Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana – New trailer showcases a new cast of characters

Posted on: 04 Aug 2017

NIS America has released a new trailer for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana – New trailer showcases a new cast of characters, introducing a new cast of colorful characters who aid Adol on his journey. This trailer shows the young noblewoman Laxia, as well as fisherman Sahad, transporter Hummel, and the isle native Ricotta. Enjoy!

Quake 2 looks absolutely stunning – and noisy as hell – with real-time GPU pathtracing renderer

Posted on: 04 Aug 2017

Path tracing and ray tracing are two renderers that we strongly believe will benefit video-games in one or two decades. Yeah, we are talking about something that some people may never experience, however real-time pathtracing is capable of producing incredible reflections, shadows, and global illumination effects. And gamers can get an idea of what pathtracing … Continue reading Quake 2 looks absolutely stunning – and noisy as hell – with real-time GPU pathtracing renderer →

F1 2017 – Career mode expanded and detailed

Posted on: 03 Aug 2017

Codemasters and Deep Silver have today released the latest gameplay trailer for F1 2017, the official videogame of the 2017 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, showcasing the extensive Career Mode that makes it the most complete game in the franchise’s history.

Friday the 13th: The Game has sold over 1.8 million copies in its first two months

Posted on: 03 Aug 2017

Gun Media has announced that Friday the 13th: The Game has sold over 1.8 million copies in its first two months, despite its rocky launch. And while the publisher did not reveal any platform numbers, we can predict the PC sales thanks to SteamSpy’s data.

DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 is officially coming to the PC, new screenshots released

Posted on: 03 Aug 2017

KOEI Tecmo has officially announced that DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 will be coming to the PC. In order to celebrate this announcement, Omega Force unveiled a plethora of new assets that offer a deeper look in to the vast Chinese landscapes and wildlife, new character designs, and brand-new characters.

HITMAN now has more than 5 million players

Posted on: 03 Aug 2017

IO Interactive has announced that HITMAN has surpassed 5 million players. This is definitely great news for the studio, so it will be interesting to see whether this game will be able to hit the 6 million goal in its lifetime, and whether the team will keep supporting HITMAN in 2018.

Intel’s “Coffee Lake” Core i7 & i5 CPUs will most likely require new motherboards

Posted on: 03 Aug 2017

And it appears that Intel has dropped the ball. A couple of days ago, we informed you about the full specs of the new upcoming Intel Coffee Lake i7 & i5 CPUs. These new processors will be using the LGA1151 socket, however it appears that they won’t be compatible with the LGA1151 motherboards that are … Continue reading Intel’s “Coffee Lake” Core i7 & i5 CPUs will most likely require new motherboards →

Creative Assembly turns 30 years old and celebrates it with 30 free Elite units for Total War: WARHAMMER

Posted on: 03 Aug 2017

Creative Assembly has turned 30 years old and celebrates it by releasing for free 30 new Regiments of Renown units for Total War: WARHAMMER. In order to further celebrate this announcement, Creative Assembly has also released a new trailer dedicated to these new free units that can be viewed below.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is now available on the PC

Posted on: 03 Aug 2017

XSEED Games has announced that The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, the start of a new story arc in developer Nihon Falcom’s acclaimed series of role-playing games, is now available on PC via Steam, GOG.com, and the Humble Store by Humble Bundle with a launch week discount of 10% off the regular price … Continue reading The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is now available on the PC →

This Unreal Engine 4 fan tech demo is perhaps the most photorealistic real-time demo you’ll ever see

Posted on: 03 Aug 2017

Take a good look at the header image. No seriously, take a good look. Awesome picture, right? Well, here is the deal; this is a scene in Unreal Engine 4 running in real-time on the PC and not a real image. This scene is from a fan tech demo that uses uses photogrammetry and Nvidia’s … Continue reading This Unreal Engine 4 fan tech demo is perhaps the most photorealistic real-time demo you’ll ever see →