Good news for all Tomb Raider PC fans as Nixxes has released the first patch for it. This is the same patch that was introduced later this week, but was almost immediately taken down due to some stability issues. According to its changelog, this patch addresses some stability and startup issues on machines that have both Intel and NVIDIA graphics hardware, and comes with small improvements to TressFX hair rendering. We should note that SSAA with TressFX enabled brings a significant hit (after this patch) and Nixxes is investigating on it. You can find the complete changelog below and as with most Steam games, Tomb Raider will be auto-patched next time you launch the Steam client! Continue reading Tomb Raider – First PC Update Finally Released→
Even though City Interactive has not revealed the latest sales numbers of Sniper: Ghost Warrior, GameStop revealed that City Interactive’s first sniper title has managed to sell over 3 million copies worldwide. Naturally, this cannot come close to the sales of other triple-A, however we have to keep in mind that City Interactive was never a company as ‘powerful’ as EA or Ubisoft. In other words, it’s a pretty impressive number for a new IP. Continue reading Sniper: Ghost Warrior Sales Are Over 3 Million→
Acid Wizard Studio (a team of 3 people from Poland) has released a pre-alpha gameplay trailer for its upcoming title, Darkwood. According to the team, Darkwood is a top-down, oldschool survival horror set in a procedurally generated, open world, and features RPG and roguelike elements, with intense combat and a eerie atmosphere. Darkwood features a hardcore gameplay as it does not provide hand holding, tooltips or linear paths. Players will have to think, learn and adapt in order to survive. The game also comes with permadeath, meaning that if you die, your saved games will get deleted and you will have to start over. It looks pretty cool, so make sure to watch the trailer below. Continue reading Darkwood – Pre-Alpha Gameplay Trailer→
YouTube’s member ‘luishi5000’ has created a gorgeous outdoor environment with the Outerra Engine. luishi5000 made these structures to show off the potential scale of models in Outerra, and these models have baked in ambient occlusion. The total polygon count on the models (combined) is about ~400,000 (triangles) and this scene runs with 60fps at 1080p with a GTX660Ti. Enjoy! Continue reading Outerra Engine Shows Off Gorgeous Outdoor Environment→
It’s really amazing witnessing such detailed environments from 3D artists that surpass those of triple-A titles. Shaun Baker has created a gorgeous environment that is based on the Aliens franchise, an environment that puts to shame those featured in Aliens: Colonial Marines. Imagine if Gearbox’s title looked like that. Man, now that would be awesome. But anyway, alongside Baker’s shots you can find some more from 3D artists SeanO’Connor, Jackson31, rockstar6, Dommel, vemadesign, cmc444, Mr Smo and Boyo. Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly UDK Gallery [March 3rd – 9th]; this is what Aliens: Colonial Marines should look like→
Today we bring you new shots from 3D artists and CryEngine 3 modders Glode, scotthomer, Rens, chicken, QuadReaktor, ReVan1199, EliteGhost and i59. The highlight of this week is undoubtedly scotthomer’s finished Bioshock environment, as well as Rens’ finished environment based on Bungie’s Halo. These two guys will be featured in the next issue of the online Vertex magazine, so make sure to keep an eye on it. Both scotthomer and Rens proved that CryEngine 3 has a lot of potential, so here is hoping that developers will start taking advantage of it. Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [March 3rd – 9th]; Bioshock & Halo In CryEngine 3→
As said and in the past, we love 2D games. And we are happy to inform you today about an interesting 2D side-scroller RPG called Empire Eden. Empire Eden is being developed by a small trio of dedicated game enthusiasts, a team that has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for its title. This campaign goal’s is $19K and so far it has managed to raise only $1500. The bad news is that it looks interesting and there are still 17 days left to it. Continue reading Empire Eden is an interesting 2D side-scroller ‘Run n Gun’ RPG, Kickstarter ends in 17 days→
Dean “Rocket” Hall has released a new devblog for the standalone version of DayZ, showcasing 20 minutes of gameplay footage. DayZ Standalone features better visuals than its mod counterpart, though we can see all known ‘issues’ that are present in Bohemia’s ArmA titles – like low-res blurry textures at the distance and flickering objects. Naturally, some of them will be ironed while other won’t be fixed or tweaked (a ‘noisy’ texture would be ideal for the distant textures. After all, that was the technique that a lot of Skyrim modders followed in order to provide a better IQ). Still, DayZ is not popular for its visuals, but for its atmosphere and gameplay mechanics. And thankfully, this standalone version looks even better than its mod version. DayZ Standalone is planned for release later this year. Enjoy! Continue reading DayZ Standalone – 20 Minutes Of Gameplay Footage→
The latest issue of EDGE has been sent to subscribers and thankfully, some of them have shared the first information about Konami’s upcoming soccer title. The good news is that the game is based on the FOX Engine, however it is considered now as a new engine due to Konami’s tweaks and enhancements. The game will use a new physics engine and collisions will be better than ever. Konami is aiming for photo-realistic graphics, and the game is built on three pillars. You can view below the first details, as well as the pillars. Let’s hope that the company will unveil more in the next couple of days or weeks. Special thanks to ‘Thomas’ for sending them via email. Continue reading Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 – First Details Revealed→
Project CARS is a beauty to behold. Although its driving mechanics are not up to what we’d expect from such a game (and its physics are worse than those featured in Assetto Corsa), Slightly Mad Studios’ racer is the best looking racing game we’ve ever seen. The company has released a new set of community screenshots, showcasing the game’s visuals in all their glory. Enjoy! Continue reading Project CARS – New Community Mind-Blowing Screenshots Released→
