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New Update For DOOM Adds Vulkan Support
id Software has announced the availability for the Vulkan™ version of DOOM that relies on innovative features to deliver incredible performance. As you may already know, the Vulkan™ API is a descendant of AMD’s Mantle that supports close-to-metal control across Windows® 7, Windows® 8.1, Windows® 10, and Linux®. Compared to OpenGL, Vulkan™ substantially reduces “API overhead” – the background work a CPU does to interpret what a game asks of the hardware – to deliver meaningful features, performance, and image quality and expose GPU hardware features that wouldn’t ordinarily be accessible through OpenGL. DOOM benefits from Vulkan support by using several great features: Asynchronous Shaders Shader Intrinsics or Shader Intrinsic Functions Frame Flip Optimizations Here are a couple of performa...
DOOM Goes Old School With New Update
DOOM has been exhilarating for both old and new fans alike, and the first post launch update ensures that the hype train doesn’t slow down. In addition to introducing a Photo Mode for taking in-game screenshots, it brings back the original DOOM aiming style, with you gun placed right in the center of the screen. It looks like this: Brings back some memories, doesn’t it? For those who don’t know (it’s hard to think of anyone), this is what the original DOOM looked like: Doesn’t seem very realistic, we know. But hey, you’re on a space station, shooting demons in the face, so what the heck. You know you love it. This setting can be enabled in the “weapons placement” section in the options and is available in all game modes. In addition to this,...
New Screenshots From DOOM Look Incredible
Bethesda has released a new set of screenshots for DOOM. and these latest screenshots actually show better visuals than those showcased a while back. DOOM looks beautiful. Moreover, color grading seems to be toned down too, which is a big plus in our opinion. Enjoy the screenshots after the jump! And for more news and reviews, keep checking back at Gaming Central.
All The Highlights From IGX
If you’re an avid gamer, and you missed IGX, then you missed out on what was one of the most enjoyable gaming events in India. IGX, or Indian Games Expo, was held for the first time in Mumbai, on the 14th and 15th of November. Players could try out all the latest games including Call Of Duty: Black Ops III, Witcher 3, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, and many more. However, it wasn’t just games. You could meet game developers like Apar Games and Vanishing Point Studios, who showed off their upcoming games. Gamers looking to get the latest games and buy some cool gaming merchandise could go to GamesTheShop, Psychostore, Sunder Electronics, and many other stores present there. We also got to check out VR equipment made by Absentia VR, a Bangalore-based startup showed off its Tes...
The Graphics Technology of Fallout 4
Close to the launch of their highly awaited title, Fallout 4, Bethesda discusses the graphics technology behind Fallout 4. This is what they say: The hardware we play games on continues to advance at a rapid pace with exciting new graphics features. Our Creation Engine has evolved to incorporate this new technology in order to empower the artists and designers at Bethesda Game Studios to create an immersive new world. The tech team here is closely aligned with the art team, and together we carefully selected each individual feature based on specific artistic and performance goals we wanted to achieve in creating this world. The first thing we did after Skyrim was to enhance the Creation Engine’s graphical core by adding a physically based deferred renderer. This new renderer allows us to a...
Fallout 4 Themed Xbox One Controller
Awesome Fallout-themed stuff at Great Discounts Bethesda’s online store kicked off a week-long. Starting from yesterday Bethesda has introduced new merchandise throughout the week. Women’s collection, Garage Lithographs, Hoodies etc etc are 20 percent off, you can also Fallout Anthology and get free shipping during the event if an US citizen. Fallout themed Xbox One controller has been showcased at Bethesda’s Online Store. Other new merchandise revealing this week include limited edition Fallout merch, including a Vault-Tec watch, Pip-Boy messenger bag, and a specialized Xbox One controller. Items will go for sale throughout the week, and each day offering a new prize. As reported by Bethesda there’s a limited supply of 5,000 of Xbox One Wired Vault Boy Controller a...
Fallout Anthology Announced
For the first time in the history of the award-winning franchise, all the Fallout games you know and love – or need to catch up on – are available in one explosive PC collection that arrives on September 29th in North America and October 2nd across European territories. Fallout Anthology features five critically acclaimed games and official add-ons in a premium collectible set – neatly packaged inside a Fat Man mini-nuke! And because there’s a new edition coming to the Fallout family this November, the collection takes a page from Vault-Tec and reserves a space for your Fallout 4 game disc. Fallout Anthology explodes with content, including the following games and add-ons: Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition From award-winning developers Bethesda Game Studios®, create any character you wan...
Paid Mods Coming Back for Fallout 4?
So Bethesda is planning to bring in paid mods back for Fallout 4. While the basic idea of, as Bethesda put it, “supporting modders for their work” is rather complex and has numerous pros and cons, the Skyrim community did NOT like it. There were flame wars and unending revolt until Bethesda and Valve cancelled it. What the community took the most offence with was the break-up of the revenue from mod sales: Bethesda got a meaty 45% of the whole sale (on top of the sale from the base game, which came out in 2011 and is still selling like hot cakes), Valve kept 30% (their usual cut from all sales on Steam) and modders got a rather measly 25% from their mod. Mind, 25% is the standard cut of the sales on the Steam Workshop. In an interview with GameSpot, Bethesda’s Peter Hines...
Fallout 4 Won’t Have Skyrim’s Technical Issues
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim launched in 2011 to critical acclaim, but players sometimes encountered bugs during their playthroughs. Developer Bethesda had trouble working with the PlayStation 3, specifically, having to deal with issues in the game that delayed DLC for the PS3 version for months. Bethesda has learned from the rough state of Skyrim, however, and is aiming to apply those lessons to the upcoming release of Fallout 4. According to a Game Informer interview with game director Todd Howard, the studio better understood how to deal with bugs and problems following the release of Skyrim and its subsequent DLC. Specifically, it learned what to prioritize for the launch of Fallout 4, should that game face similar issues. “I think we’ve gotten way better there,” he sa...
Fallout Shelter Making Millions
Fallout shelter has turned a few heads by arriving high in western app store top grossing charts. It has gone top 10 grossing in 26 countries, including 2nd in the UK and 3rd in the US on the iPhone, and earned more than Candy Crush for two days. While on the iPad’s its in top 10 grossing in 20 countries. It has also entered the Chinese top 100. It has proved to be a surprise win for Bethesda.
Battlecry beta sign-ups are now open
Bethesda announced at its E3 press conference tonight that Battlecry, a new game from the aptly named Battlecry Studios, is now accepting sign-ups for its upcoming beta. Battlecry is an online action game that had the unfortunate privilege of having to follow Bethesda’s presentation for the new Doom. It’s a team-based PvP game where you fight with one of three factions. The Imperial Marines, the Cossack Empire, and the Han Republic. To sign-up you can head over to Battlecrythegame.com
Fallout 4: Coming Soon?
Bethesda is rumoured to have hired Guillermo del Toro-helmed Mirada Studios to create a cinematic trailer for Fallout 4. And the anticipation turned to outright frenzy when an artist at Mirada Studios listed “Fallout 4 cinematic trailer” in their public LinkedIn. Mirada Studios started frantically e-mailing gaming websites and asking them to take down the news, which itself was the perfect confirmation that this is the real deal. Or, we hope so!! Aren’t we all just starving for a huge open world post-apocalyptic game, and Fallout 4 could be just the thing to satiate that hunger!! Stay tuned at GamingCentral for more news and updates on Fallout 4!!