Watch Dogs gets chummy with Nvidia in a new tech trailer
Watch Dogs looks rather easy on the eyes, doesn’t it? In the latest trailer for the open world action hacking game, lead PC engineer Paul Glassi goes over the special graphical features the game’s partnership with Nvidia has provided.
“During the last years of development, we have worked closely with Nvidia in order to create the most vivid and breathtaking Chicago possible for the PC version of Watch Dogs,” says Glassi.
Still missing some stuff from the 2012 demo.
Titanfall patch adds private matches for tournament play and casual battles with buddies
Titanfall’s update today brings with it a slew of balance fixes and tweaks, but the main purpose of the update is to introduce private matches. It’s a beta feature, but available to all players.
The private match system allows players to pick who they play with instead of jumping into fights with the unwashed masses and random pilots. It’s a necessity for online tournament play, but also convenient if you just want to fight with some chums.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained ramps up the aggression, chucks in more players and will be F2P
Orcs Must Die! and its sequel both follow the same formula, mixing up tower defence mechanics with action RPG shenanigans - the only major difference between the two being the co-op made added in the latter.
For the third game in the series, Orcs Must Die! Unchained, developer Robot Entertainment is mixing it up quite a bit, throwing in competitive multiplayer, 5v5 matches, bots and a free-to-play model.
Wubs are farmed in this Farming World dubstep trailer
There once was a time when developers could release a farming game, knowing it would appeal to farmers, countryphiles and sim enthusiasts. But that simple era is gone. Now people want a bit of flash and flair with their farming adventures.
Sim developer Excalibur knows what the kids these days like. They like dubstep. So now you have to sit there and watch a trailer of Farming World, with its grain purchases and seed planting, accompanied by wubs and drops and other words I don’t understand.
Diablo 3 hotfixes tweak the reward structure: sometimes you'll get more, sometimes you'll get less
A series of hotfixes were applied to Diablo III today, adjusting the “ overall reward structures within the game.”
What does this actually mean? Simply put, in some instances you’ll be getting better rewards, and in others, less rewards. Let the conflicting emotions commence!
Dragon Age: Inquisition – New Screenshot Shows Amazing Lighting
It seems that Electronic Arts and Bioware are gearing up for something as they’ve been teasing Dragon Age: Inquisition a lot lately. EA and Bioware have been released a number of in-engine images this past week, and as you’d expect, another one got out a few hours ago. Contrary to the previous ones, this new image shows some amazing lighting effects. Dragon Age: Inquisition is powered by Frostbite 3 and it will be interesting to see whether Bioware’s title will be able to match the visual fidelity of its biggest rival, The Witcher 3. Enjoy! Continue reading
ArmA 3 – Zeus DLC Available Today
Bohemia Interactive today released the free Arma 3 Zeus DLC for Arma 3, that lets people assume the role of Game Master and curate the multiplayer experience of other players. As a Game Master, you can view the battlefield from bird’s-eye perspective, and create, manipulate or expand a multiplayer scenario in real-time. Continue reading
Alien: Isolation Is Powered By An In-House Engine, Will Support Multiple CPU Cores, Mantle Support Possible
Our dear friends over at PCGamesHardware have conducted an interview with Creative Assembly, in which the development revealed some new details about its upcoming Alien title. According to Creative Assembly, the team is considering AMD’s new API, Mantle, as it looks very interesting and the game will not support Nvidia’s PhysX. Continue reading
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