Last month, we had the pleasure to interview Ubisoft who confirmed that Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag would be better optimized on the PC than its predecessor. As Ubisoft claimed, the scheduler used for the rendering was ‘rewritten from the ground up and in AC4, the engine will use all the cores it needs until it sees that using more cores brings no more gain.’ Well, it appears that information was incorrect as Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is plagued by performance issues and runs identical on tricore and quadcore CPUs. Not only that but the performance difference between a dualcore and a quadcore is around 5fps at best. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – PC Performance Analysis→
Electronic Arts and DICE have released a new trailer for BF4, in which the game’s executive producer Patrick Bach discusses Second Assault, new vehicles, weapons and fan-favourite maps including Gulf of Oman, Operation Firestorm, Caspian Border and Operation Metro. Continue reading Battlefield 4 – Second Assault DLC Unveiled In This Latest Trailer→
Harebrained Schemes announced today Shadowrun: Dragonfall, a major expansion for Shadowrun Returns on Windows, OSX, and Linux that features a robust full-length campaign set in the city of Berlin. The title will be available for purchase this January on Steam and a DRM-free version will be available on GOG.com. iPad and Android tablet versions will follow. Continue reading First Shadowrun Returns Expansion Announced, Coming This January→
Mastertronic announced today that Speedball 2 HD – a modern reincarnation on the classic, futuristic cyberpunk sports game Speedball – will be coming on Steam and Get Games this December. In addition, Mastertronic has released a new trailer for this revamped version of Speedball that can be viewed below. Continue reading Speedball 2 HD Hits Steam & Get Games This December→
Nvidia has released a new set of drivers for its graphics cards. According to its key notes, the Nvidia GeForce 331.82 WHQL driver ensures players will have the best possible gaming experience in Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag and Need for Speed: Rivals. In addition, this new driver features various improvements for other triple-A games such as Metro: Last Light and Battlefield 4. Continue reading Nvidia GeForce 331.82 WHQL Drivers Released, Optimized For NFS: Rivals & AC4→
AMD has released a new trailer that gives us an aural glimpse of AMD TrueAudio technology in Xaviant’s upcoming title, Lichdom. Lichdom is powered by CRYENGINE and takes players on an adventure of godly proportions, pitting humans against the forces of worldly decay: corruption, greed, and decadence. And as you’d expect, the game will support AMD’s latest tech. Continue reading Lichdom – New Trailer Showcases AMD’s TrueAudio Tech→
Man, it seems that EA wants to simply ruin the NFS franchise. We first got the 30fps lock and according to EA’s official Q&A page, the game won’t support any driving wheels. Yeap, a driving game that does not support wheels. Yes, we’re talking about an arcade title but last time I checked, all arcade driving games (from Outrun to Sega Rally and Ridge Racer) supported driving wheels. Continue reading Hilarious Times Part #9999 – Need For Speed: Rivals Does Not Support Driving Wheels→
Daedalic Entertainment today released a demo for the recently released Goodbye Deponia, the final instalment of the celebrated Deponia adventure trilogy for PC and Mac. On the other hand, Paradox Interactive today announced the release of Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham.
