The Astronauts’ Adrian Chmielarz told Eurogamer that the updated UE4 version of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a few weeks away. Originally developed on Unreal Engine 3, The Astronauts decided to port it to Epic’s new engine as a means of bringing this game to current-gen consoles. And in order to thank PC gamers, The Astronauts decided to give away this new updated version completely free to all owners of the game. Continue reading The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – Unreal Engine 4 Free Update Build “A Few Weeks Away”
Ubisoft Gives Full Freedom To Its Studios For Developing Low Cost Games
There are a lot of players that currently hate Ubisoft. I mean, who can blame PC gamers for Assassin’s Creed: Unity and Watch_Dogs? And let’s not forget the latest controversy surrounding The Division’s visuals. However, it appears that this whole criticism has actually improved things. Or at least that’s what we get as Ubisoft’s CEO told TheGuardian that its approach to showing off pre-release games has changed. Continue reading Ubisoft Gives Full Freedom To Its Studios For Developing Low Cost Games
The Sims 4, ARK: Survival Evolved & Galactic Civilizations III 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, ARK: Survival Evolved & Galactic Civilizations III 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, ARK: Survival Evolved & Galactic Civilizations III Are This Week’s Best Selling PC Games
AMD Ceases Further Mantle Optimizations For Future Graphics Cards
With Vulkan and DX12 just around the corner, it appears that AMD has officially stopped working on its low-level API, Mantle. While the red team will not be dropping Mantle support for its GCN graphics cards, it has ceased all further Mantle optimizations for its future GPUs. Continue reading AMD Ceases Further Mantle Optimizations For Future Graphics Cards
Unreal Engine 4 Gets Lovely Fan-Made Real-Time Tech Demo
MARZA ANIMATION PLANET has released a video, showing an incredible real-time tech demo for Unreal Engine 4. This tech demo’s environment is based on Epic’s open-world forest assets that were released a while back. MARZA ANIMATION PLANET has also introduced a highly detailed little dragon, so it will be interesting to see whether developers will be able to offer a Spyro-like game with this kind of visuals. Enjoy! Continue reading Unreal Engine 4 Gets Lovely Fan-Made Real-Time Tech Demo
DOOM Will Feature More Varied Environments Than Doom 3, Won’t Take Itself Seriously
In an interview with METRO’s GameCentral, the executive producer of DOOM, Marty Stratton, revealed some new information about id Software’s upcoming shooter. According to Marty, this new DOOM game won’t take itself as seriously as Doom 3. And while some horror elements are present, the game won’t follow Doom 3’s route. Continue reading DOOM Will Feature More Varied Environments Than Doom 3, Won’t Take Itself Seriously
Kingdom Come: Deliverance – New Beautiful Screenshots From Latest Alpha Version
Warhorse has released a new build for its backers and NeoGAF’s member ‘Denton‘ has shared some screenshots from it. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is powered by CRYENGINE and targets a 2016 release on the PC. Enjoy! Continue reading Kingdom Come: Deliverance – New Beautiful Screenshots From Latest Alpha Version
NVIDIA Hairworks Version 1.1 Showcased, Using 500K Hair & Rendered On A Single GTX980
NVIDIA has released a new video, showing long Hair being simulated and rendered in real-time using NVIDIA HairWorks 1.1. The High Quality version is using roughly 500k hair. This video was captured by Tarkan Sarim and was recorded on a GTX980 with Shadowpla. Enjoy! Continue reading NVIDIA Hairworks Version 1.1 Showcased, Using 500K Hair & Rendered On A Single GTX980
Grand Theft Auto V – Gionight Shows Beautiful Modded Screenshots
Gionight, best known for his incredible modded screenshots for Skyrim, has been experimenting with ENBSeries for GTA V and released his first set of screenshots. As Gionight noted, this is still a WIP project, therefore there are bound to be changes between this version and his final one. Enjoy! Continue reading Grand Theft Auto V – Gionight Shows Beautiful Modded Screenshots
Hitman – Leaked Screenshots & Animated GIFs From Closed Alpha
According to reports, a closed alpha phase for the new Hitman game is currently under way and some screenshots and animated GIFs have already been leaked. Hitman is described as a live and ever-expanding world of assassination, a digital experience that will continue to grow, deepen and evolve over time, where players perform contract hits on powerful, high profile targets in exotic locations around the world. The first public build of the game is planned for a December 8th release. Enjoy and kudos to Reddit’s ‘Burrito-mancer‘ for revealing them! Continue reading Hitman – Leaked Screenshots & Animated GIFs From Closed Alpha