Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia gets a new cinematic trailer

Posted on: 23 Apr 2018

SEGA and Creative Assembly have released a brand new cinematic trailer for Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia. As the press release reads, the next release from the multi-award-winning Total War strategy series takes England and the British Isles as its setting, during a time of great change that would come to define it.

Overload, six-degree-of-freedom tunnel shooter from the creators of Descent, releases on May 31st

Posted on: 23 Apr 2018

Revival Productions announced that Overload, the new six-degree-of-freedom tunnel shooter from the original creators of the critically-acclaimed 90s classic Descent, will be available for PC (Windows, Mac, & Linux) beginning May 31st for $34.99.

Kickstarter launched for Solar Warden; space combat game from Star Citizen’s ex-lead technical designer

Posted on: 23 Apr 2018

Polar Zenith has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming six-degrees-of-freedom space combat game, Solar Warden. Solar Warden is being created by the former lead technical designer of Star Citizen and promises to feature an overarching campaign with real-time strategy elements.

Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter is coming to Steam on April 26th

Posted on: 23 Apr 2018

D3 Publisher has announced that its Earth Defense Force 4.1 THE SHADOW OF NEW DESPAIR 3D top-down shoot ’em up spinoff, Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter, is coming to Steam on April 26th. In it, players will step into the shoes of a soldier in Pale Team, an elite branch of the EDF’s … Continue reading Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter is coming to Steam on April 26th →

Metro Exodus – Raytracing versus Rasterization comparison video (off-screen)

Posted on: 22 Apr 2018

Last month, 4A Games announced that Metro Exodus will support real-time raytracing thanks to NVIDIA’s RTX. 4A Games will be using true raytracing to render both Ambient Occlusion and Indirect Lighting in full real-time, and the off-screen video below – courtesy of PCGamesHardware – showcases the benefits of it.

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA – First beta patch available, contains shader optimizations

Posted on: 22 Apr 2018

NIS America and Nihon Falcom have released the first beta patch for the PC version of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA. As the companies noted, this is a preview of the fixes that the developers are working on, and is not as stable as the default branch (meaning that players may experience some crashes).

Blade Runner scene recreated in Unreal Engine 4, looking better than its CRYENGINE version

Posted on: 22 Apr 2018

As I’m pretty sure you may know, I am a big fan of Blade Runner. After all, my desktop background – as seen in pretty much all PC Performance Analysis articles – is a Blade Runner recreation in CRYENGINE. However, it appears the time to replace has come as Quixel’s 3D Artist and Art Lead, … Continue reading Blade Runner scene recreated in Unreal Engine 4, looking better than its CRYENGINE version →

Stormdivers is a new multiplayer-focused game from the creators of Nex Machina & Resogun

Posted on: 22 Apr 2018

Housemarque, developers of Nex Macina and Resogun, has announced its latest game, Stormdivers. Although we don’t have enough details about it, the game will be powered by Unreal Engine 4 and promises to offer a heavy hitting multiplayer centric experience.

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge, Haze and Demon’s Souls running on the PC via the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3

Posted on: 22 Apr 2018

YouTube’s ‘reznoire’ has shared some videos showing Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge, Haze and Demon’s Souls running on the PC thanks to the best Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3. While there are still some minor issues, these three games are completely playable on RPCS3.

Here is an amazing fan remake of Nintendo 64’s Star Wars Rogue Squadron in Unreal Engine 4

Posted on: 22 Apr 2018

YouTube’s ‘Thanaclara’ is currently working on an amazing fan remake of the classic Nintendo 64 Star Wars Rogue Squadron game in Unreal Engine 4. Thanaclara has been working on this project for more than a year and has managed to recreate four levels from the game. However, these levels are not finished and have a … Continue reading Here is an amazing fan remake of Nintendo 64’s Star Wars Rogue Squadron in Unreal Engine 4 →