Total War: WARHAMMER – First major update released, adds DX12 beta support

Creative Assembly has released the first major update for Total War: WARHAMMER. This update comes with one hell of bug fixes, balance tweaks to all races, a number of technical improvements and beta support for DX12. This update is 2GB in size and will be auto-downloaded from Steam. You can find its complete – and huge – changelog here, and a portion of it below. Continue reading Total War: WARHAMMER – First major update released, adds DX12 beta support

System Shock – Demo lacks extensive optimizations, switch to Unreal Engine could happen

Neogaf’s member ‘MaxOfS2D’ (who is currently working on the remastered version of System Shock) has just revealed some new interesting information about it. According to MaxOfS2D, the demo lacked extensive optimizations as it was developed by a small team of 4 core people and one programmer. Moreover, MaxOfS2D claimed that an engine switch to Unreal Engine may actually happen. Continue reading System Shock – Demo lacks extensive optimizations, switch to Unreal Engine could happen

BioShock: The Collection has been officially announced, coming on September 13th

2K Games has announced that the BioShock: The Collection will be released on September 13th. 2K Games and Blind Squirrel Games have remastered the games for current-gen platforms, and you can view the debut trailer for BioShock: The Collection below. Continue reading BioShock: The Collection has been officially announced, coming on September 13th

ORION developer admits game ripping weapon art content off Call of Duty, fires 3D artist

Developer David James has issued a new statement about the battle between Activision and Spiral Games regarding the unauthorised/illegal use of weapon art content from Call of Duty games. According to James, Spiral Games’ 3D artist did actually rip some content off the Call of Duty games, and a resolution has been reached. Continue reading ORION developer admits game ripping weapon art content off Call of Duty, fires 3D artist

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 is now available for download

AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 adds official support for the newly released Radeon RX 480 GPU. In addition, this driver brings a Crossfire profile for World of Tanks, and fixes a number of issues. Continue reading AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 is now available for download

The Technomancer – PC Performance Analysis

The Technomancer is the next sci-fi action RPG from SPIDERS, the studio behind Bound by Flame and MARS: War Logs. Powered by the Silk Engine – which is a modified version of the PhyreEngine – The Technomancer is currently available on the PC and it’s time to see how this new title performs on the PC platform. Continue reading The Technomancer – PC Performance Analysis

Here are lots of X360 games, including Red Dead Redemption, running on the Xenia emulator

It appears that the team behind the most promising Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia, is making great progress. While the emulator is still unable to run commercial games at an acceptable speed, it is actually able to boot and run them. And while this may not seem like something special to you, it’s spectacular progress for the world of emulation. Below you can find videos showcasing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Red Dead Redemption, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, Splatterhouse and Silent Hill 3 running on the latest version of Xenia. Do note that some games – like Red Dead Redemption – run with 2-3fps with lots of visual artifacts. Nevertheless, it’s kind of cool so go ahead and take a look! Continue reading Here are lots of X360 games, including Red Dead Redemption, running on the Xenia emulator