2K Games and Firaxis Games today announced Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide, the expansion pack for 2014’s turn-based strategy title, Civilization: Beyond Earth. Created by Firaxis Games, Rising Tide promises to enhance the Beyond Earth experience by adding a variety of new gameplay capabilities and providing near limitless ways for players to create a new future for humanity on an alien planet. Continue reading Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide Announced, Coming This Fall
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Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide to Be Powered by Umbra’s Cloud Graphics Optimization Software
Umbra announced today that Fatshark has licensed the Umbra SDK to boost the real-time graphics performance of Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide. According to the press release, the game is using the new Stingray game engine developed by Autodesk. Umbra’s occlusion culling technology has been integrated into Stingray to improve visibility optimization. Continue reading Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide to Be Powered by Umbra’s Cloud Graphics Optimization Software
NVIDIA GeForce 352.86 WHQL Driver Releases – Game-Ready Driver for The Witcher 3
The Witcher 3 releases tomorrow and as you may have guessed, NVIDIA has released a new driver focused on this highly anticipated RPG. According to the release notes, this new WHQL comes with SLI support and GeForce Experience 1-click optimizations for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In addition, this new driver features SLI profiles for Magicka 2, Civilization: Beyond Earth and World of Warships. Continue reading NVIDIA GeForce 352.86 WHQL Driver Releases – Game-Ready Driver for The Witcher 3
Grand Theft Auto V – Mod Enables Seamless Buildings Interiors Without Loading
Modder ‘TaazR’ has released a new – and must-have – mod for GTA V that opens up pretty much every interior in the game files with fully functional door. Not only that, but there are also pedestrians inside these buildings. As said, this is a mod you really need to download and shows precisely why we love game mods. Continue reading Grand Theft Auto V – Mod Enables Seamless Buildings Interiors Without Loading
CD Projekt RED removes “PS4 vs PC” Comparison Video, Details Differences Between These Platforms
A couple of hours ago, PCGamesHardware shared a video comparison between the PC and the PS4 versions of The Witcher 3. However, CD Projekt RED got in touch with the German website and removed the video at CD Projekt RED’s request. CD Projekt RED’s ‘Marcin Momot’ revealed this information, and shed some light between the differences between the game’s PC and PS4 builds. Continue reading CD Projekt RED removes “PS4 vs PC” Comparison Video, Details Differences Between These Platforms
Oculus Rift – Recommended Requirements Revealed
Oculus has announced the recommended requirements for the consumer version of its virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift. According to the specs, the Oculus Rift will require (for optimal performance) an NVIDIA GTX970 or an AMD 290 graphics card and an Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater CPU. You can view the complete list of the Oculus Rift’s recommended requirements below. Continue reading Oculus Rift – Recommended Requirements Revealed
Blizzard Bans 100,000 World of Warcraft accounts
Blizzard has apparently hit over 100,000 accounts with bans in a large bot purge. Accounts impacted were detected to be using gameplay automation methods. The ban doesn’t end with hardcore botters either, casual bot users were apparently hit as well. Blizzard classifies any automation of any action as botting and a violation of their Terms of Use agreement. Continue reading Blizzard Bans 100,000 World of Warcraft accounts
Monstrum Releases Next Week
Team Junkfish has announced that its procedurally generated horror game Monstrum will be shipping out of Early Access on the May 20th with its final update. In order to celebrate this announcement, Team Junkfish has also released the launch trailer of Monstrum that can be viewed below. Continue reading Monstrum Releases Next Week
Not A Hero Is Now Available on PC
Roll7 and Devolver Digital announced today that the indie cover-based shooter Not A Hero is now available for PC. In order to celebrate this announcement, Devolver has also released the launch trailer for Not A Hero that can be viewed below. Continue reading Not A Hero Is Now Available on PC
Star Wars Battlefront – Gameplay Footage Will Debut at This Year’s E3
DICE announced today that it will show gameplay footage from Star Wars Battlefront at this year’s E3 event. Naturally, we expect DICE to show Star Wars Battlefront during one – or several – of E3’s press conferences, so it will be interesting to see whether the game’s reveal trailer is close to the actual gameplay. Continue reading Star Wars Battlefront – Gameplay Footage Will Debut at This Year’s E3