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Far Cry 3 Receives A New Update With Fan Requested Features

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Ubisoft announced today the release of a new patch for Far Cry 3, introducing a number of new features requested by players on both single player and multiplayer modes. This patch is live for all version of Far Cry 3, and you can view its complete changelog below. According to the French company, the features added or tweaked by this patch are an on-going effort to respond to players and give them more reasons to re-visit Rook Islands, to improve their skills with tougher challenges, and to re-discover the Far Cry 3 world. Enjoy! Continue reading Far Cry 3 Receives A New Update With Fan Requested Features

User’s Articles: Biggest Videogame Surprises of 2012

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Amidst every blockbuster release each year, for some gamers, some titles just don’t stand up to the rest in terms of anticipation. This is maybe either due to a bad first impression from demos or due to the fact that they might be sequels to games that were disappointing. However, some of these games outperform their expectations and are ultimately a finer part of gaming. This personal list is a pick of those games which I believe were not only better than expected but also better than most games that year. Also do note that, these are not in any significant order and are only those that were available on all three major platforms which includes the PS3, PC and Xbox 360. Continue reading User’s Articles: Biggest Videogame Surprises of 2012

Top 10 PC Optimized Games of 2012

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It’s that time of year again. 2013 is almost upon us and promises to be a great year. Well, that is if the Mayan prediction was not accurate enough and the world doesn’t end tomorrow (though we all know that we’ll be just fine and nothing ‘bad’ will happen). So, our dear readers, we’re presenting you our Top10 most optimized PC games of 2012. Before starting, let us tell you that our Top10 is based on those games’ performance under DX9 and DX10. DX11 did not take off in 2012, and that’s why we did not focus on it. However, our GTX690 will serve us well in 2013, so rest assured that our upcoming Performance Analyses will also cover this API. Continue reading Top 10 PC Optimized Games of 2012

Far Cry 3 – Patch 1.04 Released, Improves Overall Stability & Features Lots Of Fixes

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Seems that Ubisoft is really supporting the PC version of Far Cry 3. Yes, the team has not addressed the DX11 performance as of yet, however it has already rolled out 4 patches for the PC version that fix a lot of gameplay issues. Among other things, this latest patch improves stability, fixes one hell of bugs/issues, fixes several crashes, adds some tweaks for the Map Editor, and introduces new options the hide the HUD. You can find the download link – and the complete changelog – below. Continue reading Far Cry 3 – Patch 1.04 Released, Improves Overall Stability & Features Lots Of Fixes

Far Cry 3 – PC Update 1.03 released; includes fix for machines with more than 32 cores

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Ubisoft has released a new update for the PC version of Far Cry 3. According to the changelog, this patch fixes issues for machines that have more than 32 cores and brings improvements to playlists and rotation for User Made maps. You can view the complete changelog below, as well as a download link. Continue reading Far Cry 3 – PC Update 1.03 released; includes fix for machines with more than 32 cores

Ubisoft explains why vehicles were not included in Far Cry 3 MP & the differences between Far Cry 2

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In a Reddit IAMA discussion, Ubisoft’s developers have unveiled some interesting – background – information about Far Cry 3. According to the devs, Far Cry 3 MP does not feature any vehicles because the team wanted to focus on the ”shoulder to shoulder” fighting experience. Continue reading Ubisoft explains why vehicles were not included in Far Cry 3 MP & the differences between Far Cry 2

Far Cry 3 Comparison – SweetFX vs Vanilla Versions

As promised, below you can find a comparison between the vanilla version of Far Cry 3 and some SweetFX mods/configs for it. As usual, some will like them while others will hate them. We’ve created three SweetFX versions, and you can download all three of them from here. We’ve also included some details about the direction we took for each one of the SweetFX configs. Modded screenshots are on the left whereas vanilla shots are on the right. Continue reading Far Cry 3 Comparison – SweetFX vs Vanilla Versions

Beautiful fan-made videos for Far Cry 3 (graphics showcase) and Assassin’s Creed 3 (piano cover)

It’s Sunday today, meaning that we can take a back seat and relax. Therefore, we are bringing you today two videos from Ubisoft’s latest titles. As always, we love video-game theme covers and YouTube’s member ‘MCdahaka’ piano cover of Assassin’s Creed 3’s main theme sounds incredible. In addition, you can watch below a video that showcases the graphics of Far Cry 3, from YouTube’s member ‘xKyleN’. Stay tuned also for Far Cry 3, as we’ll have tomorrow a comparison between the SweetFX and its vanilla version. Continue reading Beautiful fan-made videos for Far Cry 3 (graphics showcase) and Assassin’s Creed 3 (piano cover)