Nvidia GTX 680 Round-Up; Nvidia retakes the performance crown

And it’s finally here with us. Kepler, the next codenamed Nvidia card, has been launched and comes with some amazing features. The card supports up to 7 monitors, a new feature called GPU Boost that raises the clocks of the card for a limited time, Adaptive Vsync, FXAA, while on the other hand 3D Vision Surround gaming is now possible with only one GPU. Not only that, but GTX 680 is power efficient as it averages around 175W and comes with the best overall performance. Continue reading Nvidia GTX 680 Round-Up; Nvidia retakes the performance crown

Point n click adventure ‘Yesterday’ is now available on Steam

Adventure fans, get ready for a promising point n click game that has a unique style. Yesterday is developed by Pendulo, the team behind Runaway and The Next BIG Thing, and is a thrilling and dark mystery adventure game. The game is currently priced at 29.99 euros and can be purchased from Steam. Continue reading Point n click adventure ‘Yesterday’ is now available on Steam

Audiosurf Air Announced; beta sign-ups are open, powered by the Unity Engine

Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer, in which players use their own music to create their own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song they choose and the team behind it has just announced its sequel, called Audiosurf Air. Although we don’t have any details about it, we do know that the game will be powered by the Unity Engine and that the beta sign-ups for it are currently open. Continue reading Audiosurf Air Announced; beta sign-ups are open, powered by the Unity Engine

Blacklight: Retribution – New Screenshots & Trailer

In an attempt to further hype their free-to-play FPS game, Blacklight: Retribution, Perfect World Entertainment has released some brand new screenshots and a trailer for it. Developed by Zombie Studios, Blacklight: Retribution sets the new standard for free-to-play shooters, by fully leveraging Unreal 3 technology and implementing DirectX 11 to give gamers cutting-edge graphics. Can’t wait now to see whether or not Crytek’s Warface will be able to top it. Until then though, enjoy the following shots and trailer! Continue reading Blacklight: Retribution – New Screenshots & Trailer

Darksiders II – Death Strikes CGI Part 1

THQ has released a new CGI trailer for Darksiders II. Darksiders II follows the exploits of DEATH, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a weaving tale that runs parallel to the events in the original Darksiders game. This epic journey propels DEATH through various light and dark realms as he tries to redeem his brother WAR, the horseman who was blamed for prematurely starting the Apocalypse in Darksiders. The game will feature a dramatically larger world, full weapon and armour upgrade systems as well as bigger and more challenging dungeons and vast array of new enemies and bosses. Enjoy! Continue reading Darksiders II – Death Strikes CGI Part 1

Blades of Time is a new indie hack-and-slash game that will hit Steam on April 18th

Gaijin Entertainment announced today that Blades of Time: Limited Edition can be preordered on Steam. PC and Mac players will be able to don the persona of the gorgeous treasure hunter, Ayumi, starting on April 18, 2012. The Steam page is not up at the moment but will be made available later today. In Blades of Time, step into the shoes of the gorgeous treasure hunter, Ayumi—deadly with both guns and swords. Continue reading Blades of Time is a new indie hack-and-slash game that will hit Steam on April 18th

Pockie Ninja has over 1 million daily active players and over 10 million active players a month

In the latest press release of Pockie Ninja, NGames has revealed that their game has amassed over 11 million registrations to date, and now has over 1 million daily active players and over 10 million active players a month. In addition, an accumulative 4.2 million hours of Pockie Ninja is played every day in North America alone and Pockie Ninja players have so far toppled more than 97 billion monsters in the Valhalla zone, racked up 700 billion generic map monsters kills, and have earned more than 2 trillion stones between them. Continue reading Pockie Ninja has over 1 million daily active players and over 10 million active players a month

Max Payne 3 – PC version will support DX11 and tessellation, in parallel development with the console version

Great news for all PC gamers, as our dear friends at PCGamesHardware have just revealed some unique PC features for Max Payne 3. In an interview with them, Simon Ramsey, Head of PR Rockstar Games, said that the PC version of Max Payne 3 will support both DX11 and tessellation. Not only that, but the PC version was in parallel development with the console version, meaning that this is not a simple and hasty port. Continue reading Max Payne 3 – PC version will support DX11 and tessellation, in parallel development with the console version

DICE needs to be more pro-active with their updates, incoming BF3 Patch release date tomorrow

DICE and Electronic Arts have gone silent after revealing the changelog of the upcoming major update for Battlefield 3. And although there is no ETA as of yet, Daniel Matros has just revealed that he might be able to drop the patch date tomorrow. Not only that, but Daniel feels that DICE should be more pro-active when it comes to such things. Continue reading DICE needs to be more pro-active with their updates, incoming BF3 Patch release date tomorrow

Total War: SHOGUN 2 gets a massive Update; features 40×40 unit battles and 22 new battle-maps

SEGA and The Creative Assembly have released massive patch for their strategy games, Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Total War: SHOGUN 2 Fall of The Samurai. This patch comes with 40×40 unit battles support, 22 brand new Land, Naval and Siege battle-maps, numerous Battle and Campaign AI improvements, as well as improvements to both the AI turn-time and the Battlefield load time. Oh, and it greatly reduces save-game file sizes, while at the same time offers full Steam Cloud support. Awesome, right? Continue reading Total War: SHOGUN 2 gets a massive Update; features 40×40 unit battles and 22 new battle-maps