The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Will Get Mod Tools

You know what? Just go ahead and purchase a second copy of The Witcher 2. Go on, purchase this game one more time because the team behind it deserves your respect. After those awful ‘GRID 2’ news, here we are now with CD Projekt RED announcing mod tools for the PC version of The Witcher 2. And yes, like always, these mod tools will be released for free (and not in a form of a paid DLC like most companies would do these days). Continue reading The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Will Get Mod Tools

Codemasters unashamedly lying to its fans; claims they’re getting everything possible from consoles

Now here is why we need next-generation hardware everyone. Following yesterday’s news about the lack of a cockpit view in GRID 2, Codemasters’ Clive Moody went ahead and tried to explain some things about it. However, Moody’s statement basically proves how limited this current generation of consoles actually is and how troubled game developers are when developing for them. Continue reading Codemasters unashamedly lying to its fans; claims they’re getting everything possible from consoles

New Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Beta Test Coming In August 11th

The Just Cause 2 Multiplayer team revealed that they’ll be running a new Multiplayer test for Avalanche’s sandbox game, Just Cause 2. As always, this test is open to all gamers who own Just Cause 2 (and have downloaded the game’s MP mod) and will start on Saturday 6PM AEST (4AM EDT, 1AM PDT, 10AM CET,8AM GMT). Continue reading New Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Beta Test Coming In August 11th

Skyrim / Oblivion – The Elder Scrolls – The Most Beautiful Solo Acoustic Guitar

Skyrim and Oblivion fans, here is something truly amazing for you today. YouTube’s member ‘AcousticLabs’ uploaded an eargasmic solo acoustic guitar cover for Skyrim’s and Oblivion’s theme. This cover is simply beyond words. It’s a harmonic heaven. It’s a relaxing trip to Skyrim’s world. It’s perhaps the most beautiful cover you’ll ever hear. Enjoy the cover after the jump and huge thumps up to AcousticLabs! Continue reading Skyrim / Oblivion – The Elder Scrolls – The Most Beautiful Solo Acoustic Guitar

Bioshock Recreated By Crytek’s UK Artist in CryEngine 3

Crytek’s UK Artist, Scott Homer, has been working on recreating some Bioshock levels in CryEngine 3. We’ve featured an early screenshot of this project in one of our weekly CryEngine 3 galleries, however the artist has released some new screenshots that surely deserve the spotlight. Cry-ScottH plans to create a handful of areas, connected by glass walkways spanning between various areas of Rapture and as you may have guessed, he’s using CryEngine 3 to put the level together. Enjoy the screenshots after the jump! Continue reading Bioshock Recreated By Crytek’s UK Artist in CryEngine 3

Black Mesa: Source Leaked Footage Has Been Taken Down, New Proper Footage To Be Unveiled Shortly

Remember that leaked gameplay footage of Black Mesa: Source? Well, as you can see the video has been taken down. According to the team, they were always intending to release a video, and this was an early cut that wasn’t meant to be posted. However, the team strongly feels that it should be on their own terms; it shouldn’t be a way for an unrelated third-party to drum up their own publicity. Obviously the team is speaking about ValveTime, as rumor has it that they didn’t discuss with the Black Mesa team the terms for releasing that video. Continue reading Black Mesa: Source Leaked Footage Has Been Taken Down, New Proper Footage To Be Unveiled Shortly

Sleeping Dogs – PC Version Will Support Exclusive Graphical Features, System Requirements Revealed

Great news for Sleeping Dogs fans as United Front Games announced some specific PC features for it. According to the company, Sleeping Dogs PC will come with graphical enhancements, hardware optimisations, the latest AMD and Nvidia features supported, as well as higher resolution textures. Continue reading Sleeping Dogs – PC Version Will Support Exclusive Graphical Features, System Requirements Revealed

Unreal Engine 3 Powered Puzzle Adventure ‘Unmechanical’ Released

Teotl Studios released Talawa Games’ Unreal Engine 3 powered game, Unmechanical. Unmechanical is a puzzle adventure that combines tricky puzzle solving, alluring exploration, and an engrossing atmosphere. Set in a fantastic world of flesh, rock and steel, your journey to freedom requires you to solve a great variety of puzzling challenges, and while it’s easy to pick up and play, later challenges may prove very difficult indeed. Continue reading Unreal Engine 3 Powered Puzzle Adventure ‘Unmechanical’ Released

Final Fantasy XIV gets an amazing CG Trailer

Square Enix has released an amazing new CG trailer for Final Fantasy XIV. The good news is that the CG is flawless and among the best we’ve ever seen. The bad news is that the game’s graphics won’t even come close to this quality. Seriously, this kind of trailers make us wish for some truly next-generation games that will push the graphical boundaries. Much like what Crysis did back in 2007. Oh well. For now, enjoy this new CG trailer after the jump! Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV gets an amazing CG Trailer

They Bleed Pixels – Abandoning XBLA and releasing exclusively on Steam in order to reach a larger audience

Independent game developer Spooky Squid Games announced through a new trailer today that They Bleed Pixels has moved its development from Xbox Live Indie Games to Steam and will be announcing a release date soon. Originally planned for release last summer, the Spooky Squid team have spent an extra year polishing, creating additional levels and adding Steamworks features including leaderboards, achievements and cloud saving. Also shown in the trailer for the first time is a small preview of the game’s detailed motion comic cutscenes. Continue reading They Bleed Pixels – Abandoning XBLA and releasing exclusively on Steam in order to reach a larger audience