I really love this kind of videos. YouTube’s “PerfectHandVideos” has created an amazing retrospective video, showcasing the evolution of real-time PC graphics. This video shows off some of the benchmark tools and video-games that were released from 2000 to 2012, and even though we’re talking about a 2-hour video, we highly recommend watching it. Who can forget the Matrix scene from 3D Mark 2001? Or the Nature benchmark that showcased an Oblivion-like environment, something that most of us thought impossible at that time. So grab your pop-corn and off you go! Continue reading Retrospective Video – The Evolution Of Real-Time PC Graphics→
Unity held a DX11 contest, in which Museum of the Microstar has managed to win it with its impressive particles system. According to its description, the Museum of the Microstar is a Tech Demo and Interactive Narrative Short by RUST, Josh Ols, and Arthur Brusee. The piece demonstrates DX11 Tessellation Shaders, GPU Simulated Particles, and a physically?based shading model, in a massive sci?fi museum of mankind’s disastrous quest towards technological advancement. We’ll let the video talk for itself, but this kind of particles could be achievable with next-gen consoles. Or at least that’s what we hope so. Enjoy! Continue reading “Museum of the Microstar” Wins Unity’s DirectX 11 Competition With Its Impressive Particles→
Remember Brutal Legend? The console-only third person game of Double Fine that was said to be “an action game, that when you play it you’ll see that it was meant to be on a console“, a game that was never meant to hit the PC? Well, it seems that Double Fine has changed its mind after what it went through these past years, meaning that this console-only title will – eventually – hit our platform in the near future. Continue reading Brutal Legend Coming To The PC, Spotted In Steam’s Registry→
Our reader Sid Spyker has informed us about a new website that looks like to be a counter for an upcoming announcement about Prey 2. At first glance, this site looks kind of weird and alien. Taking a look at the source code though reveals some interesting information, as well as a date. Continue reading Prey 2 Announcement Coming On March 1st→
Crytek has just announced that the latest update to its free CryEngine 3 SDK is now available and lets users explore a winter wonderland and play with a range of fun new frozen assets. The CryEngine 3.4.4 “Winter Edition” update features a modified version of the forest level that is included with the free SDK, helping users to learn more about adding a touch of sub-zero style to any environment. Continue reading CryEngine 3.4.4 “Winter Edition” Is Now Available→
AMD has released a new beta driver for its graphics card – which seems more like a hotfix mind you – that improves performance in Crysis 3. According to its changelog, this new beta driver improves performance in the Crysis 3 Multi-Player Beta by up to 50% when 4x and 8x MSAA are enabled. And that is that. Naturally, this new beta features all of the fixes found in previous versions of AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta. You can find a download link below. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 4 Drivers Released, Improves Performance In Crysis 3→
Paradox Interactive and Fatshark today announced War of the Roses: Kingmaker, a gold edition of the game which allows aspiring knights a clear path to the throne by including all the top-notch weapons, armor, and perks that have been released since the title’s inception in October 2012. The new edition will be available in late Q1 2013. Continue reading War of the Roses: Kingmaker Announced, Coming In Late Q1 2013→
Rebellion has released a new teaser trailer for its upcoming PC game that is scheduled for release on February 20th. According to the team, in this second atmospheric teaser trailer from Rebellion, slaughter and isolation juxtaposes with the innocence of a child caught amid an unholy conflict – but questions linger. How has she survived? What influence led her to twist the lyrics of this famous children’s song? Enjoy! Continue reading Rebellion Releases Second Teaser Trailer For Its Upcoming PC Title→
Bohemia Interactive has renamed the main island of its upcoming mil-sim game, Arma 3. The new name, ‘Altis’, reflects the distinctive Mediterranean identity of its environment, but distinguishes it from the real-world Greek island of Lemnos, which has served as the main source of inspiration. Continue reading Bohemia Interactive renames ArmA 3’s main island, releases new screenshots→
Remember yesterday’s GTA IV iCEnhancer 2.5 screenshots? They looked lovely, didn’t they (despite some limitation that could be easily noticed)? Well, Hayssam Keilany has released a new set of screenshots that can be viewed below. In addition, the modder revealed that iCEnhnacer 2.5’s current timesync works great without the need of an ENB or any DLL. This obviously means that performance will be better, even on low-end machines. Enjoy the shots! Continue reading GTA IV iCEnhancer 2.5 – Even More Beautiful Screenshots Deployed→
