Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Weekly UDK Gallery [April 28th – May 4th]; Total Recall Comes To Unreal Engine

Posted on: 05 May 2013

Today we bring you new shots and videos from the works of 3D artists A.Mehroke, Ashley McKenzie, Dave3d, Mr Smo, Shiv, smegger, Odd3sy, TheRealFroman, BARDLER, noisecheck and PaulW. The highlight of this week the two Total Recall environments, created by smegger and Shiv. Enjoy!

Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [April 28th – May 4th]; water never looked this good before

Posted on: 05 May 2013

Today we bring you new shots from modders EliteGhost, the_grim, Exer, iSqueezee, maxmead, silentss, TheMagnumman357 and ultranew_b. The highlight of this week is the ocean recreation via CryEngine 3. As we can see, some of the modders tried to get as close to the real water as possible. We’ve also included some videos from the … Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [April 28th – May 4th]; water never looked this good before →

Star Wars: Battlefront III – One Hour Long Footage From This Cancelled Star Wars Title

Posted on: 04 May 2013

Past To Present Online has posted an one hour long video from the leaked build of Star Wars: Battlefront III. Star Wars: Battlefront III won’t be released anytime soon as Lucas Arts has gone downhill. Yes, there are some rumors about other studios picking it up (alongside Star Wars 1313) but they are just that, … Continue reading Star Wars: Battlefront III – One Hour Long Footage From This Cancelled Star Wars Title →

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon – PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 04 May 2013

Back in December 2012, we claimed that Far Cry 3 was the most optimized game for the PC platform. As we said back then, we only judged the DX9 version of it as we could not test its DX11 path (due to our previous GPU). Fast forward a couple of months and here we are … Continue reading Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon – PC Performance Analysis →

The Stomping Land Is A New Dinosaur Game, Prototype Trailer Released

Posted on: 04 May 2013

Fun fact; earlier this morning I was listening to the OST from the SNES version of Jurassic Park and was wondering why there weren’t any good dino games. Fast forward a couple of hours and here we are with The Stomping Land, an indie third-person dino game. Okay, we don’t know if this will actually … Continue reading The Stomping Land Is A New Dinosaur Game, Prototype Trailer Released →

Avalanche Studios has faith in the F2P model, will start creating F2P titles on consoles

Posted on: 04 May 2013

It seems that Avalanche Studios has faith in the F2P model, a model that will obviously take off in the next couple of years. After Crytek’s statements about going full F2P, Avalanche Studios’ Founder & CTO, Linus Blomberg, stated that the company will continue making F2P titles on the PC, and that they’ll start doing … Continue reading Avalanche Studios has faith in the F2P model, will start creating F2P titles on consoles →

Yet Another Modern ‘Minecraft’ Engine – Upvoid Engine Demoed

Posted on: 04 May 2013

And here comes another modern-day Minecraft game, powered by an indie in-house engine. Upvoid Studios released yesterday a tech demo, showcasing what their Upvoid Engine is currently capable of. This engine – an engine that features destructible terrain and is mainly targeted towards dynamic open-world games – will power a Minecraft-like game, called SimpleMiner. The … Continue reading Yet Another Modern ‘Minecraft’ Engine – Upvoid Engine Demoed →

Hilarious GTA IV Video – When Mods Break The Game

Posted on: 03 May 2013

Ah, mods. We all love mods. However, sometimes we have to be really careful while installing them. You see, most of the times there are compatibility issues between some of them, and those issues are what usually break a game. Install more than enough and your game will be lifted to new heights with broken … Continue reading Hilarious GTA IV Video – When Mods Break The Game →

Project CARS – Prototype Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Showcased, Community Multiplayer Trailer

Posted on: 03 May 2013

Slightly Mad Studios has signed a deal with Mercedes, and has released some screenshots showcasing a prototype model of the Mercedes SLS AMG GT3. Moreover, an Oculus Rift Dev Kit has arrived at Slightly Mad Studios’ office, meaning that Project CARS will most probably support it when it finally releases. You can view the new … Continue reading Project CARS – Prototype Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Showcased, Community Multiplayer Trailer →

Metro: Last Light Tech Details – SSAA Support, DX11 faster than DX9, Tessellation & PhysX modes Explained

Posted on: 03 May 2013

Our dear friends over at PCGamesHardware.de have interviewed 4A Games, and came up with some interesting details about the PC version of Metro: Last Light. According to Oles Shishkovtsov, Chief Technical Officer at 4A Games, Metro: Last Light’s DX11 API offers 15% improvement over its DX9 API (provided you use the same settings).