Posts by John Papadopoulos:

New Gorgeous Skyrim Shots; gionight is back with a punch

Posted on: 03 Jan 2012

You thought that last week’s Skyrim shots were amazing, right? Well, guess again. Gionight is back with a punch and captured some new, jaw-dropping screenshots of Skyrim modded. As we’ve said in our Top 10 PC Optimized Games of 2011, Skyrim can look better than Crysis and here is the proof. These new screenshots sport … Continue reading New Gorgeous Skyrim Shots; gionight is back with a punch →

Overgrowth Alpha 163 Changes

Posted on: 03 Jan 2012

Wolfire Games released a new video for their upcoming indie action adventure sequel to Lugaru, Overgrowth. In this video, David Rosen showcases some of the changes that were made to the game’s latest alpha version and let us tell you that Overgrowth keeps getting better and better each and every week. David Rosen is a … Continue reading Overgrowth Alpha 163 Changes →

CryZone: Sector 23 Beta Is Out Now; Crysis Total Conversion, based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Posted on: 03 Jan 2012

Team WoS Team, the team behind CryZone: Sector 23, a Crysis total conversion that is based on GSC’s STALKER, series has released its beta version which allows players to get acquainted with the post-apocalyptic world of «Cry» Zone. Players will find a few quests, and one, but huge in size, location, steeped with dense forest and wrapped innumerable villages, research … Continue reading CryZone: Sector 23 Beta Is Out Now; Crysis Total Conversion, based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. →

Author of SkyBoost claims that Bethesda has no interest in boosting/fixing the PC version of Skyrim

Posted on: 03 Jan 2012

A few days ago, we informed you about the latest version of SkyBoost, a CPU performance optimization mod that is based on Arisu’s TESV Acceleration Layer. After the findings of Arisu, we were hoping that Bethesda would acknowledged and fix it in a future patch. Apparently, that’s not the case as Alexander Blade, author of … Continue reading Author of SkyBoost claims that Bethesda has no interest in boosting/fixing the PC version of Skyrim →

Battlefield 3 – DICE is looking into enabling SMAA and FXAA support

Posted on: 02 Jan 2012

SMAA and FXAA injectors are two tools that are pretty much essential to every PC gamer. SMAA injector comes with amazing AA results that do not blur the image, while the FXAA injector comes with options to tweak the HDR effects and saturation/contrast of your games. We’ve showcased some FXAA screenshots but as it was proved, … Continue reading Battlefield 3 – DICE is looking into enabling SMAA and FXAA support →

Swen Vincke confesses: “I wouldn’t be in this industry if I hadn’t pirated a couple of games”

Posted on: 02 Jan 2012

In an age where most developers and publishers are fighting piracy with all of their power, a confession from Larian Studios founder, Swen Vincke, comes to shake things up. According to Vincke himself, he wouldn’t be in this industry if he hadn’t pirated a couple of games. Now this is really shocking and we are impressed … Continue reading Swen Vincke confesses: “I wouldn’t be in this industry if I hadn’t pirated a couple of games” →

Batman: Arkham City – PhysX FPS boost in DX11 and DX9 with custom apex.dll

Posted on: 02 Jan 2012

Now here is a great find. Guru3D’s user ‘gerardfraser’ decided to try Mafia 2’s apex.dll file and see whether or not he could gain any performance boost with it in Batman: Arkham City. Apparently, there is a nice performance jump as the user witnessed a 20fps boost from using this apex.dll file. In other words, this is a must-have … Continue reading Batman: Arkham City – PhysX FPS boost in DX11 and DX9 with custom apex.dll →

PC gamers, meet PSISHOCK; a space survival horror adventure FPS

Posted on: 02 Jan 2012

PC gamers, meet PSISHOCK; a first person horror adventure that is focusing on survival, story and immersion. PSISHOCK is developed by Serygala and is powered by the FPSC engine. The game has been in development for sometime and its creator has released today some new screenshots to show off his progress. To be honest, it looks quite similar to Doom … Continue reading PC gamers, meet PSISHOCK; a space survival horror adventure FPS →

New Return to Jurassic Park Screenshots

Posted on: 02 Jan 2012

Return to Jurassic Park is a Crysis mod for Jurassic Park with a fictional story setting on Isla Nublar 18 years after the first film. The team is hard at work and there is a chance that we might see this mod released in 2012. Our dear friends at PCGames.de have spotted some new screenshots … Continue reading New Return to Jurassic Park Screenshots →

Amazing cover of Final Fantasy VI’s OST

Posted on: 02 Jan 2012

Okay, this is simply amazing. YouTube’s member ‘Marcpapeghin’ did an amazing cover for, pretty much, every Final Fantasy VI song, arranged them together and recorded them. Contrary to other covers, this one is simply beyond words as Marc Papeghin has managed to capture the spirit of the game and used lots of instruments by himself. … Continue reading Amazing cover of Final Fantasy VI’s OST →