Avalanche Studios has released a new patch that officially adds support for AMD’s new FidelityFX technology. FidelityFX is a collection of high-quality post-process effects that automatically collapse multiple effects into fewer shader passes to reduce overhead and free up your GPU. Continue reading RAGE 2 is the first game that officially supports AMD’s new FidelityFX technology
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Quake 2 RTX patch 1.1.0 adds music playback & invert mouse support, tweaks tone mapper and more
Lightspeed Studios has released the first update for the RTX version of id Software’s classic shooter, Quake 2. A lot of players complained about the lack of music in Quake 2 and we are happy to report that Quake 2 RTX version 1.1.0 adds music playback support, thus making it the definitive version of Quake 2. Continue reading Quake 2 RTX patch 1.1.0 adds music playback & invert mouse support, tweaks tone mapper and more
First RAGE 2 update released, is 8GB in size, fixes crashes, makes Bandit Camps replayable and more
Bethesda has released the first major update for RAGE 2. This patch will update your game’s version to 1.03, is 8GB in size, new features, fixes, as well as optimizations. Going into more details, this patch makes Bandit Camps replayable, adds new Voice Packs, and brings menu optimization improvements to address some slowdown issues. Continue reading First RAGE 2 update released, is 8GB in size, fixes crashes, makes Bandit Camps replayable and more
DOOM Eternal will support Ray Tracing
During Giant Bomb’s latest videocast, id Software’s Marty Stratton confirmed that DOOM Eternal will support Ray Tracing. Now this caught us off guard as both NVIDIA and id Software have not announced anything yet about DOOM Eternal. Continue reading DOOM Eternal will support Ray Tracing
Doom Remake 4 shuts down due to cease and desist from Zenimax
Back in January 2019, we informed you about a new mod for the first Doom game that aimed to overhaul its visuals. Created by modder ‘vasyan777’, Doom Remake 4 brought with it High Resolution textures with PBR materials, 3D models of every object and enemy, New HUD, Brutal mods with plenty of blood and gibsmore lights, support for the Vulkan API and more. However, it appears that this mod is no longer under active development. Continue reading Doom Remake 4 shuts down due to cease and desist from Zenimax
Bethesda announces Orion; new engine-based tech for streaming games, developed by id Software
During E3 2019, Bethesda announced Orion; a patented collection of software technologies that optimize game engines for superior performance in a streaming environment. Developed by the engineers at id Software, renowned for the industry-leading id Tech 6 game engine, Orion is a game – and platform – agnostic game streaming technology that will stream video games at lower latency and lower bandwidth, making streaming games accessible to more people, in more areas, at higher quality. Continue reading Bethesda announces Orion; new engine-based tech for streaming games, developed by id Software
DOOM Eternal releases on November 22nd, gets new action-packed E3 2019 gameplay trailers
Bethesda and id Software have announced that DOOM Eternal will be officially released on November 22nd. In order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher has released two action-packed E3 2019 gameplay trailers. DOOM Eternal appears to be as good as DOOM 2016 and returns the fast-paced action that players enjoyed. Continue reading DOOM Eternal releases on November 22nd, gets new action-packed E3 2019 gameplay trailers
Quake 2 RTX is a beauty to behold in 4K, PC Performance Analysis on NVIDIA RTX2080Ti
Yesterday, NVIDIA released Quake 2 RTX that adds real-time path tracing effects to id Software’s classic shooter, Quake II. As such, we’ve decided to benchmark it on our NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080Ti and share with you some glorious 4K screenshots. Continue reading Quake 2 RTX is a beauty to behold in 4K, PC Performance Analysis on NVIDIA RTX2080Ti
Doom Eternal E3 2019 Teaser Trailer
Bethesda has released an E3 2019 teaser trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to Doom 2016, Doom Eternal. The publisher will showcase this new shooter during its E3 2019 press conference so here is hoping that alongside the new gameplay footage we’ll also get a release date for it. Continue reading Doom Eternal E3 2019 Teaser Trailer
Quake 2 RTX is now available for download on Steam for free
And the time has finally come ray-tracing fans. NVIDIA has just released Quake 2 RTX on Steam for free. This free version includes the 3 levels from the original shareware distribution, and Quake 2 RTX is also compatible with the full game (so those owning it will be able to experience the entire game with ray tracing). Continue reading Quake 2 RTX is now available for download on Steam for free