DICE’s Design Director of Star Wars Battlefront, Niklas Fegraeus, Reveals Brand New Information

There is no doubt that Star Wars: Battlefront is today’s hottest video-game topic. Dice’s design director of Star Wars: Battlefront, Niklas Fegraeus, has answered a number of questions on Twitter, giving away new information about this new Star Wars title. Continue reading DICE’s Design Director of Star Wars Battlefront, Niklas Fegraeus, Reveals Brand New Information

Star Wars: Battlefront – Reveal Trailer, Releases on November 17th

Electronic Arts and DICE have finally revealed the in-engine trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront. And while the company claimed that this is what the game actually looks like, we can safely say that the game won’t look anything close to this. For instance, LODs are ridiculously high there are no pop-ins. Let’s not exclude the ridiculously detailed textures that have been used and the lighting system that puts the entire Crysis franchise to shame. We’d love the final game to look similar to this, but until DICE reveals proper gameplay footage, we’ll simply be cautious about this whole ‘in-engine’ stuff. Oh, and the game releases on November 17th. Enjoy! Continue reading Star Wars: Battlefront – Reveal Trailer, Releases on November 17th

Grand Theft Auto V Modding – OpenIV 2.5 Now Supports GTA V, Lets Modders View Encrypted Files

Modder ‘GooD-NTS’ – OpenIV lead developer – has released a new version of OpenIV with support for Grand Theft Auto V. This new version of OpenIV lets modders view files as they can open archives and textures. Unfortunately, modders won’t be able to edit features (at least for now), but this is definitely good news as it opens up the possibility of bringing mods to GTA V. Continue reading Grand Theft Auto V Modding – OpenIV 2.5 Now Supports GTA V, Lets Modders View Encrypted Files

Pillars of Eternity – New Update Released, Optimized Save/Load System for Better Performance

Obsidian Entertainment has released a new patch for its amazing RPG, Pillars of Eternity. This patch will update your game version to 1.04, and comes with a number of fixes and improvements. This patch will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client, and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading Pillars of Eternity – New Update Released, Optimized Save/Load System for Better Performance

Grand Theft Auto V Looks Ridiculously Beautiful with SweetFX & Rendered at Extreme Resolutions

K-Putt – best known for his amazing SweetFX configurations – shared with us some images from GTA V (with SweetFX enabled). GTA V looks ridiculously beautiful with SweetFX when rendered at extreme resolutions. For bandwidth purposes, we’ve re-sized these images (as each image was 40MB in size). Be sure to visit K-Putt’s FlickR page for the uncompressed shots. Enjoy! Continue reading Grand Theft Auto V Looks Ridiculously Beautiful with SweetFX & Rendered at Extreme Resolutions

DICE Teases Star Wars: Battlefront Via New In-Engine Screenshot & 10-Second Video

Electronic Arts and DICE will unveil Star Wars: Battlefront tomorrow, and a ten-second teaser was included in the second official trailer of the new Star Wars movie. As DICE noted, this teaser was not CGI. In addition, a new in-engine screenshot from that video was released that can be viewed below. Enjoy! Continue reading DICE Teases Star Wars: Battlefront Via New In-Engine Screenshot & 10-Second Video

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Is Coming to Steam Early Access on April 21st

Frozenbyte is excited to announce that Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power will launch on April 21 on Steam Early Access for $19.99 / 19.99€ / £14.99. In order to celebrate this announcement, Frozenbyte released a new trailer for Trine 3 that can be viewed below. Continue reading Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Is Coming to Steam Early Access on April 21st