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Despite the momentum VR has gained over the years, one has to wonder if it will truly see wide scale adoption in the gaming industry. While I am very excited for the future of gaming and VR, it might take quite a bit of time for it to see wide scale adoption. VR has picked up a lot of hype along the way, especially in the recent years, but the question still remains: how many game developers will fully embrace VR? One has to remember that VR is still quite costly with respect to how much each unit costs as well as the system required to run games with it smoothly. Based on the required specs alone, it appears that current generation consoles lack the necessary ‘horsepower’ to run games on VR. Unless the consoles can get more processing power from additional peripherals or from the ‘cloud’, they might only be able to run the simplest of VR games. For game developers to require VR in their games would mean that they would be alienating a huge portion of the console gamers outright. That’s not even mentioning the portion of the PC gaming community that cant afford the units or the necessary upgrade if their current systems cant support VR. Another thing to consider is that not all games would benefit a lot from VR. Certain game genres would gain little to no benefit with VR. Unless a huge shift in the gaming industry happens, VR would only make a little impact to the current games. VR for certain genres from MOBAs (or DOTA clones) to third person shooters to the current MMOs and many others would only provide a nice plus but wouldn’t be a game changer. On the other hand; first person shooters, potentially some creative games, horror games, and role-playing games could certainly benefit a lot from VR integration but would only likely be optional. Lastly, the VR headsets or units have their own advantages and disadvantages. Each also trying to establish their own marketplaces. Perhaps we will see something similar to what is still happening with the consoles and console exclusive games. One might try to argue that a certain headset and its peripherals are better but there may not be many games that support it; perhaps the other competitor will have the best exclusive deals despite not having the best specs in the market. To sum it up – although VR has been picking up more steam over the past few years, it doesn’t look like it will see an immediate wide scale adoption. It may be best to wait and see how things pan out before buying into one of these units. Wide scale adoption will likely happen slowly over time as more and more people buy newer systems that are capable of supporting VR as well as the cost of the VR headsets becoming more affordable in the future. The post Virtual Reality – Gaming Niche? appeared first on .

Finding the source code of an iconic game belongiong to one of the most important videogame companies is not something that happens every day.

The upcoming season of For Honor starts next month and it comes with more maps and two new heroes. Publisher Ubisoft has announced the release of Shadow and Might, the second season of For Honor. The action hack and slash videogame developed by Ubisoft Montreal, creators of titles like Watch Dogs 2 or Far Cry […] The post For Honor adds new content in May appeared first on News, updates from the DLCompare.com Blog.

SEGA has released information and pictures that explain cosmetic and gameplay customization options for Dawn of War 3. As we get close to the launch date for the third entry in the Dawn of War series more information about this highly anticipated strategy title is being revealed. This time, its the turn for the customization […] The post Dawn of War 3 customization options revealed appeared first on News, updates from the DLCompare.com Blog.

Publisher SEGA has officially announced the release of Total War: Warhammer 2 sometime this year. You can watch the official announcement video.

The world comes to an end in The Ringed City, the final DLC for Dark Souls 3. FromSoftware has published its launch trailer.

