Kotaku: Physx

NVIDIA Shows Off a PC Batman: Arkham City Well Worth Waiting For

Mike Fahey — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:20:00 EDT

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! While console players are busy exploring everything Batman: Arkham City has to offer, PC gamers have to wait until November 15 to don the cape and cowl. NVIDIA gives them something to look forward to with a video showing off how PhysX makes with the dust and clutter. More »

How PhysX Makes Batman: Arkham Asylum Better

Mike Fahey — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:20:00 EDT

Now that many of us have experienced Batman: Arkham Asylum on the console, let's see if it was worth delaying the PC version to add support for NVIDIA's PhysX technology. More »

Everybody Loves PhysX

Mike Fahey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:40:00 EDT

NVIDIA went a little press release crazy this morning, announcing that Sega, Capcom, GRIN, and 8monkey Labs have all turned to NVIDIA's PhysX technology to make their games better. More »

PlayStation 3 Gets Free PhysX From Nvidia

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:20:03 EDT

Game developers may find PlayStation 3 development a bit more attractive today, thanks to the generosity of Nvidia. The graphics chip manufacturer is offering its PhysX tech to developers as a free download. More »

Mirror's Edge With And Without Awesome PhysX Effects

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:00:22 EST

Remember that fantastic Mirror's Edge trailer dripping with snazzy PhysX eye-candy? The differences may not have been clear enough to the casual observer, something DICE, EA, and NVIDIA hope to change. More »

PC Mirror's Edge Uses PhysX To Awesome Effect

Stuart Houghton — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:20:00 EST

The reason for DICE delaying the PC release of Mirror's Edge may be a little clearer. More »

NVIDIA Unleashes PhysX For GeForce 8 and Up

Mike Fahey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:20:00 EDT

Graphics card manufacturer NVIDIA bought PhysX cards creators AGEIA back in February, promising a free upgrade to existing GeForce 8 and above cards using their CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) interface down the line. Well we are now sufficiently down the line, as NVIDIA has released the first of many planned GeForce Power Packs (grab it here), which not only enables the technology but also gives you some nifty tools to explore it with. More »

NaturalMotion Teams With Nvidia

Mike Fahey — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Game developers and publishers should have no trouble at all creating realistic worlds and populating them with realistic people as NaturalMotion and NVIDIA announce a partnership that pairs the former's morpheme animation engine with the latter's PhysX technology in one powerful force of realistically moving goodness. More »

GeForce 8 Owners To Get (Free?) PhysX Upgrade

Mark Wilson — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:00:17 EST

Most of us weren't certain when we'd finally see the fruits of NVIDIA's purchase of physics acceleration company, Ageia, but apparently the technologies will be merging sooner as opposed to later. Because instead of waiting for their newer, unannounced products to hit the market, NVIDIA will be offering GeForce 8 owners a software download to support PhysX. And because NVIDIA doesn't have a history of charging for drivers, we're betting it will be a free upgrade to existing customers. More »

NVIDIA Buying AGEIA for Bouncy PhysX Tech

Brian Crecente — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:19:41 EST

NVIDIA today confirmed rumblings that they were looking to buy physics-centric AGEIA Technologies. NVIDIA said today that an agreement to acquire the industry leaders in gaming physics, though the acquisition still remains subject to some closing conditions. More »

PhysX Cards For $50? (Yes, In Japan)

Mark Wilson — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:40:42 EST

Ageia's PhysX cards, specialized components that support in-game physics just as a video card supports graphics, haven't really taken the world by storm. Why? My guess is that, among other reasons, it's tough enough for consumers to pony up $200 when they need a new graphics card, let alone an extra $130-$180 on top of that. But in Japan, PhysX will have a chance to address the price barrier. Because Japanese graphics card manufacturer ELSA is going to begin selling PhysX cards for just 6000 yen (or about $50). More »

Warmonger Debuts Today

Brian Crecente — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:00:14 EST

NetDevil's PhysX-powered, totally destructible (mostly) shooter Warmonger, Operation: Downtown Destruction is now available for free download on the official site. More »

Warmonger Delayed

Brian Crecente — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:00:21 EDT

No word on how long, but the NetDevil-designed, PhysX-powered shooter Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction won't be hitting today's ship date, Ageia has announced.

