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FPS Video Games Improve Eyesight According to New study
March 29th, 2009 • Featured, Games
Tags: eye, fps, Games, gaming, research, sight, study
This is good news for gamers (including myself) worldwide.
U.S Researchers announced today that after a series of studies that adults who frequently play action-packed video games seem to be improving their eyesight and awareness dramatically.
A total of 22 students were split into two groups. The first group played fast-paced and twitch-reflex dependent games: the WWII blockbuster, Call of Duty 2 and Epic’s Unreal Tournament 2004. The second group of students were tasked with playing the more casual and less frantic game, The Sims 2, by Electronic Arts.
50 hours of gaming, and nine weeks later the researcher’s drew a interesting conclusion:
“We’ve found that action video games train the brain to process the existing visual information more efficiently, and the improvements last for months after game play stopped.”
says Daphne Bavelier, of of the University of Rochester. In fact, test subjects who played the two action games were 43% better at determining the difference between close shades of gray, whilst the casual gamers belonging to the second group showed no improvements at all.
The good news doesn’t end there for hardcore gamers. According to the study, long-time and frequent gamers were 58% better at noticing slight contrast changes when compared to the average person.
How is this possible you may ask? According to modern science the only real way of improving visual acuity is with either surgery or glasses? Daphnew Bavelier offers an explanation:
“When people play action games, they’re changing the brain’s pathway responsible for visual processing. These games push the human visual system to the limits and the brain adapts to it”
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Resident Evil 5 Ships 4 Million Units
March 16th, 2009 • Featured, Games
Tags: action, evil, game, resident, zombie
Resident Evil 5, above.
Capcom have announced that their latest game, Resident Evil 5, has shipped 4 million copies worldwide, making it one of Capcom’s biggest releases ever.
The game is also interestingly enough the first game in the Resident Evil series to launch on more than one platform (namely the PS3 and Xbox 360), which might prompt the high number of units shipped. Although, with over the demo having been downloaded more than 4 million times, there’s some serious hype going for Resident Evil 5.
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CryEngine 3 coming to GDC ‘09
March 12th, 2009 • 1 comment Featured, Games
Crytek, creators of the incredible CryEngine2 has announced that CryEngine 3 will be revealed at this year’s Game Developers Conference.
The biggest revelation, althout not the biggest surprise, is the fact the CryeEngine 3 will be multi-platform, running on Next-gen PCs as well as the Xbox 360 and PS3.
The full announcement is quote below:
New all-in-one game development solution for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MMO, DX9/ DX10 and Next-Gen-Ready to be premiered at GDC 2009
CryENGINE® is the underlying technology for Crytek’s critically acclaimed games Crysis and Crysis Warhead and has already been licensed to a number of major game companies around the globe, including several recent serious games training and simulation projects.
Frankfurt a. M. (Germany), March 11th 2009 – Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) is excited to announce that they will introduce their latest all-in-one game development solution CryENGINE 3, at this year’s GDC Expo (March 25th – 27th) in San Francisco. CryENGINE 3 is the first development platform for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MMO, DX9/DX10 that also is truly Next-Gen-Ready – with scalable computation and graphics for all major upcoming platforms. It provides the complete game engine to create AAA quality next generation games, and includes the CryENGINE 3Sandbox™ level editor, a production-proven, 3rd generation “What you see is what you play” (WYSIWYP) – tool designed by and for professional developers. CryENGINE 3 comes with significant new features specifically designed for console, online, MMO and Next-Gen game development.
“With CryENGINE 3 we are delivering our best game development technology that enables our clients to achieve their vision on current and future platforms to develop games such as MMOs, action games and more. Our complete game engine solution enables realtime development, ensures teams are able to maximise their own creativity, saves budget and creates greater gaming experiences. Also with our solution developers can start working on their next generation games today.” said Cevat Yerli, CEO & President of Crytek.
“CryENGINE 3 is a revolutionary change from our previous PC-only engines – and we’re applying a similar revolution to the service we provide to developers using the software to create extraordinary games. CryENGINE 3 will set the benchmark for complete game engine solutions in performance, and services to game engine licensees and their players. We’ve been preparing a long time for CryENGINE on consoles and we’re confident that Crytek will again amaze developers at GDC.” added Carl Jones, Director of Business Development CryENGINE.
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