Friday, what a lovely day, right? It’s the end of your working day, the day before weekend, the day when you can finally play your favourite game. Oh, God bless Friday. And what happens when you try to play Battlefield 3? Nothing. Nada. Why? But because Origin is down… or should I say ‘broken’ since you can’t login and even if you do, you get a lovely crash. Oh, and you won’t be able to see the games that you’ve purchased in your account. Lovely. First Ubisoft with their servers issues and now EA. Can it get any better? Continue reading Battlefield 3 fans, be advised; Origin is down, EA is looking into it→
Modder ‘maikel’ has released a new CryEngine 3 video that shows off what ‘natural lighting’ would look like in a video-game. The modder has been looking at how light works in the real world and how this can be translated in a game engine and his research is designed to answer: a) How does direct light, indirect light and atmospheric effects work in the real world and b) How can this be translated into a game engine. The end result is great and you can view its video, as well as some screenshots, bellow. Enjoy! Continue reading New CryEngine 3 video shows off ‘Natural Lighting’ in video games→
Even though the 1.1.1 patch has gone live yesterday, BioWare is already testing the new, upcoming 1.1.2 patch and has revealed the changes that were made to it. This patch is currently available on the public test servers and comes with fixes and improvements that have been made to the game’s classes that wield the Force. You can view its complete changelog bellow. Continue reading Star Wars: The Old Republic patch 1.1.2 notes revealed→
As we’ve informed you, Black Box was considering removing the idiotic 30fps lock that was present in the PC version of Need For Speed: The Run and that time has finally come. Oh yeah, PC gamers can finally enjoy NFS: The Run with a higher framerate as Black Box and EA have released a patch for the game that unlocks it. And get this; the patch comes with the Signature Edition Booster Pack cars for free to all PC gamers. Hell yeah. Continue reading PC gamers, rejoice; NFS: The Run patch is out and comes with a 30fps unlocker and some special bonus→
BioWare has unveiled today the cast for 2012’s first blockbuster game, Mass Effect 3. The ensemble will see the return of fan favorites, including Martin Sheen as the Illusive Man, Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale as Male and Female Shepard and will introduce Freddie Prinze, Jr. as James Vega, a marine who will help Commander Shepard take Earth back. Continue reading Mass Effect 3 – Voice Cast Reveal + New Screenshots→
Remember that mind-blowing RendeZook video of Battlefield 3? You know, the one that a player exits his plane in mid-air, destroys an enemy airplane with a rocket, and then re-enters it? Well, YouTube member ‘ThereIsaCanal’ went ahead and recreated that scene in real life. This is really mind-blowing and you should definitely take a look at it. Congrats ‘ThereIsaCanal’, such an amazing work mate. Enjoy everyone! Continue reading Battlefield 3 – RendeZook in real life→
GDC2012 starts in almost 5 weeks and DICE’s rendering architect, Johan Andersson, has revealed that DICE will attend and he will talk about the terrain system in Frostbite 2 as it was applied in Battlefield 3. According to GDC’s schedule, session is partitioned into three parts. The first part consists the scalability aspects, while the second will be focussed towards workflow aspects and describe how DICE has achieved full in-game realtime editing. Continue reading DICE’s Rendering Architect to talk in GDC2012; new terrain talk about what DICE has been working on since for FB2→
Funcom and Electronic Arts have released six new screenshots for their upcoming MMORPG, The Secret World. These screenshots showcase the Blue Mountain location that was recently added to the game and look pretty amazing. The Secret World is currently slated for an April 2012 release on the PC. Enjoy! Continue reading The Secret World – Six New Screenshots→
Jackfrags released an amazing machinima video which showcases the choices that are available in Battlefield 3. Players can play alongside their teamates, alone, or by actually using the abilities of their classes. As the video proves, Battlefield 3 is all about choice and players should be aware of that. This is not your typical run n gun FPS game. Enjoy! Continue reading Amazing Battlefield 3 video shows off the choices available in DICE’s FPS game→
Here is some good news for all PC gamers that were looking forward to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, as 38 Studios is already working on fixing the camera controls that were so annoying in the game’s demo. And that’s precisely why we should be getting early demos, as developers can pin-point most of their games’ issues and fix them before releasing it, or with a quick hotfix, thus providing a better gaming experience to their fans. Continue reading Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will feature more camera options→
