Not mistaken. People either saw modest performance improvements, or only took very minor performance hits, far less than they should have for the extra work the updated visuals caused their hardware.

subjectively enhances the game's visual fidelity

The PS4: One step closer to being a shitty PC.

I think that's fine...if it's only for indie games. Big AAA studios do not need early access programs to help them get funding to finish a game, indie studios do. That and if they actually have some oversight, unlike Steam which has sadly just let the flood gates open to scams and bullshit, only responding when…

Had the same opinion more or less. Though the vehicle combat was pretty fun too. Forced myself through it all and it sadly wasn't worth it : /

I think I gave Nintendo a 9 and overall E3 a 6, but other than that those numbers seem to be identical to what I gave them. I am remarkably representative of the average view of E3 of Kotaku voters! Huzzah!

The lack of lan for SC2 was disgraceful as hell, especially given how long it took for them to add it in despite it interrupting more than a few tournaments. If you're going to bring your game to a tournament where money is involved, you need to have local servers (which they now have from what I hear, it's not proper…

Blizzard is really slipping as of late IMO.

Not at all! My rig is about 6 years old and was a bit of a budget rig (around $800 for all the parts), with the only new thing being a $100ish Nvidia GTX 650 ti. The whole, "You need to upgrade with $300 parts every few years!" argument is a fallacy. You can easily find a rig that's roughly $800-1k (pre-built) that…

And with the rise of indie bundles (and bundles in general) sites like this one (below) that track all active bundles across the dozen or so various bundle sites (as well as some bundles from places like Amazon). This whole affair has lead to me spending comparitively little on my PC gaming library compared to what I…

Yeah, I keep an eye on a handful of digital storefronts (Steam, GoG, GMG, Amazon, G2Play, Gamefly, Humble Bundle and some others) because I've found that while Steam may be the most popular and have the broadest selection, I find tons of games either not sold on Steam, or on deeper sale, on other storefronts.

Took me forever to actually watch it but...her complaints are about gender neutral game mechanics. Moving dead women in Hitman? Moving dead bodies is an important mechanic in that you need to hide them as to not arouse suspicion. Getting money from dead women in games? You get money from dead men too. etc. etc.

That's remarkably douchey of Valve, but really, don't mess around with other companies code and shit.

Overall was a "meh" E3 as usual for me. Thought all the console manufacturers had solid showings, especially Nintendo.

Honestly, I haven't played many games with prostitutes in them, but for the most part the ones I can think of...they're prostitutes. They sell their bodies in the game for money, just as they do in reality. I don't see how their inclusion is inherently sexist. I mean, prostitution is one of the oldest professions in…

You can't have any kind of racism/sexism in your game, even if it's there to either highlight how bad racism/sexism is, or because it's accurate for the period.

I'd imagine a bit of testing how their servers handle various loads and a simple marketing beta. Marketing betas called true betas or even alpha's are far, far too common nowadays, especially in MMO's.

Seems like a mixture of bad writing and Dinklage not giving a fuck.

Ubisoft fucks up the PC port of a game again? Color me shocked!

Headline should read: "Ubisoft refused to talk to me about an issue that's being blown way out of proportion."