Tomb Raider Was Originally Titled As Tomb Raider: Ascension, Featured Demons & Giants, Artworks Leak

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We seriously love this kind of leaks. DevianArt’s Tomb-Raider-Empire has leaked some interesting artworks and a video from an early build of the newly released Tomb Raider game, showcasing some of the enemies and abilities of Lara’s that were not included in the final build. According to the artworks and the leaked video, the new Tomb Raider game was originally meant to be called Tomb Raider: Ascension, featured demons and giants similar to those of Shadows of Colossus, and Lara could horseback-ride during a mission. Moreover, a little girl was meant to be included as a gameplay companion, and there was a flamethrower as one of Lara’s weapons. Sounds closer to a Resident Evil/Shadow of Colossus mix than what we got, right? Kudos to NeoGAF user ‘Larson Conway’ for spotting it. In other news, our Performance Analysis will go live tomorrow so stay tuned for it! Continue reading Tomb Raider Was Originally Titled As Tomb Raider: Ascension, Featured Demons & Giants, Artworks Leak

Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [March 10th – 16th]

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CryEngine fans, today we bring you new shots from the works of kadeschui, JustGarry, , iSqueezee, Tiesto, RayFan9876 and conceptcrash. In addition, we also bring you some shots from studios White Water Games and Enodo, as well as videos from modders PG01 and romich. The highlight of this week is the interiors of Enodo’s project, that look way better than any interior we’ve seen so far (especially due to the lighting model/techniques that have been used). Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [March 10th – 16th]

Editorial – The Past, The Present & The Future of DSOGaming

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It’s been a while since our last ‘proper’ Editorial, right? Well, since we’ve hit our first FB milestone (a small one but still, a milestone that was not achieved by spamming or using other ‘dirty’ tricks), we decided to share some of our thoughts with you. In this Editorial, we’ll be discussing our past, our present, and our future plans (more or less). We’ve also included a small gift to everyone, and we are certain that it will be mostly appreciated by our trance lovers. So off we go. Continue reading Editorial – The Past, The Present & The Future of DSOGaming

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Spotted In Steam’s Registry

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Well, we know that a lot of PC gamers wished for a port of the first Castlevania: Lords of Shadow the moment Konami revealed that its sequel will be hitting PC. And even though the Japanese company did not reveal anything about it, it seems it will be indeed coming to our platform. Or at least that is according to Steam’s registry. As we can clearly see below, Steam’s registry was updated 3 hours ago with an entry for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.  Continue reading Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Spotted In Steam’s Registry

Crytek believes that next-gen consoles will not – for the first time ever – be beyond the PC

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We all know that Crytek’s CEO, Cevat Yerli, has been constantly hyping his company’s games. Truth be told, a lot were fooled by Yerli, though Crytek’s CEO has always made some valid comments about the possibilities of consoles. After all, the first Crysis needed a new engine (CryEngine 3) and a lot of tweaking in order to run with an acceptable framerate on both X360 and PS3. Continue reading Crytek believes that next-gen consoles will not – for the first time ever – be beyond the PC

TimeSplitters Rewind Gets Approved By Crytek, Freeware CryEngine 3 Title For The PC

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We do know that a lot of console gamers desperately want a new TimeSplitters game. Well, we’ve got today some good and some bad news. The good news is that Crytek has approved a new TimeSplitters game that will be developed via CryEngine 3 and will be distributed for free. The bad news for our console brothers is that this title will be released only on the PC. Continue reading TimeSplitters Rewind Gets Approved By Crytek, Freeware CryEngine 3 Title For The PC

Amazon Takes Pre-Orders For Mortal Kombat: Game Of The Year Edition PC

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Remember our story about Mortal Kombat hitting the PC? Well, it’s been almost two years since the game’s debut on consoles and it seems that Warner Bros may finally port this fighting game to the PC platform. Of course, nothing is official as of yet so take everything you are about to read with a grain of salt. Continue reading Amazon Takes Pre-Orders For Mortal Kombat: Game Of The Year Edition PC

EA: Real Racing 3 Is Successful Despite Backlash, Freemium Is The Future

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Real Racing 3 is perhaps the most impressive – visually – game we’ve seen in mobile devices and despite the negative critique it received from a lot of gamers, this F2P title proves to be quite a success with downloads that are over all previous Real Racing games combined. Continue reading EA: Real Racing 3 Is Successful Despite Backlash, Freemium Is The Future

Confirmed: Battlefield 4 To Be Unveiled On March 26th – UPDATE – Cover Art Leaked

Battlefield 4
And it’s official everyone – Battlefield 4 will be unveiled on this year’s GDC. Electronic Arts and DICE sent today some invitations for a Battlefield 4 event that will be held on March 26th. As the invitation confirms, we’ll be getting our first look on the next-era of Battlefield, meaning that EA and DICE may showcase Battlefield 4 on PC or PS4. A teaser trailer was supposedly meant to go live today, however nothing has been revealed or leaked as of yet. You can view the invitation that confirms Battlefield 4’s event below. In addition, you can view the cover art that has been leaked a couple of hours ago! Continue reading Confirmed: Battlefield 4 To Be Unveiled On March 26th – UPDATE – Cover Art Leaked

Nvidia GeForce 314.21 Beta Driver Released, Fixes Tomb Raider For All Nvidia Users

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At long last, Nvidia has released a new driver that comes with stability and performance improvements for Tomb Raider on all NVIDIA GeForce GPUs. This is the drivers that most PC gamers have been waiting for, and you can find the download links below. According to the release notes, these drivers also add some new SLI and 3D Vision profiles. Continue reading Nvidia GeForce 314.21 Beta Driver Released, Fixes Tomb Raider For All Nvidia Users