Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Riot Games introduces tray icon and notifications to Valorant’s anti-cheat system, Vanguard

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

After heavy criticism, Riot Games has updated the anti-cheat system/program for Valorant. As such, the latest version of Vanguard introduces a tray icon and notifications pop-ups. These new additions, according to the team, will make it easier to disable Vanguard when you’re not playing the game.

Square Enix removes Trials of Mana demo due to an exploit that allowed you to play the full game

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

Trials of Mana is the latest JRPG that Square Enix released. The game uses the Denuvo anti-tamper tech and surprisingly enough, the Japanese company released a demo of it on Steam. However, it appears that pirates could bypass and play the full game via this demo. And, as you may have guessed, this forced Square … Continue reading Square Enix removes Trials of Mana demo due to an exploit that allowed you to play the full game →

New version of the non-VR mod for Half-Life: Alyx adds spectator mode & FOV, removes black corners

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

Earlier this month, we shared a version of the non-VR mod for Half-Life: Alyx that allowed you to complete the whole game. Since then, the modder has been hard at work fixing and tweaking this mod. Thus, we are happy to present you today a more refined version of it.

2K Games announces WWE 2K Battlegrounds, releases in Fall 2020

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

2K Games has announced WWE 2K Battlegrounds; a completely new WWE gaming experience that will feature arcade-style action and over-the-top Superstar designs, environments and moves. According to the press release, Saber Interactive is developing this new wrestling game.

Maneater will be powered by Quixel Megascans, gets new beautiful screenshots

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

Tripwire Interactive announced today its use of Quixel Megascans in the creation of Maneater.  According to the press release, Tripwire artists will now have a strong base of mesh and texture information to build from. Moreover, they will now be able to bring the varied and unique open-world environments to life in Maneater.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 is free to own on Steam until May 1st

Posted on: 28 Apr 2020

SEGA has announced that Total War: SHOGUN 2 is free to own on Steam. From today and until May 1st, PC gamers can visit the game’s Steam store page and acquire their free copy. As said, this is a free to own offer, meaning that you will be able to keep the game yours forever.

MotoGP 20 PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 27 Apr 2020

Milestone has released the next iteration of its MotoGP series, MotoGP 20. MotoGP 20 uses Unreal Engine 4 so it’s time to benchmark it and see how it performs on the PC platform.

The Khronos Group has publicly released OpenCL 3.0

Posted on: 27 Apr 2020

The Khronos Group has publicly released the OpenCL 3.0 Provisional Specifications. OpenCL 3.0 realigns the OpenCL roadmap to enable developer-requested functionality to be broadly deployed by hardware vendors, and it significantly increases deployment flexibility by empowering conformant OpenCL implementations to focus on functionality relevant to their target markets.

Doom Eternal Mod restores cut graphics effects, like player shadow, anamorphic lens flares & more

Posted on: 27 Apr 2020

Nikk Mann has released a pretty interesting mod for Doom Eternal. This mod attempts to restore some of graphics effects that id Software has cut from the game. Thus, you can enable player shadow (as well as self-shadowing), anamorphic lens flares and an improved HUD.

Alien Isolation is available on Steam with a 95% discount for the next 48 hours

Posted on: 26 Apr 2020

Alien: Isolation is considered as one of the best Alien games to date. And today, we are happy to report that SEGA is offering this survival horror game with a 95% discount. This basically means that you can get this amazing Alien game for only 2 US dollars. So yeah, this is an offer you … Continue reading Alien Isolation is available on Steam with a 95% discount for the next 48 hours →