Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Half-Life 2 Classic Ravenholm demo demake for the first Half-Life is available for download

Posted on: 22 Nov 2018

In June, we shared some screenshots from the Half Life 2 demake for the first Half-Life, Half-Life 2 Classic. Created by Team Classic, this demake mod aims to recreate the entirety of Half-Life 2 in GoldSource Engine. And yesterday, the team has released a demo that you can download.

DICE details upcoming real-time ray tracing RTX optimizations coming to Battlefield 5

Posted on: 22 Nov 2018

In an interview with Eurogamer, EA DICE’s rendering engineer Yasin Uludag has detailed the optimizations that are coming to Battlefield 5’s real-time ray tracing RTX effects. According to Yasin, performance of the RTX effects will noticeably improve in the future as both NVIDIA and DICE are working on various performance improvements.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice patch 1.03 adds HDR support, packs memory improvements

Posted on: 21 Nov 2018

Ninja Theory has released a brand new update for the PC version of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. According to the release notes, patch 1.03 adds HDR (high dynamic range) support for both NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards.

New Shadow of the Tomb Raider PC patch improves MultiGPU stability, fixes various crashes

Posted on: 21 Nov 2018

EIDOS Montreal and Nixxes have released a brand new PC patch for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. According to the release notes, this latest update improves MultiGPU stability and usability of voice-chat feature (for co-op multiplayer), and fixes various crashes.

CRYENGINE-powered online hardcore survival game, Miscreated, fully releases on December 18th

Posted on: 21 Nov 2018

Entrada Interactive announced today that its online multiplayer, hardcore survival game Miscreated is set to leave Early Access for its full Version 1.0 launch on December 18th. According to the press release, Miscreated’s 1.0 launch will bring many new features to its post-apocalyptic open world including: new weapons, player hosted servers with many configuration options, … Continue reading CRYENGINE-powered online hardcore survival game, Miscreated, fully releases on December 18th →

New trailer for Atomic Heart features new gameplay footage

Posted on: 21 Nov 2018

Mundfish has released a new trailer for its upcoming FPS Soviet-Union game, Atomic Heart. We usually don’t share pre-order trailers – and we are also against pre-ordering a game – however we know that some of our readers are interested in this title and this trailer also features new gameplay footage.

Star Citizen Alpha 3.3.5 is now available to all backers

Posted on: 21 Nov 2018

Cloud Imperium has released Star Citizen Alpha 3.3.5 to all backers. This new alpha version adds planet Hurston which is the first planetary location and as such is considerably larger than moons and has varied biomes. Additionally, players will find several outposts, labed HMC (Hurston Mining Centers) scattered about the surface.

This mod for Fallout 4 adds several drivable cars

Posted on: 21 Nov 2018

Modder ‘ViciousCeph’ has released a new mod for Fallout 4 that adds several drivable cars. According to the modder, the Vanilla Pickup Truck is the most stable car in this mod and this is the reason why it’s the only car included in the main file. Those who want to experiment though can also try … Continue reading This mod for Fallout 4 adds several drivable cars →

Call of Duty Black Ops 4 November 20th patch brings numerous balance tweaks & stability improvements

Posted on: 21 Nov 2018

Treyarch has released a new patch for Call of Duty Black Ops 4. According to the release notes, the November 20th update adds Nuketown to rotation in MP playlists, improves stability by fixing a number of crashes and brings numerous balance tweaks.

Sunset Overdrive PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 21 Nov 2018

The PC version of Sunset Overdrive was one of the worst kept secrets lately. The game was originally released on Xbox One in 2014 and after four years, it has finally come out on the PC. As such, it’s time to benchmark it and see how it performs on our platform.