Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 Has Raised Over Half Million Dollars, Two Days Left To The Marathon

Posted on: 08 Jan 2015

Awesome Games Done Quick (also known as AGDQ) is currently hosting a seven-day marathon and was able to raise over half million dollars. Games Done Quick is a bi-annual charity gaming marathon. Volunteers play games at incredible speed (“Speedrunning”) for entertainment. The event is streamed live online, non-stop, and all donations go directly to the charity.

After A Huge Debate, GOG Will Remove Archive Protection From All Windows Installers

Posted on: 08 Jan 2015

Last week, we informed you about the appearance of some password protected archives in GOG’s game installers for Windows. These protected archives sparked a lot of accusations as a number of PC gamers believed that GOG was implementing a sort of DRM in a specific number of games. Well, good news everyone as GOG decided … Continue reading After A Huge Debate, GOG Will Remove Archive Protection From All Windows Installers →

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Official PC Requirements Revealed, Requires At Least 6GB Of RAM

Posted on: 07 Jan 2015

CD Projekt RED has just issued a press release, revealing the PC requirements for its highly anticipated RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. According to the official specs, PC gamers will need at least 6GB of RAM, a DX11 GPU and 40GB of free HDD space. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt releases on May 19th. Enjoy!

CRYENGINE-powered Monster Hunter Online Gets Official Benchmark Tool

Posted on: 07 Jan 2015

Tencent has released a stunning benchmark program based on Monster Hunter Online. This benchmark tool sports a series of advanced technology including Real Time Rendering, Physical Based Shading, Realistic Vegetation Rendering, NVIDIA PhysX Clothing, NVIDIA Hairworks and NVIDIA HBAO+.

Killing Floor 2 – New Gorgeous Screenshots Released

Posted on: 07 Jan 2015

Tripwire Interactive has released a new set of screenshots for Killing Floor 2. Killing Floor 2 is coming first on the PC, and will support NVIDIA’s HBAO+, NVIDIA’s Motion Blur D3D Advanced Sample and PhysX Flex. The game will also feature Sub-Surface Scattering, Bloom Effects, Depth of Field and Screen Space Reflections. It does look … Continue reading Killing Floor 2 – New Gorgeous Screenshots Released →

Broken Age – Retail Version Releases In Spring 2015

Posted on: 07 Jan 2015

Nordic Games signed a distribution deal with Double Fine Productions for the retail edition of Broken Age for PC, Mac, and Linux. The boxed version will be released simultaneously with the digital version in Spring 2015. Aside from the retail release, new German voice-overs have been recorded for all characters.

Dirty Bomb Is Now Exclusive On Steam

Posted on: 07 Jan 2015

Nexon has announced a partnership with Valve to bring its PC first-person shooter Dirty Bomb exclusively to the Steam platform. Developed by UK-based Splash Damage, Dirty Bomb is an objective-based shooter set in an bombed-out, futuristic London, where an array of colorful Mercenaries run amok, battling to control what remains of the city’s riches.

Project CARS versus Driveclub – Heavy Rain / Weather Effects Comparison

Posted on: 06 Jan 2015

MotoGamesTV has shared a video comparison between the rain weather effects of Project CARS and Driveclub. This video compares both the cockpit and the ‘behind_the_car’ viewpoints, giving us a proper idea of the differences between them. And while the ‘behind_the_car’ viewpoint of Project CARS looks great and ‘easier to the eye’, the cockpit view during … Continue reading Project CARS versus Driveclub – Heavy Rain / Weather Effects Comparison →

Loading Human – Special VR Demo Playable At This Year’s CES 2015

Posted on: 06 Jan 2015

Untold Games has revealed that it has developed a playable demo for the Open-Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) ecosystem, which utilises its bespoke VR gaming technology from the forthcoming Loading Human. The demo uses Loading Human’s proprietary VR gaming interface, UNICS (Untold Natural Interaction & Communication System), and players are required to shoot cubes within a … Continue reading Loading Human – Special VR Demo Playable At This Year’s CES 2015 →

Assassin’s Creed: Unity – Dead Kings DLC Releases Next Week

Posted on: 06 Jan 2015

Ubisoft announced today that Assassin’s Creed: Unity – Dead Kings, the downloadable campaign that continues Arno’s story after the events of Assassin’s Creed Unity, will be available for free to all purchasers of Assassin’s Creed Unity for the PC on January 13th.