Even though we’re currently preparing our weekly CryEngine 3 gallery, we felt the need to dedicate a whole post to this promising project. Modder ‘john1990’ wanted to see what Shenmue 3 would look like with today’s engines and decided to recreate Ryo Hazuki’s room in CryEngine 3. According to the modder, all models were created with blender and exported with cryblend, while textures created with GIMP 2.8. We currently don’t know whether the modder will recreate other locations, but here is hoping for something more than just a room. For comparison purposes, we’ve also included Hazuki’s room from the Dreamcast version of Shenmue. Enjoy the screenshots after the jump! Continue reading Fan recreates Shenmue in CryEngine 3 – This is what Shenmue would look like with a modern-day engine→
Last week we took a look at one of the best console ports of 2012, Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs. Well, today we are bringing you the worst console port of this year, that is no other than Namco’s Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition. It’s really ironic criticizing a game that we got out of nowhere, however Dark Souls PC seems like a quick cash-in and nothing more. It’s true that From Software is not familiar with the PC platform but there is no excuse for what they’re currently offering us. Even if they’re not familiar with our platform, it’s not that hard to remove some console features that were put on purpose. And if you believe that From Software was able to develop a game from scratch and could not find the global values of the on-screen button indicators or the resolution lock mechanism, then you are a fool. Continue reading Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition – PC Performance Analysis→
Modder RacerS2 has created an interesting mod for Sleeping Dogs. This mod introduces a first-person perspective to Square Enix’s game, and looks quite interesting to say the least. This mod, called Sleeping Dogs Camera Control, comes with Controller/Mouse for looking around as well as pitch/roll/yaw controls on keyboard, and features 10 additional view presets. Continue reading Sleeping Dogs Mod Introduces First-Person Perspective; United Front Working On The Stuttering Issues→
And here is our first giveaway. THQ has provided us with five copies (Steam keys) of Metro 2033. Based on a novel by the Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 combines classic first-person-shooter action with elements of survival horror and intelligent plot and character development not seen before in gaming, to create a true genre original. All you have to do is comment on this article with a ‘Thank You’ message. Multiple posts will be deleted. The contest will run for a week, and winners will be chosen randomly and will be announced next Saturday. Enjoy and good luck to everyone! Continue reading DSOGaming Contest – Giving away five copies of 4A Games’ Post-Apocalyptic FPS, Metro 2033 – Winners Announced→
THQ and Vigil Games have revealed the changelog for the third PC patch of Darksiders 2. According to the release notes, this new patch will come with new graphical options (such as Shadow map resolution, Screen Space Ambient Occlusion and Anti Aliasing), Invert X Option, Camera Auto center Toggle and a number of game fixes. This patch will go live in the near future, though THQ has not shared any ETA. You can view below the complete changelog of this third patch and we’ll be sure to inform you when this update goes live. Enjoy! Continue reading Darksiders II – PC Patch #3 Changelog Revealed – Live Now→
Funcom has released a trailer for its upcoming anime that is based on BioWare’s Mass Effect series, Mass Effect: Paragon Lost. Mass Effect: Paragon Lost is the prequel to the highly-anticipated Mass Effect 3 and follows the early career of Alliance Marine, James Vega. Vega leads an elite Special Forces squad into battle against a mysterious alien threat known as The Collectors. Stationed at a colony in a remote star system, Vega and his soldiers must protect the civilians from a ruthless invasion determined to capture the population for unknown purposes. Mass Effect: Paragon Lost is planned for a December 28th release. Enjoy! Continue reading Mass Effect: Paragon Lost – Anime ‘Movie’ Trailer→
Love is an amazing indie MMO game with procedurally generated worlds and an incredible art style, that is created by Eskil Steenberg. This bad boy has been on our radar for quite some time and we are happy to report that is now free to everyone. In Love, players can warp terrain, create fortresses and set up defences against aggressive AI factions trying to dominate the planet. Those interested can download it from here, and below you can find a video from it. Enjoy! Continue reading Indie MMO ‘Love’ Is Now Free To Everyone→
We love modders. Well, if you are regullar here you already know that but we have to say it one more time – we love you guys. Following yesterday’s ‘GTA 2 in GTA IV‘ story, we bring you today a crossover between Mario Kart and Grand Theft Auto. HorselessProductions have created this amazing machinima video that puts together Grand Theft Auto and Mario Kart. This guy has also been behind another crossover between Super Mario Bros and Grand Theft Auto that can be viewed below. In addition, we’ve included an ‘Elephant Mod Showcase’ video from Jonathan Gustafsson. Enjoy everyone! Continue reading Grand Theft Auto meets Mario Kart in ‘Grand Theft Mario Kart,’ GTA IV Elephants Are Capable Of Driving→
Lord of the Rings fans, get ready to wet your pants. Modder ‘The_Distiller’ has released a new video from his LOTR ‘Balrog’ Cinematic Scene that is being created with CryEngine 3. To put it simple – this cinematic is really, really close to the real deal and showcases how powerful CryEngine 3 actually is. What’s also great is that Balrog looks almost the same with the CG version that was featured in the LOTR movie. This is not the final version of the video, so we’ll be sure to keep you posted. For now, enjoy the video after the jump! Continue reading This is what a LOTR game would look like in CryEngine 3 – Mind-Blowing Fan Project Resurrects Balrog→
Now this is how you create mind-blowing tributes (or trailers). Pedro Calvo has created an amazing video tribute to Black Mesa, with Joel Nielsen’s music and Victoria Teunissen on vocal duties (Connor Pelkey has also halped in creating this video with his Voice Engineering skills). And quite frankly, this is the most beautiful tribute we’ve ever seen. It’s emotional, Victoria’s voice is great, Joel’s music is outstanding, and the whole video feels so warm and calm. Now this is how trailers should be made. Forget those dubstep crap. This is art. Let us also remind you that Black Mesa Source is currently planned for a September 14th release. Enjoy! Continue reading ‘Find The Source’ Is Perhaps The Best Black Mesa/Half Life Tribute You’ll Ever See→
