Valve CEO Gabe Newell is to be honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) with the Academy Fellowship at this year’s British Academy Games Awards. The ceremony takes place on 5 March at the London Hilton, Park Lane. Continue reading Gabe Newell to be honoured with Fellowship award on March 5th→
AMD has posted an interesting image on its blog. According to this image, a new feature will be unveiled on March February 26th. This feature will be called tressfx and is said to be a new frontier of realism in PC gaming. The aforementioned image shows a girl (or more importantly her hair), suggesting that this could very well be AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s PhysX technology. In other words, we’re most probably looking at some new hair/character physics technology. Continue reading AMD teases tressfx: “a new frontier of realism in PC gaming”→
PC sim racing fans, get ready for a treat. KUNOS Simulazioni has released a technology preview demo for its upcoming racer, Assetto Corsa. According to the developers, this is a playable, no-time limited benchmark that allow gamers to get their first taste of Assetto Corsa engine. This version includes one car, one track, different difficulty levels and two play modes: free practice and time attack. Continue reading Assetto Corsa – Technology Preview Demo Is Now Available→
Man, it was a really great week for all CryEngine 3 fans. A lot of CE3 modders have been experimenting with the latest SDK and have created some stunning open-world environments, similar to those of Skyrim. Therefore, today we bring you new shots from the works of modders karatekodden, scotthomer, hostilis, Paul Bannon, CryHD, Puppy, chicken, ReVan1199, Hynik, Tiesto and RMC. Oh, and did we mentioned some screenshots from an upcoming Trespasser mod, featuring a gorgeous T-Rex? Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [February 17th – 23rd]; Skyrim’s Environments Invade CryEngine 3→
Today we bring you new shots from the works of 3D artists Joopson, Jackson31, JFletcher, Christian Nordgren, AkiRa, DQ89, davidosterlind, rockstar6 and BringMeASunkist. The highlight of this week is rockstar6’s environmental screenies that are inspired by Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us. Artist rockstar6 has outdone himself, offering an environment real close to what Naughty Dog has created, and we really need to point out that this fan-made level has not been finished yet. Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly UDK Gallery [February 17th – 23rd]; What ‘The Last Of Us’ & ‘Hobbit’ Could Like In UE3→
Polycount’s 3D artist ‘RTshaders’ has created an amazing mini-game, in which players can dance to the rhythm of Gangnam style. What’s really incredible here is that this mini-game was created via Unity 3D Engine and sports some incredible visuals. In fact, the city that we get to see in the background looks close to what we’d expect from next-generation open world games. If only we could explore it. But anyway, you can find below a download link, as well as some screenshots and a video. Continue reading Free mini-game – powered by Unity 3D Engine – lets you dance to the rhythm of Gangnam Style→
Fact No.1: the latest Ridge Racer game felt a bit awkward. Fact No.2: Fans of Bugbear expected something closer to FlatOut, while Ridge Racer fans expected something closer to… Ridge Racer. Fact No.3: Bugbear offered something completely new instead of a new Ridge Racer game. Fact No.4: The company has just released a teaser trailer from its upcoming next car game, that looks really close to a next-generation version of FlatOut. According to the devs, this teaser trailer features in-game, real-time footage. Our guess is that Bugbear will officially unveil this new racing game in the coming days, so stay tuned for more! Continue reading Bugbear Entertainment Teases Its Next Car Game, Possibly FlatOut Next-Generation→
Our dear readers, unfortunately our GTX 690 has not arrived yet, meaning that our Performance Analysis for Crysis 3 will get slightly delayed. As you may have heard, though, the first level of Crysis 3 seems to be behaving really strange, even on high-end PC systems. Ironically, it appears that the game suffers from some optimization issues, as modder MaLDo has discovered that the ropes physics are causing big performance hits for no apparent reason. Continue reading Modder MaLDo discovers possible culprit for Crysis 3’s low performance→
2K Games and Irrational Games have revealed the pre-order awards for the Steam version of Bioshock Infinite. Players can go ahead and pre-purchase BioShock Infinite now and help unlock special rewards. Possible rewards include a Free Copy of Bioshock, exclusive In-Game Items for Team Fortress 2 and a Free Copy of X-Com: Enemy Unknown! Continue reading Bioshock Infinite – Steam Pre-Order Awards Revealed→
Funcom has announced that its free-to-play MMORPG, Age of Conan: Unchained, is now available on Steam. Age of Conan: Unchained is an award-winning and critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online game set in the sexy, savage and brutal world of Conan the Barbarian. Tread in the footsteps of the greatest fantasy hero of all time, and explore the vast reaches of Hyboria. Players can choose between twelve different classes, from Barbarian to Demonologist, and fight their way to riches and glory as you battle creatures straight out of hell or even engage in colossal guild vs. guild warfare. Continue reading Free-To-Play “Age of Conan: Unchained” Is Now Available On Steam→
