Gamepressure.com News 03 January 2020
A Mediocre Year; Metacritic Summarizes 2019 Game Reviews
Metacritic published a list of the best-rated games in 2019. The year turned out to be somewhat poor in outstanding titles (i.e. those with an average review score above 90/100), despite featuring many titles appreciated by critics.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 3, 2020
Downtown: War Shadow and Graveyard Keeper in New Humble Choice
Today marks the launch of the second edition of Humble Choice. On this occasion, the library of games that are part of the package was revealed. Among them were Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, Two Point Hospital, Graveyard Keeper and DiRT Rally 2.0.
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Agnes Adamus
January 3, 2020
Rune 2 Affair Concluded? Devs Hand Over Game Code to the Publisher
The developers from the now-closed studio responsible for the development of Rune II have given the publishers the files and source code of the game, so that the latter will be able to continue working on the title. The issue of compensation and reimbursement of development costs has still not been resolved.
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Paul Wozniak
January 3, 2020
GTA 5 is Now Available in Xbox Game Pass
From today, GTA V is available on consoles in the Xbox Game Pass service. The owners of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (new users can still purchase three-month subscription for $1) and Xbox Live Gold will also be able to play GTA Online.
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Paul Wozniak
January 3, 2020
Final Fantasy VII Remake - PC Version Almost Certain
Thanks to a leak of the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo, fans were able to dig through the game files and found elements suggesting that a PC version is planned.
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Adrian Werner
January 3, 2020
CEO of Respawn Entertainment Takes the Helm of DICE L.A
Vince Zampella, CEO of Respawn Entertainment, is to lead DICE L.A. Under his leadership, the team is to be renamed, stop being a support studio and start creating its own games.
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Milosz Szubert
January 3, 2020
Over 8 Million Copies of The Witcher 3 Sold on Steam, Sales Boosted by TV Show
The premiere of The Witcher series on Netflix, as well as the preceding promo campaign, had a very positive impact on sales of The Witcher 3 on Steam. In the last 6 months alone, CD Projekt RED's game has reached 2 million customers. In total, Wild Hunt was bought over 8 million times on Steam.
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Bart Swiatek
January 3, 2020
AMD Chases Intel, Holding Nearly 40% of CPU Market
With the latest moves, AMD is quickly closing in on Intel. According to PassMark, the Ryzen manufacturer already has almost 40% of the CPU market share. There are many indications that the difference will be diminishing in the coming months, and many believe that AMD will eventually overtake the competition.
hardware & software
Peter Doron
January 3, 2020
Fortnite Earned $1.8 Billion in 2019
SuperData summarized the results of the digital game market for 2019. The best earning free-to-play production was Fortnite, which generated $1.8 billion in revenue. League of Legends has brought $1.5 billion.
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Adrian Werner
January 3, 2020
Nvidia Ampere GPUs Deliver up to 50% More Performance
According to the Taipei Times, Nvidia Ampere graphics cards can deliver up to 50% increase of performance of Turings, while consuming two times less power. All thanks to the improvements and the use of 7nm lithography.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
January 3, 2020