Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Breaking News: Diablo III Release Date Announced; free copy with WoW Annual Pass, rated 15

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Diablo fans, here is what you’ve been waiting for. Blizzard announced today that Diablo III, the next chapter in its critically acclaimed action role-playing game series, will be unleashed from the Burning Hells on May 15th. That’s right, Diablo III has now an official release date and will be available in two months.

CQB Tactical Shooter promises to go back to the genre’s roots, powered by either Unity or CryEngine

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Since we informed you about inXile’s Kickstarter, we also felt the need to let you know about a Kickstarter that passed under the radar of pretty much everyone. Christian Allen, the man behind Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (that has also worked on Halo: Reach) created a Kickstarter for a new tactical shooter.

MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship – Developer Diary #3

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Black Bean Games and Milestone have released the latest development diary episode for their upcoming motocross racing title MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship. The latest episode discusses the technology used in the game to create the lightning effects, animations, track composition and terrain deformation system.

Game of Thrones RPG gets a new Combat Trailer

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Today Game of Thrones RPG opened its official website, showing off the combat system with an exclusive narrated video trailer that details the gameplay mechanics. This role playing game for PS3, X360 and PC that is based on the famous universe from George R.R. Martin’s saga and the HBO television series, should please all RPG players who … Continue reading Game of Thrones RPG gets a new Combat Trailer →

inXile entertainment launches Wasteland 2 Kickstarter, hits its $900K mark in just two days

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Following Double Fine’s example, inXile Entertainment has started a kickstarter for a sequel to Wasteland. Wasteland 2 will the direct sequel to the first ever post-apocalyptic computer RPG. The project will be headed by Brian Fago who was an Executive Produced for both Wasteland and Fallout. In order to become a reality, the team wanted to … Continue reading inXile entertainment launches Wasteland 2 Kickstarter, hits its $900K mark in just two days →

Splinter Cell: Extinction is a mind-blowing live action fan series; Prologue, Episode 1 & 2 are now available

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Splinter Cell: Extinction is a fan series that immediately caught our attention. And we have some great news for all of you Sam Fisher fans, as the prologue and the first two episodes are now available and can be viewed below. Extinction is a fan made series created to celebrate the Splinter Cell franchise. It … Continue reading Splinter Cell: Extinction is a mind-blowing live action fan series; Prologue, Episode 1 & 2 are now available →

SEGA, Rebellion, Kalypso Media and Team 17 join Origin

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Electronic Arts announced today that SEGA will bring its most popular PC game titles to Origin, EA’s direct-to-consumer gaming platform. SEGA’s Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai is now available for pre-order to PC gamers on Origin. In addition to SEGA, other new publishers joining Origin today include Team 17 Software Limited, Rebellion, … Continue reading SEGA, Rebellion, Kalypso Media and Team 17 join Origin →

Skyrim Texture Optimizer Released; lowers your vRAM usage when HD Texture Packs are enabled

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Skyrim has seen a lot of HD texture packs these past months and if you tried to enable some of them simultaneously, you would definitely notice your GPU hitting its vRAM limits. Thankfully, modder ‘AdPipino’ released a great tool called Textures Optimizer. Practically this program does not affect the quality of textures (1% if the … Continue reading Skyrim Texture Optimizer Released; lowers your vRAM usage when HD Texture Packs are enabled →

New DOTA 2 Update comes with new Gameplay, UI, Visuals and Bots fixes/improvements

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Valve has released a new beta update for DOTA 2. Among other things, this update adds Shadow Demon, fixes Dust of Appearance not affecting magic immune heroes and adjust the Venomancer injured animation. Moreover, this update features various gameplay, UI, visuals, audio, and bots fixes/improvements. As usual, the patch will be auto-downloaded next time you … Continue reading New DOTA 2 Update comes with new Gameplay, UI, Visuals and Bots fixes/improvements →

The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition – New Screenshots from the game’s DLC portion

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition is slated for an April 17th release and will include up to 4 hours of extra quests, new locations and characters. This new content will be available free of charge for all PC owners of The Witcher 2 and our reader ‘JnX’ has mailed us some new screenshots from it. These … Continue reading The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition – New Screenshots from the game’s DLC portion →