It’s only taken 13 patches, but Shadow of the Tomb Raider has finally got its real-time ray tracing act together. As one of the original Nvidia RTX titles, shown off at the Gamescom GeForce event last year, we fully expected Shadow of the Tomb Raider to get its ray traced shadows out just after the launch of the RTX 2080 Ti. But it’s taken almost six months for Nixxes to get this RTX patch out of the door, and even now the developer doesn’t seem to have the utmost trust in its execution. It’s also made a Beta build of the game available via Steam, which you can switch to if you encounter any issues with the new update. At least Nixxes hasn’t been just twiddling its thumbs in the build up to the release of the RTX version of the game. Not only is the new patch adding ray traced shadows to the game, but it is also adding in DLSS support too. I smell some new benchmarking coming on… though Nvidia has said to us that around two thirds of the in-game … [Read more...] about Shadow of the Tomb Raider gets Nvidia ray tracing support with lucky patch 13
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider is getting review bombed on Steam because it’s on sale
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is currently on sale, not very long after release. You might see that as a good opportunity to check out Lara’s latest adventure, or you might see it is a reason to leave an angry comment and a negative rating on the game’s Steam page. Plenty of people have decided that the latter is the better course of action. SOTR went on sale earlier this week. Just afterward, on October 16, a rash of negative reviews started going up – a far greater proportion of bad reviews than the game had seen before. Some of those reviews mention audio bugs and crashes that have come up since the latest update, but the vast majority make direct mention of the sale price. Many of those reviews come from around the world, but the vast majority come from Chinese users. On Reddit, predator8137 has provided a rough translation of a few responses, many of them with angry words for Square Enix. “50% off in one month, SE is unethical.” “Your mom is dead. … [Read more...] about Shadow of the Tomb Raider is getting review bombed on Steam because it’s on sale
Steam charts: most popular games, 22-28 September, 2018
Every week PCGamesN recount the highest performing titles on Valve’s platform, from the ten Steam top sellers to the Steam games with the most concurrent players. Why? Because knowing what games people are flocking to is useful for discovering new titles and reminding us of the ones we really ought to have tried by now. This week PUBG reclaims its place atop the global top sellers charts and a new battle royale game breaks into the most played games of the week. The first portion of this weekly roundup focuses on Steam sales – that is to say the games and DLC that are selling like proverbial hot cakes. We pull these entries from the Steam store itself, under the global top sellers page. The second part of our Steam charts rundown looks at concurrent players, which gives us some insight into the most played games of the past week. The top sellers list has room for a couple of new popular names, but the games we’re used to seeing in the top concurrent chart are vying to … [Read more...] about Steam charts: most popular games, 22-28 September, 2018
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
After years of leaks and accidental teases, Shadow of the Tomb Raider is finally a reality. Showing up during Microsoft's E3 2018 press briefing, this threequel to Square Enix's rebooted Lara Croft series has already landed with a big impact in the crowded hub of E3 2018 games so far. The third adventure for this new Croft sets her off globetrotting in a new corner of the world - welcome to the Americas, Lara - and raises the stakes for her sneaking, exploring, and fighting to seemingly apocalyptic levels. Not that they were low before, but that constant solar eclipse imagery does look a bit more threatening than usual.Square Enix has made it clear that this is "the end of the beginning" for Lara Croft: in other words, the final installment of the trilogy that reinvented her character as a more human, fallible tomb raider. One who still happens to go on unbelievable adventures fighting semi-mystical forces, granted, but no more fighting smack-talking skateboard kids. Where will … [Read more...] about Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider REVEALED – everything we know about the game so far
LARA Croft is BACK in a brand new action adventure game called Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The newly unveiled title is a direct sequel to Rise of the Tomb Raider, and is part of the ongoing franchise reboot. Here's what we know so far. Shadow of the Tomb Raider release date – when is the game out? Square Enix officially revealed Shadow of the Tomb Raider on April 27. But the game won't actually go on sale until September 14, 2018. The Tomb Raider franchise was brought back to life in 2013, and this is the next third entry to the renewed game series. You'll be able to play the game on Xbox One X, PlayStation 4, and Windows PCs – including via Steam. Shadow of the Tomb Raider story – what's the plot? The new game will take on a largely similar style to previous entries in the reboot. That means lots of action, gorgeous and thrilling set pieces, and a healthy helping of mystery to go with it. Here's how Square Enix describes the game: "In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara … [Read more...] about Shadow of the Tomb Raider REVEALED – everything we know about the game so far