Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Final Fantasy XV – Modding tools coming this Spring, level editor coming in Fall 2018

Posted on: 07 Apr 2018

At PAX East 2018, Square Enix announced that it will release the highly anticipated modding tools for Final Fantasy XV this Spring. Moreover, the team will add official Steam Workshop support on the Steam version so that modders can upload and share their creations easier.

Sam Fisher is coming to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands

Posted on: 06 Apr 2018

Ubisoft has shared a teaser trailer for a new event that will be coming to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, featuring Sam Fisher. Our guess is that this event will be similar to the Predator event that occurred back in December 2017.

Here are the first screenshots from DICE’s Frostbite 3 Engine using real-time ray tracing

Posted on: 06 Apr 2018

At GDC 2018, DICE showcased its Frostbite 3 Engine running real-time ray tracing via NVIDIA’s RTX and the Microsoft DirectX Raytracing API. And while they are not looking as impressive as Epic’s Star Wars demo, they may give us an idea of what we can expect from the first PC games that will be using … Continue reading Here are the first screenshots from DICE’s Frostbite 3 Engine using real-time ray tracing →

Crysis HD Textures 2018 features 2.1GB of textures from CryEngine 3.5.8 and Crysis 3 The Lost Island

Posted on: 06 Apr 2018

Modder ‘condros’ has released a brand new Texture Pack for the original Crysis game. This Texture Pack features 2.1GB of textures that were ripped from both CryEngine 3.5.8 and Crysis 3 The Lost Island multiplayer DLC.

The Forest leaves Early Access and fully releases on April 30th

Posted on: 06 Apr 2018

Endnight Games announced that its open-world survival horror game, The Forest, will leave Early Access and will be fully released on April 30th. Players will enter a living, breathing world, where every tree and plant can be chopped down.

Crusader Kings 2 is now available for free on Steam for a limited time

Posted on: 06 Apr 2018

Paradox Interactive is currently giving away free Steam copies of its strategy game, Crusader Kings 2. Those who acquire their free copies in the next 40 hours will keep this game forever in their library. In other words, this isn’t your usual free-to-play offer that most Steam games offer.

DayZ will get a new engine upgrade in a couple of weeks on the PC

Posted on: 06 Apr 2018

It appears that the standalone version of DayZ will receive a major engine upgrade really soon. As Eugen Harton, lead producer at developers Bohemia, told PCGamesN, the team is currently working on upgrading DayZ’s game engine and will release this new version in a couple of weeks.

Boss Key Productions admits that LawBreakers has flopped, is working on a new game

Posted on: 05 Apr 2018

Boss Key Productions has publicly admitted that LawBreakers has failed commercially. And while the team claimed that it is is determined to give this game the second life it deserves, it will now focus on new projects.

First Far Cry 5 PC patch available, fixes crashes, stability, performance and low repro AI issues

Posted on: 05 Apr 2018

Ubisoft has just released the first PC patch for Far Cry 5. According to the release notes, this patch fixes low occurrence crashes and walkthrough breaks, low occurrence save corruption and low repro AI issues.

State of Decay 2 – Official PAX-East 2018 Trailer

Posted on: 05 Apr 2018

Microsoft and Undead Labs have released the official PAX East 2018 trailer for State of Decay 2. This in-depth gameplay trailer showcases the game’s character selection, base building and combat mechanics, as well as some of its environments.