We've recently undergone some additional online field testing with a select group of PhysX beta testers and have gotten great feedback. We want to take advantage of the feedback and ensure that Warmonger is 100 percent polished and truly shines as the best next-gen, hardware-accelerated physics and UE3 based game. Therefore, there will be a slight delay in shipment in order to make a few functional adjustments and server infrastructure improvements. We are committed to rolling Warmonger in time for the holidays. We apologize for any inconveniences and will send notification as soon as possible once a new date is determined.

A delay is fine, but it's not so great when there's no new date attached. It might make sense,what with the glut of games hitting in the next three months, for the game to come out in January. Either way, I'm still jazzed about it. More »

Warmonger Destroys Downtown

Mike Fahey — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:00:03 EDT

Warmonger, Operation: Downtown Destruction is being released on October 16th for free to PC gamers around the globe. If I were marketing a kick-ass looking FPS featuring levels of destructibility unseen before in the genre, I'd have just stopped at that announcement, but NetDevil seems to think you need some more encouragement. To that end they've released this trailer, featuring things being shot apart and people being blown through floors accompanied by some killing music. If this doesn't convince you to not technically buy it, what will? More »

Warmonger Rains Destruction In October

Mike Fahey — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:00:52 EDT

Crecente got a chance to play Warmonger, Operation: Downtown Destruction back in June at NetDevil's anniversary party, and they pretty much had to pry him away from the computer. PC gamers will soon get a chance to see if they experience similar ass-stickiness as NetDevil announces plans to release the game via digital download on October 16th for the low, low price of completely free. I've yet to see any mention of PC requirements, but from what Brian wrote back in June the Ageia PhysX card will not be one of them, with an option to turn off the effects for PC's without. This is good, because my Ageia card from BFG arrived dead, and I've yet to take them up on that lifetime replacement warranty. I'm not good with shipping things, apparently. In honor of the impeding release, NetDevil has produced a veritable art gallery of destruction. Enjoy! More »

Games For Windows Live Maybe, PhysX Not So Much

Brian Crecente — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:00:55 EDT

The Ubisoft Montreal folks showed off some spectacular Far Cry 2 gameplay today touching on a laundry list of new features there shooter will have including the need to treat your own injuries, weapon jams, "Real Tree" technology and their thoughts on DX10, Games for Windows Live and the PhysX physics card. More »

CellFactor: Revolution Free, Awesome Costs Extra

Mike Fahey — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:20:50 EDT

Immersion Games and Artificial Studios today have unleashed their new FPS upon the PC gaming world today, CellFactor: Revolution, completely free of charge via GameSpot, FilePlanet, and FileFront. There is a catch, however - you'll need the AGEIA PhysX Processor card in your computer to get full enjoyment out of the game. Before we discuss the merits and setbacks involved with requiring such a specialized processor to play the game, watch this video.
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GDC07: Warmonger Will Be Free

Brian Crecente — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:00:01 EST

In my interview with Ryan Seabury of Netdevil earlier today we happened to drop onto the topic of Warmonger, their physics heavy first-person shooter that leans on the PhysX card to do some pretty amazing things. More »

Warmonger Unveiled at CES

Brian Crecente — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:22:06 EST

Colorado's own NetDevil unveiled today their latest game, a first-person shooter built around the AGEIA PhysX processor called Warmonger, Operation: Downtown Destruction. More »

Might and Magic Dev to Use PhysX Processor

Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:40:45 EDT

Nival Interactive, the developers behind Heroes of Might and Magic V and others, has penned a deal with AGEIA to create game-specific physics in their future games and expansion packs. More »