Another calendar year has come to an end. For some, in terms of gaming, it brought a lot of pleasure – and for others, disappointment. But let’s not think about anything bad, because it’s already the new year 2014! So let’s have fun celebrating this wonderful holiday and imagine what good things await us in the coming year. In this article we will introduce you to games that are expected to be released very soon.
In addition to general information about the game, we tried to predict what system requirements certain projects will have for modern PCs. These requirements are not approximate to reality and are based on our observation of the gaming market and our many years of experience. We invite all our readers to read this article and join the discussion based on our considerations. To some extent, this review is a preview of the system requirements for upcoming games.
Let’s decipher our estimated system requirements: by effective we suspect a comfortable frame rate at a resolution of 1920×1080 at maximum settings, and by optimal requirements – a sufficient frame rate at maximum settings of 2560×1600 and acceptable 4K.
| 09.01.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX Metal Gear Rising |
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance stars Raiden, the protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Just like in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the new game will feature Raiden as a cybernetic ninja. At first it was said that the game would be about the transformation of Raiden into a cyborg, but after the game was transferred to the hands of Platinum Games, the visual component of the game was redesigned, plus a new original plot was created, and as a result, the events take place after Metal Gear Solid 4. The game is an independent project in the Metal Gear universe and is not directly related to the previous parts.
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The PC release will be exclusively digital; there will be no disc edition. Konami also revealed that the game will run at 60 frames per second.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ASSUMPTED BY GAMEGPU “Metal Gear Rising”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbAQhM0-dE
| 15.01.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX Assassin’s Creed: Liberation HD |
In Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, players will take on the role of a female character for the first time in the series. This determined girl fights for freedom in New Orleans, a city on the brink of rebellion as the Spanish Empire tries to impose a new order and establish its own rules. The game will take place in the 18th century, in New Orleans in the years 1765-1777, between the end of the French and Indian War and the middle of the American Revolution. The main character of the game is the French-African assassin girl Avelina de Grandpré. She is also Connor Kenway’s partner.
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Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD is a remake of Assassin’s Creed Liberation from PS Vita for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Improved gameplay and graphics (textures, models and lighting). Each task has been refined and controls changed. Added 15 new missions.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ASSUME BY GAMEGPU “ Assassin’s Creed: Liberation HD”
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| Castlevania: Lords of Shadow |
Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 is the story of the return of Dracula, weakened by several centuries of inactivity. Faced with a powerful new force, the Vampire Lord must regain his strength – his castle is the key to this. However, the famous Belmont clan is also trying to achieve its final destruction.
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Among the features of the PC version of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, just like the first part, there will be improved HD graphics and 1080p resolution, stable 60 FPS on recommended configurations, support for Steam achievements and cloud saves, and support for AMD Eyefinity technology.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ASSUMED BY GAMEGPU “Castlevania: Lords of Shadow”
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| Feb 25.02.2014, XNUMX |
The player controls a character named Garrett, a professional thief. The games take place in a steampunk world reminiscent of both the late Middle Ages and the Victorian era; in addition, there are elements of fantasy (magic, fantastic creatures) and techno (unusual electrical and mechanical devices). The Thief series differs from other games in the industry due to the special manner in which the character moves with many degrees of freedom. Thus, in the second part, the player had five speeds of character movement (as opposed to two, maximum three in the vast majority of computer games), and his style directly affected the audibility of each step.
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The PC version will support all the graphical features of the next-gen consoles with numerous improvements, including better anti-aliasing, higher-resolution shadows and multi-monitor support. Thief on PC will also be among the first games to use AMD’s new Mantle API technology for high-performance graphics.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IMPLIED BY GAMEGPU “Thief”
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| 11.03.2014 Titanfall |
Players in the game will be able to control both a soldier and large robots called “Titans”. As a soldier, you can use your jetpack to help you perform tricks, such as running along a wall for a long time or jumping long distances. From the very beginning there is a battle only between soldiers; players, after being informed that the robot is ready, can reset it, but first they will have to wait for their “construction”. Robots have very strong armor and powerful equipment, but even one soldier can destroy a robot using cunning and stealth. To quickly kill a robot, just jump on it from behind and shoot its main block; to avoid this, you need one soldier to sit and guard the robot from behind and its main block from danger. Players controlling the robot can self-destruct the robot when it receives too much damage to save itself and at the same time kill those who are near the robot. The soldiers also have good equipment ranging from a simple machine gun to a powerful rocket launcher. In the game it will be possible to improve the equipment of both soldiers and robots. For example, a soldier can improve his backpack so that it operates more efficiently and longer, and robots can improve their armor and weapons.
