We’ve said before and we’ll say it again – CRYENGINE has a lot of potential. And even though we’ve seen a number of small developers creating games via it, most of the triple-A developers seem to be overlooking it. Well, not anymore. Arkane Studios’ HR manager revealed today that the studio is currently developing a new game via Crytek’s engine. Continue reading Arkane Studios will be using CRYENGINE for its next title
A couple of days ago, we informed you about Namco Bandai distributing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in Europe. Naturally, a lot of fans wondered whether CDPR would get – yet again – into trouble for offering a DRM-free version of The Witcher 3. Thankfully, Namco Bandai gave the green light to our beloved Polish guys, meaning that all PC version of The Witcher 3 will be DRM-free from the get-go. Continue reading CD Projekt Reconfirms – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Will Be DRM-Free
Lichdom impressed a lot of people when it was showcased at AMD’s latest press event, and since this is a new game powered by CRYENGINE, we felt the need to ask the studio about some interesting things. One of them was the game’s multicore CPU support to which Charles Hollingsworth, Engineering Director at Xaviant, revealed that there were no significant performance gains while using more than four CPU cores. Continue reading Xaviant: “Going beyond four cores gives diminishing returns”, hints at Lichdom on next-gen consoles
DICE has released a day-one update for the PC version of Battlefield 4/Battlelog. According to its changelog, this update features various improvements for the PC in-game Battlelog, fixes an issue that caused a memory leak, removes the Cancel button for finished Missions, and makes “Play Now” for Squad Deathmatch and Domination to work as intended. This patch will be auto-downloaded from Battlelog and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading Battlefield 4 Gets A Day-One Update On The PC
Techland announced today that its upcoming game, Hellraid, will be released digitally in 2014. The game was originally slated for a 2013 release, however the team is currently hard at work adding new features and game modes for both single-player and co-op. As a result of that, the title will miss its initial release date and will be coming on X360, PS3 and PC next year. Continue reading Techland’s Hellraid Gets Delayed To 2014
Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has exceeded 1.5 million registered players within two months since its launch. As the press release reads, the combined total is across North America, Europe, Japan and PAL territories on both PC and PS3. Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Exceeds 1.5 Million Registered Users
During its Q2 2014 financial call last night, the big publisher revealed that Dragon Age: Inquisition may slip to 2015. Now this isn’t surprising at all as we haven’t get any footage of this upcoming RPG for quite sometime. Not only that, but a gameplay footage is nowhere to be found, suggesting that this RPG is still far from being complete. Continue reading Dragon Age: Inquisition May Slip To 2015, TitanFall Will Remain Exclusive To Xbox One/X360/PC
SEGA has announced that The Typing of the Dead: OVERKILL launched exclusively for PC Digital Download yesterday just in time for Halloween. Developed by Modern Dream with a little help from Hardlight Studios, this adaptation of console gore-fest The House of the Dead: OVERKILL is available for download now and will be priced at £14.99/$19.99/€17.99. The original The House of the Dead: OVERKILL is also included in the package! Continue reading The Typing of the Dead: OVERKILL Announced & Available To Download Now
Splash Damage and Warner Montreal have released the first update for the PC version of Batman: Arkham Origins. According to Splash Damage, this update addresses several issues, including leveling progression not being saved correctly in some cases and Arkham credits not being awarded correctly. As always, this update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client. Splash Damage also promised to release a new update for the console versions of the game at a later date, though there is no ETA. Enjoy! Continue reading Batman: Arkham Origins – First PC Update Releases, Console Update To Follow
And it took him less than a day. Durante – best known for his truly amazing DSFix mod for Dark Souls PC – has released a mod for Deadly Premonition that unlocks its internal resolution. As the modder suggested, this is an alpha version of his mod and only allows – at this state – to set the rendering and display resolutions of the game. Continue reading Durante To The Rescue – Deadly Premonition PC Gets Alpha Mod That Unlocks Resolution