graphics (games) Latest news (4)

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 17 September 2020, 13:38

Today the new update to Fortnite will introduce ray tracing and DLSS support. This is another big step in popularizing ray tracing technology in video games.

Bart Swiatek, 15 September 2020, 12:27

A new screenshot from Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake has appeared online. It shows how the game has changed since the alpha version, on which the first trailer was based.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 12 September 2020, 21:18

Xbox Series S has been officially announced as Microsoft's most affordable console. The lower price, however, is associated with some compromises. One of them is the lack of support for the graphical improvements found in games on Xbox One X.

Paul Wozniak, 11 September 2020, 20:33

Ubisoft responded to player allegations that the presentation of the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake was tragic. Thus, we found out, among other things, why the creators decided to adopt that particular visual style.

Paul Musiolik, 09 September 2020, 14:37

The console edition of Crysis Remastered will offer optional ray tracing. The software implementation of the technology will be available on the more powerful hardware - Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro.

Jacob Blazewicz, 04 September 2020, 20:51

Nvidia has released new worlds for Minecraft RTX beta test participants. Each of them can be downloaded for free to test the advantages of ray tracing in the popular game from Mojang.

Milosz Szubert, 21 August 2020, 13:18

There are screenshots on the web that compare what World of Warcraft: Shadowlands looks like with recently added shadows generated with and without ray tracing. In addition, there are reports that the new effects are putting quite a strain on the PC.

Bart Woldanski, 18 August 2020, 20:09

The latest drivers for Nvidia GeForce GPUs have introduced ray tracing support for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. We will be able to check the changes by testing the beta version of the upcoming expansion for the popular MMORPG.

Bart Swiatek, 05 August 2020, 21:03

Videos that appeared on the Flight Sim channel compare the graphics in the latest installment of Microsoft Flight Simulator with older games - Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) and X-Plane 11 (2017). One of the materials also compares in-game locations with real world counterparts side by side.

Adrian Werner, 30 July 2020, 12:40

We learned that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will support ray tracing. In addition, the developers promise up to 120 fps on the Xbox Series X console.

Milosz Szubert, 28 July 2020, 15:36

The Cleaned Textures - Uncompressed mod, which beautifies the basic version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and its expansions, made its debut online. AI was used to create the mod.

Bart Swiatek, 24 July 2020, 14:32

Players and industry experts have severely criticized the Halo Infinite's graphics. We also found out that yesterday's gameplay demo was running on a PC, not the Xbox Series X.

Milosz Szubert, 16 July 2020, 12:35

For several hours, anyone interested can download the Crysis Enhanced Edition mod. Its task is to beautify the visuals of the first installment of the popular FPS series from Crytek.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 15 July 2020, 14:20

Update number 1.38 for American Truck Simulator brings mainly visual improvements. From now on, we can enable the SSAO function in the settings, which improves the visual quality of the environment.

Adrian Werner, 15 July 2020, 13:43

An interesting video has been released online, showing the differences in graphics in Ghost of Tsushima on PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro.

Paul Wozniak, 01 July 2020, 14:35

Users of ResetEra message board have published several screensshots from the remastered version of Crysis and compared them with the original.

Bart Swiatek, 26 June 2020, 11:09

Nvidia and CD Projekt RED informed that on the day of its release Cyberpunk 2077 will support both ray tracing and DLSS 2.0. Everything seems to indicate that the gameplay shown yesterday was lacking these features.

Bart Swiatek, 22 June 2020, 14:54

Roger Clark - actor known from Red Dead Redemption 2 - praised facial animations in The Last of Us: Part II. Thanks to a response from one of the devs at Naughty Dog, we learned that the system developed by animator Keith Paciello plays an important role in the final effect. It allows for automatical adjusting of animations to the emotions felt by the characters.

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 June 2020, 18:05

Adam Kicinski, CEO of CD Projekt, commented on the reasons for delaying the release of Cyberpunk 2077 and confirmed that game will be available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles from day one.

Paul Wozniak, 10 June 2020, 14:45

Skyrim player has boasted his personal version of the game, on which he installed over 300 different modifications. Thanks to this, the game looks amazing and, most importantly, still runs without any problems.

Milosz Szubert, 05 June 2020, 17:17

The first so-called pre-release of 1.16 update for Minecraft: Java Edition has launched. It enables us, among other things, to test a new graphics setting called Fabulous, which is intended to improve the visibility of various phenomena through transparent objects.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 01 June 2020, 13:57

A comparison of details from the demo material of the upcoming The Last of Us 2 has been published on YouTube. NX Gamer specialists compared earlier videos from the game and those published recently. Let's see how much the game has changed.

Milosz Szubert, 25 May 2020, 13:04

The first trailer of version 12.0 of the HD Reworked Project mod for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt appeared on the wbe. It presents improved looks of characters in the popular action RPG from CD Projekt RED. The new release of the fan project by Halk Hogan will most likely debut in the summer.

Jacob Blazewicz, 20 May 2020, 21:59

Internet users speak out en masse about the remasters included in the Mafia Trilogy set. Unfortunately, the Definitive Editions of Mafia II and Mafia III are apparently full of various errors, which are not compensated by upgraded visuals.

Bart Swiatek, 18 May 2020, 14:38

One of Reddit users prepared a comparison showing the difference that occurred in the graphics of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The visuals in the PC multiplayer mode have noticeably lost quality.

Jacob Blazewicz, 16 May 2020, 14:29

Modder Razed presented NaturalVision Evolved, another version of the visual mod for GTA V. Work on the project is still in progress, but the artist has released a trailer with a comparison of visuals.

