Sony Online Entertainment’s new zombie survival MMO, H1Z1, has gotten off to a bit of a rough start. Releasing on Steam Early Access for $20 this week, H1Z1 has seen numerous server issues — rather visible to twitch viewers last night, myself included — but that in and of itself isn’t typically enough to cause a publisher to offer refunds. Especially in an early access title. No, what buyers seem most upset over is the announcement of air drops, which ask players to spend money on air dropped crates filled with supplies. Some of the game’s players perceive the mechanism as pay-to-win. Continue reading SOE Offers Refunds To Disappointed Buyers Over “H1Z1” Air Drops
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GDC State of the Industry: PC Remains Top Platform For Developers, Surpassing Both PS4 & Xbox One
As you may already know, PC gaming is far from dead. In fact, PC gaming was never at the brink of extinction, despite what some publications or erroneous reports claimed a couple of years ago. And today’s GDC’s reports further strengthen the belief that PC gaming is among the healthiest platforms out there. Continue reading GDC State of the Industry: PC Remains Top Platform For Developers, Surpassing Both PS4 & Xbox One
Phil Spencer Claims That Windows 10 Is The Best Operating System Ever Created For Gamers On PC
On January 21st, Xbox boss Phil Spencer will talk about the new operating system that Microsoft is currently working on. According to Spencer, Windows 10 is the best operating system ever created for gamers on the PC, and hinted towards some really interesting – gaming-related – announcements. Continue reading Phil Spencer Claims That Windows 10 Is The Best Operating System Ever Created For Gamers On PC
Grand Theft Auto V – PC Version Sports Increased Draw Distance & Higher Resolution Textures
Yesterday we shared a video comparison between the PC and the PS4 versions of GTA V. While it’s still too early to draw any conclusions, it became quite obvious that the PC version will sport better visuals than the current-gen console versions. Among the upcoming enhancements – that Rockstar has not officially revealed yet – will be higher resolution textures and an increased draw distance (and perhaps more on screen cars and pedestrians). Continue reading Grand Theft Auto V – PC Version Sports Increased Draw Distance & Higher Resolution Textures
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Announced, Powered By Unreal Engine 4, First Screenshots
Focus Home Interactive and Tindalos Interactive officially announced today the development of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, a real time strategy adaptation of Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game for PC. Continue reading Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Announced, Powered By Unreal Engine 4, First Screenshots
Outcast 1.1 – New Update Adds Borderless Fullscreen, Improves Performance & Stability
Fresh3D has released a new update for Outcast 1.1 that improves overall performance and stability, adds support for borderless fullscreen, refactors ingame options menu and implements full support of Steam’s Overlay. As always, this update will be auto-downloaded the next time you launch Steam’s client, and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading Outcast 1.1 – New Update Adds Borderless Fullscreen, Improves Performance & Stability
SOE’s Zombie MMO “H1Z1” Available Now On Steam Early Access
Sony Online Entertainment has announced that its zombie survival MMO set in a post-apocalyptic world is now available on PC to all survivors worldwide through Steam’s Early Access program starting at $19.99 USD. In order to celebrate this launch, SOE has released a new batch of screenshots that can be viewed below. Continue reading SOE’s Zombie MMO “H1Z1” Available Now On Steam Early Access
Assassin’s Creed: Unity – SLI Flickering Fix Found By Users, Still Plagued With Stuttering Issues
Our reader ‘Sean’ shared with us a workaround via which SLI owners can fix the annoying flickering issues that are currently present in Assassin’s Creed: Unity. In case you’re wondering, yes; this workaround is legit as we were able to eliminate all water and ground flickering issues with SLI enabled. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Unity – SLI Flickering Fix Found By Users, Still Plagued With Stuttering Issues
CRYENGINE-powered “SNOW” Enters Closed Beta Phase This March
Poppermost Productions announced today that is upcoming CRYENGINE-powered winter sports game, SNOW, will enter its closed beta phase this March. In order to celebrate this announcement, the studio has released a new trailer that can be viewed below. Continue reading CRYENGINE-powered “SNOW” Enters Closed Beta Phase This March
NVIDIA GTX 970 Owners Report Unusual VRAM Behavior, Unable To Efficiently Allocate More Than 3.5GB
It seems that NVIDIA’s GTX970 series of video cards is currently experiencing an odd VRAM behavior. According to multiple reports, GTX970 users are unable to efficiently use more than 3.5GB of VRAM. That’s a really awkward report, and unfortunately for the green team there are multiple ways to reproduce this current issue. Continue reading NVIDIA GTX 970 Owners Report Unusual VRAM Behavior, Unable To Efficiently Allocate More Than 3.5GB