Rockstar Games has word that a triple experience point weekend is underway
in several games, including the Windows edition of
Max Payne 3, and this
will culminate in a live stream tomorrow that will include giveaways. Here are
the details:
Four days of bonus XP begins our Independence Day multiplayer
Social Club weekend starting at midnight on Wednesday evening Eastern Time July
3rd in Red
Dead Redemption and
Max Payne 3.
Then on Sunday the 7th from 12-4pm Eastern, we'll be live-streaming and playing
Grand Theft Auto IV,
Max Payne 3, Table Tennis,
Midnight
Club Los Angeles and Red Dead Redemption with a Rockstar-hosted chat for
four hours both on Social Club and at our Rockstar
Twitch page - and giving away 20
Grand Theft Auto V prize packs of
tees and stickers.
There's an
interview on GamingBolt talking with Ubisoft Montreal about
Watch_Dogs/
Watch
Dogs the upcoming hacker game. They seem intent on provoking someone into
saying the PS4 edition would be better than it's counterparts, and we spotted
this on
OXM where they pick out details suggesting the Xbox One edition would
actually hold this distinction, but the developers will have none of this,
saying: "The Xbox One is a powerful platform, as of now we do not foresee a
major difference in on screen result between the PS4 and the Xbox One." When
asked about the Windows edition of the game's Disrupt engine, lead programmer
Francis Boivin gives a somewhat confusing answer that it will offer "state of
the art visuals on all its quality levels":
Disrupt was developed to have
state of the art visuals on all its quality levels. We needed to have AO,
massive dynamic light support, HDR, GI, depth of field, etc. to fully realize
the ambition of art direction. We improved on techniques that we worked on in
the past and surveyed what was available for the highest level of quality we
wanted to achieve. We didn’t just integrate the technique of the moment, but
spent quite some time turning stuff around and mixing algorithms so they fit our
requirements.
The fireworks last night were not as bad as anticipated, which was fine with us.
I even braved the sweltering heat yesterday to do some outdoor cooking, though I
wisely chose to BBQ rather than grill, since that can go unattended. I made a
rack of loin ribs that came out pretty well, as I succeeded in getting a proper
"low and slow" session going, cooking them at about 275°F for an hour before
getting it down to 250°F for two more. Good stuff. Though I still suspect I
could have saved some wood and charcoal by just locking the ribs in the car for
a few hours...
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