Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Frogwares showcases “City Generator” tech demo for its Lovecraftian game, The Sinking City

Posted on: 15 Nov 2017

Frogwares has shared a video showing the City Generator tech demo for its upcoming Lovecraftian game, The Sinking City. With this tool, Frogwares is able to generate a rich, visually varied, open-world city in merely a few moments. What’s really cool here is that when The Sinking City releases, Frogwares is planning on sharing this … Continue reading Frogwares showcases “City Generator” tech demo for its Lovecraftian game, The Sinking City →

VRMark Cyan Room DirectX 12 benchmark releases on November 22nd

Posted on: 15 Nov 2017

Futuremark has announced that its new DirectX 12 VR benchmark, VRMark Cyan Room, will release on November 22nd. As its title suggests, this is a benchmarking application for measuring VR performance. Each benchmark runs on a fixed path, which makes it easy to repeat the test on other systems to compare performance, and players can run … Continue reading VRMark Cyan Room DirectX 12 benchmark releases on November 22nd →

Sand is the Soul is a new 2D side-scrolling beat’em up and action RPG hybrid, targeting a Q2 2018 release

Posted on: 15 Nov 2017

Fat Dog Games and MGP Studios announced Sand is the Soul; a unique mix of 2D side-scrolling beat’em up and action RPG. Sand is the Soul targets a Q2 2018 release and will feature over 20 game endings. This basically means that players’ actions will have a consequence to the story and its ending.

Electronic Arts will invest on live services, will try to build live services on existing games so they can monetize them

Posted on: 15 Nov 2017

Electronic Arts has been in the centre of criticism for a while. After closing down Visceral Games, the publisher claimed that its new Star Wars game was not an experience that players would want to come back to and enjoy for a long time to come. As such, the publisher decided to completely cancel that version … Continue reading Electronic Arts will invest on live services, will try to build live services on existing games so they can monetize them →

Far Cry 5 – New video showcases the recreation of Montana

Posted on: 15 Nov 2017

Ubisoft has released a new video for Far Cry 5, showcasing how it recreated Montana from a series of photographs into a living, breathing world filled with wildlife and diverse landscapes. This video shows in-game footage from this new Far Cry game and it appears that Far Cry 5 will be a really beautiful game.

FIFA 18 – Latest update addresses the FUT Squad Battles CPU AI exploit

Posted on: 15 Nov 2017

EA Sports has released a new update for FIFA 18. According to the release notes, this patch fixes a CPU AI exploit that allowed players to beat the computer on higher difficulty levels in FUT Squad Battles.

StarCraft 2 is now free to play

Posted on: 14 Nov 2017

As promised, StarCraft 2 has just gone free to play. This means that players around the world will get free access to the full award-winning Wings of Liberty campaign and the multiplayer competition of StarCraft II’s ranked ladder.

Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s offline Arcade mode suffers from ridiculous “mobile F2P cooldowns”

Posted on: 14 Nov 2017

Things are seriously not looking good for Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Yesterday, EA announced that it has reduced the amount of credits required to unlock Heroes by 75%. Still, the company had also reduced the amount of credits players win by completing its story mode. Not only that, but the game features a ridiculous mobile … Continue reading Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s offline Arcade mode suffers from ridiculous “mobile F2P cooldowns” →

Here is your first look at Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Posted on: 14 Nov 2017

Obsidian has released a new trailer for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, showcasing some new gameplay footage from its early build. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire promises to improve upon the rich narrative, beautiful environments, and intricate, tactical combat that made the original a fan and critical sensation.

Outcast – Second Contact – First Impressions + First 17 Minutes of Gameplay Footage

Posted on: 14 Nov 2017

Outcast – Second Contact is a remake of the classic action adventure game, Outcast. The game has just been released on the PC, and below you can find our First Impressions, accompanied by a video showing the first 17 minutes.