Stardock announced today that the fifth beta build for Galactic Civilizations III is now available, adding much-requested features to Stardock’s epic sci-fi 4X. As the press release reads, custom faction creation has been added, and allows players to choose from dozens of abilities, technology focuses, and starship styles. Continue reading Galactic Civilizations III – Beta 5 Now Available, Full Game Releases This May
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F1 2015 – First Details & Screenshots Unveiled, Releases This June
Codemasters today announced that F1 2015, the official video game of the 2015 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, will release in June 2015 and be distributed by BANDAI Namco in EMEA territories. F1 2015 is set to take gamers closer to the real-world experience of racing in the world’s most glamorous, exciting and prestigious motorsport thanks to a brand new version of Codemasters’ proprietary EGO game engine. Continue reading F1 2015 – First Details & Screenshots Unveiled, Releases This June
3DMark API Overhead Feature Test Now Available – First DirectX 12 Application Test
Futuremark has released the first application test via which PC users can measure the performance differences between DirectX 12, DirectX 11 and AMD’s Mantle API. Via this test, PC users can get an idea of the benefits they’ll be getting – on their particular PC system – from the CPU-side improvements of DirectX 12. Continue reading 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test Now Available – First DirectX 12 Application Test
Halo Online Revealed – Free-To-Play FPS Exclusively for the PC, Powered by Reworked Halo 3 Engine
Syber Interactive Studio and publisher Innova revealed today a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter based on the Halo franchise, called Halo Online. Halo Online will be coming exclusively on the PC, is powered by a reworked version of the Halo 3 Engine, and will be coming to Russia (though a European release is not excluded as of yet). Continue reading Halo Online Revealed – Free-To-Play FPS Exclusively for the PC, Powered by Reworked Halo 3 Engine
Dungeons of Aledorn – Old School Hardcore RPG Featuring Turn-Based Combat System
Team 21 has informed us about a spiritual successor to the old-school hardcore RPG/Dungeon Crawler masterpieces, called Dungeons of Aledorn. Dungeons of Aledorn combines a tactical combat system and a first person view in order to explore its world, and has a Kickstarter campaign that ends in 16 days. Continue reading Dungeons of Aledorn – Old School Hardcore RPG Featuring Turn-Based Combat System
Melancholy Republic – 16bit JRPG That Promises to Be A “Heartbreaking Tragedy”
Kelly McGuire has informed us about a JRPG she’s been working on – as a co-writer and editor – called Melancholy Republic. Melancholy Republic is being developed by Cloud Runner Studios, aims to be a 16-bit JRPG cinematic story driven game, and there is a Kickstarter campaign for it that ends in 16 days (aiming to raise £15K in total). Continue reading Melancholy Republic – 16bit JRPG That Promises to Be A “Heartbreaking Tragedy”
Brutal Half-Life – Brutal Mod Inspired by Brutal Doom – Beta 0.1 Now Available
Half Life fans, get ready for a treat. Last week, the first public beta version of Brutal Half Life got released. This beta release of the mod inspired by Brutal Doom packs custom gibs, and offers the ability to dismember enemies. In addition, new blood sprites and decals have been added. Continue reading Brutal Half-Life – Brutal Mod Inspired by Brutal Doom – Beta 0.1 Now Available
Battlefield: Hardline Plagued By “Tages-Like” DRM, Game Locks Due to Hardware Changes
Back in 2012, Ubisoft was criticized for the DRM system used in Anno 2070; a really annoying DRM that locked the game whenever there was a certain number of hardware changes made to a computer (like changing your graphics cards). Obviously, this draconical DRM frustrated everyone and it appears that Visceral’s latest Battlefield game is plagued by a similar DRM. Continue reading Battlefield: Hardline Plagued By “Tages-Like” DRM, Game Locks Due to Hardware Changes
Heroes of the Storm – Latest Update Adds a Number of New Features
Blizzard announced that a new patch has been released for Heroes of the Storm. Heroes of the Storm is a free-to-play online team brawler starring Blizzard’s characters and according to the team, a number of new features have now been added to Heroes of the Storm with today’s patch. This patch will be auto-downloaded from Battlenet, and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading Heroes of the Storm – Latest Update Adds a Number of New Features
NVIDIA PhysX FleX v0.25 Sample Demo Available for Download
NVIDIA users, here is something for you today. Remember those amazing FleX effects we featured a while back? Well, today you can get a taste of them yourselves as you can download a standalone sample tech demo. Continue reading NVIDIA PhysX FleX v0.25 Sample Demo Available for Download