Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes today announced the official release date for the epic pirate RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters as April 24th, 2012 for USA and Canada and April 27th, 2012 for countries in Europe. Both companies also revealed the final packshot of the game showing the emblematic pirate Jolly Roger (skull and crossbones) – but with a Risen 2 twist. The packshot – for each and every platform – can be viewed bellow! Continue reading Risen 2: Dark Waters is coming to the PC on April 24th→
We all know that Back to Karkand brings back some of our favourite BF2 maps. But how much better does these new, re-designed maps look like? Well, time to find out. YT users ‘UltimatePCGameModder’, ‘DPCasting’, ‘zhrooms’ and ‘Robbaz’ uploaded some comparison videos between Battlefield 2’s maps and the remade ones for Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand expansion. Both BF2 and BF3 were running with the highest possible settings, so go ahead and watch the differences between these two games! Continue reading The Evolution of Battlefield Graphics – Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand vs Battlefield 2→
Futuremark sent us word that a new update for their gaming benchmark for DirectX 11 PCs, 3D Mark 2011, is currently available. This new version of 3D Mark 2011 is compatible and comparable with results produced by earlier versions and you can download it from its official website. As always, it is best advised to have the latest version of such programs/tools, so go ahead and update it. You can find the complete changelog after the jump. Continue reading 3DMark 11 – New Update Released→
EA has just revealed the identity of Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances, a browser-based strategy game set in the Command & Conquer Tiberium universe. According to the press release, Tiberium Alliances is developed by the EA-owned German RTS studio Phenomic that was responsible for SpellForce, BattleForge and Lord of Ultima. Continue reading Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances is a browser-based strategy MMO from Phenomic→
So you want the best HD Texture Pack for Skyrim? Get ready then as AaGeOn’s Texture Pack looks mind-blowing. This texture pack will cover most of Skyrims current textures with a much higher resolution textures(4-8x bigger). No stock photo’s or any other photographic material will be used as AaGeOn is creating everything from scratch and hand edit all the Normal maps until the desired effect is reached. In addition, AaGeOn sketched out every texture and built it layer per layer and that’s why the Texture Pack is not ready yet as it takes more time than editing photos. The result however is total freedom in creating the textures and from the looks of it, this is the Texture Pack that all of you have been waiting for. Enjoy the teaser after the jump! Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – New Teaser Trailer for AaGeOn’s HQ Texture Pack→
Great news for all MMO fans as AION is going free-to-play in February in Europe. According to NCSoft, this is an attempt to boost the player numbers as the lands in Atreia have become more and more deserted in the last few years. As the company stated, they have teamed up with the German publisher Gameforge for the switch-over. The Gameforge Aion-Team consists of 38 employees and they will soon be responsible for the running of the game across the whole of Europe. Continue reading Aion goes free-to-play in February→
Skyrim Kinect: Fus Ro Dah, is the latest edition to the ‘PC Games Kinected’ lineup, which allows for full character control using both gestures and voice. Like the original Skyrim Kinect, you can use your arms to swing swords, cast spells, use your bow, or block with shieds. Movement, like walking/running and sneaking, is still handled with body movements and has seen an increase in precision. As a result, gameplay using the Bow now is very enjoyable. Continue reading Skyrim Kinect: Fus Ro Dah – New Video Of This Amazing Kinect Project→
Telltale Games announced that Law & Order: Legacies, an episodic game based on NBCUniversal’s Emmy-winning Law & Order TV series, will be cracking cases this month as a universal app on iPad and iPhone. Law & Order: Legacies delivers the ultimate Law & Order experience as it assembles a full roster of investigators & district attorneys from multiple Law & Order franchises all into one ‘season’ of seven episodically released games! Continue reading Law and Order: Legacies Announced; new episodic adventure from Telltale Games→
Sony Online Entertainment announced that the first expansion for the free-to-play tactical strategy game, Magic: The Gathering – Tactics Secrets of Terisiare is now available. Secrets of Terisiare allows Planeswalkers to summon more than 160 new figures and spells and features two new tactical game mechanics, Cloak and Charge. Continue reading Magic: The Gathering – Tactics Secrets of Terisiare Announced & Released→
