GAMING PC UNDER 35000

Intel Pentium G3258 Dual Core Processor (3MB, 3.20GHz)

• Intel now offers an affordable dual-core Pentium with an unlocked multiplier based on its Haswell architecture
• LGA 1150 - Compatible with Intel 8 or 9 series Chipsets
• 3.2Ghz base frequency - Can be Overclocked to 4.50 GHz or more
• 2 Channel DDR3-1333 memory support
• Intel Quick Sync Video enabled

    Rs.  6,999.00 

Gigabyte H81M-Gaming 3 Motherboard LGA 1150 Micro ATX

• CPU Socket : 4th Generation Intel Core Processors; CPU Socket : LGA 1150
• Chipset : Intel H81 Chipset; Graphics Interface : HDMI, D-SUB
• Memory Type : 2 Channel DDR3; Expansion Slots : 2*DDR3; Expansion Slots : 2*PCI-E x1 Slots
• Sata Connectors : 2*SATA3 + 2*SATA2, USB Ports : 2*USB 3.0 + 6*USB 2.0
• Audio/LAN : 8-channel HD/ Intel Gbe LAN, Form Factor (mm) Micro ATX (226x170)

   Rs.4,200.00

Antec VP450P 450W Power Supply

• ATX
• 450 W
• +12V Rail: Dual
• Efficiency: >82%
• 2 Years Limited

   Rs.3,700.00

WD 1TB Blue Desktop Internal Hard Drive

• Upgrade and backup with ease
• Future-proof storage
• Improve PC performance
• 1TB capacity
• 3.5-inch internal hard drive
• 64MB buffer size
• 7200rpm
• 2 years warranty from the date of purchase

  Rs. 3,548.00

SATA Cable + SATA Power Cable

Kingston FURY Memory - 8GB - DDR3 1866MHz CL10 DIM

• 8 independent internal banks
• 8-bit pre-fetch
• Bi-directional differential data strobe
• Asynchronous reset
• On die termination using ODT pin

Rs.2,425 

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Graphics Card 

• Memory Bus: 128 bit, Core - base clock: 1033 MHz and Core - boost clock: 1111 MHz
• GTX 750 Ti series , NVIDIA GeForce and Model: ZT-70601-10M
• PCI Express 3.0 x16 (Compatible with 1.1) interface and 2GB memory size
• DVI, HDMI, display and VGA ports
• PCI Express 3.0 x16 (Compatible with 1.1) interface and 2GB memory size, GPU Power Requirements - 60 Watts

Rs.9,775.00

Circle Gaming Cabinet CC 821

• Material: Steel Black Body
• Compatible Motherboard: ATX / MICRO ATX / MINI - ITX
• Expansion Slots: 7 , External 3.5 inch Drive Bays: 3, External 5.25 inch Drive Bays: 3, SSD Slots: 3
• Front Audio Ports: 2 HD-Audio / AC 97 ::: Front USB Ports 2.0: 1 ::: FRONT USB PORTS 3.0: 1
• 3 LED Cooling FANS - 120mm Rear Fan: 1 ::: 120mm LED Fan: 2

Rs.3,245

CC830 WHITE

CC830 BLACK

Redragon M601 CENTROPHORUS-2000 DPI Gaming Mouse

• Adjustable up to 2000 DPI 4000 FPS 15G acceleration and an Avago sensor Omron micro switches
• 6 buttons and an 8-piece weight tuning set (2.4g x 8)
• Durable smooth TEFLON feet and contoured body for ultimate gaming control. Quality ABS construction and two programmable side buttons
• 6ft high-strength braided fiber cable anti-skid scroll wheel and red backlighting
• Package contents: CENTROPHORUS Gaming Mouse tuning weights and user manual

Rs.999

DragonWar Desert Eagle Gaming Keyboard GK-001

• Multimedia keys
• Function keys
• Gold-plated USB connector
• Weight: 471g. Dimensions : 465mm x 141mm x 20mm.

Rs.895

HEADPHONES:-

Hausbell KOTION EACH G2000

OR

Dragonwar G-HS-003

Unity Engine now comes to Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

Game developers must be having their best phase ever.  Yesterday I  had reported that Valve had released its Source SDK 2013 with support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headsetfor Linux and today Unity has announced support for Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.  This news comes just a month after Unity had made its engine available to developers for free.   

