A few days ago, Epic Games’ servers took a big hit after patching them to prevent the Meltdown security issue that affected all Intel’s CPUs. And from the looks of it, Housemarque Games, the studio behind Resogun, Alienation, Matterfall and Nex Machina, is the second developer that has experienced major server issues after patching the Meltdown Intel security flaw. Continue reading Housemarque is the second developer experiencing major performance server issues due to Meltdown
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HTC Vive announces Vive Pro, featuring higher resolution, improved audio & wireless adapter
HTC VIVE announced at this year’s CES new hardware upgrades that deliver premium VR experiences to consumers and enterprises with the introduction of Vive Pro and Vive Wireless Adaptor. In addition, the company debuted new improvements in how VR users discover, experience and acquire VR content through a radical redesign of Viveport VR and Vive Video. These advancements deliver on VR users’ desire for higher resolution, improved audio, greater comfort, wireless freedom and immersive content discovery. Continue reading HTC Vive announces Vive Pro, featuring higher resolution, improved audio & wireless adapter
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the best selling game in the history of PC gaming
For a long time, Minecraft was considered as the best selling PC game of all time. Well, not anymore as Bluehole’s battle royale game has managed to surpass Minecraft’s PC sales. Yeap, as of today, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the best selling game in the history of PC gaming. Continue reading PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the best selling game in the history of PC gaming
First-person sci-fi mystery game, The Station, releases on February 20th
The Station has announced that its first-person sci-fi mystery game, The Station, will release on February 20th. Developed by a team of AAA veterans, including Dave Fracchia, former Studio Head at Activision subsidiary Radical Entertainment, the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning designer Les Nelkin, and BioShock Infinite and League of Legends composer Duncan Watt, The Station promises to take players across the universe and aboard a spacecraft orbiting a vicious alien world. Continue reading First-person sci-fi mystery game, The Station, releases on February 20th
NVIDIA GeForce 390.65 WHQL driver packs security updates for Meltdown/Spectre, adds NVIDIA Freestyle
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 390.65 WHQL driver features security updates for Meltdown/Spectre, and adds support for the NVIDIA Freestyle. In case you weren’t aware of, the NVIDIA Freestyle lets you apply post-processing filters to your games. Continue reading NVIDIA GeForce 390.65 WHQL driver packs security updates for Meltdown/Spectre, adds NVIDIA Freestyle
Rebellion acquires Radiant Worlds, to be renamed to Rebellion Warwick
Rebellion today announced the acquisition of Radiant Worlds, the UK development studio founded in 2013 by industry veterans Andrew Oliver, Philip Oliver and Richard Smithies, for an undisclosed sum. Radiant Worlds comprises a wealth of games industry talent. Its 70 employees have decades of experience across hundreds of titles, adding their industry expertise and creative excellence to Rebellion’s award-winning development teams. Continue reading Rebellion acquires Radiant Worlds, to be renamed to Rebellion Warwick
AMD’s 2nd generation Ryzen CPUs are coming out in April 2018, Vega 7nm GPU launches in 2018
AMD has just unveiled some interesting new information about its 2nd generation Ryzen CPUs, as well as a refresh model for its Vega GPUs. Both Zen+ and Vega 7nm are planned for a 2018 release. And even though we don’t know exactly when Vega 7nm will hit stores, we do know that AMD plans to release its new CPUs in April 2018. Continue reading AMD’s 2nd generation Ryzen CPUs are coming out in April 2018, Vega 7nm GPU launches in 2018
NVIDIA unveils 65 inches HDR gaming monitors with 120Hz GSync tech
At this year’s CES event, NVIDIA unveiled that it’s working on brand new HDR gaming monitors. Called BFGD (Big Format Gaming Displays), these gaming monitors support 4K resolutions, are HDR-ready, come with NVIDIA’s GSync technology and even have NVIDIA SHIELD integrated into them. Continue reading NVIDIA unveils 65 inches HDR gaming monitors with 120Hz GSync tech
This mod for the first classic Mass Effect game removes mouse acceleration, offers proper raw input
Mass Effect fans, here is a must-have mod for you. Modder ‘Methanhydrat’ has released the final version of his Mass Effect Mouse Fix mod. As the title suggests, this mod makes Mass Effect use raw mouse input and removes the game’s mouse acceleration. Continue reading This mod for the first classic Mass Effect game removes mouse acceleration, offers proper raw input
Cloud Imperium responds to Crytek’s lawsuit
Back in December 2017, Crytek sued Cloud Imperium for violating their contract. It took some time but Cloud Imperium has finally responded to this lawsuit. Cloud Imperium has shared the full license agreement which, according to the team, eliminates virtually every claim and remedy Crytek seeks. Continue reading Cloud Imperium responds to Crytek’s lawsuit