Posts by John Papadopoulos:

River City Ransom: Underground looks so retro-cool, gets combo compilation video

Posted on: 20 Mar 2017

Conatus Creative has released a combo compilation video for its latest retro beat’em up, River City Ransom: Underground. River City Ransom: Underground was released back in February, and this video showcases some of the combos that players can perform in it.

Mass Effect: Andromeda – Official Launch Screenshots

Posted on: 20 Mar 2017

Electronic Arts has released the official launch screenshots for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Mass Effect: Andromeda is powered by DICE’s Frostbite 3 Engine, will be released tomorrow, and its PC version will support 4K HDR, as well as NVIDIA’s Ansel tool. Our PC Performance Analysis for it will hopefully go live later this week, so stay tuned … Continue reading Mass Effect: Andromeda – Official Launch Screenshots →

Someone is working on a fan remake of Super Mario 64 in Unreal Engine 4

Posted on: 20 Mar 2017

Back in 2015, we shared a video showing Mario running around various maps in Unreal Engine 4. Created by aryoksini, this gave us an idea of what a modern-day Mario game could look like. Aryoksini decided to take his project to the next level, and is now attempting to remake Super Mario 64 in Unreal Engine 4.

Modder fixes NieR: Automata’s fullscreen resolution upscaling issue

Posted on: 20 Mar 2017

NieR: Automata has just been released on the PC and it appears that the game suffers from some weird upscaling issues when it is being played at fullscreen mode. Weird stuff, I know. Thankfully, though, modder ‘Kaldaien’ released a mod that fixes that issues.

Blizzard announces ‘I <3 StarCraft' event that will be held on March 25th

Posted on: 20 Mar 2017

Blizzard has announced that it will hold a Starcraft event on March 25th in Korea. According to rumours, during this event, Blizzard will unveil a remastered version of StarCraft: Brood War. This remaster is rumoured to feature better visuals and an overhauled UI, and will retain the classic gameplay of its original version.

Star Citizen will support the Vulkan API and will eventually drop DirectX 11 support

Posted on: 19 Mar 2017

Cloud Imperium’s Alistair Brown has revealed that Star Citizen will support the Vulkan API – instead of DirectX 12 – in the near future. As Brown claimed, Cloud Imperium will be using Vulkan as it is available on all the latest Windows operating system and sports the same feature set and performance advantages of DX12.

Styx: Shards of Darkness – PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 18 Mar 2017

Back in the 90s, the PC was flooded with stealth games. These days, however, there have been very few titles embracing these mechanics. Sure thing, we’ve got games that offer stealth approaches (Dishonored 2 and the latest Deus Ex games), but apart from HITMAN there haven’t been any games relying completely on stealth mechanics. Which basically … Continue reading Styx: Shards of Darkness – PC Performance Analysis →

Narcosis, underwater survival horror game, releases on March 28th – New screenshots

Posted on: 18 Mar 2017

Honor Code has announced that its underwater survival horror game, Narcosis, will be released on March 28th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released some new screenshots for it that can be viewed below.

New beautiful screenshots released for Escape from Tarkov

Posted on: 17 Mar 2017

Battlestate Games has released some new screenshots for Escape from Tarkov. Escape from Tarkov is described as a hardcore story-driven MMO featuring elements of FPS and RPG and these new screenshots showcase the game’s visuals.

First gameplay video released for Sonic Forces

Posted on: 17 Mar 2017

SEGA has just released the first gameplay video for Sonic Forces. Sonic Forces feels like a spiritual successor to Sonic Colors, but with the 3D/2D mechanics of Sonic Generations. The game is powered by the Hedgehog Engine 2, and is currently planned for release this Holiday season. Enjoy!