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Graphics card specialist AMD is stepping up its efforts in the battle with rival Nvidia with a revamped version of its Catalyst GPU drivers. The news comes from TechSpot, although that link appears to be down – but not before NeoGaf grabbed some of the details. Catalyst Omega offers a …

New tech will power Deus Ex Universe projects, based on Glacier 2 engine

Yet more intellectual properties have been scooped up by Nordic Games. The company has acquired some of dtp Entertainment’s IPs including The Moment of Silence, The Mystery of the Druids and Curse of the Ghost Ship. It has also taken over the commercial use” of Overclocked and 15 Days. Nordic …

The team working on the next iteration of the Deux Ex series has unveiled the new game engine that will power its next title. It’s called the Dawn Engine and is a heavily modified” version of the Glacier 2 engine that powered Hitman: Absolution. The technology behind any game is …

Capcom has confirmed a release date for its new HD remaster of Resident Evil. The game will be released digitally on PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on January 20th. It will run at 1080p on PS4 and Xbox One and in 720p on older platforms. A price …

Team Ninja has confirmed that upcoming brawler Dead or Alive 5 Last Round won’t offer online gameplay at launch. Furthermore, online won’t be added in until a patch that’s currently scheduled to arrive three months after launch. It is presumed that the game will have full online functionality at launch …

Nearly two months after the game was first released, Evolution has re-enabled Driveclub’s Challenge Mode. Challenges were disabled immediately after the game’s launch in October as developers struggled to get the PS4 racer functioning correctly. Evolution hasn’t yet acknowledged the re-activation, but Videogamer has got the whole thing working in …

2K Games has opened a new AAA-focused studio based out of California, to be led by former Lucas Arts director and producer Haden Blackman. Dubbed Hangar 13, the new extension of 2K will look to create the most memorable triple-A experiences of this generation” – according to 2K president Christoph …

Microsoft will launch indie darlings Limbo and Threes! onto the Xbox One marketplace this Friday. A post on the ID@Xbox Twitter account reveals both titles will land on Microsoft’s latest console on December 5th. Threes! developer Sirvo has since confirmed that the Xbox One edition of the game will cost …

Pokmon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have moved more than 7.7m units internationally, The Pokmon Company has revealed. Siliconera reports on the company’s announcement, which arrives just one week after it had confirmed the game had combined for over 3m copies between Japan, US and other launch day territories on …