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Arkane Studios claims that the PC launch of Prey won’t be plagued by performance issues

As you may already know, Dishonored 2 won our “least most optimized PC game of 2016” award. Powered by the Void Engine, Dishonored 2 performs horribly on the PC platform. Naturally, PC gamers got a bit worried about the next game that Arkane Studios is currently working on, Prey. However, Creative Director Raphael Colantonio claimed that Prey won’t suffer similar performance issues on the PC. Continue reading Arkane Studios claims that the PC launch of Prey won’t be plagued by performance issues

Rumour: Resident Evil 2 Remake demo may be included in Resident Evil 7

Rumour alert everyone; it appears that a demo for the upcoming remake of Resident Evil 2 may be included in Resident Evil 7. As the title suggests, this is a rumour, therefore we strongly suggest taking everything you are about to read with a grain of salt. Continue reading Rumour: Resident Evil 2 Remake demo may be included in Resident Evil 7

Mass Effect: Andromeda – PC version to be showcased at NVIDIA’s CES 2017 keynote next Wednesday

The official Twitter account for Mass Effect has just revealed that it will showcase Mass Effect: Andromeda at NVIDIA’s CES 2017 keynote. And given the fact that this is NVIDIA we’re talking about, we expect BioWare to showcase the PC version of this upcoming Mass Effect title. Continue reading Mass Effect: Andromeda – PC version to be showcased at NVIDIA’s CES 2017 keynote next Wednesday

NVIDIA’s Quadro P6000 reported to be running HITMAN in 4K with more than 60fps, more powerful than Titan X Pascal

Back in October, NVIDIA launched the Quadro P6000 and P5000 solutions for workstation and professional users. A few days ago, HotHardware benchmarked this new graphics cards. And from the looks of it, the new NVIDIA Quadro P6000 outperforms the Titan X Pascal in both 3DMark and HITMAN. Continue reading NVIDIA’s Quadro P6000 reported to be running HITMAN in 4K with more than 60fps, more powerful than Titan X Pascal

The original POSTAL goes open source

Running With Scissors announced today the release of the source code for its Robotron-inspired isometric shooter POSTAL to the public. POSTAL was an instant hit, grabbing the attention of gamers, parents and politicians across the country, and Running With Scissors has been supporting and updating it ever since. But now, it’s time to go one step ahead and release its source code to the public. Continue reading The original POSTAL goes open source

Microsoft appears to be working on a “Game Mode” for Windows 10 that will improve performance

It appears that Microsoft is working on a “Game Mode” for Windows 10 that will improve performance while playing games. According to WindowsCentral, this mode is featured in the recently leaked build 14997, although it isn’t working yet, and will be available very soon to Insiders. Continue reading Microsoft appears to be working on a “Game Mode” for Windows 10 that will improve performance

Resident Evil 7 Demo – New patch improves HBAO+ performance, adds support for CPUs without SSE4.1

Capcom has released a patch for the PC demo of Resident Evil 7. According to the release notes, this patch adds support for CPUs without SSE4.1 (AMD Phenom and Intel Core2 series) and improves HBAO+ performance. Continue reading Resident Evil 7 Demo – New patch improves HBAO+ performance, adds support for CPUs without SSE4.1

Here are the five most unoptimized PC games of 2016

We’ve already shared our list of our top 10 most optimized PC games of 2016, however we thought it would be cool to also share a list with the most unoptimized PC games of 2016. As always, we judge games based on their PC performance optimizations. As such, the games that are listed are not necessary bad games; they simply perform poorly on the PC platform. Continue reading Here are the five most unoptimized PC games of 2016