Posts by John Papadopoulos:

THE FINALS features Ray Tracing Global Illumination & supports DLSS 3

Posted on: 12 Mar 2023

Embark Studios has launched the Closed Beta phase for its free-to-play, combat-centered game, THE FINALS. And, although this is a multiplayer game, the game will take advantage of Ray Tracing Global Illumination. Furthermore, it supports NVIDIA’s latest AI tech, DLSS 3.

Forspoken looks noticeably better, runs 15% faster than its launch version

Posted on: 11 Mar 2023

Yesterday, Square Enix released a performance patch for Forspoken on PC. As such, we’ve decided to re-benchmark the game and compare it with its launch version. And yes, this latest version of the game both looks and runs better than its initial launch version.

This Atomic Heart Mod adds rainy overcast weather to the game

Posted on: 11 Mar 2023

Modder ‘Sidiusz’ has released a pretty cool mod for Atomic Heart that adds overcast weather with rain to it. From what I can remember, the game always had sunny weather. There was one scene in which we got some rain effects (at the beginning while flying through clouds), but I really can’t remember any cloudy … Continue reading This Atomic Heart Mod adds rainy overcast weather to the game →

NVIDIA RTX4090 runs Resident Evil 4 Remake Demo with over 90fps at Native 4K/Max Settings/Ray Tracing

Posted on: 11 Mar 2023

A couple of days ago, Capcom released the Chainsaw Demo for Resident Evil 4 Remake on PC. As such, we’ve decided to benchmark it on our main PC system, and share our first PC performance impressions.

Paranormal Tales is a graphically impressive Unreal Engine 5 game

Posted on: 11 Mar 2023

Digital Cybercherries has released an official gameplay trailer for Paranormal Tales, showcasing some of the best visuals we’ve seen in an Unreal Engine 5 game.

Half-Life: Alyx gets a new free DLC-sized Mod, called Re-Education

Posted on: 10 Mar 2023

Annapurna’s Level Designer & Artist, Polygrove, released a free DLC-sized Mod for Half-Life: Alyx, called Re-Education. This mod features a medium-length campaign that will last you around 30 minutes to an hour.

Atomic Heart March 10th Update adds FOV & removes mouse acceleration

Posted on: 10 Mar 2023

Mundfish has released a brand new update for Atomic Heart. According to the release notes, the March 10th Update adds a FOV setting and removes the mouse acceleration. Furthermore, it packs some performance and stability improvements.

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 10 Mar 2023

Last week, KOEI Tecmo released its new action RPG, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. However, the game initially had major mouse issues, which is why we’ve decided to slightly delay our PC Performance Analysis. Thankfully, a couple of days ago, Team Ninja released the first PC update which addressed the awful mouse deadzone issues. As such, … Continue reading Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty PC Performance Analysis →

WILD HEARTS March 10th Update features numerous bug fixes, improvements & balance tweaks

Posted on: 10 Mar 2023

Omega Force has released a new patch for WILD HEARTS that comes with a lot of bug fixes, improvements and balance tweaks. However, according to the release notes, the March 10th Update does not feature any performance optimizations on PC.

Forspoken Update 1.10 brings numerous optimizations, full patch notes

Posted on: 10 Mar 2023

Square Enix has released a brand new update for Forspoken. According to the release notes, Update 1.10 comes with numerous performance improvements and optimizations.