Posts by John Papadopoulos:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – New Update Released
Posted on: 24 Sep 2011
Square Enix released yesterday a new update for their acclaimed first person action adventure RPG, Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and – among other things – fixes crashes when examining quest items and a specific issue that caused performance degradation for some DX9 players in the 1.2.630 … Continue reading Deus Ex: Human Revolution – New Update Released
F1 2011 PC Performance Analysis
Posted on: 24 Sep 2011
Codemasters has just released the latest version of their F1 game. One of our biggest complains about F1’s previous version was the fact that it wasn’t optimized at all on the PC. Contrary to Grid or Colin McRae series, F1 2010 didn’t perform as we’d expect and was CPU bound. We were expecting Codies to … Continue reading F1 2011 PC Performance Analysis
Serious Sam 3: BFE Help Line with Rich Knuckles – Episode Three
Posted on: 21 Sep 2011
Devolver released the third and final part of their Serious Sam 3: BFE Help Line with Rich Knuckles. Serious Sam 3: BFE is a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.
Diablo III Beta Is Now Live
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Well, it took Blizzard a whole day – after the release of the hacked server – but get ready everyone and start checking your emails because the closed beta phase of Diablo III is officially live. Now. Invitations to participate in the beta test are now being delivered to the chosen heroes. As with beta tests … Continue reading Diablo III Beta Is Now Live
Crytek’s ‘Think Inside & Outside The Box’ Competition Winners Announced + Screenshots
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Crytek announced today the winners of its first CryDev’s official competition and we have some screenshots of these winning maps. Coming in at number 3 is The Vulture with his Cry-Museum, a map that is basically a room of small cabinets with Crysis assets scaled down and made into small scenes. At number 2 is … Continue reading Crytek’s ‘Think Inside & Outside The Box’ Competition Winners Announced + Screenshots
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Video Q&A Set 2 – Altair and Ezio related… one way or another
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Ubisoft has just released a new Q&A video, in which Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’ lead scriptwriter, Darby McDevitt, reveals the relationship between Altair and Ezio. Altair and Ezio are not in the same exact plotline and are not related directly but they come from different bloodlines. Think of it as Ezio coming from Desmond’s father side while Altair coming … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Video Q&A Set 2 – Altair and Ezio related… one way or another
Insane Office Escape is an impressive Live-Action Short Film that is based on Mirror’s Edge
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
We’ve seen various Mirror’s Edge adaptations but nothing can come close to the production values of Insane Office Escape. The film is directed and edited by Ilya Naishuller and shot by Sergei Valyaev and Ilya Naishuller. As the title suggests, it showcases an escape attempt from an office and looks quite phenomenal. We’d like to … Continue reading Insane Office Escape is an impressive Live-Action Short Film that is based on Mirror’s Edge
Two Worlds II – Pirates of the Flying Fortress Is Out Now
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Topware Interactive has finally released the expansion pack of Two Worlds II, Pirates of the Flying Fortress. Two Worlds II: Pirates of Flying Fortress is now out on GamersGate, it’s over 2GB in size and will cost you around 30 euros.
Batman: Arkham City PC Gets Delayed + New Screenshots
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Surprise surprise. The highly anticipated bat game is following the example of some other multiplatform games and its PC version will be delayed. Warner Bros and and Rocksteady Studios are releasing the PC version of Batman: Arkham City in November. No explanation has been given about this delay, although the company released four new PC … Continue reading Batman: Arkham City PC Gets Delayed + New Screenshots
Battlefield 3 – Official PC System Requirements Revealed
Posted on: 20 Sep 2011
Following the previous announcement about BF3’s beta release date, Electronic Arts has also revealed the official PC requirements of their highly anticipated FPS game. As we can see, gamers will need at least a dual-core CPU and Windows Vista. In addition, the game doesn’t support DX9 so you’ll need at least a DX10 entry-level GPU … Continue reading Battlefield 3 – Official PC System Requirements Revealed