During NYCC this weekend, Activision revealed a new Spider-Man game for next gen consoles. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will – perhaps – be the first super-hero title hitting Xbox One and PS4, and is planned for a Spring 2014 release. Activision has not confirmed yet whether this game will hit the PC too, but one can only hope to (Editor’s Note: Game has been confirmed for current-gen, next-gen and PC). Moreover, the publisher has released – via IGN – a debut teaser trailer for this new Spider-Man game that can be viewed below. Enjoy! Continue reading The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Announced – Coming Spring 2014 – Debut Teaser Trailer→
Square Enix and Psyonix confirmed today that the first invites for the Nosgoth Closed Alpha will be emailed to registered users in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands from today. Those invited will get to experience for themselves the brutal war between Humans & Vampires from as early as next week. Continue reading Legacy Of Kain: Nosgoth – Closed Alpha Begins Next Week→
Seaven Studio announced today that its indie platform puzzle title, Ethan: Meteor Hunter, is planned for release next week on PC and PS3. The PC version is scheduled for release on October 22nd and will be priced at $9.90, while the PS3 version will be released on October 22nd in North America and October 23rd in Europe – and will cost $9.99 and 9.99€ respectively. Continue reading Ethan: Meteor Hunter Releases On October 22nd→
Man, CRYENGINE has a lot of potential. A couple of hours ago, John shared with you some amazing images from a car model that was created with Crytek’s engine. Well, get ready for some extra CRYENGINE treatment as modder Paravach has presented an amazing indoor scene from a new map. Believe it or not, this is rendered via CRYENGINE, though we don’t know if it’s actually playable on current gen PC systems. Not only that, but you can easily spot some rough spots (as well as the lack of AO on other spots); faults that wouldn’t be present in CG images. Continue reading CRYENGINE has potential – New indoor scenes blur the line between reality and video-games→
Okay, there is nothing stopping this crowd-funding campaign for Star Citizen. Its campaign has already broken all fan funding records, something that should really excite Chris Roberts and his team. Therefore, we are happy to report today that Star Citizen’s funding campaign has just surpassed $22 million. That’s a huge amount of money pledged for this PC exclusive space title, so kudos to PC gamers for supporting it. Continue reading Star Citizen Breaks All Records – Surpasses $22 Million→
Our reader ‘Ghost Rider LSOV’ shared with us a hilarious bug from Battlefield 4’s beta that turned the Siege of Shanghai map into an underwater city. According to ‘EmotionaltroutHD’ who captured it, this bug started at checkpoint A when walking downstairs. The player could not shoot and the bug continued even after being killed and re-spawned. Obviously DICE will sort it out, though it will be a great easter egg to turn this map into an underwater city, don’t you think? Continue reading Battlefield 4 Beta Bug Turns ‘Siege of Shanghai’ Into An Underwater City→
CRYENGINE modder ‘Mrick’ has released some mind-blowing screenshots from a car that has been created via Crytek’s engine. According to the modder, all exterior parts have a vertex colors Ambient Occlusion, while the interior parts have an Ambient Occlusion baked in the Shader parameter “Detail mapping” made with the Mental Ray AO and render to texture. Furthermore, the carbon Texture and Body Paint have a second Mesh for the glossy reflection. In short, this car model looks astounding and its level of detail is beyond anything we’ve seen. Now imagine a next-gen title with this kind of car models on highly detailed environments. Let’s hope that devs will start using this engine for their next-gen projects. Until then, enjoy the screenshots! Continue reading Next-Gen Racers Can Achieve CG Quality Graphics With CRYENGINE→
Machinima has shared a new fan short film, based on Valve’s classic FPS title. As its description reads, this is intended to celebrate the game franchise and is in no way affiliated with Half-Life and Valve official works. The film focuses on the game’s iconic weapon, the crowbar. When an experiment goes wrong, it unleashes a catastrophic event on the Black Mesa Research Facility, and blah blah blah. It’s Half Life, you already know what happens, so go ahead and enjoy the film! Continue reading Half-Life: Raise the Bar Is A Great Fan-Made Fan Film Based On Valve’s Classic FPS→
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video for PlanetSide 2. In this fourth episode of Operation: Make Faster game, the development team introduces us to Rob Elam and Julio Jerez, programmers for PlanetSide 2. Rob and Julio are charged with optimizing aka “wrangling” the system interactions with the game physics engine to make PlanetSide 2 run better. Enjoy! Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – New video focuses on PhysX and its incoming physics optimizations→
Valve has released a new video that gives us a quick look at some games being played with the prototype version of the Steam Controller. The Controller showcased here is the same version with the one that Valve will be shipping to 300 Steam users later this year. The team has promised to release more demonstrations with other games soon, so stay tuned for more. The Steam Controller seems way better than other controllers and surprisingly enough, even strategy games seem playable with it. Yes, even this controller cannot come close to the keyboard+mouse combo, however it seems like the best alternative we’ve seen thus far. Enjoy! Continue reading Valve Demonstrates The Steam Controller→