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It’s surprising to know that out of all the possible options, the Titanfall team chose Valve’s Source as the engine for their new game. However, this makes sense: firstly, this engine allows a relatively small team to quickly build the “backbone” of a project, as happened with Titanfall about three years ago. Other advantages of Source include robust support for online play, low-latency control, compatibility with multi-core configurations, and excellent optimization for x86-based platforms.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ASSUMPTED BY GAMEGPU “Titanfall”
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| 21.03.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX Watch Dogs |
“Watch Dogs” is a multi-platform open-world action-adventure computer game, which will be released on November 19 in North America and November 22 in Europe, 2013 on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Xbox 360. The game is being developed by a Canadian company Ubisoft Montreal, known for franchises such as Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed. The plot of Watch Dogs focuses on the player’s ability to hack various electronic devices, as well as obtaining and controlling information.
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Watch Dogs will support advanced DirectX 11 features, tessellation and TXAA anti-aliasing mode. Due to the fact that this will be the first project with next-generation graphics, the system requirements should be quite high.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IMPLIED BY GAMEGPU “Watch Dogs”
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| 25.03.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX Diablo III: Reaper of Souls |
The main villain in Reaper of Souls will be the fallen angel Malthael, with whom an updated squad of heroes will fight – the Crusader will join the already familiar characters. He uses shields, maces and medium-range spells in battle. The development bar will be raised to level 70.
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Along with a new villain, hero and act, Reaper of Souls will also feature an updated loot system – items will drop from killed monsters less frequently, but truly valuable items will be found much more often among them. The graphics in the game will be at the level of the original.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ASSUMED BY GAMEGPU “Diablo III: Reaper of Souls”
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| 29.03.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX: Dark Souls II |
Dark Souls II is an open-world action RPG game developed for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 by Japanese company From Software. This is a sequel to the game Dark Souls. The game was announced at the Spike Video Game Awards event, held on December 7, 2012. Hidetaka Miyazaki, director Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls, now serves as supervisor, with Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura taking his place. According to Miyazaki, there is no direct connection between the stories of Dark Souls and Dark Souls II. The action will take place in a new setting; Lordran will not be in the game.
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At the same time, the general style of the first part will be preserved. Initially, it was planned to create the game on a new engine, but for the current generation consoles there is a bar beyond which you cannot jump, so the old Havok engine will be used. Dedicated multiplayer servers will be used.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ASSUMED BY GAMEGPU “Dark Souls II”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFqxGggCXCo
| 04.04.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX: The Elder Scrolls Online |
The events will take place approximately 1000 years before the events of Skyrim during the Second Era, during a time period called the “Interregnum”. The Daedric Prince Molag Bal will try to take over all of Tamriel. Also present in the game will be the still young necromancer Mannimarco (familiar to fans of the series from Daggerfall and Oblivion) and the Tharn family, the ancestors of Jagar Tharn (the main antagonist of the Arena game). The game will have three main factions that you can join depending on the character’s race: Ebonheart Pact (Nords, Dunmer, Argonians), Aldmeri Dominion (Altmer, Bosmer, Khajiit), Daggerfall Covenant (Bretons, Orcs, Redguards).
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Elder Scrolls Online will first be released for PC and Mac, the exact date is already known – April 4, 2014. The console version of the game will be released later – in June. The exact release date of the game on the console is still unknown.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ASSUME BY GAMEGPU “The Elder Scrolls Online”
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| XX.04.2014 Mad Max |
Mad Max is a cross-platform computer game in the third-person post-apocalyptic genre with elements of an open world and racing for survival, which is planned to be released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC in 2014. The game is being developed by the Swedish studio Avalanche and will be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The project is based on the Mad Max film series about Max Rockatansky, who is forced to survive in the post-apocalyptic desert world of Australia full of chaos and violence.
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System requirements have not yet been announced, but apparently they will be comparable to Just Cause 2.
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| Q1 / Q2 2014 Grand Theft Auto V |
Grand Theft Auto V is a multi-platform video game in the Grand Theft Auto series, the fifteenth in a row, in the Action and open world genre, developed by Rockstar North. Rockstar Games said that Grand Theft Auto V is their biggest and most ambitious project yet, with the largest open game world they have created.
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It’s no secret that the PC market is currently a very tasty morsel for game developers. In addition, video card developers will not miss the opportunity to release one of the best games today under their patronage. And given the fact that Rockstar games are constantly released with the support of NVIDIA, GTA V will most likely be no exception. According to numerous rumors, the game will be released in the first quarter of this year, and then we’ll see…
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In terms of expectations, in graphical terms, at the moment we are only interested in Thief, Titanfall and Watch Dogs, but it is quite possible that other projects will surprise us. Grand Theft Auto V remains in doubt at the moment, but we hope for its speedy release.
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to everyone, we wish you happiness, health and good luck!
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