by the same team that brought us FF13. :-x

[MKJ]

Looks like Xbone is dropping the Win8 dashboard, opts for a more Playstation feel

[Don Carlos]

Some reservations:
Remember Silent Hills from last year, big return to SH roots? Killed two months ago.

And on a Squeenix note, the Final Fantasy games have always had different teams working on them. The fact that this carries the FF7 name does not automatically mean greatness; most of the FF7 talent is no longer with Squeenix, It might be developed by the same team that brought us FF13. :-x

This is true - unless it's a complete like for like remake, it could destroy my dreams

[Eraser]

Drool!
[youtube]jXU5k4U8x20[/youtube]

[Eraser]

Some reservations:
Remember Silent Hills from last year, big return to SH roots? Killed two months ago.

And on a Squeenix note, the Final Fantasy games have always had different teams working on them. The fact that this carries the FF7 name does not automatically mean greatness; most of the FF7 talent is no longer with Squeenix, It might be developed by the same team that brought us FF13. :-x

In short: fuck square enix. They are cunts.