Kickstarter launched for Solar Warden; space combat game from Star Citizen’s ex-lead technical designer

Polar Zenith has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming six-degrees-of-freedom space combat game, Solar Warden. Solar Warden is being created by the former lead technical designer of Star Citizen and promises to feature an overarching campaign with real-time strategy elements. Continue reading Kickstarter launched for Solar Warden; space combat game from Star Citizen’s ex-lead technical designer

Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter is coming to Steam on April 26th

D3 Publisher has announced that its Earth Defense Force 4.1 THE SHADOW OF NEW DESPAIR 3D top-down shoot ’em up spinoff, Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter, is coming to Steam on April 26th. In it, players will step into the shoes of a soldier in Pale Team, an elite branch of the EDF’s Wing Diver division, and once again fight in the world featured in 4.1. Continue reading Earth Defense Force 4.1 Wingdiver the Shooter is coming to Steam on April 26th

Metro Exodus – Raytracing versus Rasterization comparison video (off-screen)

Last month, 4A Games announced that Metro Exodus will support real-time raytracing thanks to NVIDIA’s RTX. 4A Games will be using true raytracing to render both Ambient Occlusion and Indirect Lighting in full real-time, and the off-screen video below – courtesy of PCGamesHardware – showcases the benefits of it. Continue reading Metro Exodus – Raytracing versus Rasterization comparison video (off-screen)

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA – First beta patch available, contains shader optimizations

NIS America and Nihon Falcom have released the first beta patch for the PC version of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA. As the companies noted, this is a preview of the fixes that the developers are working on, and is not as stable as the default branch (meaning that players may experience some crashes). Continue reading Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA – First beta patch available, contains shader optimizations

Blade Runner scene recreated in Unreal Engine 4, looking better than its CRYENGINE version

As I’m pretty sure you may know, I am a big fan of Blade Runner. After all, my desktop background – as seen in pretty much all PC Performance Analysis articles – is a Blade Runner recreation in CRYENGINE. However, it appears the time to replace has come as Quixel’s 3D Artist and Art Lead, Wiktor Ohman, has recreated a scene from this iconic film in Unreal Engine 4. Continue reading Blade Runner scene recreated in Unreal Engine 4, looking better than its CRYENGINE version

Stormdivers is a new multiplayer-focused game from the creators of Nex Machina & Resogun

Housemarque, developers of Nex Macina and Resogun, has announced its latest game, Stormdivers. Although we don’t have enough details about it, the game will be powered by Unreal Engine 4 and promises to offer a heavy hitting multiplayer centric experience. Continue reading Stormdivers is a new multiplayer-focused game from the creators of Nex Machina & Resogun

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge, Haze and Demon’s Souls running on the PC via the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3

YouTube’s ‘reznoire’ has shared some videos showing Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge, Haze and Demon’s Souls running on the PC thanks to the best Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3. While there are still some minor issues, these three games are completely playable on RPCS3. Continue reading Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge, Haze and Demon’s Souls running on the PC via the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3

Here is an amazing fan remake of Nintendo 64’s Star Wars Rogue Squadron in Unreal Engine 4

YouTube’s ‘Thanaclara’ is currently working on an amazing fan remake of the classic Nintendo 64 Star Wars Rogue Squadron game in Unreal Engine 4. Thanaclara has been working on this project for more than a year and has managed to recreate four levels from the game. However, these levels are not finished and have a lot of placeholders. Continue reading Here is an amazing fan remake of Nintendo 64’s Star Wars Rogue Squadron in Unreal Engine 4

More screenshots released for Assetto Corsa Competizione

KUNOS Simulazioni has shared eleven more screenshots for its new Unreal Engine 4-powered racing game, Assetto Corsa Competizione. Assetto Corsa Competizione is the new official game of the Blancpain GT series, named after world-renowned Swiss watch manufacture Blancpain and organized by SRO Motorsports Group. Continue reading More screenshots released for Assetto Corsa Competizione

The Last of Us now runs on the PC thanks to the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3

The team behind the best Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3, has shared a new video, showing The Last Of Us running on the emulator. What’s really cool here is that while some people were able to go in-game in the previous version of RPCS3, the latest version appears to have greatly improved performance. Continue reading The Last of Us now runs on the PC thanks to the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3