Chinese Censorship Reaches Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord
A post published on a Chinese forum suggests that Asian users of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord may get banned for using nicknames that do not comply with Chinese standards - e.g. referring to local politicians, protests or suggesting a connection between the coronavirus and Wuhan.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 4, 2020
Intel Xe GPU Not for Gamers
After Intel presented the first photos of the Xe-HP chpset last week, many players' hearts skipped a beat. However, the company is cooling down the enthusiasm and announces that the chips are being developed for data centers and other professional applications.
Tech
Conrad Hazi
May 4, 2020
Valorant has a Hitbox Problem, Players are Analyzing
Valorant's players have noticed that one of the characters available in the game has a badly programmed hitbox. Hits to the area around the character's arm, for example, are counted as headshots.
video games
Paul Wozniak
May 4, 2020
Battlefront 2 - Fans Ask for Further Support, Want to Pay for DLCs
One of the Star Wars: Battlefront II fans prepared an online petition, in which he asks DICE for continued, even paid, support for the title. Almost 10 thousand people have already signed it.
video games
Milosz Szubert
May 4, 2020
Half-Life: Alyx Responsible for Record Increase of VR Users
In April, 950,000 more Steam users used VR goggles than a month before. VR is breaking popularity records on Valve's platform, which is probably related to the recent release of Half-Life: Alyx.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 4, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 Without Censorship in Australia
CD Projekt RED will not have to censor Cyberpunk 2077 to get an age rating in Australia. The game has been rated for adults only, but changes to its content will not be necessary.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 4, 2020
Over 3,000 Bans Issued in LoL for Using an Exploit
A bug has emerged in League of Legends, causing one character's ability to deal damage to all enemies on the map despite normally limited range. Chinese players using the exploit were banned for three years.
video games
Paul Wozniak
May 4, 2020
USB4 Cable Will Connect Your Monitor - Replacement for Display Port
The technical capabilities of the new USB4 standard allow for transmission of images even in 16K resolution.
Tech
Arkadiusz Strzala
May 4, 2020
GTA Online - 500,000 Virtual Dollars to Collect for Free
Studio Rockstar once again prepared a gift for people playing GTA Online. As was the case in April, they will receive $500,000 for just logging in this month into Grand Theft Auto V's online module.
video games
Milosz Szubert
May 4, 2020
STALKER 2 - Work Proceeds as Planned Despite the Coronavirus
Zakhar Bocharov - press spokesman of GSC Game World - was interviewed by the Russian website Cybersport. The topic of the interview was STALKER 2. It seems that the work on the game is going according to plan, despite some additional challenges related to the ongoing pandemic.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 4, 2020
The Devs of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Wage a War on Bugs
The last patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare turned out to be unsuccessful and caused a flood of new bugs. However, the developers' reaction turned out to be very fast, thanks to which the bugs are eliminated on an ongoing basis, and the players are kept informed about the progress.
video games
Conrad Hazi
May 3, 2020
GeForce NOW With DLSS 2.0 Support in Selected Titles
GeForce NOW streaming platform now offers support for DLSS 2.0. The first game that will enable us to try out new graphics effects will be Control. In addition, another 21 titles will debut in Nvidia.
Tech
Conrad Hazi
May 3, 2020
Assassin's Creed Valhalla Without Grind Like in Odyssey
According to the director of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the gameplay in the latest installment of the series is to be balanced much better than in the previous one. The players are to be given the opportunity to decide what and how they want to do, so there will be far less grind.
video games
Conrad Hazi
May 3, 2020
Warhammer RTS Developed by Elite Dangerous Dev
Frontier Developments revealed that it is working on a real-time strategy game based on the Warhammer Age of Sigmar license, a popular tabletop battle game.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 3, 2020
Valhalla's Cameo in Division 2 was Accidental
The Division 2 had a poster in the game, which was read by some fans as an announcement of the new installment of Assassin's Creed series. However, Darby McDevitt, narrative director at Ubisoft Montreal, claims that it has nothing to do with the actual AC: Valhalla.
video games
Daria Bochenska
May 2, 2020
AMD Bests Intel in Many Major Stores
AMD's CEO has boasted that in many major stores, more than 50 percent of available premium CPUs are made by his company. According to The European Hardware Association, gaming enthusiasts also prefer Ryzen's manufacturer.
Tech
Adrian Werner
May 2, 2020
Star Wars: Battlefront (2004) - Multiplayer Support is Back
16 years after the launch of Star Wars: Battlefront and 6 years without official support for the multiplayer mode, an update has just been introduced to the game, which will enable the players to enjoy online gameplay again.
video games
Daria Bochenska
May 2, 2020
Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Both Genders are Canon
The latest installment of the Assassin's Creed series will debut at the end of this year, but the creators have already answered many fan questions. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla will once again enable us to choose the gender of the protagonist, however, and this time the choice will not raise doubts as to which option is canon.
video games
Daria Bochenska
May 2, 2020
Assassin's Creed 2, Rayman Legends and Child of Light Available For Free
A promotion has been launched, enabling us to Assassin's Creed II, Child of Light and Rayman Legends, three great games released by Ubisoft, for free for the second time.
special offers
Adrian Werner
May 2, 2020
Summer Game Fest - Creator of The Game Awards Announces Numerous Game Shows
Geoff Keighley announced Summer Game Fest 2020, a series of online events planned for four months, where game developers will announce new projects, organize presentations of their productions and provide demos of some of them.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 2, 2020