Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Stardew Valley has sold 3.5 million copies on the PC

Posted on: 22 Jan 2018

Analyst firm ‘Superdata’ revealed that Chucklefish’s indie farming simulation role-playing game, Stardew Valley, has sold over 3.5 million copies. Stardew Valley initially hit the PC on February 26th, 2016, and came to Xbox One and PS4 on December 14th, 2016. The game also hit Nintendo Switch in October 2017.

Denuvo 4.8, anti-tamper tech used in the latest triple-A games, has been cracked

Posted on: 21 Jan 2018

It appears that the latest version of the Denuvo anti-tamper tech, Denuvo 4.8, has been cracked. As always, we won’t share or allow links but a certain group was able to crack Sonic Forces; a game that uses Steam and Denuvo 4.8.

NieR: Automata has not received a single PC patch in ten months, still suffers from mediocre PC controls

Posted on: 21 Jan 2018

While 2017 was overall a great year for PC gaming, with lots of games running smoothly on our platform, we also saw some really mediocre PC releases. Therefore, each and every month we’ll be focusing on such a release. We’ll cover games that suffered from numerous PC optimization issues, such as Nier: Automata, as well … Continue reading NieR: Automata has not received a single PC patch in ten months, still suffers from mediocre PC controls →

The Witcher 2 is one of the few titles that looks better than its E3 demo

Posted on: 21 Jan 2018

E3 is the biggest gaming event and we’ve seen in the past developers faking their games. Games like Motorstorm and Killzone 2 are two grand examples of games presenting CG trailers as videos featuring in-game footage. Not only that, but numerous games get exclusive builds for E3 that look better than their final builds, pushing … Continue reading The Witcher 2 is one of the few titles that looks better than its E3 demo →

Strangely Interactive is the third dev publicly admitting server issues due to Spectre/Meltdown fixes

Posted on: 21 Jan 2018

Earlier this month, Epic Games and Housemargue publicly revealed major server performance issues due to the Spectre and Meltdown security fixes that were released. And from the looks of it, Strangely Interactive, is the third developer that has publicly admitted it.

New version of Skyland, triple-A HD quality landscape texture pack for Skyrim, available for download

Posted on: 20 Jan 2018

Modder ‘Johnrose81’ has released a new version of Skyland. Skyland is a triple-A quality landscape texture package consisting of individual handcrafted materials generated from programmatic textures.

NVIDIA suggests retailers to sell its GeForce GPUs to gamers and not to miners

Posted on: 20 Jan 2018

As you may have heard by now, GPU prices have skyrocketed in the US due to cryptocurrency mining. And while AMD has not issued any official statement about this whole thing, NVIDIA has stated that retailers should prioritize PC gamers.

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana has been delayed once again due to low framerate & memory leaks issues

Posted on: 20 Jan 2018

NIS America has announced that Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana has been delayed, once again, on the PC. According to the team, the PC version suffers from performance issues that have not been addressed yet.

We Happy Few delayed, full release now planned for Summer 2018, unconditional refunds now available

Posted on: 19 Jan 2018

Compulsion Games has announced that the full release of We Happy Few has been delayed from April to Summer 2018. Furthermore, the team is now offering unconditional refunds to all players that were disappointed by the Early Access content of the game.

Nightdive Studios hints at a Forsaken re-release or remaster

Posted on: 19 Jan 2018

Nightdive Studios has just released some screenshots for Forsaken, hinting at a possible re-release or a remaster. Forsaken is a 3D first-person shooter similar to Descent. The game came out in 1998 and was one of the few games that showcased what 3D graphics accelerators were capable on the PC.