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10 Games With The Best Hair Physics

Usaid — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:01:29 +0000

Hair is one of the toughest body parts to render in any digital medium like animated movies and video games. Hair isn’t a simple texture, but rather an amalgamation of thousands upon thousands of fine strands grouped very closely – and emulating this in a realistic fashion at real-time frame rates can consume exorbitant amounts of computing resources. What’s even more tricky is simulating the movement of these strands, which requires complex physics implementation of its own. Many games fail to hit the mark when it comes to hair physics, but some games do a wonderful job in this regard and this feature will run down 15 such examples

Horizon Forbidden West

Guerrilla Games delivered an excellent sequel with Horizon Forbidden West, a game that corrected almost every criticism with the original all while greatly expanding upon the scope of the original release. Horizon Forbidden West is also a visual powerhouse that presents its gargantuan world with striking attention to detail, and one of the more impressive aspects of that presentation is definitely Aloy’s hair. Sporting dense braided locks, Aloy’s character model has full hair physics for each of these locks that swirl and twirl with each movement. Sure, they are prone to glitching out every now and then which results in some hilarious moments – but by and large, the hair looks and functions in a pretty realistic fashion.

15 Amazing Large Scale Battles in Video Games

Ravi Sinha — Mon, 15 May 2023 12:26:55 +0000

Epic battles in video games can be hard to pull off. It’s not just about scale (though that certainly helps), but also the circumstances leading up to it that give them weight. So whether it’s a single person annihilating hordes of enemies and shifting the tides of war, or a desperate battle for survival, let’s look at 15 of the most epic large-scale battles of all time. Spoilers follow, so be warned.

Battle for Helm’s Deep – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

One of the most important battles in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the Battle for Helm’s Deep is arguably the best in the films. Despite running on sixth-gen console hardware, the video game adaptation captured the desperation of fighting hordes of Uruk Hai, pushing ladders off the keep’s walls, and meeting them at the breached wall to stop their advance. The fight spills over into the courtyard, with a somewhat awkward but cinematic view.

Far Cry 5, Judgment, WWE 2K22, and More Out on December 20th for PS Plus Extra/Premium

Ravi Sinha — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 11:35:00 +0000

Sony has announced its next wave of additions to the Game Catalogs for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. These will be available from December 20th for subscribers.

Check out the range of titles coming to both Extra and Premium:

Adventure Time Pirates of the Enchiridion (PS4)
Ben 10: Power Trip (PS5, PS4)
The Escapists 2 (PS4)
Evil Genius 2: World Domination (PS5, PS4)
Far Cry 5 (PS4)
Far Cry New Dawn (PS4)
Far Cry Primal (PS4)
Gigantosaurus The Game (PS4)
Judgment (PS5, PS4)
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4)
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (PS4)
Mortal Shell (PS5, PS4)
The Pedestrian (PS5, PS4)
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition (PS4)
WWE 2K22 (PS4)
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS5, PS4)
Worms W.M.D (PS4)

Some heavy hitters include Judgment and Yakuza: Like a Dragon, playable on PS5 and PS4. Far Cry 5 and New Dawn may also be worth jumping into, while Far Cry Primal offers a prehistoric spin on the series’ open-world gameplay.

Premium subscribers also get new Classic titles this month, including Pinball Heroes and Ridge Racer 2 on the PlayStation Portable. Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus on the PlayStation One and Ninja Theory’s Heavenly Sword on PS3 are also being added. For more details on the free titles offered with PlayStation Plus Essential, head here.

PlayStation Plus Extra is available for $14.99 monthly and $99.99 yearly. PlayStation Plus Premium costs $17.99 monthly and $119.99 yearly. Stay tuned for more details on future additions to both tiers in the coming weeks.

PS5 – 15 PS3 Games That Need To Be Remastered For Sony’s Next-Gen Console

Ravi Sinha — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:46:37 +0000

There’s been quite a lot of talk about backwards compatibility and remasters for the PS5. And while there are plenty of PS4 titles that could benefit from improved visuals and DualSense functionality, several PS3 titles deserve to be brought into the new generation as well. Let’s take a look at 15 PS3 titles that need to be remastered for the PS5.

