Xaviant Talks Lichdom Tech – Multicore CPU Support, Global Illumination, PC Options, Tessellation

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A couple of days ago, we had the pleasure to interview Xaviant about its upcoming CRYENGINE-powered title, Lichdom. Xaviant discussed with us about the game’s multicore CPU support, whether or not it will sport a FOV slider, its Global Illumination solution, DX11.2, the reasons why they chose PC over next-gen consoles, and AMD’s Mantle. Enjoy the interview after the jump! Continue reading Xaviant Talks Lichdom Tech – Multicore CPU Support, Global Illumination, PC Options, Tessellation

Call of Duty: Ghosts – Official Free Fall Gameplay Trailer

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Activision has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts that packs the first gameplay footage from Free Fall, a downloadable bonus multiplayer map for Call of Duty: Ghosts. Call of Duty: Ghosts is currently planned for a November 5th release on PC, current and next gen consoles. The PC version sports some truly high spec requirements, so it will be interesting to see whether Infinity Ward’s title will run – and look – better or worse than DICE’s shooter. Enjoy! Continue reading Call of Duty: Ghosts – Official Free Fall Gameplay Trailer

First Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag PC Screenshots Look Glorious

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Nvidia and Ubisoft have released the first PC screenshots of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, and let us tell that they look spectacularly amazing. Nvidia’s Andrew – we informed us about these new images – has also written a nice article about the features that will be included in the PC version of Ubisoft’s upcoming title, so make sure to pay a visit to GeForce’s website. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is currently planned for a late November release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. From the looks of it, the PC version will be the definitive version, therefore we are really looking forward to it. Enjoy! Continue reading First Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag PC Screenshots Look Glorious

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Gets A New Trailer

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Konami revealed today a new trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 that centers around the dark story of Dracula, packed with brand new footage from this highly expected conclusion of the Lords of Shadow Saga. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will be coming on PC, PS3 and X360 on February 27th, and we can’t wait to get our hands on it. Enjoy! Continue reading Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Gets A New Trailer

Puzzle/platform Title “CONTRAST” Gets A New Walkthrough Video

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Focus Home Interactive has released a new walkthrough video for its upcoming puzzle/platform title, CONTRAST. Narrated by Guillaume Provost (Director), Joshua Mills (Set Designer) and Whitney Clayton (Visual Designer), this 2 minute video illustrates all of the behind-the-scenes details of CONTRAST and its origins. Continue reading Puzzle/platform Title “CONTRAST” Gets A New Walkthrough Video

ArmA 3 – First Free Single Player DLC Released

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Bohemia Interactive has released the first DLC episode for the Single Player campaign mode of ArmA 3 and in order to reinforce its launch, the company has released a brand new trailer for it that can be viewed below. The first campaign episode – which introduces the conflict between the NATO, CSAT, and AAF factions – is available as an automatic update on Steam. Continue reading ArmA 3 – First Free Single Player DLC Released

New Dark Souls 2 Screenshots Released

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Namco Bandai has released a new set of screenshots for Dark Souls 2 and although we’re pretty certain that FromSoftware’s title will be a great game, we have to admit that it does not look sexy at all. The texture work especially is as low-res as it can get. Keep also in mind that Dark Souls 2 is planned for a 2014 release and by that time, the visual difference between next-gen and current-gen titles will be even higher. Here is hoping that FromSoftware will pack the PC version with higher resolution textures, though this seems unlikely at this point. Enjoy! Continue reading New Dark Souls 2 Screenshots Released

Lords of Xulima is a Classic-inspired single-player RPG coming to the PC

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Indie European studio Numantian Games announced that the next development stage of their ambitious Single-player RPG, Lords of Xulima, is now up on Kickstarter. Spotted by our reader ‘Johnny Bravo’, Lords of Xulima is a 2D isometric, turn-based Role-Playing Game with the depth and challenge of old-school classics and a modern, intuitive interface. Continue reading Lords of Xulima is a Classic-inspired single-player RPG coming to the PC

Battlefield 4 – PC Performance Analysis

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Prior to its release, Battlefield 4 was advertised as a genre-defining all-out war experience brought to life with unmatched visual and audio fidelity, superior character animations and dynamic destruction that would show people what Frostbite 3 is capable of. Well, Battlefield 4 has finally been released and it’s time to see how this puppy performs on the PC platform. Continue reading Battlefield 4 – PC Performance Analysis