Rumor Alert – Bethesda Trademarks Fallout 4

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The Wikipedia section for the Fallout franchise has spotted an interesting trademark registration from Bethesda. According to the website, Bethesda has filed a trademark for Fallout 4. Fallout Wikipedia has also provided some evidence from those claims, and as we can clearly see, Bethesda has indeed trademarked the Fallout 4 name. Continue reading Rumor Alert – Bethesda Trademarks Fallout 4

Report: Need For Speed: Rivals Is Locked At 30FPS On The PC

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A couple of months ago, we posted a story regarding the framerate of Need For Speed Rivals PC. As the development team noted back then, all versions of the game would be locked at 30fps. However, last month TeamVVV claimed that the framerate on the PC version of Need For Speed: Rivals was unlocked. Well, it appears that’s not the case as our dear friends over at PCGamesHardware reported that the game is indeed locked at 30fps. PCGamesHardware has also shared the first PC screenshots of NFS: Rivals that can be viewed below. Enjoy and stay tuned for our Performance Analysis! Continue reading Report: Need For Speed: Rivals Is Locked At 30FPS On The PC

Mod Brings GTA 5’s Special Abilities And Features To GTA IV

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Our reader ‘Jonathan Gustafsson’ has informed us about a new mod for GTA IV that brings to it GTA 5’s special abilities and features. This mod is created by JulioNIB and features the special abilities from GTA 5, including the ‘wasted’ screen and GTA 5’s ‘weird jump punch animation.’ The mod will be available shortly from JulioNIB’s blog, and you can view a video from it below. Enjoy! Continue reading Mod Brings GTA 5’s Special Abilities And Features To GTA IV

DSOGaming – Rain Blood Chronicles: Mirage – First 25 Minutes Playthrough

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Back in June we informed you about Mirage; a cinematic title that mixes classic slash-em-up gameplay in a stylized Chinese setting. According to its description, Rain Blood Chronicles: Mirage (as that’s its full title) captures the essence of a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Origo Games has sent us a review key for this indie game, so you can view below its first 25 minutes playthrough. Continue reading DSOGaming – Rain Blood Chronicles: Mirage – First 25 Minutes Playthrough

What If Doom Was Created With Today’s Standards

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Rage3D’s member ‘ChubZ’ (also known on YouTube as ‘Chubzdoomer’) has released a new part of his amazing ‘If Doom was done today’ series. These clips gives us an idea of what id Software’s classic shooter would look like with today’s standards. As you can easily notice, it’s a completely different game that may appeal to a certain group of players. On the other hand, most of us cannot stop laughing with this parody of today’s shooters. Enjoy the videos after the jump! Continue reading What If Doom Was Created With Today’s Standards

Indie Action Adventure Space Shooter “Kromaia” Gets A Public Demo

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Kraken Empire has released a public demo for its upcoming action adventure shooter, Kromaia. Kromaia is described as a unique renewal of the space shooter genre. Kromaia features a surprising blend between the arcade cabinet flavour and the total freedom of open world adventures. Continue reading Indie Action Adventure Space Shooter “Kromaia” Gets A Public Demo

Ultra Street Fighter IV Coming In April 2014, No ETA Yet About The PC Build

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Capcom has announced that its latest version of Street Fighter IV, Ultra Street Fighter IV, will hit arcades in Japan in April 2014, with the digital download versions for North American and European consoles coming soon after. And even though Ultra Street Fighter IV is coming to the PC, there is no ETA yet for that build (so yes, it will be delayed). Continue reading Ultra Street Fighter IV Coming In April 2014, No ETA Yet About The PC Build

DayZ Standalone – 10 Minutes Of New Gameplay Footage

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Dean Hall has released a new video for the standalone version of DayZ, featuring ten minutes of raw, unedited, gameplay footage. As Hall noted, there are noticeable bugs in this video as the game has not entered yet its alpha stage. DayZ Standalone is a game being developed by Bohemia Interactive along with Dean Hall, who are currently focused on getting the game’s alpha version out. Enjoy! Continue reading DayZ Standalone – 10 Minutes Of New Gameplay Footage

Arauna2 Introduced – New Path Tracer Engine That Uses Nvidia’s CUDA

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Our reader ‘ihatedisqus3’ has also informed us about a new path tracer engine called Arauna2. Arauna2 is the successor to the CPU-based Arauna real-time ray tracer. It uses GPU path tracing to render scenes with global illumination and depth of field, at a speed that enables real-time previewing: during camera movement, images are noisy, but as soon as the camera stands still, the final image starts to converge. Continue reading Arauna2 Introduced – New Path Tracer Engine That Uses Nvidia’s CUDA

More details unveiled for Nvidia’s FLEX; a multi-physics solver for visual effects

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Our reader ‘ihatedisqus3’ (I know, I know… pretty hilarious nickname) has informed us about Nvidia’s FLEX system, a multi-physics solver for visual effects that will be integrated in PhysX 3.4. Nvidia’s FLEX was showcased a while back and today we got some new info – thanks to Physxinfo. Continue reading More details unveiled for Nvidia’s FLEX; a multi-physics solver for visual effects