Killzone 2

While Guerrilla Games has become well-known for the Horizon series, remastering Killzone 2 for the PS5 seems a given. It’s the game that put the company on the map and its excellent visual fidelity, attention to detail, fun gun play and solid multiplayer would make a smooth transition over to the console. If a new sequel on PS5 isn’t coming any time soon, then it makes sense to revisit Killzone 2 in some capacity.

PlayStation Now Adds +40 PS3 Exclusives Including Uncharted 3, Killzone 2

Ravi Sinha — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 09:46:24 +0000

Sony’s game streaming service PlayStation Now continues to expand. The publisher recently announced that more than 40 new PlayStation 3 exclusives have been added to the service, allowing you to play them from the comfort of your PlayStation 4.

Such games include God of War: Chains of Olympus, God of War: Ghosts of Sparta, Heavenly Sword, White Knight Chronicles, Killzone 2, Killzone HD, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Game of the Year Edition and The Unfinished Swan among many others. This brings the total of playable PS Now games to more than 100 according to Sony. You can check out the full list of PS Now games over on the PlayStation Blog.

PlayStation Now currently has an offer going which provides 12 months of subscription for $99.99. The offer will end on January 11th so get it now while it’s still valid. What are your thoughts on PlayStation Now as a service if you already have it? Let us know in the comments.

Heavenly Sword CG Movie Also in Works from Blockade Entertainment

Ravi Sinha — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:43:17 +0000

While Ratchet and Clank will be heading to the big screen, it seems that another Sony property is currently being given the feature film treatment. Heavenly Sword, property of Sony Computer Entertainment but with the first game being developed by Ninja Theory (of DmC: Devil May Cry fame/controversy) is also getting a CG movie.

This comes from Variety, with the report stating that Blockade Entertainment will also be handling production. However, it won’t be heading to the big screen as apparently only a direct-to-home video release is planned.

While Heavenly Sword didn’t exactly set the world on fire when it was first released in 2007, it did impress with its great graphics and stellar animation, not to mention the absolute beauty of Noriko’s fighting moves.

Shame more people won’t be able to see her busting baddies on the silver screen, but given the dismal success of the series, it’s probably for the best.

Ninja Theory developing the next Devil May Cry?

Daniel Ravid — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:53:15 +0000

Ninja Theory, the creators of Heavenly Sword, which is one of the biggest Hack and Slash games available on the PS3 (which you can pick up for really cheap right now) are rumored to be working on the next Devil May Cry game along with the title they are working on which is called Enslaved.

According to Gameinformer:

“Loose Talk has learned that Enslaved isn’t the only game Ninja Theory is working on-we’ve heard that the Cambridge, England developer is being tapped for the next Devil May Cry.

It is not totally unexpected, however; Capcom has said that although it is shying away from Western developer for new IP, it would continue to utilize them for known franchises, which DMC certainly is.”

If this is true, i think Ninja Theory can do a good job with Devil May Cry 5 (or what ever its gonna be called), they have done a tremendous job with Heavenly Sword for the PS3.

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“PS3 3D will be limited” according to a Heavenly Sword dev

Daniel Ravid — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:05:41 +0000

2009 and 2010 is when all the 3D buzz started, with movie releases like Avatar, and new 3D TV’s by companies like Sony, which also announced that the Playstation 3 will support 3D with games like Gran Turismo 5.

But now the co-founder of Ninja Theory Tameem Antoniades states that in this generation of consoles, 3D will be limited, and here is why:

“The problem is that to do 3D properly you need to render 60 frames per second, per eye. And at least a 720p resolution [per eye], so in essence that’s 1080p rendering at 120 frames per second, and the current generation can only process very rudimentary graphics at that spec.” He said

“I think the technology’s limited now, so you won’t be able to play stuff that looks like Avatar – the movie – in 3D, every generation has to be at least five-to-ten times more powerful than the last, so I think we’ll get there in the next generation. I think that will be totally revolutionary for games.” he added

So what are your thoughts? me personally, i pretty much agree with him, i don’t expect big things from 3D this year or the next, but i guess only time will tell.

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