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Check Whether Your PC Can Handle Ray-Tracing With This Crytek Benchmark
Crytek has released Neon Noir, a free benchmark for ray-tracing testing. Application based on the demo from GDC 2019 enables us to check this technology on popular graphics cards.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
November 13, 2019
Bethesda Bans User who Helped Find Bugs in Fallout 76
A player who helped find the bugs in Fallout 76 and created an interactive game map was banned by Bethesda. The reason for blocking the account is not entirely clear, and the contact with the support department did not bring a solution to the problem.
video games
Paul Wozniak
November 13, 2019
Assassin's Creed 2020 is to Offer „a Unity Within an Odyssey”
In an interview with the editors of Gamesindustry.biz, Ubisoft's president Yves Guillemot revealed that the new installment of Assassin's Creed will try to combine the concepts known from Odyssey and Unity - we will get a vast open world in which we will find numerous and more focused stories.
video games
Bart Swiatek
November 13, 2019
Steam's Game Recommendation System is Improving
According to one of the creators from No More Robots studio, 40% of visits to the Steam card of their latest production comes from the game recommendations, which was updated in September. The developer claims that such an increase in popularity is due to the proper operation of this feature.
video games
Paul Wozniak
November 13, 2019
RDR2 - PC Version Enabled Players to Solve the Mystery of Giant Catfish
Thanks to the analysis of game files of the Red Dead Redemption 2 PC, the fans finally solved the mystery of the legendary catfish. It turns out that it can't be caught, but at least it was discovered what the fish looks like.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 13, 2019
Windows 10 November 2019 Update is Here; Performance Improvements?
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 owners can now download the new Windows 10 November 2019 Update. The patch is designed to improve several important features, such as a calendar or file browser, and also to improve performance - especially on some processors.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
November 13, 2019
Hearthstone Battlegrounds - Open Beta of Auto Chess Mode Launches
The open beta of Hearthstone Battlegrounds, the new Auto Chess-like gameplay mode in the popular card game from Blizzard Entertainment, has just begun.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 13, 2019
New Problem for Intel - Zombieload Vulnerability in Cascade Lake CPU
Researchers working for several European organisations and universities have revealed another variant of the Zombieload gap. An attack using it enables one to steal information after several dozen seconds of contact with the computer. Vulnerability to this type of hack was detected in Intel processors (also new units from the Cascade Lake line).
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
November 13, 2019
Witcher 3 - CDP Red Regrets Not Talking More About Ciri's Tattoo
Witcher 3 was one of the greatest successes of CD Projekt Red. Co-writer of the game Jakub Szamalek still regrets that his team did not have enough time to tell the story of Ciri's tattoo.
video games
November 13, 2019
Kojima Suggests Americans Did Not Understand Death Stranding
Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear Solid series and the recently released Death Stranding, said that the latter title may be difficult to understand for some types of audience. In his opinion, Americans belong to this category.
video games
Bart Swiatek
November 12, 2019
YouTube Will be Able to Close Accounts That Bring no Profits
The new terms of use of YouTube raise concerns of a large group of creators, as channels that are not „commercially viable” for advertisers may be closed.
hardware & software
November 12, 2019
Full Version of The Elder Scrolls: Total War Has Just Been Released
A full version of the new, extensive Medieval: Total War mod has appeared on Mod DB The Elder Scrolls: Total War enables the players to lead one of eighteen factions present in Tamriel.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
November 12, 2019
Special Offer on EGS - Buy a Game for $15 and Get a $10 Coupon
As part of the new special offer on Epic Games Store, we can earn a coupon worth $ 10 for use in the store. As usual, however, the action will last for only six days; however, we will have more than five months to use the coupons.
special offers
Christian Pieniazek
November 12, 2019
Rumor: Hip-hop Band Reveals Release Date of GTA 6
On the Instagram profile of the American hip-hop group City Morgue, there is an announcement of cooperation between the band and Rockstar Games. Is the date shown in the photo related to the release of GTA VI or Bully 2?
video games
November 12, 2019
Launch of Nvidia Ampere GPU Scheduled for June 2020
Recent leaks suggest that Nvidia is about to officially introduce the Ampere chipset in March next year at the GTC (GPU Technology Conference). A few months later, GeForce RTX 3070 and 3080 (Ti) graphics cards are to debut at Computex.
hardware & software
Bart Woldanski
November 12, 2019
Death Stranding - Here's a List of All Revealed Celebrity Appearances
On the web you can find a list of industry stars and celebrities who have guest appearances in Death Stranding. Among them were Geoff Keighley, Conan O'Brien, Sam Lake and Edgar Wright.
video games
Milosz Szubert
November 12, 2019
Minecraft has Nearly Half a Billion Players Worldwide
Minecraft has the highest number of players in the world. Analyst Daniel Ahmad reports that the title has assembled a community of 480 million players. What is more, the production also has 112 million active users per month.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
November 12, 2019
Google Stadia Launch Titles Revealed
We have learned the list of twelve launch titles for Google Stadia. On the day of its release, the service will offer access to such games as Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Mortal Kombat 11 and the last three installments of the Tomb Raider series.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 12, 2019
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Without Trial in EA and Origin Access
EA Access and Origin Access subscribers will not be able to play the 10-hour trial version of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. EA explains its decision with wanting to avoid spoilers, but players are starting to worry about the actual length of the game.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
November 12, 2019
Leak: Superman Game was in Production in 2014
According to the information provided by Tweak Town, a new game starring Superman (titled Unborn) was being created in 2014, but Warner Bros. canceled it, because the engine that powered it did not allow for the creation of a proper flight mechanic.
video games
Paul Wozniak
November 11, 2019