Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Forged Battalion is a new RTS from former Command & Conquer developers

Posted on: 17 Oct 2017

Team17 has announced that it has partnered with Westwood Studios and Command & Conquer veterans Petroglyph Games to release Forged Battalion. Forged Battalion promises to be an innovative and dynamic take on the classic genre. The game will hit Steam Early Access in early 2018.

ELEX PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 17 Oct 2017

ELEX is a new action RPG from the makers of the Gothic and Risen series, Piranha Bytes. And since the game uses Piranha Bytes’ in-house engine, we had a rough idea of what we could expect. But anyway, since the game releases today on the PC, it’s time to see how it performs on our … Continue reading ELEX PC Performance Analysis →

Destiny 2 gets an official PC launch trailer

Posted on: 16 Oct 2017

Activision and Bungie have released the official Destiny 2 PC launch trailer. This trailer features gameplay footage captured from the PC version. The game will come with lots of PC features, and will be available exclusively via Battle.net.

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update introduces two new anti-cheat tools

Posted on: 16 Oct 2017

Microsoft has revealed that the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators update will introduce two new anti-cheat tools. These tools/technologies are: Game Monitor and TruePlay.

Call of Duty: WWII & Assassin’s Creed: Origins get live action trailers

Posted on: 16 Oct 2017

Activision and Ubisoft have released live action trailers for Call of Duty: WWII and Assassin’s Creed: Origins, respectively. And while these trailers are cool, they are nothing like the games you’ll be playing. Which you already knew about so yeah, thanks Captain Obvious.

First Banner Saga 3 artwork revealed

Posted on: 16 Oct 2017

Stoic today unveiled the first Banner Saga 3 artwork. Banner Saga 3 is the third and final chapter in the epic Viking RPG trilogy. According to its description, this beautifully hand drawn Viking role-playing adventure will once again test the player’s resolve through epic tactical battles against deadly adversaries.

Overwatch has sold over 35 million copies

Posted on: 16 Oct 2017

Activision and Blizzard have announced that their team-based multiplayer first-person shooter, Overwatch, has sold over 35 million copies. Overwatch came out on May 2016, and it took Blizzard almost one year and a half in order to reach this goal.

CD Projekt RED: Cyberpunk 2077 is not in danger, progresses as planned

Posted on: 16 Oct 2017

Since its initial announcement, we haven’t heard anything about Cyberpunk 2077. And after some negative reviews on Glassdoor, CD Projekt RED decided to let everyone know about the progress and current status of its cyberpunk title. According to the company, the game is not in danger, and progresses as planned.

Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue is a 2D platformer from Atlus that is available for free on the PC

Posted on: 16 Oct 2017

Last week, Atlus released a new trailer Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. This upgraded version of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is coming out on Nintendo 3DS. In order to promote this game, Atlus used a ‘fake’ 2D platformer in its latest trailer, which is now called Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue. And it … Continue reading Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue is a 2D platformer from Atlus that is available for free on the PC →

Ray-tracing in games requires 100X more powerful GPUs, photorealistic virtual reality requires 40X

Posted on: 16 Oct 2017

As we’ve said numerous times, we believe that ray-tracing is the future of lighting in video-games. While there have been some attempts in various tech demos to implement a fully ray-tracing rendering system, we haven’t seen any triple-A game featuring it. And from the looks of it, we won’t see such a thing anytime soon. … Continue reading Ray-tracing in games requires 100X more powerful GPUs, photorealistic virtual reality requires 40X →