As the release date for the title gets closer publisher Bethesda Softworks is revealing more and more information about upcoming installment of the DOOM series. This time it’s the turn of the six different competitive multiplayer modes that the game developed by id Software will feature at launch. They have published a new video that shows how all of them work.   DOOM – Multiplayer Modes Revealed Soul Harvest, Freeze Tag, Warpath, Clan Arena, Domination and Team Deathmatch, those are the six different ways of testing your skills in a frantic and brutal competitive experience that has become the signature of the DOOM franchise over the years. Soul Harvest and Team Deathmatch are quite similar, but in in the former you will have to collect the soul of the opponents you kill (represented by a skull icon on screen). You can pick up your teammate’s souls to prevent that the enemies score points getting them but those won’t count towards the score. Also a power up item with the form of a demon rune appears when a player is killed for the first time in the match. It turns whoever picks it up into a demon that will get double souls when killing someone and that drops five souls when killed. Freeze Tag is about freesing the enemies and unfreezing teammates. You will be frozen solid instead of dieing, and can be unfrozen by nearby teammates over time. If a team manages to freeze the whole opposing team it wins inmediately. Otherwise whoever freezes more wins the match. Watch out because you can still be destroyed by enviromental damage when frozen. Warpath is not your typical king-of-the-hill mode, because the location you need to control is a moving area that won’t always be in a safe position. Whoever gets first to a certain preset score or has the highest score when the time runs out wins. In Domination teams will struggle to control three different static capture points spread over the map, but also a demon rune will spawn offering a significant advantage to the team that picks it up. Team Deathmatch follows the usual rules and Clan Arena is like a hardcore deathmatch with no pickups, no respawns, no demon runes and no heals or armor recovery. Only for real badasses. DOOM is scheduled for release on May 13 for Pc, Xbox One and Playstation 4so you still have enough time to get ready for it. It may be a good idea to check previous titles of the series and have some fun shotting down demons while you wait for the launch. The post DOOM’s multiplayer modes revealed appeared first on .

Bethesda Softworks has released a long video showcasing the first 35 minutes of Prey gameplay. We all are eager to see and know more about Betheda’s upcoming adventure and Fallout creators seem to be glad to provide enough information for us so we can drool and form an opinion about their upcoming project. This time […] The post Watch half an hour of Prey gameplay appeared first on News, updates from the DLCompare.com Blog.

Electronic Arts has published the launch trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda. It definitely looks that Andromeda Galaxy isn’t going to be a peaceful place.

Bad news for the followers of both Total War strategy games saga and Warhammer Fantasy Battles tabletop game. All of you that were eager to get your hands on the upcoming title from The Creative Assembly will have to wait a bit longer than expected to do so because publisher SEGA has officially announced a delay on the release date for Total War: Warhammer. It was previously set for launch on April 28 but the new release date is May 24. The reasons for this delay have been esplained by Mike Simpson, Total War creative director: “This could be the best Total War game we’ve ever made. We don’t want to rush it.” “It’s an enormous game and we also want to make absolutely sure reviewers have enough time to play it thoroughly before launch. Many thanks to the huge number of people who have pre-ordered and are eagerly awaiting release day. We’re pulling out all the stops for you,” added Simpson. Total War: WARHAMMER – Dwarfs Campaign Walkthrough Alongside this announcement, The Creative Assembly has finally revealed the system requirements to play Total War: Warhammer, being kind enough to point out the expected performance you are going to get with each each system. Be aware that it’s just an approximation tho, because “the framerates below are based on PCs using the quoted specs with fresh OS installs, no major background programs running, and should be taken as a guide rather than an absolute”. Here are the different specs: PC Minimum Specifications: [Expected around 15-25 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Low”] Operating System: Windows 7 64Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz RAM: 3GB* Hard Drive: 35 GB Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P *PC integrated graphics chipsets require 4GB ram, e.g. Intel HD series PC Recommended Specifications: [Expected around 45-55 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “High”] Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz RAM: 8 GB Hard Drive: 35 GB Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @1080P PC 60fps+ Specifications: [Expected 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Ultra”] Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz RAM: 8 GB Hard Drive: 35 GB Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Fury X or Nvidia GTX 980 @1080P The post Total War: Warhammer delayed appeared first on .

Developer Techland has released a new update for Dying Light today. The patch comes with a few solutions for some problems that the game was suffering, including bug fixes, stability improvements and some balance tweaks. It also expands the available content, adding four new playable comunity maps that you can see in this new video: Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition | Community Map 4-Pack trailer “We said on many different occasions how much we enjoy playing maps created by our fans, but now the time has come to show it. There’s so much variety and ingenuity in there, even more so since we added co-op and PvP support,” explained Techland’s community manager Michal Napora. In “The Hunter”, our protagonist will have to kill as many infected as possible in a zombie-infested forest. Whereas in “Climb Down to 21”, the player will face a parkour-focused experience that is all about jumping and climbing. The other two maps are a bit more terrifying. “The Tunnel” places you deep under the city in a situation where your choices will decide the outcome of a horror story with lives at stake. Finally, “TeeVee” is a creepy short adventure inspired by titles like Silent Hill or Alan Wake, where you will have to try and escape from your worst nightmare. All those contents are ready to be downloaded completely free with this update for all those that own Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition. The post New free maps available for Dying Light appeared first on .

