Posts by John Papadopoulos:

First HD Texture Pack for Shenmue 2 Remaster is now available for download

Posted on: 29 Aug 2018

A few days ago, we informed you about the first HD Texture Pack for the first Shenmue game. And today, we are happy to report that Drogean – the same modder responsible for that HD Texture Pack – has released the first HD Texture Pack for Shenmue 2 Remaster.

Star Control: Origins will receive a Vulkan patch in the future

Posted on: 29 Aug 2018

Stardock has announced that Star Control: Origins will get a post-release patch that will add support for the Vulkan API. This is part of Stardock’s extended partnership with AMD, meaning that Star Control: Origins will be optimized for Ryzen CPUs and Freesync 2.

New Rune: Ragnarok in-engine trailer released

Posted on: 29 Aug 2018

Human Head Studios has released a brand new in-engine trailer for Rune: Ragnarok. This trailer showcases the game’s visuals, showing some of the game’s enemies, NPCs and environments.

New Shadow of the Tomb Raider trailer focuses on tombs and puzzles

Posted on: 29 Aug 2018

Square Enix has released a new short trailer for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, giving us a glimpse at the wide variety of challenge tombs, each one more terrifying than the last. According to its description, Lara Croft’s skills will be put to the test through increasingly brutal and intricate puzzles.

Half Life 3 Project Borealis tech demo announced and coming soon

Posted on: 28 Aug 2018

The Project Borealis Team – the fan project developing Half-Life 2: Epistle 3, based on the Epistle 3 script published by Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw – have released their fourth development update. The update features the announcement of their upcoming tech demo, a reimagining of fan-favourite Ravenholm from Half-Life 2, alongside new character concept art.

Onimusha Warlords Remaster is coming to the PC on January 15th

Posted on: 28 Aug 2018

Capcom has announced that a remaster version of Onimusha: Warlords is coming to current-gen platforms. Originally released in 2001, Onimusha: Warlords successfully blended thrilling action with a cinematic story to achieve over 2 million copies sold worldwide.

Mortal Royale is a fantasy battle royale game supporting 1000 players

Posted on: 28 Aug 2018

Star Vault AB has announced a new battle royale game that is set in a fantasy setting and supports up to 1000 players, called Mortal Royale. The sign ups for the game’s alpha phase have opened and its development team has released a new trailer that you can find below.

Strange Brigade is the first game supporting both DirectX 12 and Vulkan, benchmarked on NVIDIA and AMD hardware

Posted on: 28 Aug 2018

Rebellion’s Strange Brigade has just been released on the PC and we are happy to report that it is the first game supporting both the DirectX 12 and the Vulkan APIs. As such, and perhaps for the first time, we are able to benchmark these APIs side by side and see how NVIDIA’s and AMD’s … Continue reading Strange Brigade is the first game supporting both DirectX 12 and Vulkan, benchmarked on NVIDIA and AMD hardware →

Call of Duty: WWII receives a 10GB update, available tomorrow on PC, release notes unveiled

Posted on: 28 Aug 2018

Sledgehammer Games has prepared a massive new update for Call of Duty: WWII. This update is 10GB in size and features a new Division, new Basic Training, packs some multiplayer fixes and brings various UI improvements. In addition, this latest patch adds new Orders and Contracts and brings Shovel Melee Weapon Variants in Zombies mode.

AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.8.2 is optimized for Strange Brigade and F1 2018

Posted on: 28 Aug 2018

Similarly to NVIDIA, AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.8.2 driver is optimized for Strange Brigade and F1 2018.