Crysis Running at 2048x1536 With a Framerate of 60+ FPS On a Single 8800GTX

Could Microsoft's DX10 claim of 6 to 8 times the performance of DX9 be true. It appears so. At CES 2007, Crysis was running in DX10 on Windows Vista at a massive 2048x1536 resolution with a perfectly smooth framerate (excluding the occasional framerate drops). To top it off, most of the code for Crysis is still unoptimized. This is truly amazing.

Crysis Running at 2048x1536

Microsoft Purchases Capcom. Whaaat?!

The story reported by Destructoid back in November has been revisited. While this rumor seems quite unlikely, several independent sources reveal that Microsoft has indeed purchased Capcom. Honestly, this seems more like a stir to interest bored reporters and open the eyes of many bored people at work today though. However, Microsoft has been know to make many medium scale company buyouts in their past, such as Rare, however the thought of Capcom being owned by Microsoft seems to be a bit too much to be held believable.

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HD-DVD goes beyond 50GB with new disc - DVDTOWN.com

Toshiba has announced a new 51GB HD-DVD Rom disc at this year's CES, beating Blu-ray by 1GB. Thats strike two for Blue Ray today!

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Game Store Employee Does Research: "75 calls a day for Wii, 2 for PS3"

"The employees of that store and others report that while they ’re still fielding a high number of Wii-related calls during each day, they can go an entire day without any inquiries at all about the PS3.One store showed me a scratch pad they kept by the phone one day, making marks for each Wii call and PS3 call they received...

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Why Ninendo releases only 2 to four Virtual Console games Every Monday

Although a question and not a statement, This article is written to address The inherint advantages to Nintendo's Virtual console strategy releasing the slow trickle of Classic releases on a regular schedule.

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Lost Planet Review (team xbox)

We often hear about the dog days of summer being a terrible time to be a gamer, but what about those chilly, dreary days in the winter? Once the holidays come and go, there's usually very little to look forward to until the spring, when most publishers begin rolling out their first big games of the new year. Thankfully, this year is a bit different. It's a good thing, too, given that most of you have probably already played through Gears of War several times and reached a high rank in Rainbow Six Vegas' addictive multiplayer mode. With this week's release of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Capcom is banking on the fact that Xbox 360 owner are jonesing for a new experience. However, is the game worth your hard-earned cash just because there's no new games out there right now, or would it be a must-buy any time of the year?

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