This is simply too good to pass by. AMD has released a DX11 tech demo for its new GPU 7900 series that looks phenomenal. The tech demo is a proof-of-concept technology, with the aim to demonstrate certain rendering methods at run-time.The two main points here are the use of hardware managed virtual texturing (PRT) and? forward rendering pipeline with compute shader based light occlusion, that allows application of hardware MSAA by avoiding the pitfalls of the deferred rendering. And it looks pretty amazing. Enjoy and let’s hope that someone would actually put in good use AMD’s latest GPUs! Continue reading AMD Radeon HD 7900 series brings us closer to Pixar quality graphics; behold ‘Leo’ DX11 Tech-demo→
BioWare has unveiled today the cast for 2012’s first blockbuster game, Mass Effect 3. The ensemble will see the return of fan favorites, including Martin Sheen as the Illusive Man, Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale as Male and Female Shepard and will introduce Freddie Prinze, Jr. as James Vega, a marine who will help Commander Shepard take Earth back. Continue reading Mass Effect 3 – Voice Cast Reveal + New Screenshots→
Wollay has released a new video for his upcoming indie, voxel-based exploration RPG, Cube World. This video shows some changes that Wollay made to the combat system. There are no more combo points but an energy bar called ‘spirit’. Each attack generates spirit points (SP) with which players can unleash a finishing move. In addition, the finishing move depends on the player’s weapons. Cube World looks lovely and could be one of the best indie games of 2012. Check out its new footage after the jump! Continue reading New Cube World footage shows off the game’s new combat system→
Remember that mind-blowing RendeZook video of Battlefield 3? You know, the one that a player exits his plane in mid-air, destroys an enemy airplane with a rocket, and then re-enters it? Well, YouTube member ‘ThereIsaCanal’ went ahead and recreated that scene in real life. This is really mind-blowing and you should definitely take a look at it. Congrats ‘ThereIsaCanal’, such an amazing work mate. Enjoy everyone! Continue reading Battlefield 3 – RendeZook in real life→
Wolfire Games has released a new video that showcases the changes that have been made to Overgrowth’s latest alpha version. This week, Wolfire’s main programmer, David Rosen, has added sheathing and unsheathing for knives and small swords. In addition, David has improved performance impact of inactive weapons and in this latest build, players can dodge knife attacks by tapping a direction. Overgrowth looks amazing and you can view its new video after the jump! Continue reading Overgrowth Alpha 167 Changes→
Jackfrags released an amazing machinima video which showcases the choices that are available in Battlefield 3. Players can play alongside their teamates, alone, or by actually using the abilities of their classes. As the video proves, Battlefield 3 is all about choice and players should be aware of that. This is not your typical run n gun FPS game. Enjoy! Continue reading Amazing Battlefield 3 video shows off the choices available in DICE’s FPS game→
Paradox Interactive and Neocore Games have announced that the highly anticipated dark fantasy RTS/RPG King Arthur II – The Role-playing Wargame is now available in English on PC for $39.99 in retail and through all major digital download portals. The game is also available on Steam and comes with a playable demo. To celebrate it, the companies released the launch trailer of the game that is available bellow. Enjoy! Continue reading King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame – Launch Trailer→
Although Project CARS looks amazing, a lot of PC gamers were complaining about the ‘hand-less’ cockpit view. You see, Project CARS is still in pre-alpha stage and Slightly Mad Studios hadn’t implemented any hands-animations for their drivers in the cockpit view. All that has been changed though, as the latest build of the game comes with… haaaaaands. YouTube’s member Markao05 went ahead and captured some laps with the Asano LM11 TDX and the game’s latest, pre-alpha 139, build. Enjoy! Continue reading New Project CARS footage shows off the… driver’s hands→
Reflect is a Portal-clone that is created by students of the IGAD program, a game development course of the NHTV University of Applied Sciences in Breda, The Netherlands. And it’s funny because this indie game, showcases the future of PC graphics. We have known for some time that ray tracing and global illumination would be the two ground-breaking ‘features’ in future graphics and we are excited to finally see ray-tracing in real-time. The game uses an in-house engine called, Brigade Engine, and comes with a path tracer for rendering. Make no mistake though, Reflect is quite demanding but damn does it look sexy. Ray-tracing is as ground-breaking as iD Software’s real-time dynamic lighting that was showcased in Doom 3. Yeah, we are talking about great stuff here guys, though some of you might not like the noise that is introduced in Reflect! Continue reading Indie game ‘Reflect’ showcases the future of PC gaming graphics; ray tracing in real-time→
