Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Circle Empires is a new real-time strategy game, coming out in August 2018

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

Iceberg Interactive and developer Luminous announced a new PC real-time strategy game, called Circle Empires. As the press release reads, Circle Empires started as an indie demo which was available on Game Jolt and has been downloaded by well over 150.000 strategy fans.

Anima: Gate of Memories – The Nameless Chronicles is now available on the PC

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

BadLand Publishing has announced that Anima: Gate of Memories – The Nameless Chronicles is now available on Steam. As the press release reads, the Nameless Chronicles will take players back to the events that gave birth to the first Anima, but from the standpoint of the enemy side.

Aggelos is a Wonder Boy in Monster World-inspired retro platformer, available now on the PC

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

PQube, LookAtMyGame and developer Wonderboy Bobi have announced that Aggelos, a new, retro-styled 2D action-adventure, is now available on Steam. Aggelos is described as a mesmerizing new action-RPG that looks like it was plucked straight out of the 16-bit era but plays like a modern-day marvel.

Frostpunk update 1.1.0 is now available, adds Survivor Mode and support for NVIDIA Ansel

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

11 bit studios has released a brand new patch for Frostpunk. According to the release notes, this patch adds a Survivor Mode, achievements for the Survivor Mode, quick save/load functionalities, as well as support for NVIDIA’s Ansel.

Need for Speed: Payback June update available for download, full patch release notes revealed

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

Ghost Games has released a brand new update for Need for Speed Payback. According to the patch notes, the June update adds three new cars, adds AllDrive: Quick Races and Chat Wheel, adds new rims, improves various features and fixes an inconsistent color coding issue that appeared once players reached the maximum number of Wraps.

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries has been delayed to 2019

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

Piranha Games’ president, Arman Nouri, has announced that MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries has been delayed until 2019. And even though there isn’t any specific date yet, Piranha Games hopes to announce one at MechCon 2018 in December.

quake2xp is a Quake 2 graphics overhaul mod that supports real-time per-pixel lighting & shadowing

Posted on: 19 Jun 2018

Modder ‘KirkBarnes’ has shared some new screenshots for his graphics overhaul mod for id Software’s classic shooter, Quake 2. These screenshots showcase Relief Mapping with self shadowing that will most probably be supported in the next version of quake2xp.

Beyond Good & Evil 2 playable beta is coming at the end of 2019

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

It appears that gamers won’t be able to get their hands on Beyond Good & Evil 2 anytime soon. According to its creator, Michel Ancel, the development team aims to release a playable beta version at the end of 2019.

Here are 16 minutes of gameplay footage from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

IGN has shared a new video, showing the opening 16 minutes from the E3 2018 demo build of Koji Igarashi’s spiritual successor to Castlevania, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

CEMU 1.12.2 is now available for download, optimizes performance, draw calls & code translation

Posted on: 18 Jun 2018

The team behind the best WiiU emulator, CEMU, has released a brand new version that is currently available to all backers. CEMU 1.12.2 adds support for gl_FrontFacing in GPU7 shaders, adds experimental UI localization, optimizes code translation, brings small improvements to generated code, fixes a bug that could cause permanent 100% CPU usage on one … Continue reading CEMU 1.12.2 is now available for download, optimizes performance, draw calls & code translation →