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Bungie has been able to increase the resolution of Destiny on Xbox One thanks to the dropping of Kinect. Microsoft confirmed last week that its recent move to make Kinect non-mandatory means that developers will now have the option of utilising GPU resources that were formally reserved for the peripheral …
Read More »The Witcher 3 could boast better resolution on PS4, but dev reckons it shouldn’t matter to gamers
Upcoming action RPG The Witcher 3 looks likely to become yet another title that hits 1080p on PS4 but falls short on Xbox One. However, the reality according to developer CD Projekt is that it matters more to the marketing men than it does to gamers. "We are still working …
Read More »Day one Trials Fusion patch to up Xbox One resolution to 900p
The Xbox One version of Trials Fusion will be the recipient of a day one resolution increase on Xbox One. The game will ship with a resolution of just 800p. However, Eurogamer reports that this will be bumped up to 900p once a patch ahs been downloaded and installed. As …
Read More »Sony officially details The Last of Us: Remastered
The extensive additions to the PS4 version of The Last of Us have at last been revealed by Sony. The PlayStation Blog says that The Last of Us: Remastered will offer 1080p visuals, higher resolution character models, improvements to shadows and lighting and upgraded textures. Naughty Dog’s creative director Neil …
Read More »4K support coming to Titanfall on PC
The PC version of Titanfall will at some stage be adding 4K resolution support to the mix. Respawn has been working with Nvidia to add-in support for some Nvidia GameWorks features into the game. As well as 4K display support and increased SLI compatibility, future patches will also add temporal …
Read More »Titanfall wasn’t originally planned for Xbox One
Respawn has admitted that next-gen wasn’t an original element of the Titanfall plan. "Originally we weren’t planning on an Xbox One version of the game,” Respawn lead engineer Richard Baker told Eurogamer. I’m certain that having an Xbox One version has made our PC version much better – it justified …
Read More »Respawn could patch-in 1080p Xbox One Titanfall support post-launch
Titanfall will launch on Xbox One in the US tomorrow and the UK this Friday at a resolution of 792p. Developer Respawn confirmed the number to Eurogamer, adding that the game’s resolution will likely increase at some stage down the line via a patch. "We’ve been experimenting with making it …
Read More »Twitch gets higher broadcast resolution on Xbox One than PS4
Video streaming via Twitch on Xbox One has been found to be of better quality than on PS4. Videogamer reports that a recent broadcast from Microsoft’s Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb on Twitch via Xbox One was streaming at a resolution of 1280×720 at 30 frames per second. By comparison, PS4’s …
Read More »Respawn confirms no 1080p for Titanfall on Xbox One
Just two weeks ahead of its March 14th release, Respawn is still unable or unwilling to confirm the display resolution for Titanfall on Xbox One. What has been ascertained, however, is that the game won’t hit 1080p on the system with Respawn’s Vince Zampella confirming on Twitter that rumours that …
Read More »Thief runs at 900p on Xbox One, 1080p on PS4
Square Enix’s Thief is the latest game to run at a lower resolution on Xbox One than it does on PS4. Eurogamer has had confirmation that the game runs at 900p on Xbox One and 1080p on PS4. But releases run at 30fps. "You really need good eyes to see …
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