Posts by John Papadopoulos:

3DMark adds DX12 Variable-Rate Shading benchmark test on August 26th

Posted on: 18 Jul 2019

UL Benchmarks has announced that it will be adding a new Variable-Rate Shading benchmark test to 3DMark on August 26th. 3DMark feature tests are special tests designed to highlight specific techniques, functions or capabilities, and its VRS feature test is designed to help you compare differences in performance and image quality when using variable-rate shading.

Mercenaries, free game mode for Ghost Recon Wildlands, releases later today, full patch notes revealed

Posted on: 18 Jul 2019

Ubisoft has announced that a new game mode will be released for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands today. This game mode is called Mercenaries, is described as an eight-player free-for-all PvPvE gameplay experience, and will be available for free to everyone.

Intel plans to releases its first 7nm CPUs in 2021, 10nm CPUs coming later this year

Posted on: 18 Jul 2019

Intel CEO Bob Swan has confirmed that the blue team plans to release its 10nm CPUs later this year, and its 7nm CPUs in 2021. This basically means that Intel will be two years late to the 7nm party, something that will give AMD enough time to refine its Zen CPUs.

Monster Hunter World DLSS benchmarks; better than native 1871p, worse than 4K

Posted on: 18 Jul 2019

Capcom has released a brand new patch for the PC version of Monster Hunter World that adds support for NVIDIA’s DLSS tech. As such, we’ve decided to test whether the DLSS implementation is ideal, whether the image quality is good, and whether it is worth playing this particular title with it enabled.

Gears 5 Technical Test is now available for download, has easy anti-cheat on the PC

Posted on: 18 Jul 2019

As promised, Microsoft and The Coalition have released the technical test build for Gears 5. The PC Technical Test is 14.5GB in size, features easy anti-cheat on the PC, and is currently available to Xbox Game Pass members or those who have pre-ordered the game.

PC is the most profitable platform for Ubisoft, The Division 2 is industry’s biggest hit in 2019

Posted on: 18 Jul 2019

Ubisoft has shared its sales figures for the first quarter of fiscal 2019-20, i.e. the three months ended June 30, 2019, revealing that the PC is currently its most profitable platform. According to the French company, in Q1 2019-20 the PC was responsible for 34% of its earning, surpassing all other platforms.

The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project V10 available for download, features over 1000 reworked textures

Posted on: 17 Jul 2019

As promised, modder ‘Halk Hogan PL’  has released a new version of his HD Reworked Project for The Witcher 3. This new HDRP version focuses mainly on environments but it will also touch some NPCs (mainly redania/temeria/novigrad guards). Furthermore, all terrain/rocks textures will be reworked (except Toussaint, these will be done in BaW Update after … Continue reading The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project V10 available for download, features over 1000 reworked textures →

EVE Aether Wars: Phase Two playtest will see 10,000 players fight in a single battle

Posted on: 17 Jul 2019

Hadean and CCP Games, creators of the biggest single-shard spaceship MMO game of all time EVE Online, have revealed the date for their hugely ambitious EVE Aether Wars: Phase Two playtest.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines unofficial patch 10.4 available for download, full patch notes

Posted on: 17 Jul 2019

Wesp5 and a team of modders have released a brand new version of the Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines unofficial patch. This new update makes various changes, fixes numerous bugs, and brings a number of improvements and additions to this classic title.

Gran Turismo 5, Gran Turismo 6, Wipeout HD, God of War 3 and more running on PC via the latest RPCS3

Posted on: 17 Jul 2019

It appears that the best Playstation 3 emulator that is currently under development, RPCS3, received a new update recently. kd-11 has implemented new Surface Cache fixes to RPCS3 that reportedly improve the appearance of car reflections in Gran Turismo 6, and fix various graphics glitches in other games.