The creators of a popular Dark Souls 2 lighting mod are experimenting with path tracing and, oh boy, it no longer looks like an Xbox 360 game

Dark Souls 2 is the second-best Dark Souls game and that's fairly uncontroversial. But it's also famously the most ugly. Chief among the complaints people have about Dark Souls 2, is that the game's ...

Witcher 3 mod restores a darker ending for the Hearts of Stone expansion that was cut during development

Brothers in Arms is a mod for The Witcher 3 that combines bug fixes with restoration of cut content. It's a frequently updated mod—last time we checked it restored a bunch of dialogue, including a ...
Yardbarker

When Does Alien Isolation 2 Release?

Alien Isolation 2 made headlines when the sequel was first announced in October 2024. The announcement was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the first Alien Isolation game, which was ...
Polygon

Alien: Isolation's Xenomorph doesn’t need to resort to try-hard jumpscares

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...
techtimes

Ray Tracing Explained: The Science, Ray Tracing Performance, and Whether Ray Tracing Gaming Is Really Worth the Hit

Here is ray tracing explained in simple terms, how ray tracing performance impacts FPS, and when ray tracing gaming visuals are truly worth the trade-off. Pixabay, Timrael Ray tracing has gone from a ...
Gameranx

This New Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Path Tracing Mod Will Push Your PCs To Their Limit

This seems like more work than any game company is willing to do. The Rockstar community has once again made something that Take-Two doesn’t seem to be willing to put their money into. As reported by ...
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Minecraft real life shaders + no cubes mod is crazy (Ray Tracing)

I transform Minecraft with real-life shaders and the no cubes mod, and it looks insane. Appeals court panel upholds nearly $1M sanctions against Trump, Alina Habba over Hillary Clinton lawsuit Dolph ...
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Alien: Isolation writer originally thought Ellen Ripley's daughter as protagonist was too "Son of Frankenstein" and "convenient," but was sold after realizing "everything had ...

One thing that makes Alien: Isolation such a uniquely tense experience is that it feels so personal thanks to its protagonist, Amanda Ripley, being the daughter of Ellen Ripley, the beloved hero of ...
DualShockers

It's The Xenomorph's Fault That Alien Isolation Has Its One Big Flaw, According To The Game's Writer

Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...
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Alien: Isolation writer admits its Xenomorph got too smart for the devs, which is why the horror game runs longer than most

RPGs Ex-Mass Effect devs know "there's a hunger" for big RPGs, so there's an "unbelievable amount of pressure" on Exodus RPGs More than Mass Effect's spiritual successor, Exodus wants to pull decades ...
The Escapist

Dying Light: The Beast’s Ray Tracing temporarily disabled while Techland address issues

Dying Light: The Beast is out now, and with it, the next installment of the parkour zombie title is out. We at The Escapist speak rather fondly of it in our Dying Light: The Beast review – in case you ...