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Wolfenstein: Youngblood will not be timed-exclusive to the Epic Games Store

In a Reddit AMA, MachineGames confirmed that the next Wolfenstein game, Wolfenstein: Youngblood will not be timed-exclusive to the Epic Games Store. As such, and similarly to RAGE 2, Wolfenstein Youngblood will be coming on both the Bethesda store and Steam. Continue reading Wolfenstein: Youngblood will not be timed-exclusive to the Epic Games Store

First official screenshots released for Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Bethesda has released the first official screenshots for Wolfenstein: Youngblood via the game’s official Steam store page. This new Wolfenstein game is being developed by MachineGames and Arkane and like its predecessor, it will be using the id Tech engine. Continue reading First official screenshots released for Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus mod removes annoying head bobbing

Modder ‘Methanhydrat’ has released a new mod for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus that lets players adjust, and completely disable, the annoying head bobbing. In addition, this mod allows players to use the dot crosshair regardless of the weapon they are using. This is still a WIP mod, however we strongly suggest downloading it if you can’t stand the head bobbing ‘feature.’ Continue reading Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus mod removes annoying head bobbing

First Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus patch unlocks Vault, improves stability on NVIDIA’s hardware

Bethesda has just released the first Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus patch. According to the release notes, this patch improves overall stability on NVIDIA 10-series GPUs. In addition, it fixes some issues with Skyboxes, and improves Win 10 stability on NVIDIA GPUs. Continue reading First Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus patch unlocks Vault, improves stability on NVIDIA’s hardware

Wolfenstein 2 tech details: +30k drawcalls & up to +6 million triangles per frame, volumetric fog, tessellated water surface and more

id Software’s Lead Renderer Programmer, Tiago Sousa, has shared some interesting tech details about Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. According to Sousa, Wolfenstein 2 sports almost 30X more drawcalls than DOOM, something that could explain why this game is a bit more demanding that it. Continue reading Wolfenstein 2 tech details: +30k drawcalls & up to +6 million triangles per frame, volumetric fog, tessellated water surface and more

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus – First beta patch fixes Steam overlay, re-enables Async compute for AMD GPUs

MachineGames has just released the first beta patch for Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. According to the release notes, this beta patch restores the Steam overlay functionalities, and adds driver version detection and dialog. Continue reading Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus – First beta patch fixes Steam overlay, re-enables Async compute for AMD GPUs

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus PC Performance Analysis

While Wolfenstein: The New Order was a great first-person shooter, it was plagued by numerous optimization issues. These issues were mainly due to the id Tech 5 Engine. As such, when Bethesda revealed that its sequel would be using the new id Tech 6 Engine, we were certain that it would perform better than its predecessor. And we were right. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is one of the most optimized PC games of 2017. Continue reading Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus PC Performance Analysis

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus does not use the Denuvo anti-tamper tech

Bethesda has just sent us a review code for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and we can confirm that the game does not use Denuvo. This is undoubtedly great news for all Wolfenstein fans we are boycotting games using that controversial DRM. Continue reading Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus does not use the Denuvo anti-tamper tech

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus does not feature any multiplayer because it would dilute it all

Like it or not, Bethesda may be the only big publisher that is currently supporting single-player games. Dishonored 2, PREY, The Evil Within 2 and now Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus are single-player experiences only. Wolfenstein 2 releases in a few days and according to MachineGames’ Tommy Tordsson Björk, a multiplayer mode would definitely jeopardise the quality of its single-player mode. Continue reading Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus does not feature any multiplayer because it would dilute it all