Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes today released the third episode of the six part making-of series that will become available over the course of the next months until the release. In this installment the developers from Piranha Bytes speak about the new animation system that was created for Risen 2. Among other things, the developers reveal why the old animation system was completely replaced and what that meant for development, and how different combat animations are combined to create a combo attack. Risen 2 is slated for a 2012 release on current generation consoles and PC! Continue reading Risen 2: Dark Waters – Third ‘Making of’ Video→
Slightly Mad Studios has released some brand new screenshots from their upcoming community-based racing sim game, Project CARS. The following images were captured by the game’s team members and show off the cars and tracks that are available in the current development builds of Project CARS. You should also keep in mind that the screenshots show purely in-game graphics as Project CARS does not have a dedicated photo mode that applies any kind of post-rendering or filters. In other words, what you see is what you get. Enjoy! Continue reading New Project CARS Screenshots→
Focus Home Interactive has released a new trailer for their upcoming Game of Thrones RPG that brings us to the troubled waterside town of Riverspring and Sarwyck Keep, the home of its ruling family. A vacant lordship and civil unrest greet Alester Sarwyck, one of the game’s two main characters, as he returns home after a fifteen-year self-imposed exile. He arrives as the town mourns the passing of his father, the elder Lord Sarwyck, forcing Alester to consider reclaiming rule of Riverspring and restoring order to his lordship. Continue reading Game of Thrones RPG – Riverspring Trailer→
Firebase Industries has released the first screenshots from the PC version of their indie game, Orbitron: Revolution. Orbitron: Revolution was previously available exclusively on XBLA and was running at 30fps. Naturally, the PC version was rewritten to accomodate with 60fps and Firebase aims to deliver an excellent PC version of their game and not a straight conversion of the Xbox 360 version. No release date has been announced as of yet. Continue reading First Orbitron: Revolution PC Screenshots Released→
Dreampainters,an Italian indie team, sent us word about their new 3D adventure game, called Anna. The team is set up by Simone “Karat45” Tagliaferri (design), Davide “3David” Del Sorbo (graphics) and the rest Dreampainters team (programming). And although I’m not a real fan of adventure games, I’m shocked at the screenshots that accompanied Dreampainters’ mail. Make no mistake, this is a gorgeous looking game and it’s amazing what the team has managed to achieve. Continue reading PC gamers, meet Anna; a brand new 3D adventure game with amazing graphics→
As promised, Bethesda has released Skyrim’s 1.4 update on Steam, meaning that it is currently available to everyone. In addition to bug and quest fixes, 1.4 adds launcher support for the Skyrim Workshop. Bethesda is currently putting the final touches on the Creation Kit and Skyrim Workshop and will be up pretty soon. You can view the entire changelog of this update after the jump and, as always, this patch will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client. Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Patch 1.4 Is Live On Steam→
As we told you a couple of days ago, Croteam was working on a new update for Serious Sam 3 and… well… it has finally been released on Steam. This new patch is massive and fixes lots of issues, proving that Croteam is dedicated to the PC version of their little gem, even though they are currently working on the console versions of Serious Sam 3. As always, the update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view its huge changelog after the jump. Continue reading Massive Serious Sam 3: BFE Update Released→
Warner Bros and DC Entertainment announced that Gotham City Impostors will be available beginning February 7th on Windows PC and on February 8th on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE. Gotham City Impostors is a download only first person shooter title where up to 12 players battle for control of an unhinged Gotham City overrun by impostors inspired by the DC Comics characters Batman and The Joker. Continue reading Gotham City Impostors Release Date Announced→
Earlier yesterday we posted the first screenshots of Assetto Corsa, the new racing sim game from KUNOS Simulazioni. Well, the company has released some additional screenshots that can be viewed bellow. Assetto Corsa is a new DirectX 11 based racing game for Windows, expected to be released in 2012. Assetto Corsa is being designed to provide a very realistic driving experience, with single player and multiplayer options, officially licensed cars and tracks developed using Laser scan technology, and the highest level of accuracy possible in reproducing real world motor racing environments. Continue reading More Assetto Corsa Screenshots→
This is simply too good to pass by. AMD has released a DX11 tech demo for its new GPU 7900 series that looks phenomenal. The tech demo is a proof-of-concept technology, with the aim to demonstrate certain rendering methods at run-time.The two main points here are the use of hardware managed virtual texturing (PRT) and? forward rendering pipeline with compute shader based light occlusion, that allows application of hardware MSAA by avoiding the pitfalls of the deferred rendering. And it looks pretty amazing. Enjoy and let’s hope that someone would actually put in good use AMD’s latest GPUs! Continue reading AMD Radeon HD 7900 series brings us closer to Pixar quality graphics; behold ‘Leo’ DX11 Tech-demo→