The move came from Microsoft and Unity at the Build 2013 DevCon and it was was announced that the highly versatile Unity 3D game engine will be supported on the Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. 

The release further adds that Unity will be developing new tools that will support Microsoft's next generation console and also actively be involved in the present ones.   It will bring together marriage of two technologies with Unity 3D game engine on one side and multiplayer matchmaking, SmartGlass, Kinect gesture recognition and Microsoft's Azure cloud technology on the other. 

The bad new is that only those developers who are working with  Microsoft Studios will get access to the developer tools for free.  Which means that other developers will have to pay for the services.

The Unity CEO David Helgason has noted that 

"I'm also happy to say that the Windows Store Pro publishing add-on will be free when released, You'll be able to port your games, ads, training and educational apps-any kind of Unity-authored content-to both the Windows Store Apps and Windows Phone 8 platforms with a Unity Pro 4 license." 

Will this birth of a new era in game developing, that only time will tell but the move is sure to elate the game developers community because of wide  popularity of the game engine.  Organ Trail: Director's Cut to turn-based RPG Knights of Pen & Paper, Surgeon Simulator 2013 are some of the games which have been developed using Unity.

Will keep you posted on any further developments in the gaming development world.

A delight for Game developers, Valve releases source SDK 2013 for Linux, supports Oculus Rift virtual reality headset

Valve had made a promise to the game developers some time back that it will release the source Software Development Kit for Linux.  Well it has made good its promise by releasing the same. The company has its Source software development kit, Source SDK 2013, which will now support Linux in addition to Windows and Mac OS X. However the mega news for gamers is that Valve has added support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset in this edition of the SDK.

For the uninitiated, the Source SDK can be used by game developers to develop new game mods. The support for Linux means game mods can now build and run clients on Linux computers. Earlier the Valve had support only for Windows despite the games being available for all platforms.  Linux will get dedicated servers support with this SDK.

Valve has made a lot of changes in the new SDK, the biggest being the entire source code is now hosted on Github the latest hit portal for developers and publishers. The company has also changed the license that makes it easier for developers to share their mods and changes to the SDK. 

The new SDK will however not ship the modding tools such as Hammer which is used for modelling and level design, it will have to ship with the respective game.  Valve has also phased out the launcher, instead, you will have to navigate to where the tools are stored as batch files and launch them. 

Steam’s new delivery service, Steam Pipe, is now supported by the sample mods, and existing mods’ gameinfo.txt can be changed to match the new format to support Steam Pipe support.  Valve will now support Oculus Rift which mean that game developers will have to run compatible mods with “-vr” on the command line to enable head tracking and run the mod in stereo on the virtual reality headset. Gamers will remember that Valve added Oculus Rift support to Team Fortress and Half Life 2 earlier this year.

To download the Valve's Software Development Kit (SDK 2013) visit here.

Unity Engine becomes free : Game developer for Android, iOS and Tizen have a reason to rejoice

The Unity Engine which is used for developing Games by most of the independent game developers or indie developers as they are called,  has decided to remove the licensing fees for using the Engine.   According to PocketGamer, Unity CEO David Helgason has announced that the engine will be free to game developers on iOS and Android.

As per the company press release,  the decision was made in an attempt to push the "democratisation of game development further than ever before." If you are a game developer and used Unity Engine you will know that it cost around  $800 (approximately Rs 44,376) to use the Unity Engine. 

Now you can use this Engine for free and this is a great news for game developers given the versatile nature of the Engine and its popularity. A wide variety of different games have been made with the engine, ranging from DOS-styled  Organ Trail: Director's Cut,  RPG Knights of Pen & Paper a full-fledged 3D games like Surgeon Simulator 2013.

"We were able to make Unity free for the web and for desktop computers a while ago, but have been dreaming of doing the same for mobile for what seems like forever.  Mobile games development is possibly the most dynamic and exciting industry in the world, and it's an honour to be able to help so many developers be so successful in fulfilling their visions and in building their businesses."

While the engine is only free for iOS and Android, Tizen at the moment, the company has plans to move towards the Windows Phone 8 and BlackBerry 10 platforms as well.

Vijay Prabhu