Black Mesa Coming To Retail, Will Be Powered By A New Game Engine

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Black Mesa is considered one of the best mods ever released on the PC. Although the mod has not been completed yet, Valve has made an offer to the development team that could not be refused. Therefore, a paid version of Black Mesa will be coming to Steam. This new version will be powered by a new game engine and will be hitting Steam really soon. Continue reading Black Mesa Coming To Retail, Will Be Powered By A New Game Engine

Call of Duty: Ghosts – Official Update Removes The Ridiculous 6GB RAM Requirement [UPDATE]

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Well you gotta love Activision and Infinity Ward. Yesterday, the big publisher revealed that there are no plans for an update that would fix the FPS and lag issues spotted on the PC version. And today, Infinity Ward has released a new PC update that removes the ridiculous RAM requirement. Yeap, that’s right everyone. Call of Duty: Ghosts can officially now be played on systems with 4GB of RAM. Continue reading Call of Duty: Ghosts – Official Update Removes The Ridiculous 6GB RAM Requirement [UPDATE]

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – PC Performance Analysis

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Last month, we had the pleasure to interview Ubisoft who confirmed that Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag would be better optimized on the PC than its predecessor. As Ubisoft claimed, the scheduler used for the rendering was ‘rewritten from the ground up and in AC4, the engine will use all the cores it needs until it sees that using more cores brings no more gain.’ Well, it appears that information was incorrect as Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is plagued by performance issues and runs identical on tricore and quadcore CPUs. Not only that but the performance difference between a dualcore and a quadcore is around 5fps at best. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – PC Performance Analysis

Battlefield 4 – Second Assault DLC Unveiled In This Latest Trailer

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Electronic Arts and DICE have released a new trailer for BF4, in which the game’s executive producer Patrick Bach discusses Second Assault, new vehicles, weapons and fan-favourite maps including Gulf of Oman, Operation Firestorm, Caspian Border and Operation Metro. Continue reading Battlefield 4 – Second Assault DLC Unveiled In This Latest Trailer

First Shadowrun Returns Expansion Announced, Coming This January

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Harebrained Schemes announced today Shadowrun: Dragonfall, a major expansion for Shadowrun Returns on Windows, OSX, and Linux that features a robust full-length campaign set in the city of Berlin. The title will be available for purchase this January on Steam and a DRM-free version will be available on GOG.com. iPad and Android tablet versions will follow. Continue reading First Shadowrun Returns Expansion Announced, Coming This January

PC demo released for Unreal Engine-powered 3D run and gun platformer, Chaos Domain

Chaos Domain

Holy Warp has released a PC demo of Chaos Domain, a run and gun hardcore platformer game that is powered by Unreal Engine. Chaos Domain is an Unreal Engine-powered 3D run and gun platformer game, inspired by classic Contra series, as well as titles like Abuse, Doom Troopers and Shadow Complex. Continue reading PC demo released for Unreal Engine-powered 3D run and gun platformer, Chaos Domain

Speedball 2 HD Hits Steam & Get Games This December

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Mastertronic announced today that Speedball 2 HD – a modern reincarnation on the classic, futuristic cyberpunk sports game Speedball – will be coming on Steam and Get Games this December. In addition, Mastertronic has released a new trailer for this revamped version of Speedball that can be viewed below. Continue reading Speedball 2 HD Hits Steam & Get Games This December

Nvidia GeForce 331.82 WHQL Drivers Released, Optimized For NFS: Rivals & AC4

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Nvidia has released a new set of drivers for its graphics cards. According to its key notes, the Nvidia GeForce 331.82 WHQL driver ensures players will have the best possible gaming experience in Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag and Need for Speed: Rivals. In addition, this new driver features various improvements for other triple-A games such as Metro: Last Light and Battlefield 4. Continue reading Nvidia GeForce 331.82 WHQL Drivers Released, Optimized For NFS: Rivals & AC4

Lichdom – New Trailer Showcases AMD’s TrueAudio Tech

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AMD has released a new trailer that gives us an aural glimpse of AMD TrueAudio technology in Xaviant’s upcoming title, Lichdom. Lichdom is powered by CRYENGINE and takes players on an adventure of godly proportions, pitting humans against the forces of worldly decay: corruption, greed, and decadence. And as you’d expect, the game will support AMD’s latest tech. Continue reading Lichdom – New Trailer Showcases AMD’s TrueAudio Tech