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GOW: Ultimate Edition – Developers Answer Community Questions About Multi-GPU, Freesync, FPS Counters & More

The Coalition’s Cam, Technical Director for Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Windows 10, has answered some community questions about it. According to Cam, The Coalition will be looking at adding a FOV option and Freesync support. The team is still working on adding multi-GPU support, and they may include options to skip the startup movies , add a Vertical-Sync option, as well as options for Depth of Field and Film-Grain effects. Continue reading GOW: Ultimate Edition – Developers Answer Community Questions About Multi-GPU, Freesync, FPS Counters & More →

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition – Max Versus Lowest Comparison Screenshots

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is one of the first games that Microsoft brought to the PC in order to show its support to our platform, and below you can find some comparison screenshots between the game’s Max and Lowest settings. Max images are on the left, whereas Lowest images are on the right. As always, we strongly suggest opening the images in new tabs in order to see easier the differences. Enjoy! Continue reading Gears of War: Ultimate Edition – Max Versus Lowest Comparison Screenshots →

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition – New Patch Will Improve Performance, Will Disable Mouse Acceleration

The Coalition has just announced that a new update for the PC version of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will be released next week. This update will pack performance optimizations, Ambient Occlusion tweaks and refactor of texture settings to better reflect VRAM requirements. In addition, this update will disable mouse acceleration. Continue reading Gears of War: Ultimate Edition – New Patch Will Improve Performance, Will Disable Mouse Acceleration →

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex – New Leaked Screenshots, Graphics Options Revealed

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex promises to show what DX12 can achieve in a racing game and “!AffiliatedWithBlank” has just leaked some new screenshots from it. In addition, !AffiliatedWithBlank has shared a screenshot showing the graphics settings that will be featured in Forza Motorsport 6: Apex. Continue reading Forza Motorsport 6: Apex – New Leaked Screenshots, Graphics Options Revealed →

Gears of War 4 – Possibly Coming To The PC According To The Coalition’s Rod Fergusson

We’ve heard a lot of rumours surrounding a PC version of Gears of War 4, so here is today another hint about it. The Coalition’s studio head, Rod Fergusson, claimed that the game is possibly coming to the PC. Continue reading Gears of War 4 – Possibly Coming To The PC According To The Coalition’s Rod Fergusson →

Lionhead Studios Closes Down, Fable Legends’ Development Ceased

Microsoft announced today that it intends to close Lionhead Studios, and that the development of Fable Legends has been ceased. Fable Legends was one of the first games that was announced with DX12 support and cross-platform play support between Xbox One and PC. Continue reading Lionhead Studios Closes Down, Fable Legends’ Development Ceased →

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition – Latest Update Fixes Ambient Occlusion On AMD’s GPUs

When Gears of War: Ultimate Edition was released, a lot of AMD users reported that Ambient Occlusion was causing various artifacts. Well, we are happy to report that the latest update has resolved this issue and that there are no artifacts right now caused by AO on AMD’s GPUs. Continue reading Gears of War: Ultimate Edition – Latest Update Fixes Ambient Occlusion On AMD’s GPUs →

The Coalition Is Working On Adding Multi-GPU Support In Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

As you may have already heard, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition has been launched without multi-GPU support. According to various reports, this is related to the absence of an exclusive full-screen mode in UWP applications. And as Rod Fergusson, Studio Head of The Coalition, said, the team is currently working on adding multi-GPU support in it. Continue reading The Coalition Is Working On Adding Multi-GPU Support In Gears of War: Ultimate Edition →

Shots Fired – Epic’s Tim Sweeney Accuses Microsoft Of Trying To Monopolise PC Games Development [UPDATE]

As we’ve already said, Windows 10 Store has major issues that have not been resolved as of yet. And it appears that Tim Sweeney, Epic Games’ co-founder – is also not happy with Microsoft’s approach to this. Sweeney accused Microsoft of trying to monopolise PC games development, claiming that Microsoft wants to lock down the consumer PC ecosystem and monopolising app distribution and commerce. Continue reading Shots Fired – Epic’s Tim Sweeney Accuses Microsoft Of Trying To Monopolise PC Games Development [UPDATE] →