FFVII Remake’s poor PC performance might be because it’s a debug build
https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fantasy-7-remake/pc-performance-debug
After over a year and a half of waiting, Final Fantasy VII Remake is finally out on PC as an Epic Games Store exclusive – but players aren’t happy, with many reporting poor performance, stuttering, and the lack of graphics options. Worse still, modders digging into the port’s files have found that Square Enix seems to have released a debug build.
Mass Effect 4 Will Use Unreal Engine 5
https://gamerant.com/mass-effect-4-unreal-engine-5/
Mass Effect 4, the next game in the beloved-yet-controversial Mass Effect franchise, is easily one of the most highly-anticipated games currently in development. Fans of BioWare's library of games are hungry for any information about the project, but Mass Effect 4 is some ways off, so details are scant. One particular aspect of Mass Effect 4 has garnered a lot of attention, which is the engine it'll run on. It seems Mass Effect fans finally have an answer, as Unreal Engine appears to be BioWare's choice.
A new Ghostbusters game with the classic team is “definitely happening”
https://www.pcgamesn.com/ghostbusters-new-game-classic-cast
None other than Winston Zeddemore himself, Ernie Hudson, has confirmed that a new Ghostbusters game is “definitely happening” and will be based around the classic team – last seen in 2019’s Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered and in last month’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie.
Nixxes is already helping to patch Sony’s PC games
https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/mustafa-mahmoud/nixxes-is-already-helping-to-patch-sonys-pc-games/
2021 saw PlayStation engage in an acquisition spree, buying a wide breadth of video game companies and bringing them under the Sony umbrella. One such company was Nixxes – PC specialists who were purchased in order to help with PC ports of Sony games. Just months after the acquisition, the fruits of their labour have already begun to bear.
Steam's new Store Hubs make browsing for games a whole lot more pleasant
https://www.pcgamer.com/steams-new-store-hubs-make-browsing-for-games-a-whole-lot-more-pleasant/
Remember those "experiments" that Steam Labs is conducting? It's been awhile since we last talked about them, but it was basically a beta testing system for new features on Steam that users could opt into or not, depending on their interest in whatever's being offered. Most of the new features are for making the great mass of games on Steam more manageable, through better recommendations or more flexible ways to browse.
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen gets its very own Long War overhaul
https://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-2-war-of-the-chosen-gets-its-very-own-long-war-overhaul/
In 2017 we described the Long War 2 as "a must-play reinvention of XCOM 2" that changes up the brilliant turn-based strategy game in ways that both slow and deepen the campaign against the alien occupation of Earth. As the title suggests, it was a followup to the Long War, an also-excellent mod for the 2012 XCOM: Enemy Unknown. And now the sequel has a sequel, as Long War of the Chosen, a port of the Long War 2 mod for the XCOM 2: War of the Chosen expansion, is live on Steam.
Elite Dangerous carrier interiors have shops, NPCs, and crew quarters
https://www.pcgamesn.com/elite-dangerous/fleet-carrier-interior-concourse
Getting your hands on a Drake-class fleet carrier in Elite: Dangerous is no small task, but it’s about to become even more rewarding. Frontier Developments has revealed some alpha footage of the fleet carrier interiors that are coming to Elite Dangerous: Odyssey early next year, providing a short walk-through of the space game’s grandest capital ships.
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