343 Industries and Creative Assembly are currently working on a new patch for Halo Wars 2. According to the release notes, this patch comes with performance improvements on various hardware, overall multiplayer performance improvements, and fixes a number of crashes. Continue reading New patch for Halo Wars 2 will bring performance improvements, will fix several issues
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Halo Wars 2 – PC Performance Analysis
While the first Halo Wars was not originally released for the PC (it arrived however as a pre-order bonus for its sequel), Halo Wars 2 was made available on the PC immediately and alongside its Xbox One brother (thanks to Microsoft’s Xbox Play Anywhere program). Halo Wars 2 only supports DX12 and while Microsoft declined sending us a review code, it’s time to see how this new strategy game performs on the PC platform. Continue reading Halo Wars 2 – PC Performance Analysis
Total War: WARHAMMER – Battle map editor available in beta form for Windows 10
Creative Assembly has announced a large update for the Assembly Kit for Total War: WARHAMMER that introduces battle map editing. The map editor is called Terry and it is currently in beta for Windows 10. A full release of this editor is slated for the end of the month, and will support both Windows 7 and 8. Continue reading Total War: WARHAMMER – Battle map editor available in beta form for Windows 10
Seven Kingdoms: Total War brings all the factions of Game of Thrones to Total War: Attila
Modder ‘SevenKingdomsMod’ released a new version of his Game of Thrones mod for Total War: ATTILA. Seven Kingdoms: Total War is described as a complete faction and unit overhaul based on and inspired by Game of Thrones, that strives to accurately recreate and depict all major land forces of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros (plus the Riverlands) using equipment, uniforms, and general aesthetics from the series. Continue reading Seven Kingdoms: Total War brings all the factions of Game of Thrones to Total War: Attila
Halo Wars 2 – Season Pass may be completely free to everyone
It appears that the Season Pass for Halo Wars 2 will be completely free to all game owners. Whether this is a pricing error or not remains to be seen, however the Season Pass for Halo Wars 2 is currently available on the Windows Store and can be acquired free of charge. Continue reading Halo Wars 2 – Season Pass may be completely free to everyone
Halo Wars 2 gets a new multiplayer vidoc
Microsoft has released a new vidoc for Halo Wars 2, in which 343 Industries and Creative Assembly discuss the multiplayer modes of Halo Wars 2, including Blitz, where tactical combat meets card-based strategy. Halo Wars 2 is currently planned for a February 21st release. Enjoy! Continue reading Halo Wars 2 gets a new multiplayer vidoc
Alien: Isolation – Mod adds Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA)
God bless modders. Up until now, PC gamers were able to choose between SMAA and downsampling in order to eliminate Alien: Isolation’s jaggies. However, Reddit’s member ‘aliasIsolation’ has released a mod for Alien: Isolation that adds support for Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA). Continue reading Alien: Isolation – Mod adds Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA)
Report: Total War: WARHAMMER runs 27% slower in DX12 on NVIDIA’s hardware
Creative Assembly has just released the DX12 patch for Total War: WARHAMMER. And while the game’s DX12 renderer is still in beta stage, it appears that there are no benefits at all for NVIDIA users. In fact, the DX12 renderer for Total War: WARHAMMER comes with a significant performance hit on NVIDIA’s hardware, something that undoubtedly surprised us. Continue reading Report: Total War: WARHAMMER runs 27% slower in DX12 on NVIDIA’s hardware
Total War: WARHAMMER – First major update released, adds DX12 beta support
Creative Assembly has released the first major update for Total War: WARHAMMER. This update comes with one hell of bug fixes, balance tweaks to all races, a number of technical improvements and beta support for DX12. This update is 2GB in size and will be auto-downloaded from Steam. You can find its complete – and huge – changelog here, and a portion of it below. Continue reading Total War: WARHAMMER – First major update released, adds DX12 beta support
Here is your first look at the open beta build of Halo Wars 2
Reddit’s member ‘ArtilleryHobo’ has shared a number of screenshots from the open beta build of Halo Wars 2. Halo Wars 2 is being developed by 343 Industries and Creative Assembly, and is described as an exciting new strategy game packed with fast-paced action, massive battles, and an all-new Halo story. The game’s open beta is reported to take place from June 13th to June 20th. Enjoy! Continue reading Here is your first look at the open beta build of Halo Wars 2