If you ever wished that Into the Breach was less giant robots and more Fire Emblem, I’ve got a treat for you. Tyrant’s Blessing provides exactly that, and it’s out right now on Android.
29.09.2023 - 19:37 / rockpapershotgun.com / Pax Dei
FSR 3, AMD’s framerate-roiding answer to DLSS 3 frame generation, is ready to roll in its first supporting games. Great! Except these are currently limited to tedious magic shooters Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum, which is less great.
Regardless, this could be a major moment for basically any modern graphics card that isn’t an Nvidia RTX 40 series model. FSR 3’s Fluid Motion Frames system works in a broadly similar manner to DLSS 3, piecing together whole new frames outside of the usual GPU rendering pipeline and slipping them onto your screen between the 'real' frames. The result (in theory – I’ll be trying FSR 3 out in depth next week) is higher FPS with no extra strain on your PC, and unlike Nvidia’s frame generation, it doesn’t need any specialist hardware to work. Therefore older cards, as well as recent AMD GPUs like the RX 7700 XT and RX 7800 XT, could get a new lease of life in games that support it.
That’s on top of the usual FSR upscaling, which is a performance helper in its own right. All in all, FSR 3 looks like a handy set of tools for older and/or non-Nvidia PCs, and AMD even claim that its latency reduction measures make upscaled and frame-generated games react even faster than they would at an untouched native resolution. That’s very interesting indeed, given the main drawback of Nvidia’s AI-based frame gen is a rise in input lag.
We’ll see, which for me means returning to at least one world of wisecracking sorcerers. Future FSR 3 games remain undated, but we know the likes of Cyberpunk 2077, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Warhammer 40000: Space Marine II are all down to clown. AMD have also just announced that EVE Online and Pax Dei will be getting it patched in, too.
While that leaves the total games count at a mere 14, owners of Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards can also try out a driver-level version of Fluid Motion Frames that opens up the technology to a more well-stocked library. In addition to launching FSR 3, AMD have released a preview build of their AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition software, including an early version of Fluid Motion Frames that can work with games that lack full FSR 3 support. Again, I haven’t tested this yet, but if you’ve got a compatible GPU you can have a go right now – big names like Starfield, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and Hitman 3 are among the readied games.
FSR 3 arrives mere days after DLSS 3.5, the latest version of its Nvidia rival. The latter adds a nifty "Ray Reconstruction" feature that improves both visuals and performance in path-traced games, though between the lack of supporting games and the sheer graphics power needed for path tracing in the first place, it is something of a luxury add-on. Hopefully FSR 3, with its platform
If you ever wished that Into the Breach was less giant robots and more Fire Emblem, I’ve got a treat for you. Tyrant’s Blessing provides exactly that, and it’s out right now on Android.
Mansion 24 OTT release: Are you a fan of horror thriller series? Then much-awaited Mansion 24 series is finally making its OTT debut to scare and entertain the audience. The Mansion 24 horror series stars popular actors Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Bindhu Madhavi, and Avika Gor. The story revolves around an old mansion that is filled with scary secrets that will keep you hooked throughout till the very last episode. Know more about the OTT series here and check when, and where you can watch it online.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is now available on the Nintendo Switch. The game, second in The Dark Pictures Anthology series, has previously also been released on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Check out the Nintendo Switch launch trailer for Little Hope below.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | 2,560 shaders | 2,581MHz boost | 12GB | 230W TDP | $329.99 at NeweggIf you're looking for the perfect graphics card that doesn't cost the earth and runs really well at 1080p, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT should be at the top of your list. There are faster cards, ones with more features, and others that will handle ray tracing better, but none match the balance of this one. It's good enough for gaming at 1440p and with FSR 3, it'll still be good for many more years to come.
If you like Life is Strange and have an Android phone, you should head on over to Google Play right now and grab The Wreck. It’s a very similar experience, but played out in first person.
It's been over two years since Frostpunk 2 was announced by 11 bit Studios. Finally, the Polish developer invited Wccftech and other outlets for a press preview conducted remotely. The presentation began with a pre-recorded look at the new Utopia Builder.
Forspoken has become the launch title for AMD's frame-boosting FSR 3 technology which is made to counter NVIDIA's DLSS 3 with a more open-ended approach. Today, we will be testing Forspoken, the launch title for FSR 3, and see if it holds up to its competitor in terms of performance & visuals.
Today, Ascendant Studios announced that Immortals of Aveum's patch 5 (version 1.0.5.0) is live on PC, adding AMD FSR3 support as promised. The update comes only a few hours after Forspoken's, making Immortals of Aveum the second game to add AMD's Frame Generation equivalent technology.
If you’re a big fan of Vampire Survivors, but have exhausted it and fancy something new to play, you can do a lot worse than Necrosmith.
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Today, CCP Games unveiled EVE Vanguard, its next attempt at a first-person multiplayer shooter game integrated with EVE Online. Some players may still remember Dust 514, which attempted something similar but largely failed as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. CCP didn't stop trying and came up with the so-called Project Nova, though that one didn't even make it to launch.