Posts by John Papadopoulos:

DICE’s Rendering Architect to talk in GDC2012; new terrain talk about what DICE has been working on since for FB2

Posted on: 31 Jan 2012

GDC2012 starts in almost 5 weeks and DICE’s rendering architect, Johan Andersson, has revealed that DICE will attend and he will talk about the terrain system in Frostbite 2 as it was applied in Battlefield 3. According to GDC’s schedule, session is partitioned into three parts. The first part consists the scalability aspects, while the … Continue reading DICE’s Rendering Architect to talk in GDC2012; new terrain talk about what DICE has been working on since for FB2 →

Black Mesa is coming and no… we are not kidding

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

Black Mesa could very well be the DNF of mods (or the epitome of ‘mod vaporware’). It was said that this highly anticipated mod would hit the PC in 2011 but… guess what… it was delayed. Not surprising, right? However, Hubicorn, Black Mesa’s webmaster, has revealed something that will definitely wet your pants. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s … Continue reading Black Mesa is coming and no… we are not kidding →

Ouch – King Arthur II’s PR manager believes that 24fps are fine for the human eye

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

I’m shocked. I’m seriously shocked since this thing came from a PR manager and not from a misinformed person. According to King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame’s Kate, 24fps are pretty enough as the human eye sees them as fluid as the cinema movies. NO our dear Kate, you are wrong in so many levels and we’re … Continue reading Ouch – King Arthur II’s PR manager believes that 24fps are fine for the human eye →

New Hard Reset: Extended Edition Screenshots

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

Kalypso Media released today some new images from their upcoming first-person cyberpunk shooter – Hard Reset: Extended Edition. The new screens feature some of the new enemies and environments to be shown in the upcoming game for Windows PC. Hard Reset: Extended Edition drops players into a rich cyberpunk world where cybernetic hordes of enemies must … Continue reading New Hard Reset: Extended Edition Screenshots →

The Secret World – Six New Screenshots

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

Funcom and Electronic Arts have released six new screenshots for their upcoming MMORPG, The Secret World. These screenshots showcase the Blue Mountain location that was recently added to the game and look pretty amazing. The Secret World is currently slated for an April 2012 release on the PC. Enjoy!

Overgrowth Alpha 167 Changes

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

Wolfire Games has released a new video that showcases the changes that have been made to Overgrowth’s latest alpha version. This week, Wolfire’s main programmer, David Rosen, has added sheathing and unsheathing for knives and small swords. In addition, David has improved performance impact of inactive weapons and in this latest build, players can dodge … Continue reading Overgrowth Alpha 167 Changes →

Amazing Battlefield 3 video shows off the choices available in DICE’s FPS game

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

Jackfrags released an amazing machinima video which showcases the choices that are available in Battlefield 3. Players can play alongside their teamates, alone, or by actually using the abilities of their classes. As the video proves, Battlefield 3 is all about choice and players should be aware of that. This is not your typical run n … Continue reading Amazing Battlefield 3 video shows off the choices available in DICE’s FPS game →

Serious Sam 2 is coming to Steam and GetGames this week

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

It’s a fact that Serious Sam 2 was a hate/love game. It had some pretty amazing ideas (and the humor was still there) but it was not very similar to the old Serious Sam games in a lot of ways. And if you are one of those who didn’t have the chance to actually play it, you will … Continue reading Serious Sam 2 is coming to Steam and GetGames this week →

Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [January 22nd – 28th]

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

The UK PC Charts have just been released and as we can see, Football Manager 2012 is still at the top, followed by Star Wars: The Old Republic and Skyrim. There are no significant changes from last week’s charts, apart from the fact that both World of Warcraft and Starcraft 2 have managed to re-enter … Continue reading Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [January 22nd – 28th] →

New Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Screenshots

Posted on: 30 Jan 2012

Stardock has released some new screenshots from the beta phase of their strategy game, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress. Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is the next chapter in its Elemental fantasy strategy game world. and includes an all-new battle system, more sophisticated spell casting, an updated economic system, new game mechanics, more creatures, quests and much more. Elemental: … Continue reading New Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Screenshots →