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Gameguru Mania News - Feb,22 2019 - all

Left Alive 'Through the Warzone' gameplay - movie
(hx) 10:23 PM CET - Feb,22 2019 - Post a comment
Square Enix has released a 14-minute gameplay video for stealth action shooter Left Alive showcasing the game’s variety of gameplay mechanics and strategies. Left Alive is due out for PlayStation 4 on February 28 in Japan, and for PlayStation 4 and PC on March 5 in North America and Europe.

Anthem Review - preview
(hx) 09:37 PM CET - Feb,22 2019 - Post a comment
Anthem reviewed on PC by James Duggan. Also available for Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Tom Clancy's The Division 2: Endgame Trailer - movie
(hx) 06:51 PM CET - Feb,22 2019 - Post a comment
Ubisoft has released a brand new trailer for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, showcasing its Endgame. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2’s endgame will introduce brand new challenges and progression systems, unique twists and surprises, and for the first time, raids. Players will also be able to access a wealth of post-launch content, including a full year of free additional story-driven missions, map expansions, and gameplay modes. After completing the main campaign, gain access to new specializations such as demolitionist, sharpshooter, and survivalist. Each specialization will open up an entire new progression system with new skills, mods, and unique talents to acquire and maximize your agent efficiency in your chosen role. The game is currently planned for a March 1st release.

The Occupation Gameplay video - movie
(hx) 06:49 PM CET - Feb,22 2019 - Post a comment
White Paper Games has released a brand new trailer for its upcoming first-person fixed-time investigative thriller, The Occupation, showcasing 10 minutes of gameplay footage. The game features events that happen in real-time, forcing you to choose between the careful and methodical vs the direct and disruptive approach, a rich world building based on British architecture with mature themes and a complex narrative web of truths, lies and accidents. Players will be free to choose and explore, and they can gather evidence by any means necessary. The Occupation is currently scheduled for a March 5th released.

NVIDIA Posts GeForce 419.17 WHQL Game Ready Drivers - tech
(hx) 06:45 PM CET - Feb,22 2019 - Post a comment
NVIDIA today released GeForce 419.17 WHQL Game Ready drivers. These drivers introduce support for the new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card launched moments earlier. These are also the first "Game Ready" drivers that come with optimization for "Anthem" and "Far Cry: New Dawn." The drivers also add NVIDIA SLI support for "Far Cry: New Dawn" and "Apex Legends." NVIDIA also fixed a short list of bugs. Improper decal rendering in "Doom" (2016) and "Doom Eternal" are fixed. "Battlefield V" artifacting when texture filtering is set to "high" in NVIDIA Control Panel. Dynamic Super Resolution not being available for monitors with 4K2K timings has been fixed. NVIDIA also fixed a critical security vulnerability affecting access to GPU performance counters. Game Ready:
Game ready for Anthem.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
Apex Legends
Far Cry New Dawn
Driver Security - Restricting Access to GPU Performance Counters

Fixed Issues in this Release
[Doom Eternal / Doom 2016]: Decals render as black. [2515006]
[Battlefield V]: Screen artifacts appear in the game when Texture Filtering is set to High Quality in the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2470649]
Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) is not available for monitors with 4k2k timings. [2496987]
[Iray][OptiX]: Iray GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]
Windows 7x64/8.1x64: Fixes random application crash or TDR introduced in previous GeForce display driver 418.81. [2504448]

Anthem Released - briefly
(hx) 05:38 PM CET - Feb,22 2019 - Post a comment
Electronic Arts announces today is the official launch day for Anthem, saying the multiplayer action/RPG is now available for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

Gameguru Mania News - Feb,21 2019 - all

Galactic Civilizations III: Retribution Expansion is available - briefly
(hx) 11:34 PM CET - Feb,21 2019 - Post a comment
The new Retribution expansion for Galactic Civilizations III adds a wealth of cool stuff.

