Posts by John Papadopoulos:

The Division 2 Update 3 Release Notes – Operation Dark Hours, Better Ultra AA, Text Chat improvements & more

Posted on: 02 May 2019

Ubisoft has detailed the next major update for The Division 2 that will be made available to everyone later this month. According to the release notes, Update 3 will add the first 8-player raid, Operation Dark Hours.

Capcom removes Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Resident Evil 2 Remake by mistake, executable file leaked online

Posted on: 02 May 2019

It appears that someone at Capcom has accidentally published a Denuvo-free version of Resident Evil 2 Remake. While the company has re-implemented the anti-tamper tech in the game, the Denuvo-free executable file has been leaked online, and those interested in such a version can get it and enjoy the game without having Denuvo running in … Continue reading Capcom removes Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Resident Evil 2 Remake by mistake, executable file leaked online →

Tactical FPS “Squad” has sold more than one million copies

Posted on: 02 May 2019

Offworld Industries has announced that their tactical FPS, Squad, has sold more than 1 million copies while in Early Access. To commemorate the achievement, Offworld has released Squad’s Alpha 13 update which adds new tanks, squad roles, game modes, and more to the game.

Epic Games has purchased Psyonix, Rocket League will be Epic Games Store exclusive in late 2019

Posted on: 02 May 2019

Epic Games has announced that it has acquired the creators of Rocket League, Psyonix. Moreover, Rocket League will come to the Epic Games Store as an exclusive title in late 2019, meaning that the game will no longer be sold on Valve’s distribution service, Steam.

Borderlands 3 will feature microtransactions for cosmetics, 45 minutes of gameplay footage revealed

Posted on: 02 May 2019

Gearbox has announced that Borderlands 3 will feature micro-transactions for cosmetic items. Randy Pitchford and Paul Sage made it clear that the game won’t have any “pay-to-win microtransactions” that can give gameplay advantages to those that acquire them.

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

Posted on: 02 May 2019

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.

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

Posted on: 01 May 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.

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

Posted on: 01 May 2019

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.

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

Posted on: 01 May 2019

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.

Eden Rising will feature a free to play option at launch

Posted on: 01 May 2019

Nvizzio Creations has announced that the full launch of Eden Rising will offer a free-to-play option at launch. The F2P option will allow players to join the servers of paid players to experience high-level content and gain high-level loot.