Posts by John Papadopoulos:

First developer diary for Crytek’s upcoming PvP monster-hunting game, Hunt: Showdown

Posted on: 05 Aug 2017

Crytek has released the first developer diary for its upcoming PvP monster-hunting game, Hunt: Showdown. In the video, various members of the Crytek team, including creative director Magnus Larbrant and level design director Chris Auty, discuss the title’s origins, from its debut at E3 2014 to the many evolutions that brought it back to huge acclaim … Continue reading First developer diary for Crytek’s upcoming PvP monster-hunting game, Hunt: Showdown →

Rainbow Six: Siege surpasses 20 million registered players

Posted on: 05 Aug 2017

Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six: Siege has surpassed 20 million registered players, and that there are more than 2.3 million players signing on every day. That’s definitely great news for the French company, and shows how successful this latest Rainbow Six game actually is.

Destiny 2 will not be compatible with EVGA Precision, MSi Afterburner, FRAPS, OBS and XSplit

Posted on: 04 Aug 2017

Bungie has announced that Destiny 2 won’t be compatible with a lot of well known third-party monitoring programs. The dev team noted that it will resist attempts by third-party applications to insert code into the game client in order to prevent hackers from getting access to it. As such, programs like FRAPS, EVGA Precision and … Continue reading Destiny 2 will not be compatible with EVGA Precision, MSi Afterburner, FRAPS, OBS and XSplit →

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 →