Gamepressure.com News 07 January 2020
Witcher's Showrunner on Skin Color, Nilfgaard and Pierogis
Reddit hosted an AMA session with the showrunner of The Witcher from Netflix. Lauren S. Hissrich referred, among other things, to the question of the actors' skin colour, the way the Nilfgaard troops were presented, as well as the presence of typically Polish accents in subsequent seasons.
movies & tv series
Christian Pieniazek
January 7, 2020
Steam Wishlists Top 10; Death Stranding Goes Up
We present this year's first edition of a summary of the most popular games on Steam wishlists. January brought us only three minor changes in the top ten.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 7, 2020
Approximate Release Date of Gothic 2: The Chronicles of Myrtana
We've learned the approximate release date of The Chronicles of Myrtana, a large fan modification for Gothic II. The team ta SoulFire, which is responsible for the mod, has at least a few more long months to iron out its work.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
January 7, 2020
The Internet on Global Warming - Server Rooms are as Bad as Airlines
According to calculations by Swedish researcher Anders Andrae, in 2020, maintaining of all global server rooms will require an amount of energy comparable to that consumed by all Canadians. Worse still, data centres' demand for electricity will double over the next decade.
other
Bart Swiatek
January 7, 2020
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X
The developers of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum shared new information about their work. In addition to revealing the first details of the protagonist's appearance and personality, Daedalic Entertainment confirmed that the title will hit PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
January 7, 2020
Rumor: New Model of Nintendo Switch in Mid-2020
There have been rumors suggesting that Nintendo intends to release a new model of the Switch console in mid-year. Production is expected to start in this quarter.
hardware & software
Adrian Werner
January 7, 2020
Castlevania Season 3 May Debut Soon
Powerhouse Animation suggested that the third season of Castlevania, an adaptation of Konami's popular game series, will soon debut on Netflix.
movies & tv series
Adrian Werner
January 7, 2020
Nier: Automata Sequel Inbound? PlatinumGames Prepares Big Announcements in 2020
PlatinumGames is preparing for this year both smaller and bigger announcements related to upcoming games. Among them there are certainly Bayonetta 3 on Nintendo Switch and Babylon's Fall, and perhaps soon we will also see the announcement of a new version of Nier.
video games
Bart Woldanski
January 7, 2020
Xe GPU and Laptops With 5G - Intel on CES 2020
During the presentation at CES 2020, Intel did not show too many products that may be of interest to gamers. However, some progress was made in the development of Xe graphics cards - we could see some of their capabilities.
hardware & software
Conrad Hazi
January 7, 2020
The Xbox Series X Unit Shown by AMD at CES was „Unofficial”
During the AMD conference at CES 2020, a short video showing, among other things, the back of the Xbox Series X console, together with all ports, was presented. However, a moment later Microsoft announced that the visualization did not came from the company and should not be considered official.
hardware & software
Konrad Serafinski
January 7, 2020
PS5 Logo And One Billion PS4 Games Sold - Sony on CES 2020
Also Sony prepared a conference for CES 2020. Contrary to expectations, we learned little about PlayStation 5, but the company provided some interesting statistics on the current generation of consoles and presented a concept car.
hardware & software
Conrad Hazi
January 7, 2020
Dreams Goes Gold
The team at Media Molecule and Sony informed that Dreams has gone gold. Thus, we can be sure that the release date announced for mid-February will be met.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 7, 2020
Ryzen 4000, Radeon RX 5600 XT and Threadripper 3990X - AMD on CES 2020
During the conference, which took place at CES 2020, AMD presented, among other things, new models of Ryzen 4000 and Radeon RX 5600 XT GPU. We also saw the world's first 64-core CPU from AMD, Ryzen Threadripper 3990X.
hardware & software
Laty
January 7, 2020