Intel’s upcoming Xe graphics cards for data center will support hardware accelerated ray tracing

Intel confirmed today that its upcoming Xe graphics cards will support ray tracing hardware acceleration. What this basically means is that instead of mere software support, the Xe GPUs will feature dedicated hardware components that will accelerate the ray tracing calculations. Continue reading Intel’s upcoming Xe graphics cards for data center will support hardware accelerated ray tracing

AMD’s Lisa Su confirms that the first NAVI GPU and Ryzen 2 CPUs will be released in Q3 2019

During AMD’s post-earnings conference call, Lisa Su confirmed that the first 7nm NAVI GPUs and the upcoming Ryzen 2 CPUs will be officially released in Q3 2019. According to Su, Navi will feature pricing that is below where the Radeon 7 is currently positioned and that it will come with a lot of new features. Continue reading AMD’s Lisa Su confirms that the first NAVI GPU and Ryzen 2 CPUs will be released in Q3 2019

Mortal Kombat 11 Second PC patch is out, full release notes revealed, breaks compatibility with 60fps mod [UPDATE]

QLOC has released the second major patch for the PC version of Mortal Kombat 11. According to the release notes, this patch integrates launch day gameplay server-side data, makes move list and frame data corrections, and makes some adjustments to online match-making and to AI. Continue reading Mortal Kombat 11 Second PC patch is out, full release notes revealed, breaks compatibility with 60fps mod [UPDATE]

Star Citizen Alpha 3.5 is free to play until May 8th

Cloud Imperium announced that it will make Star Citizen Alpha 3.5 free to download and play for any player to celebrate the launch of Star Citizen’s city-covered planet, ArcCorp, later today. First revealed at CitizenCon 2017, ArcCorp is a massive planet almost entirely covered in man-made structures. Continue reading Star Citizen Alpha 3.5 is free to play until May 8th

First co-op gameplay video released for Conan Unconquered

Funcom and Petroglyph have released the first gameplay video showing more than 20 minutes of co-op gameplay for Conan Unconquered. In this video, the two players working together to fight back the attacking hordes are Petroglyph Designer Renato Orellana and Funcom Community Manager Jens Erik Vaaler. Continue reading First co-op gameplay video released for Conan Unconquered

343 Industries and Splash Damage share more details about the PC version of Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Splash Damage and 343 Industries have announced that the Flighting program for Halo: The Master Chief Collection PC has been delayed. While the teams targeted an April launch, the flighting program has been delayed and even though there isn’t any estimated date yet, we believe that it will go live later this month. Continue reading 343 Industries and Splash Damage share more details about the PC version of Halo: The Master Chief Collection