Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Fallout 4 – New Beta Patch Adds HBAO+ & Weapon Debris Effects For NVIDIA GPUs

Posted on: 16 Jan 2016

Bethesda has released a new beta update for Fallout 4. According to its changelog, this beta patch adds weapon debris effects for NVIDIA’s GPUs, as well as support for HBAO+. In addition, the update improves performance when looking through a scope, and comes with general memory and stability improvements. This patch will be auto-downloaded and … Continue reading Fallout 4 – New Beta Patch Adds HBAO+ & Weapon Debris Effects For NVIDIA GPUs →

Codemasters’ EGO Engine 4.0 Supports DX12 (Raster Ordered Views & Conservative Rasterization)

Posted on: 16 Jan 2016

Following our previous story regarding Just Cause 3, another GDC 2016 session has revealed the DX12 features that have been implemented in Codemasters’ EGO Engine 4.0. According to the session, the engine powering F1 2015 already supports the new DX12 features Raster Ordered Views and Conservative Rasterization. As its description reads: “Codemasters present a post-mortem on their new … Continue reading Codemasters’ EGO Engine 4.0 Supports DX12 (Raster Ordered Views & Conservative Rasterization) →

Tom Clancy’s The Division – Beta Phase Begins On January 29th, Will End On January 31st

Posted on: 15 Jan 2016

Ubisoft has announced that the beta phase for The Division will begin on January 29th on the PC, and will last until January 31st. Do note that this is not an open beta, meaning that you’ll have to pre-order the game in order to gain access to it.

Just Cause 3 – Engine Already Capable Of Supporting DX12, PC Exclusive DX12 Features Revealed

Posted on: 15 Jan 2016

It appears that GDC 2016’s schedule has ruined Avalanche’s surprise for PC gamers. As it is hinted, Just Cause 3’s Engine already supports DX12 and some new, PC exclusive features will be implemented thanks to it.

Halo Online – Unofficial Version 0.5.0 Released, Adds 6 New Halo 3 Maps

Posted on: 15 Jan 2016

The team behind ElDewrito has released a new version for it that includes 6 additional maps from Halo 3. As the team noted, this update will allow players to play on all of the new maps present in the latest official release of Halo Online: High Ground, Last Resort, Narrows, Standoff, The Pit and Sandtra.

Hitman Is Now Officially An Episodic Triple-A Title, New Details Unveiled

Posted on: 15 Jan 2016

Io-Interactive today released further details for HITMAN which launches on March 11th for the PC. As the press release reads, a change to the release structure, sees HITMAN become a truly episodic AAA game experience, with a major live component, where players will perform contract hits on powerful, high-profile targets in exotic locations around the world.

Arma 3 – 2016 Plans Detailed – Arma 3 Eden Update In February, Arma 3 Apex Expansion Coming Later In 2016

Posted on: 15 Jan 2016

Bohemia Interactive today revealed some of their plans for Arma 3 in 2016. Via a new video blog, Creative Director Jay Crowe provides an overview of the ten most significant highlights of 2015, and a list of the ten most important things to look forward to in the upcoming year.

Arslan: The Warriors of Legend Is Officially Coming To Steam On February 9th

Posted on: 14 Jan 2016

Koei Tecmo Europe revealed today that the upcoming anime-based tactical action title Arslan: the Warriors of Legend will also receive a PC release via Steam on February 9th.

Monster Hunter Online To Be Visually Enhanced With AMD’s TressFX Technology

Posted on: 14 Jan 2016

AMD has announced that it has partnered with Tencent Games in order to visually enhance Monster Hunter Online, as well as bring a number of performance optimizations to it. As a result, Tencent Games will release a patch for Monster Hunter Online later this month that will introduce AMD’s TressFX technology to it.

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen – ENBSeries Mod Available, First Screenshots Unleashed

Posted on: 14 Jan 2016

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen releases in a couple of days on the PC and Boris Vorontsov has already released his ENBSeries mod for Capcom’s title.