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  1. AlphaAtlas

    Gaming Industry More Valuable Than Music and Video in the UK

    The BBC reports that the UK video games sector is worth more than the video and music industries combined. At $4.85 billion, it has "more than double its value in 2007." The report cites Fifa 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and the big drivers in the industry, as each...
  2. AlphaAtlas

    Netflix Supposedly Poaches Activision Blizzard's CFO

    Activision-Blizzard's stock hasn't been performing particularly well, even when compared to the overall market slump late last year. Right now, it's sitting at about 43 dollars a share, compared to 83 in late September. So, one might think that the firing of Activision's CFO, Spencer Neumann...
  3. AlphaAtlas

    China Posts List of Government Approved Games

    Following a total freeze on video game approvals earlier this year, Reuters reports that the Chinese government approved 80 online games over the weekend. While this is great news for the gaming industry in general, the report notes that none of the games from Tencent Holdings are on the list...
  4. AlphaAtlas

    World of Tanks to Get Better Multithreading Support

    Following the likes of World of Warcraft, Planetside 2, and other MMOs, Wargaming.net announced that the World of Tanks engine is set to get a multi-threading overhaul. In their recent dev diary, developers note that most of their userbase tends to upgrade CPUs relatively infrequently compared...
  5. cageymaru

    Here Is the Samsung C32JG53 32" Curved Gaming Monitor

    PCTechHub on YouTube has been sent the all new Samsung C32JG53 32" curved gaming monitor with AMD FreeSync support to review. While the resolution is a letdown for productivity, the 144Hz refresh rate is great for gamers according to the reviewer. He goes over the pros and cons of the monitor in...
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  6. AlphaAtlas

    Blizzard Tests Twitch Chat Linking in Overwatch

    As anyone who's spent more than 5 minutes on the site probably knows, there's a lot of toxicity in some of Twitch's more popular streams. But Blizzard is apparently testing a system that links Twitch chat to Battle.net accounts in order to create "a more positive viewing experience." Starting...
  7. AlphaAtlas

    Dark Souls Developers are Working on 2 Unannounced Games

    In an interview with 4gamer, the president of From Software, Hidetaka Miyazaki, revealed that the studio has 2 unannounced titles in the works. Miyazaki is perhaps most famous for directing Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, and Dark Souls III, and the studio already revealed Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice...
  8. AlphaAtlas

    Fortnite Developer Allegedly Made $3 Billion in 2018

    Citing an anonymous source, TechCrunch claims that Epic Games, the developers behind the free-to-play game Fortnite, made $3 billion dollars in profit this year. The company is also reportedly worth about $15 Billion, which puts them in the same league as the largest publicly trading gaming...
  9. AlphaAtlas

    Tim Sweeney Responds to Epic Games Store Criticism

    While some outlets have praised the Epic's new storefront for their more generous developer revenue cut, others have been criticizing the new Steam competitor. One particularly nasty thread popped up on the /r/pcgaming subreddit yesterday, claiming that the Epic Store is "literally spyware" with...
  10. AlphaAtlas

    Bethesda is Asking for Essays in Ban Appeals

    Polygon reports that Bethesda is wrongfully banning some players in Fallout 76. Third party programs like Reshade, various overlays, and capture/streaming programs may be to blame, but that's not exactly new, as similar 3rd party programs have triggered cheat detection algorithms in other games...
  11. AlphaAtlas

    PubG Peaks at Over 1 Million Players Again

    Facing the meteoric rise of Fortnite and criticisms of a sluggish development pace, PubG's player count has fallen significantly over the past year. According to SteamCharts, PubG had an average player count of 1.5 million in January of this year, with peaks of over 3.2 million players online at...
  12. AlphaAtlas

    PC Gamer Gets a Prosthetic Arm From Deus Ex

    According to the first episode Red Bull's PRISM series, Daniel Melville 3D printed a prosthetic arm modeled after Adam Jensen's bionic limb from the Dues Ex series. Melville was reportedly inspired by Jensen, saying "He had these cool augmented arms and he was a badass, and I thought 'I'd like...
  13. AlphaAtlas

    Halo Infinite Might Feature RPG Like Mechanics

    In a recent live stream, the Halo Infinite developers confirmed several new details about the upcoming game. Unlike Halo 5, Infinite will support 4 -player splitscreen, and its also getting a Reach-like customization system. The full developer livestream can be seen on Microsoft's streaming...
  14. AlphaAtlas

