Electronic Arts today announced the beginning of an extensive and exclusive creative collaboration between Katy Perry, one of today’s biggest superstars, and The Sims, one of the most popular gaming series of all-time. In collaboration with Perry, the world-renowned The Sims Studio plans to develop multiple games within The Sims franchise featuring special Katy Perry themed in-game content and virtual goods. The relationship kicks off with a special Collector’s Edition for The Sims 3 Showtime, launching in March 2012. Katy Perry will also be featured in all-new advertising and marketing campaigns for the brand. Continue reading EA join forces with Katy Perry; The Sims 3 Showtime Special Collector’s Edition Officially Announced→
Call us unimpressed but we saw this coming. And frankly, it’s natural as EA wants to establish their digital distribution service. As the title suggests, EA’s Origin will be required for all PC editions of Mass Effect 3, physical or digital. Not only that, but Mass Effect 3 will not appear on Steam. EA and BioWare stated that Mass Effect 3 will be available through both Origin and third-party digital retailers, but not via Valve’s distribution service. Does this ring any bell? Continue reading Surprise surprise: Mass Effect 3 won’t appear on Steam; will require Origin→
Now that’s what we’re talking about. Modder Anzer has just released the first screenshots of his upcoming mod for Crysis 2, Nuked Crysis. What is Nuked Crysis you ask? Well, it’s a re-imagining of Duke Nukem 3D in CryEngine 3, with Crysis 2’s assets. Anzer released some comparison shots and we have to say that Nuked Crysis is true to Duke Nukem 3D’s spirit. Anzer’s goal is to at least finish the first map (and maybe the next two as this re-mapping procedure needs a lot of time). This is simply amazing and we can’t wait to get our hands on it. No ETA has been announced as of yet, so stay tuned for more news about this promising mod! Continue reading Duke Nukem 3D comes to CryEngine 3 with the Nuked Crysis Mod→
CryEngine 3 is a really amazing engine and as we’ve said and before, we are shocked that most studios are not taking advantage of it. This engine is one of the most optimized engines available to the market and since the SDK has been released, modders have been ‘playing’ with it. So, today we bring you some new screenshots from the works of USSR_GRAND, neo83_gr, rGOt, darkchazz, chicken, iSqueezee, bello2185, ShadosProd, Lavizh, and [P.W.N]UltraNOOB. Enjoy and let’s hope that some developers will license this engine and put it to good use! Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [January 8th – 14th]→
The key to success is timing and precision guys. Well, that’s what my teacher used to tell me but I believe that, along those things, luck is pretty much essential. You can be the best pilot in the world, but you sure as hell need to be lucky to achieve a dive like the one of the following video. YouTube’s member ‘2cgamingvids’ has witnessed the impossible; an epic jet dive that could very well lead to a crash. That player flying the jet is either one hell of a pilot, or really lucky. Oh, and the ‘jet-drifting’ at the end of this dive was simply amazing. So, what do you think? Epic or extremely lucky? Continue reading Battlefield 3: The most epic or the most lucky jet flyby, you decide→
Remember those mind-blowing carage shots of a Crysis 2 mod that were featured in one of our Weekly CryEngine 3 Galleries? No? Shame on you. Modder Tiesto is developing one of the best SP total conversions of Crysis 2 and has released its beta version. To put it simple; this is the best total conversion of Crysis 2. Hell, it even puts Crysis 2 itself to shame. According to the modder, this is only a beta, thus it does not contain many missions. In fact, the beta features only the Continuum map (all the other maps will be in the final release). Continue reading Crysis 2 SP Continuum Mod Beta Released; Behold the power of CryEngine 3→
YouTube’s member ‘FRANKIEonPCin1080p’ uploaded a pretty interesting and funny video, in which he tries to replicate Nintendo’s classic Super Mario Kart in Battlefield 3. Is this faithful to the original game? Hardly. Is it cool? Hell yeah. We’ve seen various fan-made videos for Battlefield 3 and we begin to wonder if there is something that can’t be done in DICE’s game. Enjoy everyone! Continue reading Battlefield 3 meets Super Mario Kart→
If there is one mod that can make Crysis unique and refreshing, then that’s definitely CyberAlien’s Extreme Quality Mod. CyberAlien’s mod is a piece of art and modder ‘x0TuRn0x’ decided to go the extra mile and to fix some bugs of it, as well as to include it in a map. Thus, Crysis PhotorealIV EGM has come to life. This little mod/map comes with better motion blur and DoF, as well as some gameplay improvements. And damn, those sand textures look lovely! Continue reading Crysis PhotorealIV EGM gives us a taste of how Crysis would look like if it was released today→
