Bethesda has just released the first PC patch for the latest FPS game from iD Software, RAGE. As was promised, this patch adds – among other things – some video options with which players can adjust their gaming experience. As the release notes state, RAGE defaults to lower video settings to allow the game to work on a wide variety of hardware and software configurations. The original release of RAGE does not expose many video/graphics options for people to tweak because some of these settings, although desirable from a quality perspective, simply will not work on specific configurations either due to hardware limitations and/or driver bugs. Due to popular demand for more video and graphics options, this patch updates the video settings menu and exposes several quality and performance settings. However, not everyone may be able to increase the settings due to hardware limitations and/or driver bugs. So, gamers now can adjust VSync, Texture Cache and Anisotropic Filter. We should point out that the patch notes do not mention any other graphic options than the aforementioned, so this might not actually please the majority of PC gamers that were expecting proper advanced graphics settings.Here is the entire changelog. This patch will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client. -Implemented workaround for AMD driver crash right after intro cinematic on Win 7 32-bit systems. - Disabled UBOs because they are causing animation issues with AMD drivers. - Don’t allow swap-tear to be enabled on AMD while the extension is not exposed because it may crash. - Support for new video settings: “texture cache”, “vsync” and “anisotropic filter” - Automatically adjust vt_maxPPF based on the number of available cores. - Improved performance for SLI cards when GPU transcode is enabled. - Fix for GPU Transcoding option being disabled after exiting gameplay. - Added safe mode to restore video settings to default values. - Allow g_fov to be changed from the RAGE launch options in Steam. - Server now forwards text chat from clients to all other clients while in-game. Click for Skyrim Gallery The latest issue of PC Gamer contains a ten page article on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The feature has a bunch of new details, which we have for you below. - Leon from OPM playing tag with the Riverwood children - Leon and Jon from OXM experienced significantly different outcomes from the lowe letter quest - Journalist playing finds an unnaned Nord town that is walled-off. He enters by jumping up rocks and boulders. This reinforces the idea that the game is truly non-linear and can be fully explored. - Article metions an abandoned subterranea torture chamber/prison - Learn “Spark” which is a streaming lightning spell - A portion of the 3D map is obscured due to mist, not a blizzard. It could be related to unexplored areas or may hint at the weather engine creating a mist effect so thick that it affects your vision. - Journalist finds a bloody trail that leads him to a dead horse, upturned cart, and slaughtered travelers - Imperial camp description: “imperial guardsmen are milling about” - Camp is attacked during the cooking interface/animation; cooking/crafting seems to happen in real time - Redguard woman attacking the camp is killed by an arrow and shot by an imperial guard - This is before you have a chance to strike her down yourself - Can join the imperial guard - Half-naked man runs towards the player; the two talk and the man says he wants the player to hold something and return it to him later; player agrees, hunter soon comes running and asks the player if he has seen the thief; the player says no, but the hunter spots the thief running away and tries to kill him with an arrow - Imperial guards chase the player all the way to the main gate of Riften - Players is invited to try out for the thieves guilde in Rifteen - Todd Howard mentions an ice shout that freezes the target and encases him in a block of ice falling over. The target will be momentarily defenseless and can take damage at the same time. The ice will shatter and causes additional damage. - Howard said there are “literally hundreds of dungeons” - Howard explained that the editor’s power is so strong that modders can also tweak and twist the Radiant Story settings The second Elder Scrolls novel from author Greg Keyes, The Lord of Souls, officially goes on sale tomorrow. Just in time, Random House has put up an enormous 50 page sample of the novel for you to peruse at your leisure.
Click through to read through the sample, and scroll to the bottom of the excerpt for links to where you can order a copy. Bethesda is pleased to announce that Courier’s Stash and Gun Runners’ Arsenal are now available for download on Xbox LIVE, PlayStation Network and Steam!. Courier’s Stash (Xbox LIVE for 160 Microsoft points, PlayStation Network and Steam for $1.99) gives players immediate access to four content bundles previously available only through pre-ordering Fallout: New Vegas. The Caravan Pack, Classic Pack, Mercenary Pack and Tribal Pack each offer unique weapons, apparel and aid advantages that will help you throughout your journey. Gun Runners’ Arsenal (Xbox LIVE for 320 Microsoft points, PlayStation Network and Steam for $3.99) increases the range of unique weapons, weapon mods, ammo types and recipes waiting to be uncovered in the vast Mojave Wasteland. CLICK to READ MORE For the FULL Article >>>
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