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<title>ARM: Mali processors will equal PS3, Xbox 360 in power</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/03/arm.sees.mali.chip.rivalling.consoles.in.18.months/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/armmalit604.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[ARM's Mali processors will be fast enough to equal a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 in power, the company said in an interview late this week.  The T604 has caught up quickly enough that it can match the 2005- and 2006-era consoles in power as well as give options that weren't there before.  It will be the company's first to support OpenCL and general-purpose computing, both giving it a lift for gaming...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>id Software chats on Android, iPad 2, PSVita, Rage on Mac</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/08/we.chat.with.ids.rafael.brown.at.e3.2011/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/idsoftware-rafaelbrown.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Legendary first-person shooter developer id Software was at the Bethesda booth for E3 2011 as part of its tie in with ZeniMax, and we got a chance to talk to the company's Rafael Brown, who handles much of the company's mobile work.  He discussed the company's current hesitation on Android and gave us brief hints about iPad 2 and iPhone 5 plans, the Sony PSVita, and even hints of a Mac port of Rag...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Id co-founder downplays app profitability on Android</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/13/john.carmack.still.focusing.on.ios.development/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/ragehd-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Id Software co-founder John Carmack has downplayed the potential profits attempting to develop apps for the Android platform, according to comments in an interview with NowGamer. The executive admits that his informal survey of Quakecon attendees showed a 50/50 split between Android and iOS users, however fewer Android owners claimed to have spent $20 on a mobile game for their smartphone....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Crytek joins ranks of high-end game devs on iPad, iPhone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/16/crytek.hiring.for.ipad.and.iphone.games/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1101/crysis2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Crytek revealed its plans to get into iOS gaming this week with a listing for an iPad and iPhone game developer.  The Crysis and Far Cry team is looking for a veteran for its Frankfurt office that would take control of nearly all of the process.  Few clues exist in the code as to the project, but the aim would be to produce "high performance" code and ideally have experience with OpenGL ES, pointi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIM gives us PlayBook hands-on, alludes to sync with iPhone </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/07/we.test.the.blackberry.playbook.as.rim.hints.sync/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1101/blackberryplaybook-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[We had the opportunity to try the BlackBerry PlayBook at CES on Friday and discovered that it may have sync with more than just the BlackBerry.  A representative on the show floor told Electronista that there might be plans to sync some services with the iPhone or other platforms.  While there wasn't much definite, it was mainly something that RIM 'hadn't communicated yet,' the staffer said....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rage comes to App Store, Flight Control for Mac hits Steam</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/18/id.dips.toes.into.high.end.ios.games/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1011/ragehd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As promised by the company's co-founder, John Carmack, id Software has launched two iOS versions of Rage at the App Store.  A narrower take on the upcoming PC and console Rage games, the iOS apps are rail shooters in which players compete in a violent gameshow called Mutant Bash TV.  Players use pistols, shotguns and machineguns to kill mutants in three different environments....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rage: Mutant Bash TV due tomorrow</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/17/early.attempt.at.high.end.gaming.engine.for.ios/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1010/rage-iphone2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Rage: Mutant Bash TV has been approved by Apple, and should appear at the App Store tomorrow, says id Software co-founder John Carmack.  The game is based on the larger upcoming Rage title for PCs and consoles, a first-person action game with role-playing and racing elements.  Mutant Bash has been described by Carmack as a "little slice" of its bigger cousin, though few details have been made publ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>id's Carmack: no Rage yet for Android or WP7, iPhone details</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/30/id.software.says.rage.no.go.on.android.and.wp7/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1010/rage-iphone2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[id Software co-founder John Carmack this weekend has revealed in a pair of updates that there aren't any current plans to bring Rage on mobile to either Android or Windows Phone 7.  While he said he would "take a stab" at Android, he explained that the Doom developer wasn't pledging itself to creating a port for Google's OS; he implied later that time constraints were an issue.  Dropping WP7 was a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>id shows Rage on iPhone: will "kill" any Xbox or PS2 game</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/08/12/id.software.says.iphone.better.than.xbox.and.ps2/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1008/rageiphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[(Update: new video) id Software co-founder John Carmack upturned the game industry at the QuakeCon expo today with word his company had ported the Rage engine to the iPhone.  The graphics keep many of the features of the full engine for modern consoles, including non-repeating Megatextures and advanced lighting, but still runs at 60 frames per second on an iPhone 4.  It still runs properly on an o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quake Live for Mac set to arrive on August 18th</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/08/14/quake.live.for.mac/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/quakelive.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Following its promise to expand Quake Live to new platforms, id Software is ready to launch the Mac and Linux versions on August 18th. The game follows the same concept as the first-person shooter Quake III Arena, although played through a browser instead of a dedicated installation. The company admitted in May that the Mac and Linux versions proved to be more difficult than initially expected....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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