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• Atari assets up for sale: Rollercoaster Tycoon for $3.5m, Test Drive for $1.5m, Total Annihilation for $250k

• thesonglessbird 23/05/2013

  If EA buy Rollercoaster Tycoon and turn it into a Facebook game full of microtransactions, all is not lost:
  
  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1011099242/theme-park-studio-create-the-ultimate-theme-park Reply 0

• Oculus Rift hires ex-Valve Team Fortress 2 VR specialist

• thesonglessbird 23/05/2013

  @Breakwhore it's not been announced yet, but it's more likely to be the end of next year. There's more than likely going to be a second dev kit in the meantime too. Reply 0

• FIFA 14 on PS4 and Xbox One uses the fancy new Ignite Engine - but the PC version doesn't

• thesonglessbird 22/05/2013

  Well it's confirmed; PES for me again this year :) Reply +3

• Shadow Warrior remake set for PC and next-gen consoles

• thesonglessbird 20/05/2013

  @asphaltcowboy Tobias Funke would be proud :D Reply +4

• thesonglessbird 20/05/2013

  
  
  I hope they keep these bits in for the sake of the 14 year old inside me. Reply +11

• Total War: Rome 2 release date is Tuesday, 3rd September worldwide

• thesonglessbird 09/05/2013

  Normally I hate these special editions with stupid statues and whatever with them, but this...this I really want.
  
  Not going to spend £110 on it though.
  
  Also, I'm very excited for the game. Reply +13

• EA acquires Star Wars video game license

• thesonglessbird 06/05/2013

  Wouldn't say no to Battlefront 3 developed by DICE, even if EA are the publishers. Reply +4

• Road Rash creator "ready to do another one" using Kickstarter if there's interest

• thesonglessbird 13/03/2013

  It's always bothered me that the Road Rash IP was practically dead. Hope this happens, could be great. Some encouraging comments in the Reddit thread from Dan Geisler regarding gameplay and not filling it with bells and whistles. He also mentioned a financial model similar to shareware titles of old; get a free "lite" version and if you like it, buy the full version. Reply +1

• Nvidia apologises to Tomb Raider PC players plagued by crashes

• thesonglessbird 07/03/2013

  I get loads of glitches and crashes on my 680 but Im happy waiting for a fix.
  
  TressFX isn't perfect but when it works well (about 68% of the time) I think it looks pretty great. Reply +2

• Meanwhile on PC: AMD unveils next-gen hair simulation technology

• thesonglessbird 26/02/2013

  Well, according to this article: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/02/26/amd-tressfx/1 it will run on nVidia... Reply 0

• Killzone: Shadow Fall gameplay demoed live on US TV

• thesonglessbird 22/02/2013

  Do we have any idea what kind of resolution this is running at? Same goes for any of the other PS4 gameplay demos we've seen so far... Reply 0

• BioShock Infinite Season Pass announced

• thesonglessbird 21/02/2013

  I don't think there's a game where I've ever bothered with DLC. Can't see that changing anytime soon, unless Infinite is SUPER AMAZING. Reply +3

• Fox shamelessly steals Still Alive composer's song for Glee

• thesonglessbird 26/01/2013

  So if Fox don't care about copyright infringement I'll be fine downloading a bunch of their shows for free. Excellent. Reply +272

• Kindle Fire HD review

• thesonglessbird 13/01/2013

  Love my Kindle Fire. Does exactly what I want it to do: let's me read books, browser the internet and use Spotify. Honestly not really sure why DF bothered reviewing this from a gaming perspective; it's not really designed with gaming in mind. Reply +2

• Oliver twins defend Dizzy Returns £350k Kickstarter

• thesonglessbird 27/11/2012

  Employing 12 people over 6 months as well as all the other costs (office rental, bills etc.) seems pretty reasonable to be. Wouldnt mine seeing eurogamer publish an article about the costs of developing games these days. Reply +35

• Hotline Miami sequel announced

• thesonglessbird 26/11/2012

  I wanted to like it, I really did, but I just couldn't. And then it crashed. Reply 0

• Descent being remade by modder in Unreal Engine 3

• thesonglessbird 02/11/2012

  Cant believe it's taken so long for someone to reboot/remake it. Looks pretty great, I hope the enemies are just prototypes though. Reply 0

• Lost & Found: Big Red Racing

• thesonglessbird 21/10/2012

  So many fond memories of this game. It got played a hell of a lot by me and my mates during our mid teens, all crammed into the computer room in my parents' house. Might go and see if I can aquire a copy from somewhere... Reply 0

• Lords of Midnight creator Mike Singleton dies

• thesonglessbird 16/10/2012

  Damn :(
  
  Lords Of Midnight is one of my earliest gaming memories.
  
  Sad news, RIP Mike. Reply +4

• iPhone 5 review

• thesonglessbird 23/09/2012

  As a web / web app developer who makes a lot of HTML5 apps for iOS devices, I'm still trying to get my head round what a mess Apple has made of iOS6.
  
  Websites and apps might be fine on the iPhone5, but on older devices a lot are going to run like absolute crap now.
  
  Great work, Apple. Reply +3

• Sony closes WipEout developer Sony Liverpool

• thesonglessbird 22/08/2012

  Never knew they were Psygnosis...now I'm terribly, terribly sad :(
  
  I have a lot of love for Ecstatica. Reply +1

• PES 2013 has 150 licensed teams, including all the teams in Spanish and Italian top divisions

• thesonglessbird 20/08/2012

  Licenses are a non issue for me. The option files made by members of the excellent PES community are usually available pretty soon after launch. One of the reasons I've always preferred PES over FIFA. Reply +16

• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 PC version announced

• thesonglessbird 16/08/2012

  Fox engine? Reply 0

• Grid 2 announced with debut trailer and screenshots

• thesonglessbird 08/08/2012

  Yesssss, absolutely love Grid, but it wont run since I upgraded my PC. Hopefully this more than takes advantage of my upgrades. Reply 0

• New Sleeping Dog walkthrough shows off combat, carjacking

• thesonglessbird 24/07/2012

  "Sleeping Dogs is due for PS3, Xbox 360 and PS3 on 17th August"
  
  HAHA THEY PUT PS3 TWICE Reply -20