Skyrim has seen a lot of HD texture packs these past months and if you tried to enable some of them simultaneously, you would definitely notice your GPU hitting its vRAM limits. Thankfully, modder ‘AdPipino’ released a great tool called Textures Optimizer. Practically this program does not affect the quality of textures (1% if the original is in TGA / BMP). Texture Optimizer basically compresses (via lossless methods) the textures to a format that takes up less space in memory to avoid slow loading. Continue reading Skyrim Texture Optimizer Released; lowers your vRAM usage when HD Texture Packs are enabled→
Valve has released a new beta update for DOTA 2. Among other things, this update adds Shadow Demon, fixes Dust of Appearance not affecting magic immune heroes and adjust the Venomancer injured animation. Moreover, this update features various gameplay, UI, visuals, audio, and bots fixes/improvements. As usual, the patch will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view its entire changelog after the jump. Continue reading New DOTA 2 Update comes with new Gameplay, UI, Visuals and Bots fixes/improvements→
The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition is slated for an April 17th release and will include up to 4 hours of extra quests, new locations and characters. This new content will be available free of charge for all PC owners of The Witcher 2 and our reader ‘JnX’ has mailed us some new screenshots from it. These new shots showcase some of the DLC’s new locations, animals and characters. Enjoy! Continue reading The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition – New Screenshots from the game’s DLC portion→
Baldur’s Gate fans, get ready for a treat as the new BG website has been updated and we got a counter that completes at 12 p.m. PST tomorrow. Although the site is down at the moment, we got a look at its source code that had a new quote. A couple of days ago, we informed you about the latest updates for this Baldur’s Gate game. Atari has given the green light to this project and Trent Oster had revealed that an announcement would be made in the following days. Continue reading Baldur’s Gate website updated, something will be announced tomorrow→
Remember a massive unofficial patch that was being developed by Skyrim’s community? Well Skyrim fans, get ready because it’s finally here with us. The 1.0 version of the Unofficial Skyrim patch is now available and comes with one hell of fixes. Seriously now, the changelog is huge and fixes lots of issues that would definitely won’t be fixed anytime soon by Bethesda. Make no mistake, this is a must-have Patch and we highly recommend it. You can find the download link – as well as the entire changelog – after the jump. Enjoy! Continue reading Skyrim fans, rejoice: Unofficial Skyrim Patch 1.0 Is Now Available→
Crysis 2 modder ‘TheModMan101’ has released a high-resolution asset pack for Crytek’s little gem. This Alpine Asset Pack features – among other things – new textures for Pine Needles, Moss, Mud, Gravel, Pebbles, and Grass. TheModMan101 has also released some screenshots from it that can be viewed below. The end result is amazing and we can’t wait to see those assets being used in custom-made maps/mods. Continue reading New high-res assets released for Crysis 2; Alpine Asset Pack Released→
Codemasters have released a new trailer for the latest part of the DiRT series. The ‘Massive Damage’ video features work-in-progress gameplay footage and reveals the destruction-focussed game modes to feature in DiRT Showdown. In demolition derby event Rampage, eightracers take no prisoners, earning points for spectacular smashes on their rivals’ vehicles and eliminating other drivers in gladiatorial automotive auditoriums. Continue reading DiRT Showdown – Massive Damage Trailer, destruction-focussed game modes revealed→
Nordic Games announced today that the second stand-alone add-on for SpellForce 2 – “Faith in Destiny” will be launched in May 2012, exclusively on the PC. The game takes place four years after the events that occurred, when Shaper was conquered by the power of the Archfire. Four years in which scientists, dragons and inventors have tried to find a way to counter the deterioration of the portal – but to no avail. Continue reading SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny comes to the PC in May 2012→
Irrational Games and 2K Games have released a new video and screenshot for Bioshock Infinite. In this second episode of Irrational Games’ Heavy Hitter series, they go back to the very first enemy most fans saw in the BioShock Infinite announcement trailer: the powerful, gigantic yet agile Handyman. Bioshock Infinite is currently slated for an October 16th release on current generation consoles and PC. Continue reading BioShock Infinite – Handyman Featurette→
