id Software’s Lead Renderer Programmer, Tiago Sousa, has shared some interesting tech details about Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. According to Sousa, Wolfenstein 2 sports almost 30X more drawcalls than DOOM, something that could explain why this game is a bit more demanding that it. Continue reading Wolfenstein 2 tech details: +30k drawcalls & up to +6 million triangles per frame, volumetric fog, tessellated water surface and more
Monster Hunter World won’t feature any micro-transactions or loot boxes
Micro-transactions and loot boxes are here to stay. Middle-earth: Shadow of War has them, Call of Duty: WWII has them, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 has them. To put it simple, every damn game these days has some sort of micro-transactions. As such, it’s quite refreshing hearing that a new game won’t feature any of it. Continue reading Monster Hunter World won’t feature any micro-transactions or loot boxes
Assassin’s Creed Origins – Patch 1.03 improves performance by up to 16% on Intel’s hexa-core CPUs
Ubisoft has just released a new patch for Assassin’s Creed Origins, claiming that it improves overall stability and performance. And we are happy to report that Ubisoft has delivered. This latest patch has improved the game’s performance by up to 16% on our Intel hexa-core CPU, and resolved all of our stuttering issues. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Origins – Patch 1.03 improves performance by up to 16% on Intel’s hexa-core CPUs
Assassin’s Creed Origins first patch improves stability & performance, brings numerous gameplay fixes
Ubisoft has just released the first patch for Assassin’s Creed Origins. This patch will update your game’s version to 1.03, and is 1.35Gb in size. According to the release notes, this patch improves stability and performance, so we’ll be sure to re-test the game. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Origins first patch improves stability & performance, brings numerous gameplay fixes
Batman: Arkham City – New Fan HD Texture Pack is now available, comparison screenshots
Back in October, we informed you about a fan Texture Pack for Batman: Arkham Asylum. Created by GPUnity, this pack improved a lot of the game’s textures. However, GPUnity has been also working on a texture pack for Arkham City. And yesterday, the modder released a brand new version of it. Continue reading Batman: Arkham City – New Fan HD Texture Pack is now available, comparison screenshots
Nioh: Complete Edition gets an official PC trailer
KOEI Tecmo and Team Ninja have released an official trailer for the PC version of Nioh: Complete Edition. Nioh takes place in Japan and players assume the role of a traveller. The traveller must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks. Continue reading Nioh: Complete Edition gets an official PC trailer
NieR Automata was originally meant to be a PC exclusive title
NieR Automata is one of the very few games that lacked any post-release support on the PC. Square Enix and PlatinumGames have not released ANY PC patch for this particular game. However, and what’s really interesting, is that PlatinumGames originally planned to release it exclusively on the PC. Continue reading NieR Automata was originally meant to be a PC exclusive title
This Land is My Land is a new Western open-world PC game, first screenshots & details
Game Labs has announced that it is working on a Western open-world third-person game for the PC, called This Land is My Land. This Land is My Land a single player open world stealth action game with a living hostile environment. Continue reading This Land is My Land is a new Western open-world PC game, first screenshots & details
Super Mighty Power Man is a Mega Man-inspired game, coming to the PC
Box Hedge Games has announced that it is working on a genuine 2D action?platformer reminiscent of video games from the late 80’s and early 90’s, called Super Mighty Power Man. According to the press release, Super Mighty Power Man will be like games found on the NES console when fun was more than QTE, lengthy tutorials, and never?ending cinematics. Continue reading Super Mighty Power Man is a Mega Man-inspired game, coming to the PC
Fortnite patch 1.8.1 releases tomorrow, brings optimization and performance improvements
Epic Games has announced that the Fortnite patch 1.8.1 will come out tomorrow, featuring various optimization and performance improvements. According to the release notes, the Fortnite patch 1.8.1 improves point light shadow rendering performance on both consoles and PC. Continue reading Fortnite patch 1.8.1 releases tomorrow, brings optimization and performance improvements