Remember that amazing video from CRYENGINE that showcased some impressive real-time physics effects? Well, get ready for a treat as YouTube’s member ’18T220′ has released a tech demo based on it. Since this is a demanding tech demo, 18T220 recommends mid/high end PC’s only. In addition, 18T220 has released a new video from this demo that can be viewed below. Continue reading CRYENGINE – Destruction Playground Tech Demo Available, Shows Impressive Physics In Real-Time
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – GDC 2014 Clip Shows Umbra 3 Optimizations
Sid Spyker has shared a video from CD Projekt RED’s GDC 2014 presentation, in which the company showcased a new gameplay section from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This scene was used to show the improvements to the game’s rendering system that have been implemented thanks to Umbra 3’s middleware. This video will not blow you away but since the game is delayed to 2015, it’s something that most of the game’s fans will appreciate. Enjoy! Continue reading The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – GDC 2014 Clip Shows Umbra 3 Optimizations
Alien: Isolation Is Powered By An In-House Engine, Will Support Multiple CPU Cores, Mantle Support Possible
Our dear friends over at PCGamesHardware have conducted an interview with Creative Assembly, in which the development revealed some new details about its upcoming Alien title. According to Creative Assembly, the team is considering AMD’s new API, Mantle, as it looks very interesting and the game will not support Nvidia’s PhysX. Continue reading Alien: Isolation Is Powered By An In-House Engine, Will Support Multiple CPU Cores, Mantle Support Possible
Dragon Fin Soup – Classic JRPG – Gets New Alpha Gameplay Footage
Grimm Bros has informed us about a new alpha gameplay video for its upcoming classic JRPG, Dragon Fin Soup. Dragon Fin Soup is a classic JRPG style game in development by indie studio Grimm Bros which blends together Tactical Action & Roguelike elements set in a charming, twisted, dark, fairy tale inspired world. It looks beautiful so make sure to watch the video, especially if you adore old-school 16bit JRPGs. Dragon Fin Soup is coming in 2014 to Steam, PC (DRM Free version), Mac, Linux, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, iOS and Android. Enjoy! Continue reading Dragon Fin Soup – Classic JRPG – Gets New Alpha Gameplay Footage
Elite: Dangerous – Premium Beta Kicks Off, Full Premium Beta Phase Starts May 30th
Frontier today announced the delivery date of the next milestone in the development of its forth-coming Elite: Dangerous game. According to the press release, the Premium Beta effectively starts today, with Premium Beta players able to download a single player combat build of the game. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous – Premium Beta Kicks Off, Full Premium Beta Phase Starts May 30th
Microsoft Releases Video Showing Why The Cloud Is Important For Games With Lots Of Physics Effects
Microsoft has released a new video, showing the importance of the cloud in games that are packing a lot of physics effects. This tech demo was showed off at Build 2014 during Steve Guggenheimer’s keynote. In this video, one side is a single computer doing all of the physics calculations real time by itself, the other is a computer taking advantage of remote destruction servers doing those calculations. As noted by Microsoft, this is real-time physics and lighting calculations and not scripted. It looks amazing, though we’d love to know the specs of the PC that was running those physics effects locally. Enjoy! Continue reading Microsoft Releases Video Showing Why The Cloud Is Important For Games With Lots Of Physics Effects
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Two New In-Engine Screenshots Released
Electronic Arts and Bioware have released two additional screenshots for Dragon Age: Inquisition. These new images show off the game’s Exalted Plains of the Dale environment that players will be able to explore. Dragon Age: Inquisition is powered by Frostbite 3 and will be coming on PC, as well as old-gen and current-gen consoles. Enjoy! Continue reading Dragon Age: Inquisition – Two New In-Engine Screenshots Released
Watch_Dogs Gets New Trailer Focused On Consoles, Will Use Full Capabilities Of Both Xbox One & PS4
What is that? A story that mentions consoles on its title? What blasphemy is this? What happened to DSOG? Aside kidding, PCGamesHardware has released the proper trailer of Watch_Dogs that is based on that video that was released earlier this month (you know, the one tagged as PC trailer that drove everyone crazy and started wondering whether the PC version would be better than the console version). Continue reading Watch_Dogs Gets New Trailer Focused On Consoles, Will Use Full Capabilities Of Both Xbox One & PS4
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Officially Revealed, Coming Fall 2014
Gearbox has released a new video in which Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software and Tony Lawrence, general manager of 2K Australia introduce us to the next standalone AAA Borderlands game – Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. This new Borderlands game is planned for release this Fall on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Continue reading Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Officially Revealed, Coming Fall 2014
The Evil Within Gets A PAX East Gameplay Trailer
Bethesda has released the PAX East trailer for The Evil Within, featuring gameplay sequences from this new upcoming horror title. The Evil Within is a survival horror game developed at Tango Gameworks under the direction of renowned game designer and studio head, Shinji Mikami. The game is powered by id Tech 5 and will hit stores on August 26th. Enjoy! Continue reading The Evil Within Gets A PAX East Gameplay Trailer