Posts by John Papadopoulos:

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 →

Baldur’s Gate website updated, something will be announced tomorrow

Posted on: 15 Mar 2012

Baldur’s Gate fans, get ready for a treat as the new BG website has been updated and we got a counter that completes at 12 p.m. PST tomorrow. Although the site is down at the moment, we got a look at its source code that had a new quote. A couple of days ago, we … Continue reading Baldur’s Gate website updated, something will be announced tomorrow →

The Dark Eye: Demonicon is scheduled for a Q1 2013 Release, New Screenshots Released

Posted on: 14 Mar 2012

Today, Kalypso Media is pleased to release new screenshots which illustrate the darkness that permeates the world of Demonicon. Demonicon, also known as The Dark Eye: Demonicon, is an action-RPG set for release on PC and current generation consoles in Q1 2013.

Skyrim fans, rejoice: Unofficial Skyrim Patch 1.0 Is Now Available

Posted on: 14 Mar 2012

Remember a massive unofficial patch that was being developed by Skyrim’s community? Well Skyrim fans, get ready because it’s finally here with us. The 1.0 version of the Unofficial Skyrim patch is now available and comes with one hell of fixes. Seriously now, the changelog is huge and fixes lots of issues that would definitely … Continue reading Skyrim fans, rejoice: Unofficial Skyrim Patch 1.0 Is Now Available →

New high-res assets released for Crysis 2; Alpine Asset Pack Released

Posted on: 14 Mar 2012

Crysis 2 modder ‘TheModMan101’ has released a high-resolution asset pack for Crytek’s little gem. This Alpine Asset Pack features – among other things – new textures for Pine Needles, Moss, Mud, Gravel, Pebbles, and Grass. TheModMan101 has also released some screenshots from it that can be viewed below. The end result is amazing and we … Continue reading New high-res assets released for Crysis 2; Alpine Asset Pack Released →