Starpoint Gemini 3 has been officially announced - briefly
(hx) 10:12 PM CET - Feb,21 2019 - Post a comment
LGM Games, creators of the Starpoint Gemini franchise, announced today a brand-new title. The new installment is an open-world space action single-player RPG that puts the player in the cockpit of Captain Jonathan Bold, a space adventurer travelling the vast universe of Starpoint Gemini 3.

Metro Exodus patch #1 - patch
(hx) 09:54 PM CET - Feb,21 2019 - Post a comment
4A Games has released the first post-launch update for Metro Exodus. According to the release notes, this patch brings general stability fixes, as well as DLSS fixes and improvements to sharpness and RTX fixes and optimizations. This update is available on both Steam (for those that have pre-ordered the game and can already play it) and the Epic Digital Store, and will be auto-downloaded the next time you start the clients. Metro Exodus First Patch Release Notes
General Stability fixes
Optimization for Lower spec PC’s
DLSS fixes and improvements to sharpness
Fixed wallmark vfx for DX11
RTX fixes and optimization
Added bugtrap support for reporting crashes to 4A Games
Benchmark tool fixes
Additional info:
The new bugtrap tool will detect a crash or other fatal error that may occur in the PC version. It will gather some limited data from your machine and prepare a report that you can send to 4A Games via the Metro Support site. No user identifiable information is collected, but the report can be fully reviewed before sending.
For controller lag reports on PC – If you have a high spec machine capable of running at high framerate, but have vsync in half, you will likely experience controller lag issues. The larger the difference between the possible framerate of a machine, and the vsync setting, the more lag you may experience. Please switch vsync to off or full to reduce these chances. We are continuing to investigate this issue.

Gameguru Mania News - Feb,20 2019 - all

Metro Exodus GTX 970, 1060, 1070, 1080 - tech
(hx) 10:35 PM CET - Feb,20 2019 - Post a comment / read (9)
Metro Exodus GTX 1060 - GTX 970 - GTX 1070 with a Skylake i7 6700k @4.7GHz frame rate test benchmark. tested at 1080p resolution.

00:11 - Ultra
02:05 - High
04:09 - Normal

Darkest Dungeon 2 Teaser: "The Howling End" - briefly
(hx) 10:12 PM CET - Feb,20 2019 - Post a comment / read (1)
Red Hook Studios released a short trailer announcing a sequel to Darkest Dungeon, the brutal gothic horror role-playing game from 2016. In Darkest Dungeon, players assume the role of someone coming home to claim their estates from a mysterious ancestor. By hiring mercenaries and heroes, the player is able to delve through those darkest dungeons and eventually unravel the mystery behind their homecoming. Red Hook released two expansion packs for Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court and The Color of Madness. Darkest Dungeon 2, however, will be a full-fledged sequel. Red Hook Studios shared some details on what we can expect from the game with PC Gamer, saying that the combat will keep the same format but be “tuned up.” The metagame will be “completely different,” however; we’re leaving the village behind and we can likely expect traveling through icy passes to require a different kind of management.

Chinese government halts new game approvals - briefly
(hx) 10:09 PM CET - Feb,20 2019 - Post a comment
China’s top media regulator has stopped receiving new applications for commercial video game licences, as it faces a backlog of thousands of titles from a nine-month suspension that slowed growth in the world’s largest games market last year. The top media regulator in Beijing is no longer receiving licensing submissions, two industry sources and a state-run media outlet said, in a move that will further delay the launch of new games. A suspension of new commercial licensing last year — part of a bureaucratic reshuffle that saw China’s top media regulator folded into the ruling Communist party’s propaganda department — slowed revenue growth for companies including tech giant Tencent. An executive at one of China’s largest listed games companies said central officials had not accepted new applications since September, but the licensing process was being altered to make it more efficient. “There is still a huge backlog to clear,” the executive said.

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Crackdown 3 Wrecking Zone Analysis: The Power Of The Cloud? - briefly
(hx) 07:14 PM CET - Feb,20 2019 - Post a comment / read (1)
The steel structures in the buildings CAN be destroyed, but apparently this is only possible after everything else on the building has been blown away. John and Rich sit down to discuss Crackdown 3's *two* multiplayer modes - the controversial Wrecking Zone and campaign co-op. Let's just say that one of these modes is more fun to play than the other. Wrecking Zone is interesting but limited, but just how does it match up to the original Crackdown 2015 destruction demo?

