Posts by John Papadopoulos:

PC gaming market saw a 24% year-over-year growth in January 2018

Posted on: 03 Mar 2018

SuperData Arcade has shared its monthly report, claiming that the PC gaming market saw a 24% year-over-year growth in January 2018. According to the report, gamers spent $8.9B billion digitally on games across all platforms in January.

AMD discrete GPU market share increases to its highest point in the past three years

Posted on: 03 Mar 2018

A few days ago, we reported – based on Jon Peddie Research’s quarterly discrete video card sales report for Q4 2017 – that PC gaming remains the primary driver for GPU sales. However, it appears that we missed an interesting detail about AMD’s market share. According to the report, AMD has managed to increase its … Continue reading AMD discrete GPU market share increases to its highest point in the past three years →

Far Cry 5 won’t have loot boxes but will have micro-transactions, PC graphics settings unveiled

Posted on: 02 Mar 2018

PCGamer has revealed that Far Cry 5 won’t feature any loot boxes. However, and like most Ubisoft games, this new open-world first-person shooter will feature micro-transactions.

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

Posted on: 02 Mar 2018

SEGA has released a new cinematic trailer for A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia in which King Anaraut lays out his grand vision for Wales.

Trails of Cold Steel 2 – Patch 1.2 adds 120fps & 240fps options, introduces experimental HD font option

Posted on: 02 Mar 2018

XSEED Games and Nihon Falcom have released a brand new patch for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II. This patch adds 120 FPS and 240 FPS frame limiter options, packs various optimizations to loading speed and caching, and fixes memory allocation ordering issues, eliminating some types of crashes occuring on some sytems.

Far Cry 5 – “Mayhem in the Mountains” trailer packs 3 minutes of new gameplay footage

Posted on: 02 Mar 2018

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Far Cry 5, featuring 3 minutes of new gameplay footage. This trailer shows a new region of Hope County: the Whitetail Mountains, a rugged land of trees, ziplines, and tons of opportunities to snipe cultists and blow stuff up.

Even though the demo for Final Fantasy XV did not use Denuvo, the final version will use it

Posted on: 02 Mar 2018

Square Enix has just updated the official Steam store page for Final Fantasy XV, informing everyone that the game will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. This comes as a surprise as the demo version of Final Fantasy XV did not use it. We don’t know whether this is a last-minute change or not, however, … Continue reading Even though the demo for Final Fantasy XV did not use Denuvo, the final version will use it →

This Star Wars mod brings 14 lightsabers to Kingdom Come: Deliverance, replaces moon with the Death Star

Posted on: 02 Mar 2018

Now here is a really cool mod. Keyser Soze has released this Star Wars mod for Kingdom Come: Deliverance that brings 14 unique lightsabers to it. Essentially, this mod tries to mix together Star Wars with Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and it’s a pretty cool experiment (even though this is just a model replacement).

New Attack on Titan 2 trailers highlight custom characters and combat mechanics

Posted on: 02 Mar 2018

KOEI Tecmo has released a collection of new trailers for its upcoming colossal action game Attack on Titan 2, based on the worldwide anime phenomenon. In Attack on Titan 2, players will experience the dense battle action the series is renowned for through the eyes of their own Custom Scout; offering a fresh perspective on … Continue reading New Attack on Titan 2 trailers highlight custom characters and combat mechanics →

Battlezone: Combat Commander, remaster of Battlezone 2, is now available on GOG and Steam

Posted on: 02 Mar 2018

Rebellion has announced the release of Battlezone: Combat Commander. The long-awaited remaster of Battlezone 2 is available now on Steam and GOG to buy and download – complete with a special 10% discount during launch week.