Posts by John Papadopoulos:

PES 2015 PC A Hybrid, European Brand Manager Responses Aggressively & Arrogantly To Fans

Posted on: 15 Aug 2014

Well, it seems that Konami has pulled a Fifa 14 to all its soccer PC fans, as PES 2015 PC will be a Old-gen/Current-gen hybrid (instead of a proper current-gen version). As PES 2015’s European brand manager claimed, the PC version will feature the same modes and gameplay as the current-gen version, however its visuals … Continue reading PES 2015 PC A Hybrid, European Brand Manager Responses Aggressively & Arrogantly To Fans →

New RPCS3 – Most Promising PS3 Emulator – Video Shows In-Game Footage From PS3 Commercial Game

Posted on: 15 Aug 2014

YouTube’s ‘B1ackDaemon’ has released a new video from RPCS3 – the most promising PS3 emulator that is currently under development – that shows in-game footage from Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign. And while there is no doubt that there is still a lot of work to be done, it’s really cool witnessing the baby steps … Continue reading New RPCS3 – Most Promising PS3 Emulator – Video Shows In-Game Footage From PS3 Commercial Game →

Ryse: Son of Rome Will Support AMD’s Mantle API [UPDATE]

Posted on: 15 Aug 2014

German website Hardwareluxx revealed that Crytek’s upcoming PC version of Ryse: Son of Rome will support AMD’s Mantle API. This obviously does not surprise us as most – if not all – future CRYENGINE-powered games will support this API. After all, we believe that this was one of the reasons Crytek decided to implement native … Continue reading Ryse: Son of Rome Will Support AMD’s Mantle API [UPDATE] →

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Gets Cinematic Trailer, Releases On November 13th

Posted on: 15 Aug 2014

Blizzard has released a cinematic trailer for World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor and unveiled its release date. In Warlords of Draenor, Garrosh Hellscream has escaped through the Dark Portal and forged the orc clans of old into a terrifying war machine known as the Iron Horde. The game releases on December November 13th. Enjoy!

Gamescom 2014: New Gameplay Walkthroughs For Far Cry 4, The Witcher 3 & Dying Light + More

Posted on: 15 Aug 2014

Alongside Alien: Isolation’s extended Gamescom 2014 walkthrough, IGN has also shared new walkthrough videos for Far Cry 4, The Witcher 3 and Dying Light. Instead of making three new stories, we decided to include all of IGN’s walkthrough videos in one post. Enjoy the videos below and feel free to share other Gamescom walkthrough videos … Continue reading Gamescom 2014: New Gameplay Walkthroughs For Far Cry 4, The Witcher 3 & Dying Light + More →

Alien: Isolation – 20 Minutes Of Gameplay Footage Revealed

Posted on: 15 Aug 2014

IGN has shared a new video from Creative Assembly’s upcoming Alien game, Alien: Isolation, featuring 20 minutes of gameplay footage. Alien: Isolation is a first-person survival horror game capturing the fear and tension evoked by Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic film, in which players find themselves in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger as … Continue reading Alien: Isolation – 20 Minutes Of Gameplay Footage Revealed →

Life Is Strange Gets New Beautiful Screenshots [UPDATE]

Posted on: 14 Aug 2014

Square Enix has released a new set of screenshots for DONTNOD’s upcoming episodic narrative driven adventure game, Life Is Strange. Life Is Strange is coming on PC and current-gen consoles, and is being developed by DONTNOD Entertainment, the Paris-based studio who was behind last year’s Remember Me. Kudos to ‘Sikandar Ali’ for informing us and Dualshockers … Continue reading Life Is Strange Gets New Beautiful Screenshots [UPDATE] →

Unreal Engine 3-powered Survival Horror ‘Routine’ Is Still Alive, Gets New Screenshots

Posted on: 14 Aug 2014

Lunar Software has just broken its radio silence and revealed two new screenshots from its upcoming survival horror game that will be powered by Unreal Engine 3, Routine. Routine is a game we are really looking forward to, and we are happy to report that it has not been cancelled. And now time for a … Continue reading Unreal Engine 3-powered Survival Horror ‘Routine’ Is Still Alive, Gets New Screenshots →

Pillars of Eternity – 20-Minute Gamescom Gameplay Video Unveiled

Posted on: 14 Aug 2014

Paradox Interactive and Obsidian Entertainment showcased 20 minutes of gameplay footage from the latest build of Pillars of Eternity during this year’s Gamescom. In this video, we get to see John Sawyer and Adam Brennecke playing the Backer Beta (that will be available to all backers with beta access on Steam on August 18th). Enjoy!

DirectX 12 Promises To Offer Significant Performance Gains, Showcased At This Year’s SIGGRAPH

Posted on: 14 Aug 2014

During this year’s SIGGRAPH, Intel showcased the latest API of Microsoft, DX12. Intel’s demo is perhaps the first public demo of DX12 (well, if we exclude the Forza 5 demo) and what’s interesting here is that the performance difference between DX11 and DX12 is around 50% on a Surface Pro 3 tablet.