    Mass Effect Andromeda 1 Year Later

    Mass Effect Andromeda is over a year old now. The game is still hits GPUs pretty hard, hence we've used it in some of our 2018 video card reviews, but the public's general opinion of the game remains mixed at best. EA has all but dropped support for the game, with no singleplayer DLC on the...
  15. AlphaAtlas

    Modders Bring Multiplayer to Subnautica

    By most accounts, Subnautica is a fantastic game, and it's currently free on the Epic Games Store. But out of the box, it's strictly a singleplayer experience, meaning players are out of luck if they wish to play with a friend. But earlier this month, Subnautica modders released an open source...
  16. AlphaAtlas

    Star Citizen Developers Valued at About $460 Million

    Yesteday, Cloud Imperium, the parent company of the developers behind Star Citizen, announced that Clive Kalder's family office and Snoot Entertainment paid $46 million for a ~10% stake in the company, which would put the total value of the Cloud Imperium at about $460 Million. The company...
  17. AlphaAtlas

    Bethesda is Working on a New Fallout 76 PVP Mode

    Fallout 76 may have had a rocky launch, but Bethesda seems committed to supporting the game going forward. On the "Inside the Vault" blog, Bethesda detailed a number of fixes and tweaks that are coming in January. Bethesda also promised to offer more detailed patch notes. Starting in 2019, they...
  18. AlphaAtlas

    PUBG's Vikendi Map is Out Now

    PubG Corp's new snow themed map is out on PC today. The 6x6km battleground is set in a snowy, "isolated Northern resort island in the shadow of Mount Kreznic." The developers also introduced a slew of changes and features with the new map, including a new assault rifle, balance changes, and a...
  19. AlphaAtlas

    Red Dead Redemption 2 PC Footage Allegedly Leaked

    PC Gamer spotted some footage of what appears to be Red Dead Redemption 2 running on PC. While the "leak" was quickly taken down, other channels re-uploaded the footage, which features a few seconds of gameplay and a "settings" menu with various PC graphics options. While the video is somewhat...
  20. AlphaAtlas

    Morrowind Mod Upscales Textures Using a Neural Network

    PCGamesN spotted an interesting mod over on the Morrowind Nexus. Instead of painstakingly replacing textures by hand or using the type of upscaling+sharpening filters you'd find in Photoshop, as modders usually do, DassiD used the "ESRGAN" algorithm to automatically quadruple the resolution of...
  21. AlphaAtlas

    The Next AAA Publisher Crash May Already be Here

    This year, AAA developers have been in the headlines more than usual, and not in a good way. Take-Two is still receiving backlash from their microtransaction push, Zenimax is dealing with fallout from Bethesda's latest MMO, Activision-Blizzard is still suffering from the Diablo Immortal...
  22. AlphaAtlas

    Discord Store Announces 90/10 Developer Revenue Split

    Epic Games seems to have kicked off an arms race between PC game storefronts. When Epic announced the store, they told the public that developers would get 88% of all sales revenue, as opposed to the 70% cut developers and publishers get on Steam. Valve quickly lowered the rates for large-volume...
  23. AlphaAtlas

    Daybreak Announces Planetside Arena

    Daybreak Games, the developer behind the EverQuest series, H1Z1, and DC Universe Online, just announced another entry into the crowded battle royale space. Unlike H1Z1 King of the Hill, which originally spawned out of a zombie themed survival game, Planetside Arena is a spinoff of their sci-fi...
  24. AlphaAtlas

    Hunt: Showdown Shows off Quickplay in New Trailer

    Crytek just pushed the Hunt: Showdown 4.0 update out, and one of the headlining features is the new Quickplay game mode. The developers say the mode is designed for solo hunters, who drop in 10 player games and race to close four Rifts. New rounds start with a free hunter, and the first player...
  25. AlphaAtlas

    Ace Combat 7 Multiplayer Gameplay Revealed

    As Ace Combat 7's release approaches, more and more gameplay is starting to come out. We've already seen snippets of several singleplayer missions, but Shacknews managed to play first 15 minutes of the campaign, as well as try a few sessions of the multiplayer mode. Interestingly, the game has...
  26. AlphaAtlas

    Fortnite, PUBG and Other Games Allegedly Banned in China

    Citing a Reddit thread, PCGamesN reports that popular games like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Paladins, Fortnite, and H1Z1 have been been banned in China, while others like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo and League of Legends require "corrective action." According to the Reddit post, the...
  27. AlphaAtlas

    Blockchain Storefront RobotCache Signs on 700 Games from 22 Publishers

    According to a report by VentureBeat, RobotCache's ambitious blockchain-based gaming storefront is making significant progress. Despite being in early access, the company claims to have signed on 700 games from 22 publishers. Interestingly, publishers are supposed to get a 95% sales cut from the...
  28. AlphaAtlas

