Posts by John Papadopoulos:

This “The Last of Us 2”-inspired project in Unreal Engine 4 with Ray Tracing looks amazing

Posted on: 03 Oct 2020

Pasquale Scionti has created a new post-apocalyptic environment in Unreal Engine 4 that is heavily inspired by The Last of Us 2 and The Division 2. Scionti has used real-time ray tracing in order to enhance this environment, as well as Quixel megascans.

Crysis Remastered PC Update 1.2.0 released, brings CPU improvements, full patch notes

Posted on: 02 Oct 2020

Crytek has released the second major update for the PC version of Crysis Remastered. According to the team, Update 1.2.0 brings general CPU improvements and optimizes ray tracing CPU side processing. Crytek claims that more CPU changes will be coming in upcoming patches.

EA teases, most likely, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered

Posted on: 02 Oct 2020

Electronic Arts has shared the following teaser for a new Need for Speed game. From the looks of it, this is the next-gen Need for Speed game that Criterion is working on. Instead, it appears to be the remaster of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit we reported back in August 2020.

Star Wars Squadrons suffers from 30fps animations & 100% CPU usage issues on the PC [UPDATE]

Posted on: 02 Oct 2020

Star Wars Squadrons is now available, however, it appears that the PC version suffers from some optimization issues. The game currently has 30fps animations during both cut-scenes and gameplay sequences. Furthermore, there is a bug/issue that causes the CPU to be used at 100% for the first 5-10 minutes.

Microsoft Flight Simulator has already sold one million copies on the PC

Posted on: 02 Oct 2020

Asobo Studio has announced that Microsoft Flight simulator has already sold over one million copies on the PC. Do note that this number is for sold copies, not for those that have played the game. So yeah, this number does not include the Xbox GamePass users.

Star Wars: Squadrons uses the Denuvo anti-tamper tech

Posted on: 02 Oct 2020

Electronic Arts has just released Star Wars: Squadrons on the PC and we can confirm that the game uses the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. The publisher has not listed Denuvo on the game’s Steam store page, something that could mislead a number of gamers.

NVIDIA Geforce 456.71 HotFix driver resolves Fortnite RTX, G-Sync and Divinity Original Sin 2 issues

Posted on: 02 Oct 2020

NVIDIA has released a new hotfix driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA Geforce 456.71 HotFix driver resolves some Fortnite RTX, G-Sync and Divinity Original Sin 2 issues.

Outriders may release in February 2021 according to its Steam store page

Posted on: 02 Oct 2020

The official Steam store page for Outriders may have leaked its final release date. As we can see, Steam indicates that this new RPG Shooter will release on February 2nd, 2021. February 2nd is a Tuesday, so this looks like a valid date.

World of Warcraft Shadowlands has been delayed

Posted on: 02 Oct 2020

Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft Shadowlands has been delayed. Blizzard was originally planning to release World of Warcraft: Shadowlands on October 27th. However, it appears that the team needs a bit more time in order to further polish it.

Open Beta launched for Hi-Rez’s cross-platform team shooter, Rogue Company

Posted on: 01 Oct 2020

Hi-Rez has announced that the Open Beta phase for its cross-platform team shooter, Rogue Company, has been launched. This F2P game has entered its Open Beta phase, and you can download it for free from Epic Games Store.