Every year since 1996 the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences organizes the DICE (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Awards to recognize the best videogames of the year in several categories. The most sought prize of all of them is the Game of the Year award and this time the game chosen to be honored has been Fallout 4. Bethesda Softworks’ title has not only managed win the GOTY award but also Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction and Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year ones.   One could deem significant that the 19th DICE Annual Awards ceremony held yesterday at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas has yielded very few winners, with Fallout 4, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rocket League and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but in the end it just confirms those games as quite solid bets  if you are looking for something good to play in their respective genres. The other winner of the night was the creator of Metal Gear series, Hideo Kojima, that was included by the AIAS in it’s Hall of Fame for his impact in the development of highly influential games. You can see here the list with the winners in each category: Game of the Year:  Fallout 4 Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:  Fallout 4 Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Action Game of the Year: Star Wars Battlefront Adventure Game of the Year:  METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain Family Game of the Year:  Super Mario Maker Fighting Game of the Year:  Mortal Kombat X Racing Game of the Year:  Forza Motorsport 6 Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:  Fallout 4 Sports Game of the Year:  Rocket League Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:  Heroes of the Storm D.I.C.E. Sprite Award:  Rocket League Handheld Game of the Year:  HELLDIVERS Mobile Game of the Year:  Fallout Shelter Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Rocket League Outstanding Achievement in Animation:  Ori and the Blind Forest Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:  Ori and the Blind Forest Outstanding Achievement in Character:  Rise of the Tomb Raider Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:  Ori and the Blind Forest Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:  Star Wars Battlefront Outstanding Achievement in Story:  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Outstanding Technical Achievement:  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt The post Fallout 4 wins the Game of the Year award appeared first on .

Barely one week after going into Steam’s Early Access program, Conan Exiles has already sold 320,000 copies. Developer Funcom has announced today the sales figures for their open-world survival multiplayer title and quite surprisingly they can say that they have recovered their investment in the game already. 320,000 copies is definitely an incredible number for […] The post Conan Exiles surpasses expectations early appeared first on News, updates from the DLCompare.com Blog.

Publisher Square Enix has announced today that the upcoming action/RPG title developed by PlatinumGames Inc. has gone Gold. NieR: Automata is finally out of the developement stage and it is ready for its future launch on March this year. That’s a fact that has also been confirmed through Twitter by the game’s producer, Yosuke Saito, […] The post NieR: Automata goes Gold appeared first on News, updates from the DLCompare.com Blog.

Obsidian Entertainment has announced Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, a sequel of their critically acclaimed RPG Pillars of Eternity. After successfully funding through Kickstarter the development of the original title, raising almost $4 million and becoming the fourth most funded game on the crowdfunding platform up to date, they have decided to continue the series […] The post Pillars of Eternity 2 is on the way appeared first on News, updates from the DLCompare.com Blog.

XCOM 2 is an awesome title that lives up to the expectations most of the players had for a new installment of one of the most famous strategy franchises. With great additions to the gameplay, fantastic visuals and a good story it delivers everything you could expect from a XCOM title. If we were to […] The post Long War 2 Mod is out now for XCOM 2! appeared first on News, updates from the DLCompare.com Blog.

It's no secret that Horizon: Zero Dawn is one of the most anticipated games to be released this year. It has raised great expectations in the public since the game was officially announced during E3 2015. Now that the release date is getting close Sony is unveiling a bit more of information about Guerrilla Games' […] The post Horizon: Zero Dawn new trailer unveils story details appeared first on News, updates from the DLCompare.com Blog.