As we’ve reported back in, Blizzard has added DX12 support to World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth via patch 8.0. However, it appears that the initial DX12 results were not that ideal as DX11 was still outperforming it. Instead of sitting idle, though, Blizzard decided to improve CPU multi-thread under Microsoft’s latest API and its upcoming patch 8.1 will bring significant performance improvements. Continue reading World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth patch 8.1 will significantly improve CPU multi-thread under DX12
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First Intel Core i9 9900K gaming benchmarks published by Intel, appear to be misleading
Intel has published the first gaming benchmarks for its new Intel Core i9 9900K processor, however it appears that these benchies are a bit misleading. These benchmarks were contacted by Principled Technologies and the games that were tested were: Total War: Warhammer 2, Far Cry 5, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Civilization VI, Rainbow Six Siege, PUBG, Rise of the Tomb Raider, WoW: Battle for Azeroth, Fortnite, Forza Motorsport 7, Ashes of the Singularity and Counter Strike GO. Continue reading First Intel Core i9 9900K gaming benchmarks published by Intel, appear to be misleading
Intel 9th generation desktop CPUs will be available on October 19th
Intel has announced that its 9th generation desktop CPUs will be available on October 19th. Unfortunately, the blue team did not release any gaming benchmarks though it claimed that the Intel Core i9 9900K will be the fastest gaming CPU available for purchase. Continue reading Intel 9th generation desktop CPUs will be available on October 19th
Halfquake Trilogy, three Half-Life modifications with 15 hours of gameplay, available for free on Steam
Philipp Lehner has released Halfquake Trilogy on Steam. This combilation of the three Halfquake modifications for Half-Life is available for free to everyone, and comes with roughly 15 hours of gameplay. Continue reading Halfquake Trilogy, three Half-Life modifications with 15 hours of gameplay, available for free on Steam
Shenmue 1 & 2 Remaster beta patch 5 available, fixes lip syncing, improves controls and more
SEGA has released a brand new beta patch for Shenmue 1 & 2 Remaster. According to the release notes, this fifth beta patch improves the MIDI playback for various instances of background music, improves the controls while playing HangOn and Afterburner II, and fixes various issues with lip syncing. Continue reading Shenmue 1 & 2 Remaster beta patch 5 available, fixes lip syncing, improves controls and more
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 may support mods, Treyarch will look at adding support post-launch
Treyarch has announced that while Call of Duty Black Ops 4 will not support mods at launch, it will be looking at adding support after the game’s release. Treyarch claimed that it really values the mod community, though it has not 100% confirmed yet whether Black Ops 4 will indeed support mods or not. Continue reading Call of Duty Black Ops 4 may support mods, Treyarch will look at adding support post-launch
Skybound Games will develop the remaining episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Skybound Games has announced that it has reached a deal with Telltale Games in order to finish all the remaining episodes for The Walking Dead: The Final Season. This is great news for all The Walking Dead fans as they will at least get a proper closure. Continue reading Skybound Games will develop the remaining episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season
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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will not work on CPUs that do not support AVX [UPDATE]
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has been officially released, however it appears that this latest open-world game from Ubisoft will not work on CPUs that do not support AVX. This basically means that the game will not launch at all if you are using an older Intel or AMD CPU that does not support it. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will not work on CPUs that do not support AVX [UPDATE]
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey appears to be selling well on Steam, surpassed Origins concurrent players
It appears that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is selling well on the PC platform. According to Steam’s statistics, its highest concurrent player number has already surpassed the one for Origins, hinting at a better overall launch. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Odyssey appears to be selling well on Steam, surpassed Origins concurrent players
Skyrim High-Quality Textures Pack 2018 available for download, improves numerous textures
Modder ‘Pfuscher’ has released a brand new version of his high quality texture pack for Skyrim Special Edition. This 2018 high quality texture pack replaces numerous textures with better ones, and adds cubemaps to metallic objects. Continue reading Skyrim High-Quality Textures Pack 2018 available for download, improves numerous textures