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Assassin’s Creed 2 – Overhaul 2.0 mod is now available, comparison shots included

Modder ‘hecumarine’ has released a new version of his Overhaul mod for Assassin’s Creed 2. In case you weren’t aware of, this project is a total texture replacement pack which aims to make the game look as beautiful and realistic as possible while keeping the original feel of the game. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed 2 – Overhaul 2.0 mod is now available, comparison shots included →

AMD sees the biggest quarterly CPU market share increase in recent years according to PassMark’s reports

Back in March, AMD released its new Ryzen CPUs. And while these CPUs under-performed in gaming, they are still considered great CPUs (especially due to their lower prices, at least when compared to Intel’s counterparts). And according to PassMark’s quartely reports, AMD saw in Q3 2017 its biggest market share increase in recent years. Continue reading AMD sees the biggest quarterly CPU market share increase in recent years according to PassMark’s reports →

NVIDIA adds DirectX 12 support for its Fermi GPUs (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 5XX and GTX 4XX series)

A few days ago, we informed you about a new NVIDIA driver that was released and packed some optimization improvements for Lawbreakers’ beta build and for Spider-man: Homecoming VR. However, it appears that this driver also fully enables DirectX 12 on NVIDIA’s older “Fermi” GPUs. Continue reading NVIDIA adds DirectX 12 support for its Fermi GPUs (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 5XX and GTX 4XX series) →

Zelda Ocarina Of Time’s Kakariko Village recreated in Unreal Engine 4, available for download

Back in 2015, CryZENx showcased The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Kakariko Village in Unreal Engine 4. And now, after almost two years of additional work and improvements, CryZENx made this map available to everyone. Continue reading Zelda Ocarina Of Time’s Kakariko Village recreated in Unreal Engine 4, available for download →

SC Revolution – New mod for StarCraft: Brood War improves mechanics, adds new units & abilities

Modder ‘RavenWolf’ has released a new version of his SC Revolution mod for the original StarCraft: Brood War. In case you weren’t aware of, SC Revolution introduces improved mechanics, new units, upgrades and abilities to StarCraft: Brood War, as well as a lot of changes that will improve the gameplay and open new strategies and compositions to fight with. Continue reading SC Revolution – New mod for StarCraft: Brood War improves mechanics, adds new units & abilities →

Lawbreakers – Open beta phase starts today, will last until July 5th

Boss Key Productions has announced that starting today, for the very first time, the PC beta of Lawbreakers is open to all gamers via Steam. The PC beta event ends July 5 at 9 AM PDT and in order to celebrate this open beta phase, Boss Key Productions released a new trailer for Lawbreakers that can be viewed below. Continue reading Lawbreakers – Open beta phase starts today, will last until July 5th →

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition performs somewhere between the GTX1070 & the GTX1080 in a variety of games

PCPer got its hands on an AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and ran some gaming benchmarks on it, and the results were a bit underwhelming. Now as we’ve already said, this graphics card is for workstations and even though AMD has included a gaming mode in its latest drivers for this graphics card, it is slower than the gaming variant that will be coming out in late July. Continue reading AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition performs somewhere between the GTX1070 & the GTX1080 in a variety of games →