Jacob Blazewicz, 14 May 2020, 12:19

Epic Games has amended Unreal Engine's license terms. From now on, developers may use this engine for commercial purposes free of charge until they earn a million dollars in gross revenue from games created using the technology.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 May 2020, 20:37

Epic Games has presented an impressive tech demo of UE5. The console used for the presentation was PlayStation 5.

Paul Wozniak, 12 May 2020, 16:13

A video showing the GTA 4 map recreated in GTA 5 appeared on YouTube. The whole thing has been tuned with realistic modifications, significantly improving the graphics.

Paul Wozniak, 30 April 2020, 19:00

Today, the information that the latest expansion to World of Warcraft will include a graphic setting for ray tracing has probably been confirmed. So far this option has been added to the alpha version of the game, although it is not yet possible to enable it.

Bart Swiatek, 17 April 2020, 15:04

With the release of the Shadowlands expansion, the MMORPG World of Warcraft will receive several new graphics options to improve performance. The game's engine may also receive support for Variable Rate Shading and ray tracing technologies.

Adrian Werner, 15 April 2020, 15:22

A beta version of STALKER Clear Sky Remaster, a visual mod for the FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clean Sky, has been released. On this occasion, the creators published a new trailer.

Milosz Szubert, 08 April 2020, 15:02

A new version of Old Time Reality mod for Mafia II has just been released. The mod significantly improves the visual aspect of 2K Czech's 2010 production and its expansions.

Bart Swiatek, 03 April 2020, 16:44

Players can create truly extraordinary things in Minecraft. Most often, ambitious, three-dimensional constructions and worlds attract attention, but also single scenes and pictures, which are often surprisingly realistic, have some undisputable charm to them. Some users demand changes in the game engine from developers, which would give them even more possibilities.

Paul Wozniak, 01 April 2020, 15:53

Photorealistic projects created in Dreams, a unique PlayStation 4 exclusive, show the true capabilities of the console.

Bart Swiatek, 31 March 2020, 15:10

Several images have appeared on the web, showing the difference in Minecraft's visuals when the ray tracing function is activated, which will be added to the PC version this year. To be honest, it really does look impressive.

Conrad Hazi, 20 March 2020, 11:18

Microsoft has presented the latest version of its graphics library - DirectX 12 Ultimate. The novelties, which the company boast about, mainly concern DirectX ray tracing, which received version 1.1. Its operation can be seen in the attached demos.

Milosz Szubert, 17 March 2020, 14:21

A few days ago, a new version of the Natural Landscapes modification for Fallout 4 was released. It clearly increases the quality of terrain textures in Bethesda's production. The mod comes in two versions - 2K and 4K.

Milosz Szubert, 13 March 2020, 12:16

Since yesterday, version 11.0 of the HD Reworked mod for The Witcher 3 is available on the web. It mainly beautifies the Toussaint region from the Blood and Wine expansion. Other regions also got some bigger or smaller upgrades.

Milosz Szubert, 09 March 2020, 14:47

Recently, a set called Tamrielic Textures 1 - Landscapes was released on the web to significantly beautify The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in both the standard version with expansions and the Special Edition. This is the first part of a larger project.

Konrad Serafinski, 23 February 2020, 19:02

4A Games is fully committed to developing ray tracing. With the launch of next-gen consoles, the company plans to devote even more attention to this technology.

Mateusz Wrobel, 17 February 2020, 12:36

EA DICE is working on an upgrade to Star Wars: Battlefront II. The Swedish studio releases updates that beautify the graphics, eliminate errors or modernize character movements. The Cinematic Captures channel has prepared a summary showing the progress of the work.

Bart Swiatek, 27 January 2020, 11:06

FX Guide featured a material presenting the new features of Unreal Engine 4. Jonathan Cooper, an animator who worked on Assassin's Creed and The Last of Us, among others, published some of its fragments on Twitter, adding that he would like next-gen platforms to allow him to use similar features.

Milosz Szubert, 02 January 2020, 11:40

Another footage from Microsoft Flight Simulator was released online. This time the devs presented environment covered with snow. The title will be released this year on PC and Xbox One.

Milosz Szubert, 31 December 2019, 10:00

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Remaster, a fan visual mod for the popular game from GSC Game World studio, will soon be launched. A new trailer made its debut online.

Paul Wozniak, 15 December 2019, 21:52

The recently released System Shock remake demo allowed fans to compare the game with the previous version on Unity. Currently, the game is being built on Unreal Engine 4. However, the players do not seem to be satisfied with this change so far.

Paul Wozniak, 14 December 2019, 22:30

Since yesterday, beta-tests of refreshed versions of Commandos 2 and Praetorians have been on. They are available to players who have ordered (or are about to order) games in advance. There is also a short trailer that provides a visual comparison of remasters with the originals.

Konrad Serafinski, 17 November 2019, 21:00

Ever wondered how Red Dead Redemption 2 would have looked like if instead of refined character models, etc... we'd used potatoes? Okay, maybe that's a bit too simplistic, but you just need to see this material.

Christian Pieniazek, 14 November 2019, 21:57

Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order on PC will enable players to customize a range of options related to the quality of its graphics. Screenshots presenting a list of settings waiting in the PC version of the latest work by Respawn Entertainment were uploaded to the web.

Christian Pieniazek, 31 October 2019, 18:02

Not even a week has passed since the release of The Outer Worlds and the game has already been modded by fans. Their creators have reworked the HUD and colour palette, and are also trying to improve the optimisation.