Our reader ‘Ghost Rider LSOV’ shared with us a hilarious bug from Battlefield 4’s beta that turned the Siege of Shanghai map into an underwater city. According to ‘EmotionaltroutHD’ who captured it, this bug started at checkpoint A when walking downstairs. The player could not shoot and the bug continued even after being killed and re-spawned. Obviously DICE will sort it out, though it will be a great easter egg to turn this map into an underwater city, don’t you think? Continue reading Battlefield 4 Beta Bug Turns ‘Siege of Shanghai’ Into An Underwater City→
CRYENGINE modder ‘Mrick’ has released some mind-blowing screenshots from a car that has been created via Crytek’s engine. According to the modder, all exterior parts have a vertex colors Ambient Occlusion, while the interior parts have an Ambient Occlusion baked in the Shader parameter “Detail mapping” made with the Mental Ray AO and render to texture. Furthermore, the carbon Texture and Body Paint have a second Mesh for the glossy reflection. In short, this car model looks astounding and its level of detail is beyond anything we’ve seen. Now imagine a next-gen title with this kind of car models on highly detailed environments. Let’s hope that devs will start using this engine for their next-gen projects. Until then, enjoy the screenshots! Continue reading Next-Gen Racers Can Achieve CG Quality Graphics With CRYENGINE→
Machinima has shared a new fan short film, based on Valve’s classic FPS title. As its description reads, this is intended to celebrate the game franchise and is in no way affiliated with Half-Life and Valve official works. The film focuses on the game’s iconic weapon, the crowbar. When an experiment goes wrong, it unleashes a catastrophic event on the Black Mesa Research Facility, and blah blah blah. It’s Half Life, you already know what happens, so go ahead and enjoy the film! Continue reading Half-Life: Raise the Bar Is A Great Fan-Made Fan Film Based On Valve’s Classic FPS→
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video for PlanetSide 2. In this fourth episode of Operation: Make Faster game, the development team introduces us to Rob Elam and Julio Jerez, programmers for PlanetSide 2. Rob and Julio are charged with optimizing aka “wrangling” the system interactions with the game physics engine to make PlanetSide 2 run better. Enjoy! Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – New video focuses on PhysX and its incoming physics optimizations→
Valve has released a new video that gives us a quick look at some games being played with the prototype version of the Steam Controller. The Controller showcased here is the same version with the one that Valve will be shipping to 300 Steam users later this year. The team has promised to release more demonstrations with other games soon, so stay tuned for more. The Steam Controller seems way better than other controllers and surprisingly enough, even strategy games seem playable with it. Yes, even this controller cannot come close to the keyboard+mouse combo, however it seems like the best alternative we’ve seen thus far. Enjoy! Continue reading Valve Demonstrates The Steam Controller→
You’ve got to admit that you really can’t stop laughing when the video game physics engines go wrong. A couple of days ago, one of my friends shared the weirdest and ‘fail-est’ Fifa 14 video I’ve ever seen. Instead of simply presenting you that video, though, I decided to gather some from the latest games that will make you wonder what the F has just happened. Therefore, enjoy some WTF physics videos from Skate 3, Race 07, Battlefield 4, Forza 4 and Fifa 14! Continue reading Hilarious things happen when video-game physics go wrong – part 3→
Frictional Games has officially unveiled its new project that will be called SOMA. SOMA will be a sci-fi horror game, and will be released to PC and PS4 in 2015. In addition, Frictional Games has released a gameplay trailer for this new horror title that can be viewed below. SOMA seems to be using a modified version of Amnesia’s engine and comes with some really high-res textures, alongside some other cool tech stuff. SOMA looks really interesting, so make sure to check its trailer after the jump! Continue reading Frictional Games’ SOMA Officially Revealed – Coming To PC & PS4 In 2015→
Seaven Studio was kind enough to provide us with a review code for its upcoming platform puzzler, Ethan Meteor Hunter, thus you can enjoy a walkthrough its first 15 minutes. In this game, players take the role of Ethan; a rat with an attitude, who was hit on the head by a meteorite giving him supernatural powers. Therefore, players will have to guide Ethan through 50 levels across 3 unique worlds. Continue reading DSOGaming – Ethan Meteor Hunter – First 15 Minutes Walkthrough→
Focus Home Interactive has released the first screenshots for Blood Bowl 2 and surprisingly enough, this unique sports title seems to be packed with great visuals. As the press release reads, the following two screenshots show the human, Blitzer, one of the most versatile players on the human teams, in action and ready to face whatever the opposing team can throw at him. Continue reading Blood Bowl 2 Looks Surprisingly Good – First Screenshots Released→
Our reader ‘Jonathan Gustafsson’ has shared with us a new video, showcasing 21 ways to die in GTA V. It’s a pretty funny video, so make sure to give it a go. In related news, the GTA V PC petition campaign is nearing 600K signatures. Okay okay, this won’t change anything and GTA V will most probably come to our platform in early 2014, however it will be interesting to see whether or not the petition will hit 1 million signatures. Enjoy! Continue reading This Video Shows 21 Ways To Die In Grand Theft Auto V→
