Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Metro Exodus – NVIDIA RTX Real-Time Raytracing GDC 2018 Tech Demo Video

Posted on: 23 Mar 2018

4A Games has released its GDC 2018 tech demo video for Metro: Exodus, showcasing the newly implemented NVIDIA RTX real-time raytracing effects. 4A Games has utilized true raytracing to render both Ambient Occlusion and Indirect Lighting in full real-time, in a practical in-game scenario, however the YouTube compression in this particular video is really awful … Continue reading Metro Exodus – NVIDIA RTX Real-Time Raytracing GDC 2018 Tech Demo Video →

Cyberpunk 2077 will take advantage of future and more powerful hardware, will not feature microtransactions

Posted on: 22 Mar 2018

During its fiscal year 2017 financial presentation, CD Projekt RED’s president Adam Kicinski, shared some new interesting details about Cyberpunk 2077. According to Kicinski, the tech that is powering Cyberpunk 2077 is very advanced and will take advantage of future, more powerful hardware.

Closed beta phase for Defiance 2050 begins on April 20th, will last until April 22nd

Posted on: 22 Mar 2018

Trion Worlds revealed today the dates for the upcoming closed beta test for Defiance 2050, its open-world sci-fi shooter launching this Summer. The Defiance 2050 closed beta test will run the weekend of April 20 – 22. In the beta, players will be able to play through the Defiance 2050 experience up to level 25, … Continue reading Closed beta phase for Defiance 2050 begins on April 20th, will last until April 22nd →

Attack on Titan 2 PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 22 Mar 2018

KOEI Tecmo has just released Attack on Titan 2 on the PC. As its title suggests, Attack on Titan 2 is the sequel to the action game based on the worldwide hit anime series Attack on Titan. And to be honest, we weren’t expecting much from it, especially after the underwhelming PC version of Dynasty … Continue reading Attack on Titan 2 PC Performance Analysis →

The first Playstation 4 emulator is currently under development and is called “Orbital”

Posted on: 22 Mar 2018

Now here is something really interesting. While we still haven’t seen a bug-free Playstation 3 emulator, coder AlexAltea is working on the first dedicated Playstaion 4 emulator for Windows and Linux. This PS4 emulator is called Orbital, is still in a very early stage, and it does not run any commercial games yet.

Grand Theft Auto 5 NaturalVision Remastered Mod looks gorgeous and is available for download

Posted on: 22 Mar 2018

Modder ‘Razed’ has released a new, remastered version of his NaturalVision mod for Grand Theft Auto V. This brand new version features an Enhanced Motion Blur, a Corona Modifier, Darker Nights, First-Person Depth of Field, Alternate Lens Flare Style, and allows to hide weapon reticle and damage overlay.

Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3 remasters have been cancelled

Posted on: 22 Mar 2018

Earlier this month, we informed you about the remastered versions of Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3 that were going to be released on Steam. These remasters were being developed by Realtech VR and they were basically mods that would require the original DOS games on Steam in order to work. However, it appears that … Continue reading Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3 remasters have been cancelled →

Metro Exodus will be the first PC game using the NVIDIA RTX real-time raytracing tech

Posted on: 21 Mar 2018

4A Games has announced that Metro Exodus will be using the RTX real-time raytracing tech. Since we’ve been focusing on the DirectX Raytracing API these past days, know that the NVIDIA RTX consists of a highly scalable ray-tracing technology running on NVIDIA Volta architecture GPUs.

Epic Games showcases an incredible real-time raytracing tech demo of Star Wars in Unreal Engine 4

Posted on: 21 Mar 2018

In order to showcase the incredible capabilities of the recently announced DirectX Raytracing API, Epic Games released a video showing a Star Wars tech demo in Unreal Engine 4. And it looks absolutely gorgeous.

Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom will not be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech [UPDATE: Confirmed]

Posted on: 21 Mar 2018

Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom releases next month and according to its official Steam store page, this game will not be plagued by the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. This appears to be a pleasant surprise as Bandai Namco’s previous title, Dragon Ball FighterZ, used it.