Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Final Fantasy VIII – Balamb Garden recreated in Minecraft

Posted on: 05 Dec 2011

This is a great day for all Final Fantasy fans. Earlier today, we informed you about the remake – well, kind of remake – of FFVII with the Unreal Engine and here comes now the Balamp Garden from Final Fantasy VIII that is fully recreated in Minecraft. The attention to detail is astounding and the end … Continue reading Final Fantasy VIII – Balamb Garden recreated in Minecraft →

Iceberg Interactive to publish the boxed retail version of Unigine’s naval strategy game, Oil Rush

Posted on: 05 Dec 2011

Iceberg Interactive and UNIGINE Corp., announced today the signing of the naval strategy game “Oil Rush” for PC, Mac and Linux. The deal includes all boxed retail rights for UK, Germany,  France, Scandinavia, Australia/NZ, S-Africa and Benelux and a selection of download rights. The global war for oil in the flooded post-apocalyptic world of “Oil Rush” … Continue reading Iceberg Interactive to publish the boxed retail version of Unigine’s naval strategy game, Oil Rush →

Game of Thrones RPG gets European Publisher, first screenshots revealed

Posted on: 05 Dec 2011

Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studio announced today the publishing agreement for the role-playing game “Game of Thrones” in Europe, on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. In addition, the companies have just released the first screenshots of the game that can be viewed after the jump. Game of Thrones RPG is currently slated for … Continue reading Game of Thrones RPG gets European Publisher, first screenshots revealed →

Serious Sam 3: BFE – Color Scheme Options & Blood Options Trailers

Posted on: 05 Dec 2011

Croteam and Devolver released two new trailer for their amazing old-school shooter, Serious Sam 3: BFE. Serious Sam 3 takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading legions of beasts and mercenaries and is basically a prequel to Serious Sam: The First Encounter. Set against the collapsing temples of an ancient civilization and … Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE – Color Scheme Options & Blood Options Trailers →

Overgrowth Alpha 160 Changes

Posted on: 05 Dec 2011

Wolfire Games released today a new video that showcases the changes that were made to the latest version of their action adventure bunny game, Overgrowth. David Rosen concentrated last week on including character color palettes with color palette editor, a white guard for palette testing, a new idle animation system, characters behavior as they only … Continue reading Overgrowth Alpha 160 Changes →

Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [November 27th – December 3rd]

Posted on: 05 Dec 2011

Another week, another PC sales chart and it seems that both Skyrim and Football Manager 2012 are still able keep all those PC gamers out there interested. As we can see, there is no significant changes in the UK Retail Charts, apart from Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’s entrance. Apart from that, there is nothing really to write … Continue reading Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [November 27th – December 3rd] →

Fan attempts to remake Final Fantasy 7 with the Unreal Engine

Posted on: 05 Dec 2011

Now that’s simply amazing. A fan went ahead and used the Unreal Engine in order to remake one of the best RPGs from Square. Oh yeah my dear FF7 fans. Even though Square is not remaking our beloved RPG, we can now see what Final Fantasy 7 would look like with the Unreal Engine. Now keep in … Continue reading Fan attempts to remake Final Fantasy 7 with the Unreal Engine →

Dragon Age Anime Movie – Coming on February 11th, New Trailer Released

Posted on: 05 Dec 2011

Okay, I’m a little puzzled here. Although I love animes – still consider Death Note as one of the best animes ever – I’m not fascinated by the idea of an anime movie that is based on BioWare’s RPG, Dragon Age. This movie is produced in co-operation with director Sori, and according to EA, Japanese … Continue reading Dragon Age Anime Movie – Coming on February 11th, New Trailer Released →

Blacklight Retribution Enters Closed Beta Phase

Posted on: 04 Dec 2011

Perfect World Entertainment announced the launch of the closed beta testing for its free-to-play first-person shooter, Blacklight Retribution. This is basically the “phase three” of the game’s closed beta, and the company has also released a new trailer for it. Developed by Zombie Studios, Blacklight Retribution is the sequel to last year’s Blacklight: Tango Down. Those interested can … Continue reading Blacklight Retribution Enters Closed Beta Phase →

Serious Sam 3: BFE PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 04 Dec 2011

At last, Croteam’s old-school FPS is finally here with us and it’s time to see how this bad boy performs with a modern-day PC. As usual, we used an overclocked Q9650 at 4.2Ghz, 4GB RAM and a GTX295 with Windows 7 64-Bit and Nvidia’s latest ForceWare drivers. First things first though; we have to congratulate … Continue reading Serious Sam 3: BFE PC Performance Analysis →