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Hilarious Times Part #99 – ACU’s Level Design Director Believes That 30FPS Are Better Than 60FPS

It’s no secret that Ubisoft is in trouble with Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s development. The team was originally aiming for a 1080p/60FPS experience on current-gen consoles but as it turns out, these machines are simply not good enough to handle the next Assassin’s Creed game at those settings. As a result of that, Ubisoft decided to drop the resolution to 900p and lock the framerate at 30fps. The French team claimed that this was done for parity reasons on Xbox One and PS4. However, Nicolas Guerin – World Level Design Director on Unity – decided to go one step further in order to justify Ubisoft’s decision by spreading ridiculous PR bu***rap all over our faces. Continue reading Hilarious Times Part #99 – ACU’s Level Design Director Believes That 30FPS Are Better Than 60FPS

The Evil Within – PC Version Officially Locked At 30FPS, Debug Options Will Unlock Framerate & Aspect Ratio

And the moment of truth has arrived. Bethesda has just confirmed that the PC version of The Evil Within will be locked at 30fps, though the company will provide some debug options via which players will be able to unlock the framerate. Now this is good and bad news. Continue reading The Evil Within – PC Version Officially Locked At 30FPS, Debug Options Will Unlock Framerate & Aspect Ratio

Get Even To Be Powered By “Fine-Grained Texture Streaming” Tech

Graphine announced today that, Painkiller: Hell and Damnation developer, The Farm 51 has chosen the Granite SDK to power the graphics of its upcoming sci-fi thriller Get Even. Get Even will be one of the first games to almost exclusively use 3D scans of real-world objects and places in its game world. Continue reading Get Even To Be Powered By “Fine-Grained Texture Streaming” Tech

The Black Glove – New Surrealistic First-Person Game From Ex-Bioshock Devs – Kickstarter Launched

And here is another game from ex-Bioshock developers. Yesterday, Day For Night Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming surrealistic first-person game called The Black Glove. Contrary to The Flame in the Flood, The Black Glove will remind you of Bioshock (there are influences even on the game’s levels, something that will certainly make a lot of Bioshock fans happy). Continue reading The Black Glove – New Surrealistic First-Person Game From Ex-Bioshock Devs – Kickstarter Launched

The Flame in the Flood Announced – New Survival Game From Ex-Bioshock Devs – Kickstarter Launched

The Molasses Flood has announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for The Flame in the Flood; a survival sim that tasks players with rafting down a procedurally-generated river as they scrounge for resources, craft tools, remedy afflictions, evade the vicious wildlife, and most importantly, stay ahead of the coming rains. Continue reading The Flame in the Flood Announced – New Survival Game From Ex-Bioshock Devs – Kickstarter Launched

Alien: Isolation – Modders Re-enable Oculus Rift Support

Well, you gotta love modders. A couple of months ago, SEGA showcased Alien: Isolation via Oculus Rift VR. Disappointingly enough, Creative Assembly dropped – all of a sudden – support for this VR device, meaning that the final version could not be enjoyed with it. Well, thanks to modders, now you can. Continue reading Alien: Isolation – Modders Re-enable Oculus Rift Support

Final Fantasy: Type-0 HD – PC Version Spotted On Amazon Italy [UPDATE]

Let’s get one thing straight; pretty much all of Amazon’s leaks have been confirmed in the past few months. Yes yes, there is still no Halo 3 or Halo: The Master Chief Collection, but we already got GTA V, Mortal Kombat, and a number of other titles that were originally leaked via Amazon. And since Square Enix has been releasing a lot of FF games on the PC lately, we are almost certain that the HD version of Final Fantasy: Type-0 will eventually come to our platform. Continue reading Final Fantasy: Type-0 HD – PC Version Spotted On Amazon Italy [UPDATE]

Rumor: The Evil Within PC May Be Locked At 30FPS

The Evil Within may very well turn into the worst PC game (at least when it comes to the overall quality of the PC version) of 2014. After those ridiculous system requirements, a new rumor arose yesterday, suggesting that the PC version may be locked at 30fps. And what’s even funnier is that Bethesda has not yet commented on those rumors, suggesting that this may very well be legit. Continue reading Rumor: The Evil Within PC May Be Locked At 30FPS