Battlefield 4 Winter Patch – Sports AMD Mantle Optimizations & Graphical Performance Improvements

Battlefield 4’s Winter Patch releases today and DICE has revealed its changelog. According to it, this new update for BF4 comes with several AMD Mantle optimizations and graphical performance improvements. In addition, this update adds Squad Obliteration game mode and brings a number of bug fixes. You can view the complete changelog below (this patch will be auto-downloaded from Origin). Continue reading Battlefield 4 Winter Patch – Sports AMD Mantle Optimizations & Graphical Performance Improvements

Shadowrun Online Renamed to Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown, Releases on April 28th

Nordic Games and Cliffhanger Productions announced that their tactical turn-based RPG, Shadowrun Online, will be renamed to Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown. In addition, the companies also revealed that this new Shadowrun game will be released on April 28th. Continue reading Shadowrun Online Renamed to Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown, Releases on April 28th

The Khronos Group Officially Reveals Vulkan – Next-Gen OpenGL Open-Standard API

The Khronos Group, an open consortium of leading hardware and software companies, today announced the availability of technical previews of the new Vulkan open standard API for high-efficiency access to graphics and compute on modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices. Continue reading The Khronos Group Officially Reveals Vulkan – Next-Gen OpenGL Open-Standard API

Unreal Tournament – New Update Introduces First High Resolution Textured Map

A couple of hous ago, we shared the GDC 2015 trailer for Epic’s Unreal Engine. In that video, there were some segments from Unreal Tournament. Well, it seems that Epic has just updated its free arena shooter with the first high resolution textured map. Continue reading Unreal Tournament – New Update Introduces First High Resolution Textured Map

Here Are 17 Minutes of Gameplay Footage from “Firewatch”

Campo Santo Productions and IGN have shared a new video showcasing 17 minutes of gameplay footage from Firewatch. Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game that is powered by Unity, in which you take the role of a man named Henry who explores the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. It looks cool, so make sure to give this video a go! Continue reading Here Are 17 Minutes of Gameplay Footage from “Firewatch”

Unreal Engine 4 Is Now Available to Everyone for Free, Gets GDC 2015 Trailer

Epic Games announced today that Unreal Engine 4 is now available to everyone for free, and all future updates will be free. What this means is that anyone can download the engine and use it for everything from game development, education, architecture, and visualization to VR, film and animation. Continue reading Unreal Engine 4 Is Now Available to Everyone for Free, Gets GDC 2015 Trailer