Creative Assembly has released the third beta update for its strategy title, Total War: Rome 2. According to its changelog, this patch bring significant improvements to multiplayer campaign speed, Frame Rate improvements on Campaign map on low spec Core2 Duo cpu’s in windowed mode, as well as Frame Rate improvements on Campaign map across all configurations when setting Effects Quality to Low or High. In order to download this update, you need to apply for the game’s beta update program. You can view the complete changelog below. Continue reading Total War: Rome 2 – Third Beta Update Now Available, Comes With Another 100 Fixes→
As promised, Creative Assembly has released the second beta patch for its newly released strategy title, Total War: Rome II. According to its release notes, this patch comes with some Campaign performance optimisations, improvements on the campaign’s AI round time, pathfinding optimisations for its campaign mode and more conservative out-of-the-box graphics settings and resolution for DirectX 10 and 11 on Mobile GPUs. This patch will can be downloaded once you apply for the game’s beta update phase, and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading Total War: Rome II – Beta Patch 2 Available, Contains 100 Fixes→
SEGA and Sports Interactive released today a new video blog for Football Manager 2014 that focuses on the game’s tech. Football Manager 2014 promises to be the most feature-packed and technically advanced release in Sports Interactive history, with over 1,000 new features and improvements. The game is planned for an October 31st release on PC, Mac and Linux. Enjoy! Continue reading New Football Manager 2014 Video Blog Focuses On The Game’s Tech→
Creative Assembly’s Creative Director, Mike Simpson, admitted today that Total War: Rome II’s release has not gone as planned and that the team is working hard on fixing this mess. Creative Assembly has also released a hotfix that significantly improves campaign map frame-rate on a variety of hardware combinations, meaning that most people will finally be able to at least play this newly released strategy title. Continue reading Creative Assembly Admits Total War: Rome II’s Problems, Releases Hotfix That Improves Map Framerates→
SEGA and Sports Interactive have released a new video blog for Football Manager 2014 that focuses on the game’s match day options. Football Manager 2014 promises to be the most feature-packed and technically advanced release in Sports Interactive history, with over 1,000 new features and improvements. In addition, the game will support ‘cloud save’ technology and will also hit Linux. Enjoy! Continue reading Football Manager 2014 – Second Video Blog Focuses On Match Day Options→
Our dear friends over at PCGamesHardware have created an interesting comparison between the alpha and the retail version of Total War: Rome II. As we can clearly see, the alpha version had a specific color grading effect that is missing from the retail version. Not only that, but the whole lighting system seems better in the alpha version. To be honest, the retail version feels a bit bland in some scenes, so we don’t know what had gone wrong with it. HDR and bloom effects also seem better enhanced in the alpha version. Moreover, it comes as no surprise that the first set of screenshots for Rome 2 were bullcraps (in short, photoshopped) and nothing more. Enjoy the video below! Continue reading Total War: Rome 2 – Alpha versus Retail Video Comparison→
Creative Assembly announced that it will release the first update for Total War: Rome II this Friday. According to the team, the variety of hardware and general system specifications can cause issues for some people and it is urgently working to help get them the right experience. The team aims to tweak the balancing, AI routines and other features now that it is getting real-time metric feedback from thousands of players. Continue reading Total War: Rome II – First Update Coming This Friday→
Sports Interactive has released a new video for Football Manager 2014 that focuses on the game’s reinvented ‘news’ system. Football Manager 2014 promises to be the most feature-packed and technically advanced release in Sports Interactive history, with over 1,000 new features and improvements. The game will be released on PC, Mac and Linux before Christmas 2013. Enjoy! Continue reading Football Manager 2014 – New Video Focusing On The Game’s “News” System→
SEGA and Sports Interactive released today a new trailer for Football Manager 2014, showcasing its improved 3D match engine. According to the development team, the 3D Match Engine has seen extensive improvements, including enhanced AI, improved lighting and player animation, individual player character and kit models, more realistic player reaction to on-field incidents and a range of optimizations which combine to make this the best looking and fastest Football Manager Match Engine yet. Enjoy! Continue reading Football Manager 2014 – 3D Match Engine Showcased→
SEGA today announced details on the release date and price for Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, the fantastical reimagining of the original SEGA® Mega Drive classic. Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse will be available worldwide for digital download on September 4th, 2013 for PSN, XBLA, and for PC digital download for £9.99/€12.99/$14.99USD/1200 Microsoft Points. Continue reading Castle of Illusion Gets A Release Date – Comes To PSN, XBLA and PC On September 4th→
