Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Here is how permadeath works in Watch_Dogs: Legion

Posted on: 15 Jul 2019

Ubisoft surprised everyone at E3 2019 when it announced that its next Watch_Dogs game, Watch_Dogs Legion, will let players assume the role of every NPC and that the game will feature permadeath. And yesterday, Ubisoft’s creative director Clint Hocking shared some more details about the game’s permadeath mechanics.

GRID Official PC Requirements; supports DirectX 12, requires 100GB of free hard-disk space

Posted on: 15 Jul 2019

Codemasters has revealed the official PC requirements for its upcoming racing game, GRID. According to the specs, GRID will support DirectX 12 – like F1 2019 did as the game is powered by the EGO Engine – and will require 100GB of free hard-disk space.

Report: Intel’s 10th generation “Comet Lake” CPU details/lineup leak is fake

Posted on: 15 Jul 2019

Last week, we shared a leaked slide that was supposedly revealing the specs of Intel’s 10th generation “Comet Lake” desktop CPUs. However, Gamers Nexus has reported that this leak is fake and that PC owners should temper their expectations when it comes to Intel’s upcoming CPUs.

The Witcher AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for characters, monsters and animals available for download

Posted on: 15 Jul 2019

Modder ‘hub997’ has released a brand new AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for the first The Witcher game. This pack upscales all of the textures for characters, monsters and animals in 2K. Furthermore, the modder has also provided a HD Texture Pack for skyboxes that improves the textures of sky, stars, sun and moon.

Nintendo Switch emulator, yuzu, can now run Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 & more

Posted on: 15 Jul 2019

John GodGames Emus has shared some new videos, showing the latest version of the Nintendo Switch emulator, yuzu, running numerous games. Yuzu is an experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch from the creators of Citra and while it’s still in a very early stage, it can finally run some games.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080 runs Crysis 3 with Reshade Ray Tracing with 60fps at Very High/1080p

Posted on: 14 Jul 2019

These past few weeks we’ve been sharing numerous videos from games that were visually improved by Pascal Gilcher’s Ray Tracing Reshade. However, all of the users that have been testing this experimental version of ReShade were using mid-range GPUs. Thankfully, YouTube’s ‘4K Video Source’ has shared a video showing Crysis 3 with this Reshade Ray … Continue reading NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080 runs Crysis 3 with Reshade Ray Tracing with 60fps at Very High/1080p →

50 minutes of gameplay footage from the PC version of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

Posted on: 14 Jul 2019

Last month, YouTube’s ‘BooredGamer’ shared a video showing 50 minutes of gameplay footage from the PC version of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. As always, we strongly suggest avoiding this video in case you want to experience the entire game yourselves.

AMD offers free boot kits for updating the BIOS on older B450/X470 motherboards to support the 3rd generation Ryzen CPUs

Posted on: 14 Jul 2019

While AMD officially released its 3rd generation Ryzen CPUs on July 7th, the red team has been really struggling with this new architecture since its launch. Apparently, the launch did not go as smooth as the team would expect, making it a pain in the ass building a new Ryzen 3000 system. Still, AMD is … Continue reading AMD offers free boot kits for updating the BIOS on older B450/X470 motherboards to support the 3rd generation Ryzen CPUs →

Here are 25 minutes of gameplay footage from Gears 5’s Escalation Multiplayer Mode

Posted on: 14 Jul 2019

YouTube’s member ‘LANDAN2006’ has shared a video, showing 25 minutes of gameplay footage from the Escalation Multiplayer Mode of Gears 5. In Escalation, two teams of five players battle to control three rings, and now has more strategic options and increased reliance on teamwork.

First NBA 2K20 screenshots show LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler & Kemba Walker

Posted on: 14 Jul 2019

2K Games has released the first screenshots for the next part in its NBA basketball video game series, NBA 2K20. These first screenshots showcase the in-game 3D models for LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler and Kemba Walker.