Electronic Arts has made an announcement yesterday regarding SimCity’s current state, and although the company avoided to discuss whether it will remove its always-online DRM system, the big publisher revealed that all SimCity owners – who have suffered from those infamous server issues – will get a free PC game on March 18th. Continue reading Electronic Arts will give out a free PC game to all SimCity owners→
Man, what a disastrous launch that was. And ironically, things are going from bad to worse as after the launch day issues that SimCity players faced, EA has managed to F’ things up even more. In order to offer better stability, EA removed the Cheetah mode of SimCity and as you may have expected, a lot of PC gamers got angry with that decision. Funny thing is that things did not improve and EA’s servers went down once again. Continue reading SimCity Is Going Down, Server Issues Still Present, Amazon Removes Product, EA Suspends Marketing→
Crytek has rolled out a new update for Crysis 3, as well as a new data patch for its multiplayer mode. According to the company, this new update comes with a number of fixes. Going into more details, patch 1.2 fixes particle shader causing black squares/broken shading on some graphics cards, shadering issue with underwater fog, as well as the root cause of some graphics driver crashes. Both of these patches will be auto-downloaded, and you can find the complete changelogs below! Continue reading Crysis 3 – Patch 1.2 & Data Patch C Are Now Available→
Electronic Arts has released the new Sim City game, a title that requires a constant internet connection in order to be enjoyed. And as you may have guessed, the game’s servers took a big hit during its launch day. As a result of that, a lot of gamers were unable to play their newly bought game, and got frustrated with EA’s policy over this issue, as well as possible refunds. Continue reading Sim City Released, Connectivity Issues Spotted, EA Refuses Refunds→
Abandon ship everyone; Dead Space 4 is going down. It seems that the franchise has been canned – or put on hold – as Videogamer reported that Dead Space 4’s development has been ceased. The reason behind this act? Dead Space 3’s low sales. Ironic, isn’t it? Well, we all saw that coming with that micro-transaction thing that EA tried to pull off. What is really funny here is that EA wants to add micro-transactions to almost all of its titles, so it will be interesting to see how things unfold. Continue reading Dead Space Franchise Is Going Down Due To Low Sales – UPDATE – EA & Visceral Deny It→
Before starting, let us apologize for not offering you this Performance Analysis sooner. Unfortunately, EA seemed hesitant on sending a PC review copy, and that’s why we had to delay it. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Visceral Games’ Executive Producer lied about offering the same gaming experience to all platforms or because EA feared that we’d bring the hammer down on it. Either way, EA should not be so ashamed of it. Why you ask? But because Dead Space 3 is a fine PC port. Yes, there isn’t any FOV option and the game suffers low-resolution textures but overall, this is as good as most multi-platform games, has proper on-screen keyboard indications, has amazing mouse support, and is not taxing – while looking great – at all. Continue reading Dead Space 3 – PC Performance Analysis→
Electronic Arts has released a new trailer for Battlefield 3’s last DLC, End Game, in which lead designer Niklas Fegraeus talks through some of the details. Endgame is all about speed, agility and adrenaline — and nothing emphasises these qualities more than the motorbike chases. Continue reading Battlefield 3: End Game DLC Detailed With A New Trailer→
Well, we already knew that Crysis 2 and 3 were limited by its consoles counterparts. Still, it’s good to see companies admitting that, and here comes today Cevat Yerli who stated that even Crysis 3 was limited by current-generation consoles. Yes, Crysis 3 is a great looking game on the PC and Crytek did exceptional things with it (great scaling on both CPU and GPU, even though it’s demanding as hell), however – and as we’ve stated about those physics calculations – the team did not take it to the next level. Continue reading Crytek’s CEO Admits That Crysis 3 Was Limited By Current-Generation Consoles→
Crysis 3 has been unleashed on the PC and it’s time to see how Crytek’s latest FPS title performs on the PC platform. As you may have heard, Crysis 3 is a DX11-only title and we have to confess that it sports the best visuals we’ve ever seen. However, it seems that CryEngine 3 is being pushed to its limits with those physics calculations that were introduced. Ironically, all physics are calculated by the CPU, meaning that you will nee a really top of the line CPU in order to enjoy it. But more on this later. Continue reading Crysis 3 – PC Performance Analysis→
