Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Far Cry 5 is the fastest selling title in the franchise’s history, second biggest launch ever for a Ubisoft game

Posted on: 05 Apr 2018

Ubisoft has announced that Far Cry 5 is the fastest selling title in the franchise’s history. According to the big publisher, the game more than doubled first week sell-through of Far Cry 4, and it currently represents the second biggest launch ever for a Ubisoft game, following only Tom Clancy’s The Division, with $310M USD in … Continue reading Far Cry 5 is the fastest selling title in the franchise’s history, second biggest launch ever for a Ubisoft game →

Far Cry 2 features more advanced physics than Far Cry 5, despite being released 10 years ago

Posted on: 04 Apr 2018

As we’ve already reported, Far Cry 5 looks and runs incredibly well on the PC platform. However, it appears that the game’s physics have been severely downscaled compared to Far Cry 2; a game that was released ten years ago on platforms that should – theoretically – be less powerful than current-gen systems.

Sea of Thieves patch 1.0.2 now available, adjusts ship respawn distance, packs performance improvements

Posted on: 04 Apr 2018

Rare has released the second patch for its shared world action-adventure pirate game, Sea of Thieves. According to the release notes, this patch adjusts the ship respawn distance, fixes a bug that could accidentally teleport players to their ship from the mermaid whilst holding treasure items, and comes with some performance improvements.

Hitman has more than 12 million players worldwide

Posted on: 04 Apr 2018

IO Interactive has announced that Hitman now has more than 12 million players worldwide. That’s 5 million more players than what the game had back in November 2017. In other words, it took IO Interactive 5 months in order to increase the game’s playerbase to 12 million.

Spintires: MudRunner now supports map mods, allowing players to create and share new custom maps

Posted on: 04 Apr 2018

Saber Interactive has released a new patch that adds Workshop Map Support to Spintires: MudRunner. This basically means that the game officially now supports map mods and PC gamers are able to upload and download their creations through the Steam Workshop.

Corpses ‘N Souls tech demo showcases real-time 2D per pixel destruction, liquid simulation and more

Posted on: 04 Apr 2018

Kai Kubicek has informed us about a tech demo video for his upcoming 2D Action-RPG that packs some Metroidvania elements, Corpses ‘N Souls. This tech video shows off some of the features that the game currently supports, such as real-time 2D per pixel destruction, liquid simulation, interactive blood and more.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands surpassed 10 million players worldwide

Posted on: 04 Apr 2018

Ubisoft has announced that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands has surpassed ten million players worldwide. As the press release reads, since the initial launch of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands in March 2017, Ubisoft Paris has released 13 updates, including the launch of Ghost War – the 4v4 PvP mode – as well as The … Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands surpassed 10 million players worldwide →

New S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat 5GB HD fan texture pack is now available

Posted on: 04 Apr 2018

Modder ‘paranoiia8’ has released a brand new version of his amazing texture pack for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. Stalker Two-K packs brand new textures and effects in high resolution for Call of Pripyat and Call of Chernobyl and this latest version comes with a few brand new textures, few new bumpmaps, few smaller changes and … Continue reading New S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat 5GB HD fan texture pack is now available →

Blizzard will end support for DX9 and 32-bit systems for Heroes of the Storm this Summer

Posted on: 04 Apr 2018

Blizzard has announced that it will end support for DX9 and 32-bit systems for Heroes of the Storm in the next coming months. This basically means that the game will only have access to the 64-bit version of the game, along with DirectX 11 or higher.

Animus Control Panel is coming to the PC version of Assassin’s Creed Origins later this month

Posted on: 03 Apr 2018

Ubisoft has announced that a new tool will be released for the PC version of Assassin’s Creed Origins, the Animus Control Panel. According to the French company, this tool will allow PC players to tweak some game parameters to create their own game experience.