Let’s be honest here; if the following screenshots were not coming from the new Dark Souls 2 game, most of you would be calling it a graphical disgrace. And you would be right as these latest screenshots from this upcoming RPG look really, really, REALLY bad. We are certain that as a game, Dark Souls 2 will be great. But when it comes to its IQ, we have to admit that everything – from its lighting system to its low-res textures – looks as old-gen as it can get. Continue reading New Dark Souls II Screenshots Fail To Impress
Company Of Heroes 2 Gets A Free Weekend On Steam
SEGA today announced that Company of Heroes 2 will receive a massive Steam promotion this weekend, including free offerings for new as well as current players. During the STEAM Free Weekend, prospective new players now have the chance to try out the popular RTS (real time strategy) game by simply hitting “play” in their STEAM library. Continue reading Company Of Heroes 2 Gets A Free Weekend On Steam
Loadout – Multi-player Free-To-Play Shooter – Launches On January 31st
Edge of Reality today announced that Loadout will officially be available on Friday, January 31st. The development team has spent the last three years fine tuning the mechanics and embracing the maniacal and addictive nature of Loadout’s gameplay, ensuring their debut title will be ready for its highly-anticipated launch. Continue reading Loadout – Multi-player Free-To-Play Shooter – Launches On January 31st
No Man’s Sky Won’t Be Affected By The Recent Water Flood
Hello Games claimed – on a blog post yesterday – that No Man’s Sky won’t be affected by the recent water flood on its office. The development team won’t let a delay happen, even though it lost all its PCs, laptops, equipment, furniture and dev-kits. Continue reading No Man’s Sky Won’t Be Affected By The Recent Water Flood
First Details Unveiled For The Next Hitman Game, Will Feature “Huge, Checkpoint-free, Sandbox Levels”
In an open letter to all Hitman fans, IO Interactive has unveiled the first details for the next Hitman title. According to the development team, the new Hitman game will be coming on PC and next-gen consoles, and will feature huge, checkpoint-free, sandbox levels. IO Interactive claimed that it’s going back to the roots of the Hitman franchise, and that the new Hitman game will have an open, non-linear level design. Continue reading First Details Unveiled For The Next Hitman Game, Will Feature “Huge, Checkpoint-free, Sandbox Levels”
Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians Is A New Tactical RPG From The Creator Of Final Fantasy Tactics
Playdek has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians; a spiritual successor in a storied line of epic tactical RPGs designed by Yasumi Matsuno. The team aims to raise $300K in the next 29 days in order to meet the game’s Kickstarter initial goal of $600K. Continue reading Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians Is A New Tactical RPG From The Creator Of Final Fantasy Tactics
Here Is What The New Steam Controller Will Look Like
News flash everyone. Valve announced today that it will be re-designing its Steam controller. The Steam controller will no longer support a touch-screen. Instead, Valve will implement a a traditional D-Pad alongside four buttons. Wondering what this new controller will look like? Well, below you can find a picture from a presentation during Valve’s Steam Dev Days that is currently underway. Keep in mind that this is a picture from a prototype WIP model, so the final version may be completely different from what we’re witnessing. What’s your opinion on this new controller? Kudos to Leszek Godlewski for sharing the slide.
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New Video Showcases Oxide’s Mantle Tech Demo – 10,000+ Units Onscreen
Oxide Games has released a new video, showcasing its Mantle tech demo called ‘Star Swarm’. In case you’ve been wondering, Star Swarm is not a game but rather a demo showing off the Nitrous engine and what it means for the future of strategy games. This demo pushes 10,000+ units onscreen. Nitrous is capable of simulating and rendering large-scale, complex scenes never before seen in games, which opens doors to entirely new types of experiences that simply weren’t possible before. Enjoy! Continue reading New Video Showcases Oxide’s Mantle Tech Demo – 10,000+ Units Onscreen
AMD Shows Off THIEF Running On A Radeon R9 290X At 5400×1920
AMD has released a new video, showcasing Square Enix’s THIEF running on a Radeon R9 290X at a mind-blowing 5400×1920 resolution. This tech demo was used to demo the company’s new APUs, and five monitors were used that were running the game at native 1080p. THIEF is scheduled for a February 25th release and will support both Mantle and TrueAudio. Enjoy! Continue reading AMD Shows Off THIEF Running On A Radeon R9 290X At 5400×1920
Clandestine – New Fighting Web-Series – First Trailer
Well, time for something a bit different. As you all know, we here in DSOG love live-action fan films. And as we’ve already said, Street Fighter x Tekken: Devil Within and Naruto Shippuden: Dreamers Fight are easily two of our most favourite live-action films based on fighting games. The team behind them, Thousand Pounds Action Company, has been hard at work with a new fighting web-series, and has released the debut trailer for it. Continue reading Clandestine – New Fighting Web-Series – First Trailer