Unlike most high-profile games released in recent times, Dead Island 2, the second entry in the series developed by Dambuster Studios, doesn't support ray tracing in any form, which is a shame, as the game's excellent rendition of Los Angeles would look stunning with it, as shown by a new video shared online. The video, which was put together by Digital Dreams, showcases how great the game looks with the ReShade Ray Traced Global Illumination Beyond All Limits preset. As the preset's implementation isn't perfect, one can only wonder how good the game would look with proper ray tracing implementation. Outside of the solid optimization on all formats, including last-generation consoles, many are the things that Dead Island 2 does right, as I highlighted in my review, such as the wacky setting and characters and the solid combat system that allows players to take zombies with all sorts of weapons while taking advantage of the environment. Unfortunately, the second entry ...

  Part of Snapdragon’s Elite Gaming suite of technologies, Qualcomm announced   Game Super Resolution   (Snapdragon GSR) today, poised to bring better performance and improved battery life to mobile games like Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, Jade Dynasty: New Fantasy, Farming Simulator 23 Mobile, and more. What is Snapdragon Game Super Resolution (GSR)? According to Qualcomm’s press release, which can sometimes feel like reading a different language, GSR is a “single pass spatial aware super resolution technique” designed to provide super scaling quality with the best performance and power savings. As explained, there are many techniques for upscaling, with having some sort of negative trade-off for the improved resolution. With GSR, the goal is fast performance, good output quality, all in a single pass. For users like me and you, we should be able to notice four things when this becomes available on mobile titles: increased resolution while the visual quality of graphics r...

  Rather than write yet another article just about a game being review bombed on Metacritic, I wanted to write about how something really should be done to better curb this problem, which after all this time, still manages to be rather ridiculous. The game in question this time is Horizon Forbidden West, namely the new Burning Shores DLC which has an 81 score from two dozen critics. The User Score, meanwhile is a 2.7/10. While sometimes, a user score is a good indicator of a game being technically broken and upset players registered their anger that way, too often it is turned into a place to demonstrate hatred because of some specific “political” aspect of a game. And that’s what we’re seeing here. The issue in question here is (spoilers for Burning Shores follow) that Aloy finally gets a romance, and can share a kiss with another woman, Seyka. Even though it was already established Aloy’s genetic ancestor Elisabet was a lesbian, this reveal still managed to surprise some “fa...

  Players have been waiting to learn more about GTA 6 (officially untitled), and now, that could almost be over. The next investor call of Rockstar Games’ parent company, Take-Two Interactive, is scheduled for May 17, 2023, and Twitter user mnm345 believes the developers can officially announce the game before it takes place. GTA 6 is a trending topic, and players and fans remain hopeful for the game to be officially announced soon. As seen in the above tweet, mnm345 believes there is a chance that it will finally happen this year. While they didn’t give any reason behind the claim, one could assume a GTA 6 announcement will do well for Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive during their upcoming earnings investor call on May 17, 2023. While Rockstar hasn’t confirmed any upcoming announcements, popular insider Tez2 also believes 2023 is the year when players will finally catch the first glimpse of the upcoming title. In a GTAForums post on March 10, 2023, they suggested a...

  Niantic is working with a different kind of monster for its next release. The studio,   best-known for  Pokémon Go , announced a partnership with Capcom to make a title based on the   Monster Hunter   franchise. The new game is called   Monster Hunter Now , and it aims to take the core of that series — you know,   hunting monsters   — and transform it into the kind of real-world, augmented reality experience that Niantic is known for. Gameplay specifics were light (Niantic says more details will be available when the closed beta launches in the near future) but it appears that  Monster Hunter Now  will follow a somewhat familiar formula. The premise is that the  Monster Hunter  universe has somehow seeped into our world, and players will be able to encounter monsters, along with various resources, on a real-world map. The twist, it seems, is that the game will utilize the same gameplay cycle that  Monster Hunter  is...

  Nintendo of America has filed an application for a DMCA subpoena at a district court in California which, if granted, would order Discord to reveal the identity of the person who leaked The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's art book back in February. TorrentFreak reported earlier today that the company's attorneys applied for the DMCA subpoena on 7th April 2023, and it specifically mentions the name of the user who Nintendo believes is responsible for the leak, along with the name of the Discord server where the images reportedly leaked first. As laid out under US copyright law in Section 512(h), a DMCA subpoena requires that a provider — for example, a sales website or a social media platform — must disclose the details of the infringer. Nintendo has been aware of the leak for a while, it seems, as the company initially sent a DMCA notice on 21st February. Discord responded to the request, which contained multiple links, confirming that it would be removing ...

  Overwatch 2  season 4   kicks off April 11, bringing a   new support hero to Blizzard’s free-to-play hero shooter . The existing roster is getting a fresh set of balance changes as well, with some of the bigger ones affecting tanks and support heroes. Blizzard previously covered a rework to Brigitte that will update her ultimate ability, Rally, that gives her shield some upgrades: Her ult will make the shield stronger and wider, and will give her the ability to (once again) stun enemies with her Shield Bash. Offsetting that buff are changes to her movement speed during Rally, and a reduced range for her Repair Pack healing ability. According to Blizzard’s season 4 patch notes for  Overwatch 2 , Moira is also getting a big upgrade. Not only will her Biotic Grasp offer better healing, she will now have the option to use her Fade ability while she’s firing her ultimate, Coalescence. That will be a huge boon for Moira players who are able to predict an ult-di...