As we’ve already reported, Halo 5: Forge and Forza Horizon 3 use Microsoft’s new encrypted protection system. Well, good news for all interested in modding these games as this encryption system has been cracked. Continue reading Halo 5: Forge’s and Forza Horizon 3’s encrypted protection system has been cracked
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Quantum Break runs significantly faster on NVIDIA’s hardware in DX11
Quantum Break has just been released on Steam and it appears that this particular version runs way better on NVIDIA’s hardware than its DX12 brother. According to various reports, the Steam version can be up to 30% faster than the W10 version on NVIDIA’s GPUs, something that does not really surprise us. Continue reading Quantum Break runs significantly faster on NVIDIA’s hardware in DX11
Quantum Break – Official Steam requirements revealed, will be DX11-only, will not support mGPU systems
Remedy has revealed the official PC requirements for the Steam version of Quantum Break. According to them, the Steam version of Quantum Break will only support DX11. Yeap, instead of supporting both APIs, Remedy decided to completely abandon the DX12 API in favour of the DX11 one (at least for the Steam version of Quantum Break). This basically means that the Win10 version of Quantum Break will NOT receive a patch to support DX11. Continue reading Quantum Break – Official Steam requirements revealed, will be DX11-only, will not support mGPU systems
Forza Horizon 3 – PC Performance Analysis
Forza Motorsport 6: APEX really amazed us on the PC. While there were some minor stutters (we didn’t experience much to be honest in that particular title), it ran amazingly well on the PC platform. Naturally, we were wondering whether the next, full Forza title would be as well optimized as APEX was. And it appears that things are not looking particularly good for Forza Horizon 3. Continue reading Forza Horizon 3 – PC Performance Analysis
Forza Horizon 3 4K Screenshots
Forza Horizon 3 has just been released on the PC, and below you can find some 4K screenshots from it. Forza Horizon 3 is the first game that takes advantage of Xbox Play Anywhere, and unfortunately it is not as optimized as Forza Motorsport 6: APEX. Continue reading Forza Horizon 3 4K Screenshots
Halo 5: Forge and Forza Horizon 3 are the first games encrypted with Microsoft’s new secure appx format
Last month, it was revealed that Windows 10 would get a more secure encrypted appx format. And it appears that the first games protected by this new encryption tech are already available on Windows Store as both Halo 5: Forge and Forza Horizon 3 use it. Continue reading Halo 5: Forge and Forza Horizon 3 are the first games encrypted with Microsoft’s new secure appx format
Here are the PC graphics settings for Forza Horizon 3
Forza Horizon 3 releases next week and ACG’s Karak has shared the graphics settings from its PC version. According to the settings, PC gamers will be able to adjust/tweak a respectable amount of options. There is an MSAA anti-aliasing option, there is dynamic optimization (that was introduced in Forza Motorsport 6: APEX) and there is a framerate smoothing option. You can view the full settings for Forza Horizon 3 PC below! Continue reading Here are the PC graphics settings for Forza Horizon 3
Forza Horizon 3 gets a launch trailer
Microsoft has released the launch trailer for Forza Horizon 3. In Forza Horizon 3, players will be able to customize everything, hire and fire their friends, and explore Australia in over 350 of the world’s greatest cars, including the debut of the 2017 Lamborghini Centenario. Forza Horizon 3 releases on September 27th. Enjoy! Continue reading Forza Horizon 3 gets a launch trailer
Gears of War 4 has gone Gold, will support local split-screen co-op on the PC, gets brand new screenshots
Microsoft announced that Gears of War 4 has gone Gold and in order to celebrate this announcement, the publisher released some new screenshots from it. Gears of War 4 is coming on October 11th and it was revealed that the PC version will support local split-screen co-op. Enjoy! Continue reading Gears of War 4 has gone Gold, will support local split-screen co-op on the PC, gets brand new screenshots
Gears of War 4 gets gameplay launch trailer
Microsoft has released the gameplay launch trailer for Gears of War 4. In Gears of War 4, JD Fenix and his friends, Kait and Del, must rescue the ones they love and discover the source of a monstrous new enemy. Gears of War 4 releases on October 11th. Enjoy! Continue reading Gears of War 4 gets gameplay launch trailer