The Khronos Group announced today the immediate availability of the Vulkan 1.0 royalty-free, open standard API specification. As the press release reads, Vulkan provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to graphics and compute on modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices from PCs and consoles to mobile phones and embedded platforms. Continue reading Vulkan 1.0 Has Been Officially Launched
Elite Dangerous: Arena Is Now Available
Frontier announced today the release of Elite Dangerous: Arena on the PC. Elite Dangerous: Arena is basically the PVP mode of Elite Dangerous, re-packaged into a standalone product. In order to celebrate this announcement, Frontier has also released a new trailer for Elite Dangerous: Arena that can be viewed below.
All players who own Elite Dangerous or Elite Dangerous: Horizons will already have access to it the PVP mode, and will be able to play against those owning Elite Dangerous: Arena.
As Frontier noted:
“This will open Elite Dangerous to a whole new group of players, all of whom you can play against in the Close Quarter Combat Championships (CQC) in Arena mode in Elite Dangerous and Elite Dangerous: Horizons. So if you haven’t played CQC already we have a number of challenges starting today that you can join in with.”
Elite Dangerous: Arena is available to new players right now on Frontier’s store and on Steam for £4.99/$7.49.
Enjoy!
F1 2015 Will Receive A DirectX 12 Patch In The Future
Back in January, we informed you about Codemasters’ EGO Engine 4.0 supporting Microsoft’s new API, DirectX 12. And today, Codemasters’ Lozzy confirmed that F1 2015 will receive a DX12 patch in the future. Continue reading F1 2015 Will Receive A DirectX 12 Patch In The Future
Forza Horizon 3, Gears Of War 4 & Scalebound Rumoured To Be Coming To PC As Windows 10 Exclusives
It appears that more and more Xbox One exclusive titles are planned for a PC release. According to the latest rumours, Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Horizon 3 will be coming to the PC as Windows 10 exclusive titles. Not only that, but if Gamespot’s little “error” is anything to go by, Gears of War 4 and Scalebound will be also coming to the PC. Continue reading Forza Horizon 3, Gears Of War 4 & Scalebound Rumoured To Be Coming To PC As Windows 10 Exclusives
Geforce 361.91 WHQL Driver Now Available, Game Ready Driver For Street Fighter V & HITMAN Beta
NVIDIA has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to its changelog, this is the game-ready driver for ARMA 3, Street Fighter V, Monster Hunter Online, and the beta build of HITMAN. Continue reading Geforce 361.91 WHQL Driver Now Available, Game Ready Driver For Street Fighter V & HITMAN Beta
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition Is Coming To Steam On February 23rd
Square Enix today announced that Hitman GO: Definitive Edition will be releasing for Steam on February 23rd in North America, and February 24th in European territories. In order to celebrate this announcement, Square Enix released the first screenshots from this Definitive Edition that can be viewed below. Continue reading Hitman GO: Definitive Edition Is Coming To Steam On February 23rd
The Sims 4, XCOM 2 & Rainbow Six: Siege Are This Week’s Best Selling PC Games
The latest PC UK retail, Steam Digital and Green Man Gaming charts have been revealed and as we can see, The Sims 4, XCOM 2 & Rainbow Six: Siege are this week’s best selling games in UK, on Steam and on GMG. You can view the full charts after the jump! Continue reading The Sims 4, XCOM 2 & Rainbow Six: Siege Are This Week’s Best Selling PC Games
DOOM Alpha Leaked Online – New Details About Gameplay, Demon Classes & Modding
It appears that the alpha version of DOOM has been leaked online and alongside this leak, some new information about the game has surfaced. According to the new information, DOOM is internally named Zion and its engine has a similar architecture to Doom 3’s. Moreover, it has been revealed that some modding tools – apart from the SnapMap – were found. These tools were named idStudio, and it’s not clear yet whether they will be released to the public. Continue reading DOOM Alpha Leaked Online – New Details About Gameplay, Demon Classes & Modding
Knights Of The Old Republic Gets Fan Treatment, Unreal Engine 4-powered Remake Under Development
KOTOR fans, get ready for a treat. Poem Studios is currently working on a fan remake/reboot of Knights of the Old Republic in Unreal Engine 4. According to the team, this game will be 100% free, will be called Apeiron, and is described as a remake and remastering of the original game with added content, new worlds, missions, HUD, inventory, items, and compainions. Continue reading Knights Of The Old Republic Gets Fan Treatment, Unreal Engine 4-powered Remake Under Development
DOOM – Spoilers – New Information Revealed About Visuals, Monsters, Levels & NPCs
Doomworld’s member ‘MrDope‘ has been digging into the alpha files, and has uncovered some new information about id Software’s upcoming DOOM game. Given the fact that some monsters have not been officially unveiled yet (and some maps may spoil various scenarios), we’re warning you that there might be some spoilers. Continue reading DOOM – Spoilers – New Information Revealed About Visuals, Monsters, Levels & NPCs