    Infinity Blade Removed from iOS App Store

    In a surprise move, Epic Games announced that they are removing all three Infinity Blade games from the iOS App Store. The games have long been a staple of the App Store's gaming section, and both Apple and Epic frequently used the series to show off advances in mobile hardware and Unreal...
  29. AlphaAtlas

    Metro 2033 Film Adaptation Halted

    VG247 reports that production on the Metro 2033 film has halted, and that things weren't exactly going well before. According to the report, MGM acquired the rights to an adaptation of the novel in 2012. But unlike the game, MGM wanted to "Americanise" the script, transplanting the story from...
  30. AlphaAtlas

    Ubisoft Shows Off Beyond Good and Evil 2 Gameplay

    Beyond Good and Evil 2 is one of those games that was probably announced too early. Ubisoft unveiled it way back in 2008, and it was a winner in Wired's 2016 Vaporware Awards. We got a brief glimpse of the game in 2017, and in a livestream today, Ubisoft finally showed off some more detailed...
  31. AlphaAtlas

    International Olympic Committee Comments on eSports Inclusion

    After Olympic representatives met in Lausanne over the weekend for the 7th Olympic Summit, the IOC published a summary of the issues the committee discussed, and they dedicated a fairly large paragraph to the topic of esports. While the committee reaffirmed that it won't work with games that are...
  32. AlphaAtlas

    Live Action Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Teased

    IGN just posted a teaser for the upcoming live action Sonic the Hedgehog movie. As previously announced, the film is supposed to be released in the U.S. on November 8, 2019. Ben Schwartz, who played Ralphio in Parks and Recreation, is set to star as Sonic, while Jim Carrey is reportedly cast as...
  33. AlphaAtlas

    AlphaZero Can Definitely Beat You At Chess, and is Coming to Other Games Soon

    Google's DeepMind has already produced systems that can beat the world's best Go players, as well as systems that can compete with humans in Starcraft II. But according to IEEE Spectrum, DeepMind's AlphaZero system is in a league of its own. AlphaZero can allegedly "crack any game that provides...
  34. AlphaAtlas

    Outer Worlds Announcement Trailer from Obsidian

    The 2018 Game Awards were last night, and despite being an "awards" show, we got quite a few announcements out of the event. But one of the highlights was definitely Obsidian's "Outer Worlds" RPG. Thanks to Take Two, Obsidian seems to be reaching beyond their usual game budget with this title...
  35. AlphaAtlas

    The Game Awards 2018

    The Game Awards start today at 7:30PM CDT. There are already rumors of several high profile announcements, including a new Dragon Age game, a high budget RPG from Obsidian, and a post apocalyptic Far Cry. Be sure to vote for your favorite titles from 2018 on their website. Check out the live...
  36. AlphaAtlas

    Bethesda Support Ticket System Leaked Customer Information

    Today's data leak of the day comes from... Bethesda. Recently, Bethesda promised to give buyers of Fallout 76's $200 Power Armor edition a real canvas bag. But to do that, customers had to create a support ticket and submit proof of purchase, which allegedly included a receipt containing credit...
  37. AlphaAtlas

    TechPowerUp Retests Battlefield V DXR Performance

    After a brief delay, Battlefield V's first big free content update is out. DICE says they've been working with Nvidia to improve the somewhat disappointing DXR performance in the release version of the game, and TechPowerUp decided put those claims to the test. Using three RTX GPUs and Nvidia's...
  38. AlphaAtlas

    Epic Games Announces Fortnite Creative Mode

    On their website, Epic Games announced a new mode for their absurdly popular game, Fortnite. Creative mode will let players design their own minigames like races, custom battles and more, using the game's existing building system, without being tied to the restrictions of the regular PvP or PvE...
  39. AlphaAtlas

    New Dragon Age Game is Far Away, but an Announcement is Imminent

    Following a tease last week, the Dragon Age rumor mill has been ramping up. Some are speculating that new Dragon Age game announcement is coming at this week's Game Awards, and yesterday, Eurogamer seemingly confirmed the rumor with their anonymous sources. Unfortunately, VentureBeat reports...
  40. AlphaAtlas

    Curved Monitors Surpass 50% of Gaming Monitor Marketshare as Sales Climb

    According to a report the TrendForce's LCD market division, WitsView, shipments of gaming monitors could grow to 5.1 million units in 2018, doubling 2017's shipments. The report defines "gaming monitors" as monitors with a refresh rate over 100hz, and cites particularly strong growth in China...
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