Ray Tracing for Minecraft Delivers Huge Graphical Improvement

Almost a decade old game renowned for its limitless creativity that players enjoy is getting a major graphics overhaul. Minecraft is a genre in and of itself which sets the bar in the open-world sandbox section. And it looks like Minecraft is going for the best, once again, in terms of the graphics technology.

Ray tracing is still at a very young stage with limited supported games and developers working that are only compatible with the latest NVIDIA's 20 series RTX graphics cards. However, the potential of ray tracing technology is groundbreaking. Ray tracing can drastically improve the realism that focuses on light reflection, and depending on how the proximity of the objects change, the light will react accordingly.

More Details Unveiling Intel-AMD Processor and Graphics Combo

Welcome, I apologize for the lack of content for the past month.

As CES 2018 is finishing in Las Vegas, I'm hoping for more interesting topics to talk about. Now, we have learned more details about the unprecedented partnership between the two computer chip rivals, Intel and AMD.

This chip will be launched under the 8th generation of Intel H series Core chips sometime this year, manufacturers like HP and Dell have already been confirmed. Like we've been covered before, this new Intel-AMD processor and graphics combo utilize an Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) that combines Intel's CPU, AMD's GPU and graphics memory in a small factor that fits in ultrabooks, or at least thin and light laptops. 

Performance wise, it is expected to beat NVIDIA's GTX 1050 4GB but not exceed the Ti version. Truthfully, the performance is anything but groundbreaking, however, considering the overall package you are getting, it's an excellent offer. Here are some benchmarks Intel has released themselves, no independent testing has been allowed just yet. 

New Racing Games eleased in E3

Well ladies and gentleman, looks like this is going to be a big year for racing games. Most major racing games, Need For Speed, Forza Motorsport, The Crew, Gran Turismo, Formula 1 and Project Cars are all updating to their new installments this year. Most will release before the end of this year, and one or a few will release the following year.

All of the racing games will feature much more cars, new customization, dynamic weather, more realistic graphics. Here are all the amazing trailers, enjoy.

ASUS & Acer Announce NVIDIA G-Sync HDR Ultrawide Monitors

Keeping the promise NVIDIA announced earlier this year to release its 4K G-Sync HDR monitors, partners from Asus and Acer are announcing four new displays, two of them being ultrawide.


The new premium gaming monitors include 35-inch curved G-Sync HDR 21:9 with a 3440x1440 resolution and an 1800R curvature. Both of these have AU Optronics' new 35-inch LCD panel with a refresh rate of 200Hz and a peak brightness of 1000 nits featuring Quantum Dot Enhancement Film technology for impeccable color accuracy. Obviously, display signal has to be carried through DisplayPort in typical G-Sync fashion.

Two additional similar monitors will also be released without the ultrawide panel. Comparing to the ones they showed at CES, the latest models include some minor enhancements, more attractive design for better ergonomics.

The Rise of Esports

Esports, a kind of competitive sport that is played on computers and consoles. Although many people still don't believe esports is a legitimate sport, more and more people starts to watch them and fell in love with the intensity and competition just like any ordinary sports, such as basketball and soccer. I choose this topic because esports has been ground-breaking lately and it will eventually dominate sporting in the near future, and how they use the internet to their full benefit.

Much like ordinary sports, players are signed into a team on a contract, every team has a coach for their daily practices. The team has to work together to win a game because competitive gaming is very strategic. ESL Gaming is the biggest esport organizer, and they host tournaments around the word in basketball arenas. Viewers can either buy tickets to the arena, or tune in on a gaming live stream website known as Twitch, where everyone can watch for free.

Also, on social media like Twitter, ESL Gaming has one main account, and multiple accounts on different game titles. On there, they always share game highlights and interact with fans. Sometimes they even retweet each other's tweet to promote each game titles.

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No Man's Sky is Being Investigating for False Advertising

No Man's Sky came out in early August with a triple A title's price tag, $60!!! More and more complaints have been made due to the overwhelming amount of bugs and oversights made by a small studio, Hello Games.

The overall review on this game in Steam is only 33% positive, and that's not even the worst part. The review is going no where but down, in recent 30 days, only 13% positive.

Even Steam put out their refund policy out on No Man's Sky store page to remind people that they can fully refund a game as long as you played the under 2 hours within 2 weeks.

Going back to the title, most player and press believes that the game lacked so many features that they promised. Now UK-based Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is launching an investigation into those disparities.

Forza Horizon 3 Trailer and Pre-Load

Forza Horizon 3 might be the best racing game ever created!

They just released the full trailer on YouTube recently, featuring top exotic and off-road beasts.

It's better to show you than describing.

If you are really interested like I am, you can check out the full car list over here:

Running GTA IV on Windows 10

GTA series is my favorite games of all time, mainly because I can either just relax and drive around, or play competitively in missions and heist. GTA is a really good mixture of both, which I absolutely love. I already have 280+ hours on GTA V.

Recently I re-download GTA IV on my PC, because I haven't played it in such a long time, and I thought it's a good throwback game due to the fact that the map is so much different than GTA V. But before I download the game through Steam, I notice there are overwhelming amount of negative comments because it is not supported on Windows 10. Rockstar is probably too lazy to update the game, because GTA online is so popular, and it is giving them tons of revenue.

But I download GTA IV anyway...

• First off, the game shouldn't open on Windows 10, so you need to watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrW8ye3WDcU

Just follow the directions, really simple. Download the file he provided, then copy and paste everything (expect readmes) to the GTA IV folder.

Then you can open GTA IV on your Windows 10! :D

• You should be able to play, if you have poor graphic and can't change it.

Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUQgi92FCr0

All you need to do is insert 4 lines of code in a txt document, and move it to the game folder.

Re-boot the game, you can change the graphics at your desire!

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I tried this on 9 - 11 - 2016, it worked perfectly fine.