Splinter Cell: Blacklist – Modded Vs Vanilla Comparison

Splinter Cell Blacklist
As we’ve said in our Performance Analysis, there are some low-res textures included in the PC version of Splinter Cell: Blacklist. And that’s precisely why we can rely on SweetFX in order to improve the game’s IQ. Below you can find a comparison between two of our SweetFX settings. The first one is with subtle sharpening (and various tweaks to its mid-tones, shadows, saturation, curves levels and contrast) while the second one – the one we currently prefer and looks similar to what CDPR is doing with The Witcher 3 – has more sharpening. Continue reading Splinter Cell: Blacklist – Modded Vs Vanilla Comparison

The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief – Second Episode Now Available On Steam

The Raven
Nordic Games announced today that Ancestry Of Lies, the second chapter of the point and click adventure The Raven – Legacy Of A Master Thief, is now available for PC via Steam, and will be available later this year in digital format for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Continue reading The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief – Second Episode Now Available On Steam

Project CARS Gets A New Set Of Gorgeous & Highly Detailed Screenshots

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Slightly Mad Studios has released a new batch of screenshots for Project CARS. There is no doubt that pCars looks sexy, though we are a bit worried about its driving/physics mechanics that are not up to what Assetto Corsa and rFactor 2 are offering. Still, we are still way off until pCars gets out, so here is hoping that Slightly Mad Studios will further tweak them. And if it does not, at least we’ll be getting a really great looking racing game. Enjoy! Continue reading Project CARS Gets A New Set Of Gorgeous & Highly Detailed Screenshots

Avadon 2: The Corruption Gets A Reveal Trailer, Looks Similar To Old-School RPGs

Avadon The Black Fortress
Spiderweb Software announced that it’s creating Avadon 2: The Corruption, an all-new, indie fantasy role-playing game and the second title in their hit Avadon Trilogy. In order to celebrate it, the team has released the game’s reveal trailer that can be viewed below. Avadon 2: The Corruption is coming for PC Windows, Macintosh, and iPad in Fall 2013, and will feature new character classes and a whole new story. Enjoy! Continue reading Avadon 2: The Corruption Gets A Reveal Trailer, Looks Similar To Old-School RPGs

Awesomenauts: Starstorm Hits Its Initial Kickstarter Goal In Just A Week

Awesomenauts
Good news for all Awesomenauts fans as Ronimo Games announced that last night, the $125,000 base funding target has been met. This obviously means that Awesomenauts: Starstorm will soon become a reality. Now that the funding target has been reached, the actual expansion will go into production right away. Continue reading Awesomenauts: Starstorm Hits Its Initial Kickstarter Goal In Just A Week

War Thunder Wins “Best Simulation” Award At Gamescom 2013, Gets New Screenshots

War Thunder
Gaijin Entertainment today announced that they are the first CIS-located company to win at the Gamescom awards. The company claimed the “Best Simulation” for their hit franchise and military MMO game War Thunder. In addition, the company released some new screenshots that can be viewed below, showing some of the ground forces that will be featured in it. Continue reading War Thunder Wins “Best Simulation” Award At Gamescom 2013, Gets New Screenshots

Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior Officially Announced – First Details – To Be Showcased At PAX Prime

Chivalry Medieval Warfare
As promised, Torn Banner Studio has officially announced today Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior, the first expansion of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare that will be based on the Spike TV series, “Deadliest Warrior”. In addition, the development team revealed that fans will get their first glimpse of the expansion pack when it makes its public debut at PAX Prime in booth #3636, August 30 – September 2. Continue reading Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior Officially Announced – First Details – To Be Showcased At PAX Prime

Splinter Cell: Blacklist – PC Performance Analysis

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Splinter Cell: Blacklist has just been released, so it’s time to see whether Ubisoft has learner its lesson with Assassin’s Creed III PC or not. And we are happy to report that Blacklist performs better than most triple-A titles. Truth be told, the game is based on Unreal Engine 2.5 (yeah, you read that right. It’s not even UE3). However, Ubisoft has managed to optimize its title better than any other title and as a result of that, we finally see a performance difference between tri-cores and quad-cores. To be honest, Blacklist may be one of the few games – at this point – that benefits from quad-core CPUs, so kudos to the French company. Continue reading Splinter Cell: Blacklist – PC Performance Analysis

Black Desert Online – Gameplay Trailer #2

Black Desert Online
Pearl Abyss has released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming MMORPG – that may also come to PS4 and Xbox One – Black Desert Online. Black Desert is said to be a large scale sandbox MMORPG that provides you a variety of unique experiences with spectacular action and battle, strategy-oriented castle attack, sophisticated simulation contents such as trade, NPC-hiring and real-estate management. The following trailer looks great – for an MMO – but suffers from a really low LOD system. Here is hoping that Pearl Abyss will give us the option to tweak this setting to our liking. Enjoy! Continue reading Black Desert Online – Gameplay Trailer #2