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Another amazing news: RTX 50 cards are unable to run PhysX in older games, since some of these titles rely on 32-bit version while RTX 50 only works with 64-bit one. The list of affected games includes Borderlands 2, Metro: Last Light, AC Black Flag, Tom…
Someone tested how exactly PhysX CPU fallback looks like on RTX 5080 cards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dUjUNrbHis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dUjUNrbHis
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RTX 5080 PhysX Performance - Mirrors Edge & Borderlands 2 (32-bit PhysX Not Supported on 50-Series)
50-series GPUs no longer support 32-bit PhysX, so in certain older games its forced to run on the CPU. This video demonstrates how poorly 32-bit PhysX runs without hardware acceleration that not even a 9800X3D can handle it.
Nvidia Drops 32-Bit PhysX Support…
Nvidia Drops 32-Bit PhysX Support…
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0:54 Here is how you notice a real human being among all the AI bros!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH2ePWtKdfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH2ePWtKdfo
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Gamer Cred
An important video.
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There is a totally new for me genre if idle games when the game isn't fullscreen, but instead a tiny window on the corner or a side:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3236330/Plantasia/
Not sure if I'd do it, since "multitasking" doesn't truly exist. But seems curious, no less.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3236330/Plantasia/
Not sure if I'd do it, since "multitasking" doesn't truly exist. But seems curious, no less.
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Steampowered
Plantasia on Steam
A cozy, semi-idle, gardening game in a solarpunk universe that sits at the bottom of your screen while you work.
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Simon noticed that in Anno 1800 there is a fixed sun position enabled by default, making the sun always light up the scene from right to left, leaving fairly long shadows and making buildings more distinguishable.
On the right you can see what happens with more realistic stable sun positioning. It is harder to look and track each separate part of the city.
Which means: don't be afraid to break rules, don't rely on realism fully. Sometimes it may sound odd, it may be unreal, but still does the job better.
#Rendering@GameDEV
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On the right you can see what happens with more realistic stable sun positioning. It is harder to look and track each separate part of the city.
Which means: don't be afraid to break rules, don't rely on realism fully. Sometimes it may sound odd, it may be unreal, but still does the job better.
#Rendering@GameDEV
#RTS@GameDEV
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Go kick some arses, folks — Sobaka Studio dropped a demo for KIBORG!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2556530/KIBORG_Demo/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2556530/KIBORG_Demo/
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Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.
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Imagine a Giger inspired colony sim: well, it exists and the demo is out!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2924310/Anoxia_Station/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2924310/Anoxia_Station/
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Finally, HQ content!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PdMtwQQUmo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PdMtwQQUmo
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PlayStation 5 + Xbox Series X Tested on CRT: Is Image Quality Really Better Than Any Modern Screen?
Sony's vintage 2003 GDM-FW900 CRT monitor is a 24-inch widescreen display renowned for delivering all of the advantages of CRT tech - stunning image quality and full motion resolution - combined with support for input resolution up to 2560x1600. Modern PC…
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This is devastating: Amazon is giving up on Android!
There were startups with huge focus on Amazon publishing deals to support and maintain versions run by other teams for Google Play. It was somewhat a competition to prevent the monopoly of Google.
Amazon app store will be shut down on August 20, 2025. It was initially launched in spring of 2011.
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There were startups with huge focus on Amazon publishing deals to support and maintain versions run by other teams for Google Play. It was somewhat a competition to prevent the monopoly of Google.
Amazon app store will be shut down on August 20, 2025. It was initially launched in spring of 2011.
#MobileGames@GameDEV
#Android@GameDEV
#Amazon@GameDEV
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Yet another issue with RTX 50: some cards are missing ROPs and can perform about 5% worse than expected. You can't check it before buying and there are no visual differences.
It was proved by TechPowerUp
A ROP (Raster Operations Pipeline) unit in the GPU processes pixel data, handling tasks like blending, antialiasing, render-to-texture, and writing final pixel values to the frame buffer. In contrast, a shading unit, aka "GPU core" is responsible for computing the color, lighting, and material properties of pixels or vertices during the rendering process, without directly interacting with the frame buffer, so the performance hit of the eight missing ROPs depends on how ROP-intensive a game is.
In addition to poor performance, heating, burning, and lack of support for older games, we now have one more reason to skip RTX 50.
#NVIDIA@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV
It was proved by TechPowerUp
A ROP (Raster Operations Pipeline) unit in the GPU processes pixel data, handling tasks like blending, antialiasing, render-to-texture, and writing final pixel values to the frame buffer. In contrast, a shading unit, aka "GPU core" is responsible for computing the color, lighting, and material properties of pixels or vertices during the rendering process, without directly interacting with the frame buffer, so the performance hit of the eight missing ROPs depends on how ROP-intensive a game is.
In addition to poor performance, heating, burning, and lack of support for older games, we now have one more reason to skip RTX 50.
#NVIDIA@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV
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Okay, I have a new amazing pitch for you: so you're a cat working on a tram in the mountains!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3187700/Short_Trip/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3187700/Short_Trip/
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Steampowered
Short Trip on Steam
An interactive illustration five years in the making where you drive a cat tram through picturesque mountain villages. A relaxed, casual, delightful experience. Ding ding!
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