Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Ethan: Meteor Hunter Releases On October 22nd

Posted on: 14 Oct 2013

Seaven Studio announced today that its indie platform puzzle title, Ethan: Meteor Hunter, is planned for release next week on PC and PS3. The PC version is scheduled for release on October 22nd and will be priced at $9.90, while the PS3 version will be released on October 22nd in North America and October 23rd in … Continue reading Ethan: Meteor Hunter Releases On October 22nd →

Star Citizen Breaks All Records – Surpasses $22 Million

Posted on: 13 Oct 2013

Okay, there is nothing stopping this crowd-funding campaign for Star Citizen. Its campaign has already broken all fan funding records, something that should really excite Chris Roberts and his team. Therefore, we are happy to report today that Star Citizen’s funding campaign has just surpassed $22 million. That’s a huge amount of money pledged for … Continue reading Star Citizen Breaks All Records – Surpasses $22 Million →

Battlefield 4 Beta Bug Turns ‘Siege of Shanghai’ Into An Underwater City

Posted on: 13 Oct 2013

Our reader ‘Ghost Rider LSOV’ shared with us a hilarious bug from Battlefield 4’s beta that turned the Siege of Shanghai map into an underwater city. According to ‘EmotionaltroutHD’ who captured it, this bug started at checkpoint A when walking downstairs. The player could not shoot and the bug continued even after being killed and … Continue reading Battlefield 4 Beta Bug Turns ‘Siege of Shanghai’ Into An Underwater City →

Next-Gen Racers Can Achieve CG Quality Graphics With CRYENGINE

Posted on: 13 Oct 2013

CRYENGINE modder ‘Mrick’ has released some mind-blowing screenshots from a car that has been created via Crytek’s engine. According to the modder, all exterior parts have a vertex colors Ambient Occlusion, while the interior parts have an Ambient Occlusion baked in the Shader parameter “Detail mapping” made with the Mental Ray AO and render to … Continue reading Next-Gen Racers Can Achieve CG Quality Graphics With CRYENGINE →

Half-Life: Raise the Bar Is A Great Fan-Made Fan Film Based On Valve’s Classic FPS

Posted on: 12 Oct 2013

Machinima has shared a new fan short film, based on Valve’s classic FPS title. As its description reads, this is intended to celebrate the game franchise and is in no way affiliated with Half-Life and Valve official works. The film focuses on the game’s iconic weapon, the crowbar. When an experiment goes wrong, it unleashes … Continue reading Half-Life: Raise the Bar Is A Great Fan-Made Fan Film Based On Valve’s Classic FPS →

PlanetSide 2 – New video focuses on PhysX and its incoming physics optimizations

Posted on: 12 Oct 2013

Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video for PlanetSide 2. In this fourth episode of Operation: Make Faster game, the development team introduces us to Rob Elam and Julio Jerez, programmers for PlanetSide 2. Rob and Julio are charged with optimizing aka “wrangling” the system interactions with the game physics engine to make PlanetSide … Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – New video focuses on PhysX and its incoming physics optimizations →

Valve Demonstrates The Steam Controller

Posted on: 11 Oct 2013

Valve has released a new video that gives us a quick look at some games being played with the prototype version of the Steam Controller. The Controller showcased here is the same version with the one that Valve will be shipping to 300 Steam users later this year. The team has promised to release more … Continue reading Valve Demonstrates The Steam Controller →

Frictional Games’ SOMA Officially Revealed – Coming To PC & PS4 In 2015

Posted on: 11 Oct 2013

Frictional Games has officially unveiled its new project that will be called SOMA. SOMA will be a sci-fi horror game, and will be released to PC and PS4 in 2015. In addition, Frictional Games has released a gameplay trailer for this new horror title that can be viewed below. SOMA seems to be using a … Continue reading Frictional Games’ SOMA Officially Revealed – Coming To PC & PS4 In 2015 →

DSOGaming – Ethan Meteor Hunter – First 15 Minutes Walkthrough

Posted on: 11 Oct 2013

Seaven Studio was kind enough to provide us with a review code for its upcoming platform puzzler, Ethan Meteor Hunter, thus you can enjoy a walkthrough its first 15 minutes. In this game, players take the role of Ethan; a rat with an attitude, who was hit on the head by a meteorite giving him supernatural … Continue reading DSOGaming – Ethan Meteor Hunter – First 15 Minutes Walkthrough →

Blood Bowl 2 Looks Surprisingly Good – First Screenshots Released

Posted on: 11 Oct 2013

Focus Home Interactive has released the first screenshots for Blood Bowl 2 and surprisingly enough, this unique sports title seems to be packed with great visuals. As the press release reads, the following two screenshots show the human, Blitzer, one of the most versatile players on the human teams, in action and ready to face … Continue reading Blood Bowl 2 Looks Surprisingly Good – First Screenshots Released →