Posts by John Papadopoulos:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Patch 1.07 Coming Later This Week, Key Features Revealed

Posted on: 06 Jul 2015

CD Projekt RED has just announced that a new patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be released later this week. This patch will introduce a new, alternative (optional) movement response mode for Geralt and a few performance enhancements, including the optimization of FX, scenes and general gameplay. You can view its key features below.

SEGA of America Updates Dawn of War 3 Domain

Posted on: 06 Jul 2015

We were wondering whether it was worth posting about the following news. You see, while SEGA of America updated – a couple of days ago – Dawn of War 3’s domain, it had already registered it back in 2008. Therefore, this new update could very well be nothing. We do hope that this is actually the … Continue reading SEGA of America Updates Dawn of War 3 Domain →

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – Unreal Engine 4 Free Update Build “A Few Weeks Away”

Posted on: 06 Jul 2015

The Astronauts’ Adrian Chmielarz told Eurogamer that the updated UE4 version of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a few weeks away. Originally developed on Unreal Engine 3, The Astronauts decided to port it to Epic’s new engine as a means of bringing this game to current-gen consoles. And in order to thank PC gamers, The Astronauts … Continue reading The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – Unreal Engine 4 Free Update Build “A Few Weeks Away” →

Ubisoft Gives Full Freedom To Its Studios For Developing Low Cost Games

Posted on: 06 Jul 2015

There are a lot of players that currently hate Ubisoft. I mean, who can blame PC gamers for Assassin’s Creed: Unity and Watch_Dogs? And let’s not forget the latest controversy surrounding The Division’s visuals. However, it appears that this whole criticism has actually improved things. Or at least that’s what we get as Ubisoft’s CEO told … Continue reading Ubisoft Gives Full Freedom To Its Studios For Developing Low Cost Games →

The Sims 4, ARK: Survival Evolved & Galactic Civilizations III Are This Week’s Best Selling PC Games

Posted on: 06 Jul 2015

The latest PC UK retail, Steam Digital and Green Man Gaming charts have been revealed and as we can see, The Sims 4, ARK: Survival Evolved & Galactic Civilizations III are this week’s best selling games in UK, on Steam and on GMG. You can view the full charts after the jump!

AMD Ceases Further Mantle Optimizations For Future Graphics Cards

Posted on: 06 Jul 2015

With Vulkan and DX12 just around the corner, it appears that AMD has officially stopped working on its low-level API, Mantle. While the red team will not be dropping Mantle support for its GCN graphics cards, it has ceased all further Mantle optimizations for its future GPUs.

Unreal Engine 4 Gets Lovely Fan-Made Real-Time Tech Demo

Posted on: 06 Jul 2015

MARZA ANIMATION PLANET has released a video, showing an incredible real-time tech demo for Unreal Engine 4. This tech demo’s environment is based on Epic’s open-world forest assets that were released a while back. MARZA ANIMATION PLANET has also introduced a highly detailed little dragon, so it will be interesting to see whether developers will … Continue reading Unreal Engine 4 Gets Lovely Fan-Made Real-Time Tech Demo →

DOOM Will Feature More Varied Environments Than Doom 3, Won’t Take Itself Seriously

Posted on: 05 Jul 2015

In an interview with METRO’s GameCentral, the executive producer of DOOM, Marty Stratton, revealed some new information about id Software’s upcoming shooter. According to Marty, this new DOOM game won’t take itself as seriously as Doom 3. And while some horror elements are present, the game won’t follow Doom 3’s route.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – New Beautiful Screenshots From Latest Alpha Version

Posted on: 05 Jul 2015

Warhorse has released a new build for its backers and NeoGAF’s member ‘Denton‘ has shared some screenshots from it. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is powered by CRYENGINE and targets a 2016 release on the PC. Enjoy!

NVIDIA Hairworks Version 1.1 Showcased, Using 500K Hair & Rendered On A Single GTX980

Posted on: 05 Jul 2015

NVIDIA has released a new video, showing long Hair being simulated and rendered in real-time using NVIDIA HairWorks 1.1. The High Quality version is using roughly 500k hair. This video was captured by Tarkan Sarim and was recorded on a GTX980 with Shadowpla. Enjoy!