Epic Games is currently offering for free The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition and the 2014 remake of Thief. Until April 11th, PC gamers can visit their EGS pages and acquire their free copies. Continue reading The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition and Thief are free to keep on Epic Games Store
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AI-enhanced ESRGAN HD Texture Packs released for Thief Gold, Thief II & Thief 2X
A lot of players consider the first Thief games as two of the best stealth video games ever released. Therefore, we are happy to report that there are currently AI-enhanced ESRGAN HD Texture Packs for them. Continue reading AI-enhanced ESRGAN HD Texture Packs released for Thief Gold, Thief II & Thief 2X
Underworld Ascension Announced – New RPG From The Creative Director Of “THIEF” & “System Shock”
OtherSide Entertainment, a new independent games studio, today announced its formation. Fronted by game pioneer Paul Neurath, OtherSide Entertainment revealed that its first title, Underworld Ascension, will mark the return of the groundbreaking and long fallow Underworld franchise. Continue reading Underworld Ascension Announced – New RPG From The Creative Director Of “THIEF” & “System Shock”
Thief Update V1.3 Released, Adds Mantle & TrueAudio Support, Brings Various Optimizations
Square Enix, EIDOS Montreal and Nixxes Software have released the highly anticipated patch for THIEF that adds support for AMD’s Mantle API and AMD’s TrueAudio. As usual, this update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading Thief Update V1.3 Released, Adds Mantle & TrueAudio Support, Brings Various Optimizations
AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver Released, Adds THIEF Mantle & TrueAudio Support
AMD has released a new beta driver for its graphics cards. According to its changelog, this new driver adds support for AMD Mantle and AMD True Audio in THIEF, and improves stuttering observed in CrossFire mode. Obviously, you will also need THIEF’s latest update (that will release later today) in order to run the game via the Mantle API. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver Released, Adds THIEF Mantle & TrueAudio Support
THIEF – New Patch Comes With Performance Improvements & Crash Fixes
EIDOS Montreal and Nixxes Software have released a new patch for THIEF, featuring various performance improvements and crash fixes. As always, this update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client. You can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading THIEF – New Patch Comes With Performance Improvements & Crash Fixes
New THIEF Update Comes With Memory Optimizations & UI Improvements
Square Enix has released a new update for the PC version of THIEF that comes with minor UI improvements and optimizes the game’s memory usage. This update will be applied automatically next time you start the Steam client, and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading New THIEF Update Comes With Memory Optimizations & UI Improvements
THIEF – PC Performance Analysis
THIEF was advertised as a game that would take advantage of the PC platform. The PC version is handled by Nixxes Software, the team that was behind Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Hitman: Absolution and Tomb Raider. Both Hitman: Absolution and Tomb Raider were unable to make good use of quadcores, therefore there were some CPU issues that affected those with weaker systems. This was precisely why we asked EIDOS Montreal whether THIEF would break free from that ‘tricore’ trend. Unfortunately, this is another title in which quadcores perform identical to tricores. And while there are no obviously advantages for quadcore users, we are happy to report that THIEF runs better than the two aforementioned titles. Continue reading THIEF – PC Performance Analysis
AMD Catalyst 14.2 Beta Released – THIEF Performance Improvements, BF4 Mantle Multi-GPU Support
AMD has released a new set of beta drivers for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, AMD’s Catalyst 14.2 Beta bring performance improvements to THIEF, as well as support for multiple GPUs (up to 4 GPUs) to Battlefield 4. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.2 Beta Released – THIEF Performance Improvements, BF4 Mantle Multi-GPU Support
THIEF will NOT Launch with Mantle Support, Coming in March via a Patch
THIEF will be the second game that will support AMD’s new API, Mantle. And while Nixxes Software and Square Enix claimed that the game would support Mantle from the get-go, EIDOS Montreal’s ‘Valerie Bourdeau’ revealed that this won’t be the case after all. Continue reading THIEF will NOT Launch with Mantle Support, Coming in March via a Patch