Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Unigine Engine – Renderer Features 2012

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

Unigine Corporation has released a new video that showcases some of the features from the latest version of its in-house engine. Unigine Engine now sports Bokeh DOF, Material blending, volumetric clouds with full dynamic day-night cycle, Correct sorting of transparent objects, time-controlled lighting, and transparency reflection and refraction. Enjoy the video after the jump!

SEVENCORE Enters Open Beta Testing

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

Gala Networks Europe announced that SEVENCORE, it’s fusion fantasy MMORPG developed by the Korean studio Noria, will commence Open Beta testing today on French and German servers. After a successful two week Closed Beta Test in early July, all players will now be able to register, download the game and log in to play without … Continue reading SEVENCORE Enters Open Beta Testing →

World of Battleships Renamed to World of Warships

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

Wargaming, the award-winning global video game developer and publisher, today announced that its upcoming naval MMO action game, World of Battleships, has been retitled to World of Warships. World of Warships will be the third F2P title from Wargaming and we hope to see those games merging into one, big, MMO game.

Minecom 2012 Announced

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

Mojang and Markus ‘Notch’ Persson have announced Minecom 2012. This year, the company is bringing Minecom to Europe (Paris will be the exact location) and ticket sales and hotel registration will start in the next few weeks. This event will take place on November 24th-25th and – our guess is – that will get more … Continue reading Minecom 2012 Announced →

Need For Speed: Most Wanted – Gameplay Trailer #2

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

Electronic Arts has released a new gameplay trailer for Criterion’s upcoming Need For Speed game.Quite frankly, we don’t understand why the company decided to use the same title (for God’s sake, there are now three NFS: Most Wanted titles) but, whatever. Anyway, this is a classic modern-day trailer with dubstep and various gameplay sequences from … Continue reading Need For Speed: Most Wanted – Gameplay Trailer #2 →

New Heavy Gear Coming From Stompy Bot Productions and Dream Pod 9

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

Stompy Bot Productions and Dream Pod 9 have announced the exclusive licensing of Dream Pod 9’s Heavy Gear franchise for PC, mobile and console 3D gaming to Stompy Bot Productions. The Heavy Gear franchise has released dozens of sourcebooks detailing the settings, people, and machines of the Heavy Gear universe. The first Heavy Gear computer … Continue reading New Heavy Gear Coming From Stompy Bot Productions and Dream Pod 9 →

Super Mario Brothers World 1-1 in LEGO

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

If there is one think we love about gaming, it is inspiration. And innovation. And mind-blowing graphics. And new gameplay mechanics. Oh, bummer. But anyway, since we’re waiting for EA’s Summer Conference and John Carmack’s keynotes in this year’s QuakeCon, we felt the need to share with you this awesome LEGO video. Brixelo has recreated the first … Continue reading Super Mario Brothers World 1-1 in LEGO →

The Inner World Announced – New Point n Click Adventure Coming In Q2 2013

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

Today Headup Games proclaims the collaboration with Ludwigsburg located Studio Fizbin for a worldwide exclusive agreement. In the course of this agreement Headup Games will release the fabulous and lovely animated Point-and-Click-Adventure The Inner World in the second quarter of 2013 worldwide for PC, Mac, iPad and iPhone.

GTA IV: San Andreas BETA 3 “World Enhancement” Released

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

As promised, the latest BETA version of GTA IV: San Andreas has just been released. According to the team behind it, in this new third beta, a number of new features have been added, including, but not limited to: multiplayer, races, gang wars, improved Setup and Launcher, improved graphics, map, vehicles, sounds, peds, shaders, collision … Continue reading GTA IV: San Andreas BETA 3 “World Enhancement” Released →

This is how the next-generation version of ‘The Elder Scrolls’ should look like

Posted on: 02 Aug 2012

Reddit’s user ‘only_eats_plankton’ shared a gorgeous image, that immediately reminded us of Skyrim. To put it simply – this is how the next ‘The Elder Scrolls’ game should look like. Bethesda should use this image as a reference, and we are pretty sure that next-gen systems will be able to come close to it. The … Continue reading This is how the next-generation version of ‘The Elder Scrolls’ should look like →