Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Nvidia GeForce 306.02 Beta Released; New SLI profiles, Ambient Occlusion added to a lot of games

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

Nvidia has released a new beta set of drivers for its graphics cards. Nvidia GeForce 306.02 is recommended for players of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Darksiders 2, Guild Wars 2, and MechWarrior Online, as they add realistic ambient occlusion shadowing to each of the listed games, in addition to adding NVIDIA Control Panel MSAA and CSAA anti-aliasing support … Continue reading Nvidia GeForce 306.02 Beta Released; New SLI profiles, Ambient Occlusion added to a lot of games →

Battlefield 3 – September Patch Detailed, Arrives On September 4th

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

DICE has revealed the changelog of Battlefield 3’s September Patch. This update will go live on September 4th and will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Origin client. In case you have not enabled automatic updates, you will be notified from the Game Manager that a new update is available. Once you acknowledge the … Continue reading Battlefield 3 – September Patch Detailed, Arrives On September 4th →

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition – Price permanently reduced to $29.99

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

Great news for The Witcher fans, as CD Projekt RED has reduced the price of The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition to $29.99/€29.99/GBP19.99/AUD29.99. And do we have to remind you that the GOG version does not feature any kind of DRM for this amazing RPG? Perfect, just perfect. And imagine that – a developer reducing a game’s price, even though … Continue reading The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition – Price permanently reduced to $29.99 →

Indie horror adventure game ‘Home’ is now available on Steam

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

Great news for indie fans as Benjamin Rivers’ unique horror adventure game, Home, is now available on Steam and comes with a 15% discount until September 7th. Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens. 

MaLDo puts Crytek to shame – New Comparison Between Crysis 2 Modded & Vanilla

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

Talented modder MaLDo has released a new set of comparison screenshots between Crysis 2’s Official HD textures and the ones from his upcoming HD Texture Pack. As you can see below, MaLDo’s textures blow Crytek’s HD ones out of the water and provide a much richer, and crisper look to Crysis 2. Crytek seems to … Continue reading MaLDo puts Crytek to shame – New Comparison Between Crysis 2 Modded & Vanilla →

Max Payne 3 – Epic Fail In Real Life – Amazing Live Action Film

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

Now this is simply great. ThereIsaCanal has created an incredible Max Payne 3 live action short film. This is basically a parody for Rockstar’s third-person shooter and – ironically – captures perfectly the game’s mood and tone. The highlight of the film is the cut-scenes that are almost identical to those of Max Payne 3. … Continue reading Max Payne 3 – Epic Fail In Real Life – Amazing Live Action Film →

Assassin’s Creed III meets Minecraft in Assassin’s Craft III – E3 Cinematic Trailer

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

Avemagnadude has created an incredible Minecraft machinima movie that is based on the E3 cinematic trailer of Assassin’s Creed III. Needless to say that this movie looks amazingly great, so be sure to check it out. This machinima reminded us of all the LEGO games that are based on other franchises, and and let us tell you … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed III meets Minecraft in Assassin’s Craft III – E3 Cinematic Trailer →

Age of Conan: Unchained – ‘Secrets of Dragon’s Spine’ Update Announced

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

Funcom is excited to announce a series of upcoming updates called ‘Secrets of Dragon’s Spine’ for its massively multiplayer online role-playing game ‘Age of Conan: Unchained’. The updates will be released over time, with the first one to hit in the next few months, and will introduce a remote desert region known as The Dragon’s … Continue reading Age of Conan: Unchained – ‘Secrets of Dragon’s Spine’ Update Announced →

Aliens: Colonial Marines – New PAX Prime 2012 Screenshots – Female Characters To Be Featured

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

SEGA has released two new PAX Prime 2012 screenshots for Gearbox’s upcoming aliens game, Aliens: Colonial Marines. In addition, Randy Pitchford told Kotaku that the game will feature female characters. After the online controversy about this subject – and an online petition – Randy confirmed that the multiplayer mode will feature a whole range of both male … Continue reading Aliens: Colonial Marines – New PAX Prime 2012 Screenshots – Female Characters To Be Featured →

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – PC Details, System Requirements, DX10/DX11 Only, No Windows XP Support

Posted on: 03 Sep 2012

Activision and Treyarch have revealed some new details about Black Ops 2 PC, as well as the game’s minimum system requirements. According to the developers, Black Ops 2 has moved on to the DX11 API (that is backward compatible with DX10) and won’t support both DX9 cards and Windows XP. This is really shocking as Black … Continue reading Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – PC Details, System Requirements, DX10/DX11 Only, No Windows XP Support →