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Avalanche Studios – “2015 set to be the biggest year”, “several surprises planned for next year”

Avalanche Studios sent us a press release regarding its expansion, in which the team responsible for the Just Cause series revealed that it has several surprises planned for next year and that 2015 will be its biggest year, ever. Continue reading Avalanche Studios – “2015 set to be the biggest year”, “several surprises planned for next year”

Avalanche Studios Will Show ‘Something’ Real Soon

Admit it; you were kind of disappointed with the absence of both Mad Max and Just Cause 3 from this year’s E3. Yes, Just Cause 3 has not been officially revealed as of yet but what about Mad Max? Why did Bethesda decide to ‘ignore’ this open-world title? Well, good news everyone as Avalanche Studios will be showing ‘something it’s been working on’ real soon. Continue reading Avalanche Studios Will Show ‘Something’ Real Soon

Mad Max – New Trailer Unleashed For Avalanche’s Upcoming Sandbox Title

Warner Bros has released a new trailer for the video game adaptation of Mad Max. Mad Max aims to deliver open world gameplay in a post-apocalyptic setting where cars are the key to survival. Developed by Avalanche Studios, gamers become Mad Max, a lone warrior who must fight to stay alive in The Wasteland, using vicious on-ground and vehicular combat against savage gangs of bandits. Continue reading Mad Max – New Trailer Unleashed For Avalanche’s Upcoming Sandbox Title

Avalanche Details “Number of ROPs” Differences Between Radeon HD7970 and Next-Gen Consoles

During this year’s GDC, Emil Persson – Head of Research at Avalanche Studios – talked about low-level shader optimization for both next-gen consoles and DX11. Most of these will sound like mumbo jumbo to you, but Emil’s presentation has been posted online and is something that will benefit some of you (provided you are game developers). Continue reading Avalanche Details “Number of ROPs” Differences Between Radeon HD7970 and Next-Gen Consoles

Just Cause 2 Multiplayer – Upcoming Version Will Add Earthquakes & Amphibious Cars

The team behind the amazing multiplayer mod for Just Cause 2 has released a new trailer, highlighting the new features that will be added in its next version. This new version of Just Cause 2 MP is currently under beta phase and will be released on March 12th. Among other things, players can expect earthquakes, real-time vehicle colour changing, smoke on teleport, gibs on death, Back to the Future car teleportation, haaaaaaaats, heat-seeking missiles and amphibious cars. Enjoy! Continue reading Just Cause 2 Multiplayer – Upcoming Version Will Add Earthquakes & Amphibious Cars

Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod – Official Launch Trailer

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The team behind the multiplayer mod for Just Cause 2 has released an official launch trailer for it. As its description reads, JC2-MP is a project to bring multiplayer to Just Cause 2 in all of its magnificent glory. This mod will launch later today on Steam, and will be available for free to all those owning Just Cause 2. Enjoy! Continue reading Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod – Official Launch Trailer

Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Is Coming To Steam, Final Beta Test Session Announced

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JC2-MP is definitely one of the best mods we’ve see lately. As its name suggests, this mod adds multiplayer functionality to Avalanche’s open world game, Just Cause 2. The team behind it has been constantly enhancing and updating it, and has just announced the final beta test for it before hitting Steam. Continue reading Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Is Coming To Steam, Final Beta Test Session Announced

Mad Max – First Gameplay Footage Revealed [Off Screen]

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Guru3D’s member ‘Stone Gargoyle’ has spotted the first gameplay footage from Avalanche’s upcoming sandbox title, Mad Max, captured by YouTube’s member ‘zoneofgamesru’. Although this first gameplay footage is not a direct feed, we have to say that we were excited with its smoke effects. Mad Max looks interesting, so here is hoping that Avalanche will unveil some more images and videos for it in the coming months. Enjoy! Continue reading Mad Max – First Gameplay Footage Revealed [Off Screen]

Avalanche’s Mad Max Gets Two Motion Comic Trailers

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Avalanche Studios has released two comic trailers for its upcoming Mad Max game. In the first trailer we get to meet Chumbucket, the dedicated, but peculiar, mechanic who is an integral character in the upcoming Mad Max game, while in the second we got to see some notorious post-apocalyptic bandits as they engage in brutal combat with Max. Mad Max will be an open world, third-person action game where players become Mad Max, a lone warrior in a savage post-apocalyptic world where cars are the key to survival. The game is planned for a 2014 release on PC, Xbox One and PS4. Continue reading Avalanche’s Mad Max Gets Two Motion Comic Trailers

This is what happens when vehicle boost limit is disabled in games like Just Cause 2

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Last weekend, the team behind the multiplayer mod for Just Cause 2 held an open beta phase. During that test, the JC2MP team had disabled the boost limit system for all vehicles. The result? Some pretty amazing moments that were captured by ‘Electronic0ldMen’. To be honest, I’d love to see such a feature being implemented in a game like an Achievement/Trophy/Reward/Cheat/whatever_you_want_to_call_it. Things like these make games fun, which is precisely why most of us love the Saints Row series. Enjoy! Continue reading This is what happens when vehicle boost limit is disabled in games like Just Cause 2