PS4 and XBox One Facing Huge RAM Limitations??

CryTek Developer Warns PS4 and XBox One Facing Huge RAM Limitations

PS4 and XBox One RAM Limitations

"Ryse: Son of Rome developer CryTek has warned that being limited to 8GB of RAM will be a huge shortcoming for both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Both current-gen consoles come packing 8 gigs of memory, a huge chunk of which is taken up by each system’s OS. While many of the early titles have looked fantastic, CryTek’s business development manager Sean Tracy has said that it is already encountering RAM limitations on PS4 and Xbox One…

Speaking in an interview with GamingBolt, Tracy claimed that “Though the PS4 and Xbox One don’t offer an enormous jump over the previous generation in terms of raw processing power, the custom AMD APU’s within both platforms represent a huge leap forward in terms of integration and capability.

“We are delighted with the updates to the next-gen hardware but of course always want more! The unified architecture of the [Accelerated Processing Units] allows us to easily leverage massive amounts of resources for all kinds of features including rendering, physics, animation and more.”

While this may all sound like great news for console gamers, Tracy was quick to put the kibosh on this news, signalling alarm when revealing that Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome pushed the system to its limit thanks to RAM limitations.

“I would have to agree with the viewpoint that 8 gigs can easily be filled up, but also keep in mind that developers don’t necessarily even have access to all 8 gigs of it,” Tracy continued. “For example the Xbox One retains some of the RAM for OS purposes.

“We already had to manage quite intensely our memory usage throughout Ryse and this will be one of the limiting factors surely in this generation. As hardware gets stronger the complexity of scenes can be increased and the dynamism within them. However, with that said it’s not the raw power alone that will allow for photorealistic graphics but technology that intelligently scales and utilizes all that the hardware has to offer.”

It’s worth bearing in mind that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 both came packing a meagre 512MB of RAM, which was still enough to produce gaming beauties such as The Last of Us, Grand Theft Auto V, and Halo 4."

source - Game-Debate

Watch Dogs Breaking Records

Watch Dogs Breaks the Pre-Order Records, Becomes Most Pre Ordered New IP of 2014

Watch Dogs

"In an announcement that probably won’t surprise anyone that has followed the Watch Dogs franchise from the outset, Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming hacker game has become the most pre-ordered new IP in the entire history of Ubi.

Not only this, but the game is also the most pre-ordered new IP in the industry this year and the second highest pre-ordered Ubisoft game ever, according the the company’s figures…

That means it looks like - for the moment at least - Watch Dogs is out-doing Destiny, which has also been tipped as a major competitor when it comes to new IPs in 2014.

"These strong pre-orders are a clear indication of players' anticipation and excitement for Watch Dogs," said Ubi's Geoffroy Sardin "The teams have worked tirelessly to ensure that players will enjoy a top quality game with enormous scope, and we can't wait to get the game into their hands."

"We are seeing tremendous excitement for the new Watch Dogs game," said Michael van den Berg, VP of Merchandising at GameStop. "In fact, Watch Dogs is the highest pre-ordered next-generation console game to date. It is on track to be one of the top selling video games across all consoles in 2014."

We don't know exact number as yet, but details coming out of Ubisoft say that the French publisher is anticipating that Watch Dogs will outsell the first Assassin's Creed game; a title which racked up an impressive 6.3 million lifetime sales.

If you've not yet pre-ordered Watch Dogs, don't forget about Game Debate's own Watch Dogs give-away, where you can win Watch Dogs and a handful of other games."

source - Game-Debate

Far Cry 4 News

Far Cry 4 Announced for November 2014 Release

Far Cry 4

"Ubisoft's Far Cry 4 is on its way and will release later this very year!

Its only been two years since the release of Far Cry 3 (Nov 2012) but we anticipate that FC4 will get fans of open world first person shooters clamoring for the next in the Far Cry series. Ubi will likely splash out with lots of juicy details at this years upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), June 10th. But lets take a look at what we have so far on Far Cry 4...

Dan Hay of Ubisoft Montreal says “wanted to take the franchise to the next level and create a game that will surprise and exceed fan expectations.” Dan is the Executive producer at Ubi Montreal and leading the FC4 development team.

Far Cry 4 will take place in a fictional Himalayan province called Kyrat, where a crazed self proclaimed modern day king rules.

Far Cry 4 is expected to be filled with the usual wildlife hunting and is being reported to include elephant riding as one of the activities open to the player. The usual scattering of vehicles, weapons and explosives are going to litter the snow covered craggy lands of the mountainous Himalayas for the player to find and abuse, while pursuing the inevitable opt in story line that accompanies these Ubisoft blockbuster titles.

But it wont all be arctic like backdrops, there will also be sunnier regions available to explore set around the alpine woodlands of the imaginative lands of Kyrat.

It sounds like a number of studios under the control of Ubisoft are coming together to get Far Cry 4 finished this year. These studios include Red Storm, Ubi Kiev, Ubi Toronto and Ubi Shanghai. How much each of these studios is contributing is not known, but it certainly suggests the final push towards the November 2014 release window.

The Far Cry 4 release date is set for November 20th in Europe where as Far Cry 4 will release on 18th November in the North Americas.

Far Cry 4 will be available on the following platforms: PC, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, XBox One and XBox 360

There is already talk of pre-order bonuses, to try and get fans to add Far Cry 4 to their 2014 purchase list today. If you pre-order then you will be getting a bunch of limited edition content that revolves around the character Hurk from Far Cry 3. Hurks Redemption, is a set of 3 single player missions that feature Hurk himself and you gain access to Hurk's trusty harpoon gun, known as The Impaler.

Naturally Far Cry 4 will be aiming at more mature audiences.

As we said though, lots more Far Cry 4 info will pour out of E3 in June which will be the first Far Cry 4 official announcement."

source - Game-Debate