Studio Wildcard will pay modders $4,000 per month in order to complete their mods for ARK: Survival Evolved

Now here is something interesting. Studio Wildcard has revealed that it will be selecting 15 modders each and every month, and will pay them $4,000 in order to complete their mods for ARK: Survival Evolved. Each month, the mods will be evaluated and it will be determined if those modders will continue to be paid for the next month, or if a mod will be dropped from the program and a new one added. Continue reading Studio Wildcard will pay modders $4,000 per month in order to complete their mods for ARK: Survival Evolved

NIXXES on DirectX 12: “DX12 is hard, can be worth the extra effort, but it may not be either”

At this year’s GDC, Jurjen Katsman, CEO of NIXXES Software, talked about DirectX 12 and expressed his opinions about it. As we’ve already said, DX12 is not exactly what it was promised and it appears that Katsman agrees to this. And while he admitted that DX12 can be worth the extra effort, he also claimed that it may not be (at least for some developers). Continue reading NIXXES on DirectX 12: “DX12 is hard, can be worth the extra effort, but it may not be either”

Middle Earth: Shadow of War – Official PC Requirements

Now here is a nice surprise. Warner Bros and Monolith have revealed the official PC requirements for Middle Earth: Shadow of War. According to the PC specs, PC gamers will at least need a modern-day quad-core with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX670 or an AMD Radeon HD 7950. Continue reading Middle Earth: Shadow of War – Official PC Requirements

Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide, has 55 million monthly players

Microsoft has announced that Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide across all platforms. In addition, the publisher revealed that there are 55 monthly players, which is more than 15 million monthly players since last June. Continue reading Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide, has 55 million monthly players

Middle Earth: Shadow of War, sequel to Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, has been officially announced

Warner Bros today announced Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Developed by Monolith Productions, Middle-earth: Shadow of War features an original story with the return of Talion and Celebrimbor, who must go behind enemy lines to forge an army and turn all of Mordor against the Dark Lord, Sauron. Continue reading Middle Earth: Shadow of War, sequel to Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, has been officially announced

New demo released for first-person open-world parkour adventure title, Downward

Caracal Games has released a new demo for Downward. According to the press release, Downward is a first-person open-world parkour adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic world, in which the player must use parkour to traverse the ruins of the game’s world and find answers to this apocalypse. Continue reading New demo released for first-person open-world parkour adventure title, Downward

New Brutal Doom video shows some of the new features from its upcoming v21 version

Modder ‘Sergeant_Mark_IV’ released a new dev diary, showing some of the new features that will be coming in the latest version of Brutal Doom. Brutal Doom v21 will feature green blood for Hell Knights and Barons of Hell, blue blood for the Cacodemon, and an improved blood system. Continue reading New Brutal Doom video shows some of the new features from its upcoming v21 version

3D artist creates an Alien-inspired scene in Unreal Engine 4

3D artist ‘Lucas Josefsson‘ has shared some screenshots from his finished Alien-inspired scene in Unreal Engine 4. According to Lucas, this is a small medical/experiment room where ‘something happened.’ This is a pretty cool scene, so be sure to check it out! Continue reading 3D artist creates an Alien-inspired scene in Unreal Engine 4