Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Here is Red Dead Redemption 2 with Reshade Ray Tracing GI & AO Effects

Posted on: 07 Nov 2019

Even though Rockstar has not added any real-time ray tracing effects, PC gamers can still get a taste of Ray Tracing effects. And, as you may have guessed, this is possible thanks to Pascal Gilcher’s Reshade. In case you weren’t aware of, this post-process solution can improve a game’s Global Illumination and Ambient Occlusion effects. … Continue reading Here is Red Dead Redemption 2 with Reshade Ray Tracing GI & AO Effects →

Doom mods overload: BorderDoom 1.0, Doom Exp V1.9 & Total Chaos are available for download

Posted on: 06 Nov 2019

Doom fans, here are three mods that you really need to play. Normally, we’d keep this type of articles for the weekend. However, and since we’ll be covering RDR2 extensively this weekend, we decided to share these mods with you today.

First Red Dead Redemption 2 PC update released, fixes crashes, full patch notes

Posted on: 06 Nov 2019

It appears that RDR2 had a rocky launch on the PC. And yesterday, Rockstar released the first PC update for its latest open-world title. According to the release notes, this patch attempts to resolve all the crashing issues that PC gamers have been experiencing.

Official PC requirements revealed for Kingdom Under Fire 2

Posted on: 06 Nov 2019

Gameforge has revealed the official PC system requirements for Kingdom Under Fire 2 (via its Steam store page). According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i3-2120 with 4GB of RAM.

The Outer Worlds has major optimization issues in later stages, drops to 40fps on Intel i9 9900K at 1080p/Ultra

Posted on: 06 Nov 2019

The Outer Worlds is the latest role-playing game from the company behind Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian. And while, as we wrote in our PC Performance Analysis, its first stages were not that taxing on the CPU, its later stages have major optimization issues.

The Hive is a new round based first-person-looter-shooter, coming to the PC in 2020

Posted on: 06 Nov 2019

3 Day Monk has announced that it’s working on a new game, called The Hive. The Hive is a new round based First-Person-Looter-Shooter set in an NPC-filled, devastated world. The game promises to combine competitive FPS and RPG elements to deliver a unique experience.

Epic Games Store exploit allows you to play and keep a game forever, without even buying it

Posted on: 06 Nov 2019

It appears that PC gamers can take advantage of an exploit on the Epic Games Store to access and keep games to their accounts for free. Willian Worrall of CCN discovered this new vulnerability and – for anyone interested – Epic Games has not fixed it yet.

Red Dead Redemption 2 supports both DirectX 12 and Vulkan, has more than 40 graphics settings, first mods

Posted on: 05 Nov 2019

Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally available on the PC. While our PC Performance Analysis will not go live today (or tomorrow), we can confirm that the game takes advantage of the latest APIs. These are, obviously, DirectX 12 and Vulkan.

Square Enix has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Octopath Traveler

Posted on: 05 Nov 2019

Octopath Traveler came out almost five months ago on the PC. However, and while most PC gamers were really pleased with this release, some were disappointed to find out that the game was using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Thankfully, Square Enix has decided to remove it from the game.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.11.1 released, optimized for Red Dead Redemption 2

Posted on: 05 Nov 2019

Today is a big day as Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally coming out on the PC. And similarly to NVIDIA, AMD released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. So, as you may have guessed, the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.11.1 is optimized for RDR2.