AMD On Why Mantle & DirectX 12 Are So Important; “DX12 Is The Result Of Common Goals”
AMD has released two new videos in which the red team reveals the reasons why both Mantle and DirectX 12 are really important to PC gaming. As AMD noted, both Mantle and DirectX 12 will benefit existing customers, and will offer better performance for all games supporting them. Microsoft has been working with GPU hardware manufacturers to find you ways the GPU can be enabled to do the best rendering techniques with great quality and performance, and DX12 is the fruit of that collaboration. DX12 aims to fully exploit the GPUs supporting it. In addition, DX12 was the result of common goals as everyone participating in this program wanted to resolve performance issues that could not be resolved otherwise. Enjoy! Continue reading
Styx: Master of Shadows – New Screenshots
Focus Home Interactive has released a new set of screenshots for Styx: Master of Shadows; an infiltration game with RPG elements developed by Cyanide Studio for PC. Styx: Master of Shadows will feature open levels and will sport numerous missions with various objectives as players climb up the Tower of Akenash – murder, information recovery, theft of precious artifacts, etc – and gradually reconstruct the puzzle that provides the key to the mystery of their origins. Enjoy! Continue reading
Dynasty Warriors 8 XL Complete Edition – Coming To The PC This May
Remember a couple of days ago when Tecmo KOEI asked PC gamers to show interest? Well, today the company confirmed that Dynasty Warriors 8 XL Complete Edition is coming to the PC this May. The game will be released via Valve’s distribution service, Steam, though there is still no page available to pre-order it. Continue reading
Jurassic Park: Aftermath – New Screenshots & Videos Will Blow You Away With Their Attention To Detail
Modder ‘conceptcrash’has released some new screenshots and two videos for his upcoming Jurassic Park project that is powered by Crytek’s CRYENGINE, Jurassic Park: Aftermath. Jurassic Park: Aftermath started with the aim of making a free open world fps style game,as with many fan projects progress has been complicated and slow. Since that’s never gonna happen though, the modder has decided to change things and focus on a tech demo that might see the light of day. Jurassic Park: Aftermath looks great and stays true to its JP roots, so kudos to the modder. Enjoy! Continue reading
Half Life 2 Fan-Made Remake – Unreal Engine 3 Versus Unreal Engine 4 Comparison
A couple of days ago, Polycount’s member ‘Logithx’ posted three screenshots of his fan-made version of Half Life in Unreal Engine 3. While those shots looked great, the modder claimed that he’d be moving his project to Unreal Engine 4 and today we’ve got the first comparison between these two versions. Continue reading
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II – Now Available For Pre-Order On Steam
Neocore Games announced today that The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II is available for pre-order on Steam. Early adopters can purchase the game with 10% off and get an exclusive ingame gift only available via pre-ordering the game. Continue reading
Realistic Golf Sim Title – The Golf Club – Released On Steam Via Early Access Program
HB Studios has announced that its next generation golf simulation, The Golf Club, is now available on Steam Early Access for PC. The Golf Club features pre-designed courses as well as a Course Creator that allows players to build brand new courses and share them online within seconds. Continue reading
God of Destiny – New MOBA Title – Main Features Detailed
Wayi Entertainment has informed us about the main features of its upcoming MOBA title, God of Destiny. G.O.D is developed by LAVA, a development team under Wayi Entertainment located in Taipei, Taiwan. The game has been under development for three years, and will be releasing this year in the West. Continue reading
Bound By Flame – New Screenshots Focus On Main Hero
Focus Home Interactive has released a new set of screenshots for its upcoming action RPG, Bound by Flame, that is set for release on May 9th. As the publisher noted, the game hero takes center stage in these screenshots, and players can create and play him before launching into an epic quest in pursuit of the Ice Lords. All your choices in Bound by Flame will therefore impact on your adventure and also on your hero’s appearance. Continue reading
Unofficial Xbox One Gamepad Driver 2.0 Released
Great news for all those interested in using an Xbox One gamepad on the PC as YouTube’s member ‘Lucas Assis’ has released a new version of the unofficial Xbox One gamepad driver. According to Lucas, this 2.0 version will make it easier to play games that use XInput. However, we should note that if you intend to play games relying on DirectInput, you should still use version 1.0. Continue reading
CD Projekt RED Explains Why It Makes Sense To Be Independent
YouTube’s member ‘pkRenTenTen’ has uploaded an one hour video in which CD Projekt’s Marcin Iwinski and Michal Nowakowski talk about the benefits of being an independent game developer. This talk took place during the Quo Vadis Game Developers Conference in Berlin. Marcin and Michal talked about some really interesting things, including BioWare’s Aurora engine, what pushed them to create their own engine for The Witcher series, why it did make sense to partner with Atari for the distribution of the first The Witcher game, and more. Enjoy! Continue reading
Success – The Next GRID Game Will Feature A Cockpit View
What was the one feature that most gamers criticized Grid 2 for not supporting? Yeap, that was no doubt the cockpit view that was removed for no apparent reason. So, GRID 3 (or the next installment to the GRID series) will be announced in a couple of days and a lot of gamers wondered whether Codies have learned their lesson or not. Well, good news everyone as the development team has been listening to its fanbase, meaning that the cockpit view will return in this new installment of the GRID series. Continue reading
Evolve Gets A Teaser Trailer, Interactive Multiplayer Trailer Coming April 24th
2K Games has released a teaser trailer for Turtle Rock Studios’ upcoming multiplayer title, Evolve. This teaser gives us a glimpse at a multiplayer trailer – that is said to be interactive – that will premiere on April 24th. Evolve pits a team of four players against a giant monster. The concept sounds interesting, though the main challenge for Turtle Rock Studios will be to keep players constantly interested in it. Enjoy the teaser! Continue reading
Fenix Fire’s Source – Surreal Adventure Title – Gets A Kickstarter Campaign
Fenix Fire has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming surreal adventure title, Source. Source is a metroidvania action adventure game for next gen consoles and PC in which you control a firefly creature with the unique power to manipulate energy with every living being in a strange, bio luminescent world. Continue reading
Skywind – Morrowind Mod For Skyrim – Gets A Second Official Development Video
The team behind Skywind – a mod that aims to bring the world and environments of Morrowind to Skyrim’s engine – has released the second official development video for it. In this video, we take an inside look into its most recent progress. Skywind looks interesting and has a lot of potential. Question is whether the team will be able to deliver and release such a demanding mod. Enjoy! Continue reading
Crytek’s Cevat Yerli On Mantle: “With Mantle We Think That Real-Time Graphics Will Hit CG Quality”
AMD has released a new video from its GDC 2014 presentation of Mantle, in which Crytek’s Cevat Yerli shared his opinion about Mantle. During this year’s GDC, Crytek announced that CRYENGINE will support Mantle and Yerli claimed that with Mantle developers using CRYENGINE will be able to achieve CG quality graphics. Continue reading
Square Enix Is Bringing Final Fantasy III To PC
By Spencer . April 18, 2014 . 1:01amWhile Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII already had PC ports, Final Fantasy III for PC is a new version of the game.
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