Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Old-gen and current-gen consoles, AMD CPUs and smartphones are also vulnerable to the Spectre threat

Posted on: 04 Jan 2018

Yesterday, a lot of AMD fans were celebrating as it was discovered that Intel’s CPUs were affected by a fundamental design flaw (codenamed ‘Meltdown‘). And while this issue has been addressed by Microsoft and Intel, another design flaw has surfaced that affects all CPUs. Codenamed ‘Spectre‘, this security threat can affect old-gen and current-gen consoles, handhelds, smartphones, … Continue reading Old-gen and current-gen consoles, AMD CPUs and smartphones are also vulnerable to the Spectre threat →

Paladins will get a battle royale mode in 2018, team deathmatch coming on January 10th

Posted on: 04 Jan 2018

As you may have guessed, more and more developers are now jumping on the battle royale mode (after the huge success of PUBG). One of them is Hi-Rez Studios who has just announced that its free-to-play title, Paladins, will receive a battle royale mode in 2018.

First in-engine trailer & official screenshots released for Total War: Thrones of Britannia

Posted on: 04 Jan 2018

SEGA and Creative Assembly have released the first in-engine trailer for Total War: Thrones of Britannia, focusing on Alfred the Great’s victory at the Battle of Edington, in which he stood fast against the Viking invaders and changed the future of the British Isles.

Windows 10 Intel Security Update is now available, six triple-A games tested in CPU-bound scenarios

Posted on: 04 Jan 2018

Yesterday, we informed you about a security design flaw in Intel’s processor that required a new software update. According to initial reports, this fix would bring a performance hit on Intel’s CPUs somewhere between 5-30%. Microsoft has released this security fix for Windows 10 so it’s time to test some triple-A games under CPU-bound scenarios.

Here are 25 minutes of gameplay footage from Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Posted on: 04 Jan 2018

Bandai Namco has released a new demo walkthrough for Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, showing 25 minutes of new gameplay footage. This demo walkthrough shows two of the game’s maps: The Battle for the Heartlands and One Good Turn Deserves Another.

The Witcher 3 HD Rework is a must-have mod, new screenshots showcase improved vegetation textures

Posted on: 04 Jan 2018

As we’ve already stated, The Witcher 3 HD Rework is a must-have mod for CD Projekt RED’s RPG. This mod significantly improves textures and contrary to other attempts, modder ‘HalkHoganPL’ has managed to stay as close to the original/vanilla textures as possible.

New version of No Man’s Sky Overhaul mod improves Exocraft Camera and brings various adjustments

Posted on: 04 Jan 2018

Modder ‘RaYRoD_TV’ has released brand new version of his Overhaul mod for No Man’s Sky. According to the changelog, No Man’s Sky RaYRoD’s Overhaul mod version 1.2.2 improves Exocraft camera and brings various adjustments and fixes.

Insurgency: Sandstorm targets a 2018 release, will not support single-player and co-operative story modes

Posted on: 04 Jan 2018

New World Interactive’s Michael Tsarouhas has announced that Insurgency: Sandstorm will drop its single-player and cooperative story mode. In order to release the game in 2018, the development team will now focus on its multiplayer mode so that it can provide a polished experience.

Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 receives a brand new official Multiplayer patch

Posted on: 03 Jan 2018

Now here is a pleasant surprise. Disney has just released a brand new multiplayer patch for the 2005 version of Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Now I don’t know if this is any indication of Disney giving EA the middle finger (after what has happened with Star Wars Battlefront 2’s micro-transactions), however this is definitely great … Continue reading Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 receives a brand new official Multiplayer patch →

Monster Hunter World is coming to the PC in Autumn 2018

Posted on: 03 Jan 2018

Monster Hunter World will hit consoles later this month and Capcom revealed today that its PC version will release in Autumn 2018. Capcom claimed that it’s currently working hard on the PC version and promises to optimize it for our platform.