Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Space Hulk: Deathwing – First update comes with various performance optimizations

Posted on: 23 Dec 2016

Streum On Studio has released the first update for Space Hulk: Deathwing. According to the team, the main goal of this first patch was to eliminate any game breaking bugs, crashes and severe FPS drops.

EA Origin Winter Holiday Sale 2016 Launched

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

Electronic Arts has launched Origin’s Winter Holiday Sale 2016. PC gamers can get Battlefield 1 with a 40% discount, Titanfall 2 and FIFA 17 with a 50% discount, The Sims 4 and Star Wars: Battlefront with a 67% discount, and Need for Speed with a 75% discount.

Race Driver: Grid is now available for free on Humble Bundle for the next 48 hours

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

PC racing fans, here is something for you today. The Humble Bundle is currently offering Race Driver: GRID for free. This special offer will be gone in around 47 hours, so make sure to get your free copy while you still can.

Steam Winter Holiday Sale 2016 is a go

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

Steam’s Winter Holiday Sale 2016 is a go and for the next twelve days, PC gamers can take advantage of huge saving throughout Valve’s store on thousands of games. As always, we’ll be only covering the first day of this event, so go ahead and take a look at what you can purchase today.

Vampyr – The Darkness Within Trailer

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

Focus Home Interactive has released a new trailer for  Dontnod Entertainment’s upcoming action RPG, Vampyr. This cinematic trailer depicts the legends and tales of its mysterious protagonist, Dr Jonathan Reid.

PS4-exclusive Robinson: The Journey is coming to Oculus Rift this January

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

Crytek announced today that its sci-fi VR adventure, Robinson: The Journey, will launch on Oculus Rift in January. Robinson: The Journey was originally released exclusively for Sony’s PS4VR, but it’s now coming to the PC.

Here is the first screenshot from Half Life’s Black Mesa Xen environment

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

Black Mesa is a remake of Half-Life in Source Engine that was released back in 2015. That remake did not feature the Xen environments of Half-Life and today the Black Mesa team released the first screenshot of Black Mesa’s Xen environment.

Futuremark is working on new DX12 and Vulkan 3DMark benchmarks

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

Futuremark has announced that it is currently working on two new 3DMark benchmarks. The first one will be a DX12 test, while the second one will be a Vulkan test, and it is reported that these two new tests will be added to 3DMark in early 2017.

Star Wars: Battlefront 3 – New leaked footage surfaces

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

YouTube’s ‘FuZaH’ has shared a video, showcasing almost 6 minutes of new gameplay footage from the cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront 3 game. This video will give you an idea of what Free Radical’s Star Wars game was all about. Do note that this footage is from an early alpha build. Oh, and the audio appears … Continue reading Star Wars: Battlefront 3 – New leaked footage surfaces →

Report: PC gaming was the second strongest market in 2016, earning a total of $35.8bn between January & November

Posted on: 22 Dec 2016

PC gaming appears to be thriving. According to SuperData Research, PC gaming was the second strongest market in 2016, earning a total of $35.8bn between January & November. Mobile gaming was the strongest market and console gaming was the third strongest market.