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CD Projekt Red’s GWENT Closed Beta Delayed Until October


Posted on August 10, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

It looks like GWENT, the digital collectable card game based upon The Witcher universe will need a bit of extra time in development before beginning its closed beta phase of testing. Originally CD Projekt RED had promised perspective players a September release for the closed beta but it looks like plans have been pushed back until October 25th.

The GWENT development team sent out a press release earlier this morning. Here is what they had to say:

“We know we can make a first impression only once, and want to be sure everything is ready before we blast off. Delivering a good game is more important to us than keeping a deadline. Still, that doesn’t mean we don’t realize that delays can be disappointing, and we apologize for making you wait. The Closed Beta will now begin on October 25th.”

GWENT is a fast paced strategy card game where players go ahead to head assuming control of two different armies. After the first turn is decided by coin toss players draw ten cards and discard two in order to begin their battle against one another.  Combat in GWENT is varried, with Unit cards coming in a number of different varieties – Close Quarters, Ranged & Siege as well as Spies. Other types of cards also have an effect on the battlefield – the forces of nature come into play as Weather Cards and commanders can strengthen up their forces with Muster and Morale boosters.

The strategy action of GWENT first appeared in The Witcher III: Wild Hunt but will be expanded upon for the Free-To-Play GWENT title coming to PC, Xbox One and PlayStation sometime in the future.


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This year was great, but when can I play all of these games?


Posted on December 31, 2015 by Chelsea Richards

Let’s be real, 2015 was a fantastic year for gaming. Of course, there were some misses like the monetization for Battlefront and EVOLVE, and… whatever the hell happened to the PC release of Arkham Knight. But, stepping away from those, it’s after Christmas, so let’s look at our definite hits that we have, and enjoy 2015’s gifts to us.

We were rewarded with not-one-but-two solid MMO expansions, through Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, and Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, both building significantly on the groundwork by their previous launches and content updates. Keeping in the multiplayer line, we were graced with StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, Rocket League, Heroes of the Storm, and Nintendo’s smash hit of Splatoon.Read More


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BrokenCast Episode #8: Game of the Year 2015


Posted on December 21, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

It’s that time of the year – the time when we reflect on all of the great games that have been released over the last twelve months. The year kicked off with major releases like The Order: 1886 and Bloodborne. By mid-year we saw the release of Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm and CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. By the end of the year we finally got several games that fans have been waiting years for – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and almost out of nowhere Bethesda’s Fallout 4.

Joining the discussion for our last podcast of the year is:

Rae Michelle Richards on Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/Kitsune86
Fionna Fox on Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/Just_Fionna
Renee Gittins On Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/RikuKat
Kenny Keelan On Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/ourwindsong

We’ll be back with more podcasts in the new year!


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Rainbow Six Siege Free Weekend Starts Today


Posted on December 18, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Rainbow Six Siege

Ubisoft recently brought back the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchise with the release of Rainbow Six: Siege earlier this month for Windows PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Now they’re giving PC gamers the chance to try out the multiplayer centric take on the long running series with a free weekend that just kicked off on Uplay.

Alongside the free weekend for Siege, and a heavily discounted price (25%) off the full game, Ubisoft has also begun their Holiday Sale. It looks like your wallet is the objective and every major publisher is using their best tactics to reach their goal. Its been awhile when we can say that you could try out two of the year’s newest shooters for free.

We published rather exhaustive impressions of the game’s closed beta back in October when that went live. If you want to get a sense of how the game plays before committing to the massive download you can check those out.

Also here’s a partial list of the discount Ubisoft has on offer:

  • Assassins Creed: Liberation – $11.99 CDN
  • Serious Sam HD: First & Second Encounter – $4.00 CDN Each
  • Not A Hero – $10.99 CDN
  • Killer Is Dead -$4.00 CDN
  • Escape Dead Island – $4.00 CDN
  • Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition – $20.00 CDN
  • Remember Me – $6.00 CDN
  • Tomb Raider GOTY – $7.50 CDN
  • Witcher III + Both Expansions – $51.99 CDN

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AMD Crimson Driver & Software Suite Rumored For Imminent Release


Posted on November 24, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Owners of AMD cards have been seeing some inferior benchmarks when compared against comparable Nvidia hardware with recent titles like Batman: Arkham Asylum and The Witcher III. Many tech journalists and enthusiasts users have speculated that this disparity may have to do with these titles utilization of Nvidia’s proprietary GameWorks technologies. Rain effects in Batman, Lighting in Fallout 4 and hair in The Witcher III all utilize Nvidia exclusive technologies that AMD owners have had to tone down or disable entirely in order to achieve the same framerates as GeForce owners.

It looks like AMD might finally have an answer with the (rumored) impending release of AMD Radeon Crimson – a brand new driver and software suite that according to leaked marketing material will provide a number of benefits to owners of existing and future hardware.

On the r/PCGaming sub-reddit a user by the handle of BehindaCorpFirewall posted a link to over a dozen presentation slides that outline the AMD Crimson software. Here are a few of the more interesting points, at least to me:

Higher Frames Per Second

  • Asynchronous Shaders allow for breaking serial workloads into parallel tasks
  • Idle GPU resources used for this task instead of queuing
  • Improved multi-threading performance

Low Frame Rate Compensation Technology

  • Smooths out gameplay when application frame rate falls below monitor refresh rate
  • Algorithms adjust GPU output and refresh-rate to prevent game stuttering
  • No additional hardware or configuration required for this feature.

Custom Resolutions Support & Better Up-Scaling

  • Allows users to create custom resolutions.
  • Control over pixel density & refresh rate.
  • Improved 2k (1080P) à 4K (UHD) scaling

What do you think of some of these rumored changes that the Crimson driver & software may bring? If these leaked material are even close to accurate we could see the rollout of this new software package in the coming days. If you head-on over to the AMD website you can already watch a preview video outlining some of the work that has gone into Crimson.

Right now all of this should be considered a rumor, as an AMD owner I’ll be sure to take some bench marks in some of the games I regularly play and report back after the rollout.

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What’s New On PlayStation – 05.20.2015


Posted on May 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

The big release this week is CD Projekt Red’s epic role playing game The Witcher II: Wild Hunt. If you own a PlayStation 4 and love RPGs now might be the perfect time to jump in and finish Geralt’s story in this truly next generation and immersive game.  Ideafactory International gives Hyperdimension Neptunia fans a reason to try out a brand new genre with Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed. There are plenty of other new titles available this week so check out a full list after the jump.Read More


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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Has Gone Gold


Posted on April 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

The long awaited third entry in the Witcher franchise, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt has gone gold for Windows PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 3 developer CD Projekt Red has announced via press release.

The game was one of the first next-generation titles to be unveiled two years ago before we knew about the PlayStation 3 and Xbox One. After facing two delays – the first announced in Fall 2015 and the second one came along in Feb of this year- Geralt’s latest adventure will be available both physically and digitally on May 19th.

Are you looking forward to The Witcher III? Let us know in the comments section!

Source: Gaming Bolt


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