Creative Assembly revealed today the PC system requirements for its upcoming strategy title, Total War: Rome II. According to the specs, Total War: Rome II will be scalable and will run on Windows XP machines and will require at least 35GB of free hard disc space. In addition, DX9.0c GPUs will be supported. Total War: Rome II is scheduled for a September 3rd release exclusively on the PC, and you can view below the complete list for its system requirements – alongside the presentation of it during this year’s Rezzed event. Continue reading Total War: Rome II – PC System Requirements Revealed, Will Require 35GB Of HDD Space→
Volition and Deep Silver released a E3 2013 walkthrough video for Saints Row IV. In this video, Senior Producer Jim Boone from Volition shows us how the leader of the Saints AKA the self-proclaimed “Patron Saint of America” encounters the alien overlord Zinyak for the first time and how he deals with an alien invasion in the White House – Saints Row style. In the second part of the video Jim presents more open world mayhem, including new weapons like the Blackhole Launcher, a move called “Death From Above” and an all-new experience by Professor Genki himself called Mind Over Murder. Saints Row IV launches August 20th, 2013 across North and Latin America and August 23rd worldwide for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Enjoy! Continue reading Saints Row IV – E3 2013 In-Game Walkthrough→
Our reader ‘BlastThyName’ has informed us about the studio that will be porting Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag on the PC. According to the official Russian-language fan site Assassins-Creed.ru, Ubisoft Kiev will be handling the PC version of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed title. Ubisoft Kiev was also responsible for the PC versions of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Assassin’s Creed III. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – PC Version Being Ported By Ubisoft Kiev→
Focus Home Interactive released some new screenshots for Contrast. During E3 2013, the game was showcased and players were able to take on the role of Dawn, an imaginary friend, in the oneiric universe fueled by Didi’s imagination. Didi, an adventurous nine year old is hopeful of reuniting her parents as she uncovers truths and drama in this charming adventure. Contrast is a breakthrough 2D/3D puzzle platformer, in which the player can shift between the striking 3D fantasy world into the mysterious 2D shadowscape. The game is planned for a late 2013 release on PC, XBLA and PSN. Enjoy! Continue reading New Screenshots For 2D/3D Puzzle Platformer ‘Contrast’→
Organizers of GDC Europe 2013 have announced its latest talks for this August’s Cologne event, including GOG.com’s Trevor Longino on what developers need to build buzz on their game, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm’s Brian Kindregan on cinematics for storytelling, and Epic’s Chris Mielke on outsourcing to external art teams. Continue reading GDC Europe 2013 – Blizzard, Epic Games & GOG.com Talks Revealed→
Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform game engine and development tools, has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to collaborate on development tools for Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Xbox One. This collaboration will make it even easier for developers to bring popular games, entertainment and apps to Microsoft platforms. Continue reading Unity Engine – Officially Supports Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 & Xbox One→
Well, we all saw that coming. In an attempt to promote its latest OS, Microsoft has officially revealed the new version of its DX API. And as you may have guessed, it is coming exclusively on Windows 8.1 and Xbox One. DirectX 11.2 was presented at its Build Conference, and you can find the keynotes video below. Perhaps the best feature of DX11.2, Tiled Resources, is demoed at around the first one hour mark. With Tiled Resources, Direct3D 11.2 introduces support for hardware virtual resources, allowing the creation of massive textures using minimal memory, and permitting improved bandwidth efficiency. Let’s see now how PC gamers and developers will respond to Microsoft’s move, and whether the former will be forced to upgrade their systems – yet again – for this DX exclusivity! Continue reading DirectX 11.2 Revealed – Available Only On Windows 8.1 & Xbox One [UPDATE]→
