Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Ashes of the Singularity – First In-Game Footage Shows Performance Difference Between DX11 & DX12

Posted on: 06 Mar 2015

Stardock’s Brad Wardell has shared a video, showing the first in-game footage from his upcoming strategy game, Ashes of the Singularity. Ashes of the Singularity is powered by the Nitrous Engine, and this video shows the initial performance difference between DX11 and DX12. Enjoy!

Ex-Maxis Dev on EA – Great Place to Work, Maxis Was Closed Due to The Sims Overshadowing SimCity

Posted on: 06 Mar 2015

Reddit’s member ‘vertexnormal‘ – who is a former Maxis developer – has talked a bit about the closure of Maxis Emeryville, and shed some additional light to it. According to vertexnormal, Maxis Emeryville was closed because the SimCity series was it suffered from The Sims’ huge success. And even though the older SimCity games made a profit, … Continue reading Ex-Maxis Dev on EA – Great Place to Work, Maxis Was Closed Due to The Sims Overshadowing SimCity →

GDC 2015 – Epic Games Shows off Mind-Blowing Open World Environment in Real-Time

Posted on: 05 Mar 2015

During this year’s GDC, Epic Games demonstrated an amazing open world environment that can be created in Unreal Engine 4. This open world environment – which is 100 square miles – was used in its latest Kite Tech Demo, therefore you’ve already got a glimpse of it. However in Epic’s “The State of Unreal” talk, Epic’s Francois Antoine … Continue reading GDC 2015 – Epic Games Shows off Mind-Blowing Open World Environment in Real-Time →

Worlds of Magic Will Be Powered by Unity 5, Will Be the First 4X Game on Unity 5

Posted on: 05 Mar 2015

Wastelands Interactive has just announced that Worlds of Magic will be powered by Unity 5, and will be the first 4X game of such a scale released on this new iteration of the Unity Engine. As the team noted, it will be able to greatly increase the stability and overall performance of the game via … Continue reading Worlds of Magic Will Be Powered by Unity 5, Will Be the First 4X Game on Unity 5 →

NVIDIA PhysX 3.3.3 Available for Free to All Unreal Engine 4 Developers

Posted on: 05 Mar 2015

Epic Games and NVIDIA have announced that all Unreal Engine 4 developers will gain access to NVIDIA’s PhysX. Not only that, but developers will have access to PhysX’s source code. And in our opinion, this is another clever move from Epic Games; a move that will certainly make a lot of developers start experimenting with … Continue reading NVIDIA PhysX 3.3.3 Available for Free to All Unreal Engine 4 Developers →

Magicka 2 Releases On May 26th, Gets New Trailer

Posted on: 05 Mar 2015

Paradox Interactive today published a completely fair-use trailer for Magicka 2, the forthcoming magick-mixing game for PC. The trailer, containing all-new gameplay and allegedly new ideas, celebrates the upcoming launch of Magicka 2, which will arrive on PC on May 26th. The game can be pre-ordered on PC beginning today. Magicka 2 will be available … Continue reading Magicka 2 Releases On May 26th, Gets New Trailer →

New Trailers Released For Dragon’s Dogma Online & Elite: Dangerous

Posted on: 05 Mar 2015

Capcom and Frontier Developments have released new trailers for Dragon’s Dogma Online and Elite: Dangerous. Elite: Dangerous’ GDC 2015 trailer is all about style, while Dragon’s Dogma Online’s latest trailer is as underwhelming – at least visually – as its previous one. Enjoy!

Electronic Arts Shuts Down Maxis Emeryville

Posted on: 05 Mar 2015

Well, we all saw that coming. After the hugely disappointing latest part of the SimCity series, EA decided to pull the plug and shut down the studio that was behind it. Yeap, Maxis Emeryville, the team responsible for Spore and the SimCity series, is no more. And while a dedicated team of ex-Maxis devs is … Continue reading Electronic Arts Shuts Down Maxis Emeryville →

Unreal Tournament – New Official Trailer Is Full of Gibs & Relentless Action

Posted on: 05 Mar 2015

Epic Games has released an official trailer for Unreal Tournament, showcasing frantic action in its first highly detailed map. As the team noted, this map sets its visual bar for where it would like to see Unreal Tournament continue moving forward. Those interested can go ahead, download and starting playing Unreal Tournament by visiting its … Continue reading Unreal Tournament – New Official Trailer Is Full of Gibs & Relentless Action →

Here Is What Alien: Isolation Would Look like in Third-Person Mode

Posted on: 05 Mar 2015

Alien: Isolation is considered one of the best aliens games to date. However, did you know that The Creative Assembly was experimenting with a third-person perspective prior to the game’s release? At this year’s GDC, The Creative Assembly presented a video, showing the game in third-person mode. During development, however, The Creative Assembly decided to abandon … Continue reading Here Is What Alien: Isolation Would Look like in Third-Person Mode →