Intel Rolls Out the 4 GHz Pentium Gold G5620 Processor - tech
(hx) 06:39 PM CET - Feb,20 2019 - Post a comment / read (2)
Intel rolled out its first Pentium-branded processor with 4.00 GHz clock-speed, the Pentium Gold G5620 (retail SKU: BX80684G5620). The chip replaces the G5600 on top of the entry-level product stack. Based on the 14 nm "Coffee Lake" microarchitecture, it packs a 2-core/4-thread CPU clocked at 4.00 GHz without Turbo Boost. 256 KB of L2 cache per core and 4 MB of shared L3 cache are also offered. The integrated graphics solution is Intel's workhorse UHD Graphics 630, with 24 execution units. The dual-channel DDR4 integrated memory controller supports up to 64 GB of DDR4-2400 memory. The chip's TDP is rated at 65W. Pricing is up in the air, with retail channel shortages expected to swing the chip on both sides of the $100-mark. Availability is slated for early-March, 2019.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Lady Butterfly Trailer - movie
(hx) 01:00 PM CET - Feb,20 2019 - Post a comment
Get a look at Lady Butterfly from the upcoming game. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will be released on March 22 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Path of Exile: Synthesis Announced - briefly
(hx) 08:28 AM CET - Feb,20 2019 - Post a comment / read (1)
Grinding Gear Games announces Path of Exile: Synthesis, a new expansion coming next month to Path of Exile, their action/RPG. Players will experience new boss fights, mobs, rewards, story, and lore. Gamers will be able to craft all new items from fragments found throughout Wraeclast. The deeper that you explore Cavas's mind, the more challenging the encounters will become. The expansion features a new Holy Spellcaster archetype and Chaos Spellcaster archetype. Path of Exile: Synthesis will launch on March 8th (PST) on PC, March 11 on Xbox One and mid-March on PlayStation 4.

Gameguru Mania News - Feb,19 2019 - all

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 418.99 - tech
(hx) 10:30 PM CET - Feb,19 2019 - Post a comment
NVIDIA has just rolled out a new GeForce graphics driver, namely version 418.99 hotfix, which manages to fix the random application crash or TDR introduced in previous GeForce Display Driver 418.81. What's New:

Windows 7x64/8.1x64: Fixes random application crash or TDR introduced in previous GeForce display driver 418.81

Black screen when resuming from monitor sleep on some DisplayPort monitors

Windows 7: FPS drop when G-sync is used with V-sync in games

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Fixes occasional application crash in DirectX 12 mode

Fixes black screen on BenQ XL2730 monitor using 144Hz refresh rate

Fixes lockup when resuming from sleep on MSI GT83 notebook

Neverwinter: Undermountain Expansion Announced - briefly
(hx) 10:25 PM CET - Feb,19 2019 - Post a comment
Publisher Perfect World Entertainment and developer Cryptic Studios announced Undermountain, a new expansion for Neverwinter, the free-to-play Forgotten Realms MMORPG. This will be released to the PC edition of the game this spring, and will also come to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at a later date

GTX 1660 Ti vs RX 590 in Far Cry 5: Ultra Settings - tech
(hx) 10:23 PM CET - Feb,19 2019 - Post a comment
GeForce GTX 1660 TI 3 GB on the way, TU116 core images. ASUS has listed in the Eurasian Economic Commission a large number of versions of the GeForce GTX 1660 TI 3 GB, a mid-range graphics card that will position a step below the GeForce GTX 1660 TI 6 GB.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Records Mode Gameplay - movie
(hx) 05:08 PM CET - Feb,19 2019 - Post a comment
SEGA has released the first footage from Total War: THREE KINGDOMS’ Records mode, showing the historically grounded side of Creative Assembly’s upcoming strategy title. Records is one of two unique modes included in THREE KINGDOMS, a first for the Total War franchise.

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