Posts by John Papadopoulos:

World of Speed – New Free Racer From The Creators Of Project CARS – Gets New Trailer

Posted on: 28 Aug 2014

My.com and Slightly Mad Studios have released a new trailer for their upcoming free racer, World of Speed. As the companies noted, this latest World of Speed trailer features a battle between fierce rivals – the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X and the Subaru Impreza WRX STi. Enjoy!

Crytek Faced Xbox One ESRAM Issues, Console Hardware Considerably Less Powerful Than High-End PCs

Posted on: 28 Aug 2014

During this year’s SIGGRAPH, Crytek’s Nicolas Schulz and Theodor Mader finally admitted how much more powerful high-end PCs were compared to both current-gen consoles at launch. Obviously this isn’t surprising at all, but it’s at least good to see developers admitting what we already knew.

Metro Redux – First Update Adds Volumetric Lights Exclusively To The PC Version

Posted on: 28 Aug 2014

As you may already know, the recently released Metro: Redux was lacking almost all volumetric lights that were present in the original version of Metro 2033. Today, 4A Games and Deep Silver released a 1.2GB patch for the PC version of Metro: Redux that brings a number of them back to the game.

The Sims 4 – Recommended PC Requirements Revealed

Posted on: 28 Aug 2014

Electronic Arts and Maxis have revealed the recommended PC requirements for The Sims 4. According to the game’s official FAQ, PC gamers will need an Intel Core i5 or faster or AMD Athlon X4 and an NVIDIA GTX 650 GPU (or better) in order to properly enjoy this new sim. Yeap, these are pretty high requirements … Continue reading The Sims 4 – Recommended PC Requirements Revealed →

ESCAPE Dead Island Releases November 18th

Posted on: 27 Aug 2014

Deep Silver today confirmed the release of ESCAPE Dead Island, a third-person survival mystery spin-off that unravels the origins of the zombie outbreak and connects the events of multi-million-seller Dead Island with the recently announced successor Dead Island 2, for November 18 in North America.

New Unreal Engine 4 Video Shows Real-life Rain & Lighting Effects

Posted on: 27 Aug 2014

YouTube’s ‘koooolalala’ has shared a new video, showcasing some incredible lighting and rain effects in Unreal Engine 4. As koooolalala noted, this scene runs with 30-45fps on a i7-3770 with an Nvidia GTX670. In short, this is a demanding map but that’s really irrelevant as it shows what truly next-gen games can look like in … Continue reading New Unreal Engine 4 Video Shows Real-life Rain & Lighting Effects →

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – CRYENGINE-powered Realistic RPG – Video Update #7 Released

Posted on: 27 Aug 2014

Warhorse Studios has released the seventh video update for its upcoming CRYENGINE-powered RPG, Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The alpha version of the game is planned for a September release, and will be available exclusively on the PC. Kingdom Come: Deliverance will be coming to PC, Xbox One and PS4 in Q4 2015. Enjoy!

Ubisoft Is Aiming At 60FPS For PC In “The Crew”, Beta Does Not Represent Final Product

Posted on: 27 Aug 2014

Yesterday, we informed you about the 30FPS lock that is currently present on The Crew’s PC beta build. While Ubi-Valentin (Ubisoft’s community manager) said that the team aims for 1080p and 30fps on all platforms (PC, Xbox One and PS4), Natchai_Ubisoft (another community manager at Ubisoft) claimed that the team is actually targeting 60FPS on the PC.

4A Games Is Currently Working On A New Metro Game & A Top-Secret Space Shooter Game

Posted on: 27 Aug 2014

New information about 4A Games’ upcoming projects has surfaced during ITC’s (Ukrainian website) interview with Andrey Prokhorov. 4A Games is currently working on two new projects. One of them is set in the Metro universe, while the other one is a space shooter game that involves alien landscapes.

Pure Pool – New Update Adds New Game Mode & New Difficulty, Brings AI Improvements

Posted on: 27 Aug 2014

VooFoo Studios and Ripstone publishing announced today that the initial Pure Pool update is available to download now on PC via Steam. As the team noted, this update does not only include various improvements based on user feedback, but it also delivers fresh content.