It’s been almost 12 years since the release of Diablo 2. During this time, a lot of things can change. New challengers had entered the ring and tried to reclaim D2’s throne. None of them succeeded. Players have been waiting patiently for the next part of this legendary series and although Diablo 3 was revealed a couple of years ago, its development had started in 2001. This means that it’s been in development for eleven whole years. And frankly, during its development we’ve seen lots of changes. From a gritty, dark and gothic hack ‘n slash fest, Diablo 3 became a cartoon-ish and easier to the eyes’ action RPG. I seriously don’t know if Blizzard was influenced by Torchlight or WoW, however, D3 looked more serious and adult back then. Continue reading Diablo 3 PC Preview→
YouTube’s member ‘FPSGeneral’ has captured some new footage from Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming Planetside 2. This is brand new, in-game footage straight from GDC 2012, so be sure to give it a go. And let us tell that it looks great. Planetside 2 comes with a new game engine and will be powered by Nvidia’s PhysX technology. PlanetSide 2 takes all the groundbreaking features from the original game – massive multiplayer battles, distinct empires to rally around, and enormous continents where intense ground and air combat unfolds – and adds features that modern gamers have come to expect out of the FPS and MMO genres. The game does not have any ETA as of yet. Enjoy! Continue reading Planetside 2 – GDC 2012 Footage + New Screenshots→
During EA’s GDC 2012 press conference, Maxis’ Lucy Bradshaw has announced that Sim City V will hit PCs in 2013. Yeap, it’s official. Sim City V (that will be named simply SimCity as it’s a franchise reboot) is coming to the PC next year and will be a fully 3D title. Contrary to all previous Sim City titles, Sim City V will be the first 3D title and will feature a new game engine. Not only that, but the game will also come with a new physics engine that was developed for it. Continue reading Sim City V is coming to the PC in 2013, will be a fully 3D title, powered by a new physics engine→
Now here is a nice surprise. 2K Games have released a new update for the PC version of NBA 2K12. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting one so this is definitely great news for all those PC basketball fans. This update comes with lots of fixes, improvements to its gameplay, tweaks on the game’s AI and corrections to some network errors that would cause games to end prematurely. The update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view its complete changelog below. Enjoy! Continue reading NBA 2K12 PC Update Released→
Modder ‘GiantTurkeyFish’ has released a new, interesting lighting mod for Skyrim. Skryim Visuals – The Outdoors is a mod that changes the overall color of the weather and sunlight of Skyrim’s outdoor environments. Skyrim’s distance fog color has been change from a blue to more of a white and nights are dark enough that torches are more commonly used without sacrificing the ability see while in the dark. Continue reading Skyrim Visuals – The Outdoors is an interesting new lighting mod→
Remedy and Nordic Games have released the second patch for the PC version of Alan Wake. This new update comes with improved low level mouse reading routines to make the control cope better with low and variable frame rates, reduced CPU use when game doesn’t have focus, as well as a -directaiming command line parameter that removes all mouse acceleration. This update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view its complete changelog after the jump. Enjoy! Continue reading Alan Wake PC Update #2 Released; reduced CPU usage, improved mouse responsiveness, removed auto-aim→
Double Fine’s Stacking is now available on Steam and comes with a 33% discount. The game is priced at 9.99 euros and includes – for free – The Lost Hobo King DLC pack. In Stacking players can explore a vintage world inhabited by living Russian stacking dolls as you jump into more than 100 unique dolls and use their special abilities to solve a wide variety of puzzles & challenges. Continue reading Double Fine’s Stacking is now available on Steam and comes with a 33% discount→
I’m pretty sure that a lot of you were disappointed with Diablo III’s new, ‘cartoonish’ art direction. Thankfully, there is an FXAA Injector Mod for it and you can see below the difference between the modded and the vanilla version. The FXAA mod works as a direct3d post processing filter, making the game look sharper, have less saturation, add a slight bit of a (silver) sepia tone, slightly lowered exposure, slightly raised gamma. On the left of each shot we have the modded version and on the right the vanilla. Those interested can download the FXAA mod from here. Enjoy! Continue reading Diablo III – FXAA Injector Modded vs Vanilla Version→
