Remember Treyarch’s promises about an unlocked FOV for Black Ops 2 and unlimited FPS? Well, it seems that won’t be the case as Treyarch’s PC Community Manager has just revealed that the max FOV will be 80 and there won’t be any option to further raise it. According to the CM, Treyarch experienced technical issues and that’s why they could not offer a higher FOV. Guess the move to the DX11 renderer was not as ideal as they were hoping to, right? It’s also ironic that Treyarch talks about technical limitations, as it’s proven that a FOV change can be easily achieved even by third-party, fan made tools. Continue reading Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PC – FOV Is Locked At 80, Ranked Matches Capped at 120fps [UPDATE]→
Meteor Entertainment announced the launch date for the second closed beta phase of free-to-play mech title, Hawken. Hawken is the upcoming first person mech shooter developed by Adhesive Games and if you missed piloting your mech in the closed beta event the weekend of October 26th, you will be delighted to hear that the second closed beta will run from Thursday November 8th to Tuesday November 13th. Continue reading Hawken – Second Closed Beta Dated, Presale Bundle Packages Revealed→
The latest Top 10 PC charts have been revealed and as we can see, Football Manager 2013 is dominating Steam’s digital and UK’s retail PC charts. SEGA’s new soccer manager has just been released and – as it was expected – sells like hot cakes. What’s also interesting here is that Focus Home Interactive’s farming game, Farming Simulator 2013 is at the second place of the UK PC retail charts, surpassing titles like The Sims 3, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Guild Wars 2 and WoW: Mists of Pandaria. Need For Speed: Most Wanted has also entered the charts and is placed in the eight place, while Euro Truck Simulator 2 has lost 8 places and is now in the last place of this week’s charts. Continue reading Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [October 28th – November 3rd]→
Deep Silver today revealed more details about the fifth character and one of the locations in Dead Island Riptide, the next installment in the series. According to the press release, John Morgan is the new, fifth playable character in Dead Island Riptide that can join the team in addition to the protagonists from the original game. Continue reading Dead Island: Riptide – New Details & Screenshots Unveiled→
THQ has announced that Metro: Last Light, Company of Heroes 2 and South Park: The Stick of Truth will get delayed. According to the publisher, Metro: Last Light and COH2 are currently planned for a March 2013 release (both of them were meant to hit streets this January). South Park: The Stick of Truth, on the other hand, will get delayed a whole year, as it’s now scheduled for a 2014 release. Continue reading Metro: Last Light & Company of Heroes 2 delayed to March 2013, South Park: The Stick of Truth delayed to 2014→
A lot of gamers are anxiously waiting for the next-generation consoles, but did you know that current high-end PCs might be more powerful than both X720 and PS4. Of course you did, as this is something we’ve covered in the past. High-end PCs are currently way ahead of anything you can imagine, and let’s not forget that by the time X720 and PS4 hits streets, Nvidia and AMD will have unleashed even more powerful GPUs. Continue reading Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts: Current top-end PCs are more powerful than next-gen consoles→
Electronic Arts has announced that 20 million users have registered and played its free-to-play version of Need For Speed. In addition, and after a six year absence from the Need for Speed franchise and in popular demand from the community, Drag Mode makes a triumphant debut in Need for Speed World. To really kick-start Drag Mode, fans can visit the Car Dealer and hop into the driver’s seat of two brand-new rides tuned specifically for drag racing, the Toyota Supra “Street Mod” Drag Edition and the Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake “Pro Stock” Drag Edition! Continue reading Need For Speed World Hits 20 Million Registered Users, Drag Mode Introduced→
DICE today announced that fans can download a free PC copy of Battlefield 1942 exclusively on Origin, in celebration of the ten year anniversary of the Battlefield series and Battlefield 3 Premium surpassing 2 million members worldwide since its debut in June. Continue reading Battlefield 1942 Is Now Available For Free→
WMD’s member ‘Halcyon’ has informed us about his latest community trailer for Slightly Mad Studios’ racer, Project CARS. This new trailer is focused on the multiplayer aspect of the game, showcasing what players can expect from this mode of pCars. The highlight of this video is undoubtedly Halcyon’s comment at the 00:23 mark. Project CARS is currently planned for a 2013 release on PC, X360, PS3 and WiiU. Enjoy! Continue reading Project CARS – Multiplayer Teaser – Community Trailer By Halcyon→
Remember those rumors about the Dragonborn DLC for Skyrim? Well, it appears they were valid as Bethesda has officially announced this new content, coming to Xbox Live on December 4th. Yes yes, platform exclusivity once again. You saw that coming, didn’t you? Oh well. The good news here is that dragon mounting will be featured, something that is showcased on the trailer itself. And spears. And pretty much everything that was hinted back in October. Hooray. Enjoy! Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dragonborn DLC Officially Announced→
