Posts by John Papadopoulos:
NVIDIA GeForce 388.31 WHQL driver released, optimized for Star Wars Battlefront 2, Injustice 2 & Destiny 2
Posted on: 16 Nov 2017
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 388.31 WHQL driver is optimized for Star Wars Battlefront 2, Injustice 2 & Destiny 2.
Avalanche Studios, the team behind the Just Cause series, could have developed Star Wars: Battlefront 3
Posted on: 15 Nov 2017
Christofer Sundberg, CEO of Avalanche Studios, has revealed that his studio could have developed Star Wars: Battlefront 3. Avalanche Studios would be working closely with Lucas Arts for this new part in the Battlefront series. This deal was offered ten years ago, however Avalanche passed on it as it was busy with the Just Cause … Continue reading Avalanche Studios, the team behind the Just Cause series, could have developed Star Wars: Battlefront 3
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”