You’ve got to love PR marketing. Earlier last week, AMD revealed Mantle. As the red team hinted during its AMD event, Mantle would be compatible with AMD’s GPUs. Despite some websites claiming that this API will be open to other graphics manufacturers, it was recently revealed that Mantle will require cards based on AMD’s GCN architecture to work. Continue reading Mantle will require a GCN architecture GPU to work; not an open standard like OpenCL or OpenGL
The beta phase for Battlefield 4 will be starting tomorrow and Nvidia has released a new beta driver that is optimized for DICE’s FPS. As the green team suggested, this driver is an essential update for all GeForce GTX users jumping into the Battlefield 4 Beta, as it ensures maximum performance and system stability in the shooter’s eagerly anticipated pre-release test. And what the hell is that Crisis game that got an SLI profile? Continue reading Nvidia GeForce 331.40 Beta Released – BF4 Ready Driver, Adds HBAO+ For All DX9 & DX11 Apps
Dark Souls 2 fans, here is something for you today. YouTube’s member ‘wanko Leo’ has shared two videos, featuring 26 minutes of gameplay footage from Dark Souls 2’s beta phase. These videos will give you an idea of what Dark Souls 2 will play like. Both of these videos were captured from the PS3 version – which is the only one that has a beta phase. Enjoy! Continue reading Dark Souls II – Beta Footage Surfaces
If we were to take our PC Performance Analysis of Shadow Warrior and change the game’s title, we could be very well looking at Alien Rage Unlimited’s PC Performance Analysis article. You see, Alien Rage faces similar optimization issues (although there isn’t any ‘Mirrors’ setting that cripples the CPU) with Flying Wild Hog’s title; there are scenes that are as unoptimized as they can get and both of these games scale on quad-cores but do not take advantage of them. To put it simple – Alien Rage Unlimited has issues that have not been fixed/addressed yet, despite the game already receiving three patches. Continue reading Alien Rage Unlimited – PC Performance Analysis
CryENGINE fans, today we bring you new images from the works of modders and 3D artists BrandV3D, darkchazz, Haquinusrex, LiXingchen, Maximum-Dev, Novation, USSR_GRAND and therogen. In addition, we’ve included an image and a video from the latest update of Project Crynosaurs that showcase an in-game T-Rex. Furthermore, you can find videos from therogen’s and Scott McTavish’s environments. Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly CryEngine 3 Gallery [September 23rd – 29th]
You’ve heard about Mantle and how it will boost the performance of AMD’s cards on Battlefield 4, right? Well, today we get a glimpse of what we can expect from that low-level API. According to AMD, Battlefield 4’s demo (at its recent AMD event) was running on a single R9 290X card at 5760×1080 (though it has not been confirmed whether it was running with constant 60fps. We should note that we did not notice any slowdowns, so we are most probably looking at a 60fps gameplay heaven). Continue reading Battlefield 4 Demo Was Running On A Single R9 290X At AMD’s Event At 5760×1080
The second season of Mortal Kombat Legacy was – overall – great but let’s be honest; the fight between Scorpion and Sub-Zero was awful. Seriously, it was BAD. And ironically, this fan-made real life battle between Scorpion and Noob Saibot puts that particular fight to shame. Not only that, but the fan-made short film stays true to the game’s spirit, and has a fatality that looks surprisingly amazing. In short, you should definitely give it a go. Enjoy! Continue reading Fan-Made Mortal Kombat Real Life Fight Puts MK Legacy’s “Scorpion VS Sub-Zero” Battle To Shame
Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video that takes us into the heart of the development efforts to optimize PlanetSide2. In this first in a series of Documentary style videos, we get to know the people behind the efforts as well as get a glimpse at the types of technological challenges and creative solutions that the team discussed and implements in Operation: Making Faster Game. Enjoy! Continue reading PlanetSide 2 – Operation: Make Faster Game – Episode 2
I’m not really a fan of dubstep, but who cares, right? Kurt Hugo Schneider and Lindsey Stirling have worked together and created a dubstep remix of Pokemon’s theme. Lindsey has been dressed up as Misty, while Kurt has been dressed up as Ash. Hell, there is even a guy wearing a Pikachu costume. Apart from the somewhat cheesy cosplaying, the song is actually cool so make sure to give it a go (especially if you are fans of Pokemon). Kudos to Bryce Jurgensmeier for spotting it. Enjoy! Continue reading Kurt Hugo Schneider & Lindsey Stirling Present The Pokemon Dubstep Remix
PearlAbyss today announced that the Korean closed beta phase for Black Desert Online will take place from October 17th to October 23th. There aren’t currently any plans for a Western beta, though we do know that a European version is rumored to hit streets in 2015. Let’s hope that PearlAbyss will pleasantly surprise us in the next months and will launch a beta for the rest of the world. PearlAbyss has also released four new gameplay videos that can be viewed below, so go ahead and take a look at what you’ll be missing out! Continue reading Black Desert Online – New Gameplay Videos Revealed, Korean Closed Beta Phase Dated