We just got a sneak peek at the prominent Battlefield 4 console game from Frostbite running on an iPad. Frostbite is a prominent gaming engine that has been powering console games for a while as well as has just just recently been utilized for mobile games as well.
When Apple revealed the release of iOS 8, the Cupertino giant stressed upon metal – a graphics API that was pitched as a breakthrough that would push graphics performance of iOS 8 on both the A7 as well as A8 processors. Battlefield 4 is graphically a resource-thirsty game, however coupling the Frostbite engine with the new metal graphics API from Apple, the business has showcased the possibilities that metal opens up for intensive mobile graphics.
According to the team at Frostbite, “Metal has produced possibilities previously out of reach as well as for the very first time we can include both high visual fidelity as well as a big number of objects.” metal is supposed to be more effective as well as boosts performance speed on the exact same hardware by a big margin on iOS 8 in comparison to iOS 7. It speeds up 3D rendering as well as general computing tasks while freeing up the CPU to handle extra work, such as physics modeling, audio processing in games as well as more.
No requirement to get excited about seeing Battlefield 4 land on your iPad or iphone anytime soon though, this teaser from Frostbite is just a tech demo, which does an excellent task in showcasing the enhancements that coding can do, to existing hardware.
Quite honestly, iOS has always been the go-to platform when it comes to mobile gaming, particularly graphic intensive ones. There have always been titles that were special for iOS as well as not to be discovered on Android, BlackBerry (if I may), or Windows Phone, as well as with the release of iOS 8 / 8.1 we are already seeing some games land on the app store which are now using the metal graphics API.
Asphalt 8, beach Buggy Racing, Defenders, legendary Zen Garden, as well as contemporary battle 5 etc. are a few of the games that are currently using metal according to Apple. For a total as well as updated listing of games that are metal optimized, head over to the “Gorgeous games for iOS 8” section in your app store in iTunes.
Have you tried out any type of metal optimized game on your iphone 5s, iphone 6 / 6 plus or iPad Air / Air 2? let us understand exactly how your experience differed from the ones on iOS 7 in the comments section below.
(Source: Frostbite)
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