Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Free Radical had plans for Battlefront IV, V and VI, Rebellion tried to finish the project

Posted on: 11 Apr 2018

The Vault Project has shared a really detailed document about the development of Free Radical’s Battlefront 3 game. According to the document, Free Radical had plans for more Battlefront games and signed up a deal with Lucas Arts.

New gameplay trailer released for Crytek’s Hunt: Showdown

Posted on: 11 Apr 2018

Crytek has released a new gameplay trailer for its first-person PvP bounty hunting game, Hunt: Showdown. Hunt: Showdown is available on Steam Early Access and recently received a performance patch, featuring major CPU optimizations, reducing the overall memory footprint of the game and addressing the stalls and stutters that players had reported.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands & Splinter Cell Mission are free to play this weekend

Posted on: 11 Apr 2018

Ubisoft has announced that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands will be free to play this weekend. During this free weekend, players will gain access to the full open world of Bolivia, including all missions, features and side activities.

SteamSpy goes down as Valve changes Steam’s privacy settings

Posted on: 11 Apr 2018

SteamSpy was a wonderful tool that PC gamers could use in order to see whether a game was performing well on the PC platform. Truth be told, this tool wasn’t 100% accurate, however it was able to give a rough idea about a variety of Steam games. Unfortunately, SteamSpy won’t be able to operate anymore … Continue reading SteamSpy goes down as Valve changes Steam’s privacy settings →

Prey Real Lights plus Ultra Graphics mod improves Parallax Occlusion Mapping, lighting, blood and more

Posted on: 11 Apr 2018

Our reader ‘jmx777’ has released a brand new version of his amazing Real Lights plus Ultra Graphics mod for Prey. According to the release notes, this new version adds tracking cameras sparks on emp grenades and Thypons interference, improves fire effects of pipe leaks, improves blood and lighting, and adds heat distortion effects to all … Continue reading Prey Real Lights plus Ultra Graphics mod improves Parallax Occlusion Mapping, lighting, blood and more →

World of Warcraft is the biggest selling entertainment product ever, not Grand Theft Auto V [UPDATE]

Posted on: 10 Apr 2018

Yesterday, MarketWatch claimed that Grand Theft Auto V was the biggest selling entertainment product ever, surpassing even films like Avatar or Star Wars. However, this information is incorrect as there is PC-only game that has generated almost double the amount that GTA V has raised, and that is no other than World of Warcraft.

First Chrono Trigger patch released, allows players to use the original “SNES” graphics

Posted on: 10 Apr 2018

Square Enix announced today that following fan feedback, Chrono Trigger for Steam has received the first of a number of planned patches to enhance the game’s presentation and features.

Noir-influenced horror game, The Piano, releases on May 24th

Posted on: 10 Apr 2018

Mistaken Visions has announced that its noir-influenced horror game, The Piano, will release on May 24th. Part traditional survival horror, part noir-influenced murder mystery, The Piano is an unsettling and riveting indie adventure.

This mod adds split-screen support to the PC version of Star Wars: Battlefront 2

Posted on: 10 Apr 2018

When Star Wars: Battlefront 2 came out, it supported split-screen functionalities on consoles but not on the PC. And, as you may have guessed, modders were able to release a mod that restores this mode on our platform.

Feral Interactive releases an open-source performance tool for Linux, GameMode

Posted on: 10 Apr 2018

Feral today released GameMode, an Open Source tool that helps Linux users to get the best performance out of their games. According to the press release, GameMode instructs your CPU to automatically run in Performance Mode when playing games.