Players will take on the role of Will; a pilot dropped into incredible circumstances while on a routine air cargo flight crashes in the Bermuda triangle leading him to be trapped in the Void. This unlikely hero soon finds himself swept into a desperate struggle for survival at the head of a group called The Survivors. Trapped in the Void, these resistance fighters are battling to hold off a mysterious alien race that plans to threaten Earth.
To give users a taste of the enhancements that PhysX provides to Dark Void, Capcom and Airtight Games have developed a standalone benchmark that shows off some of the PhysX effects.
PC's without the latest GeForce GPUs can run the benchmark, although the PhysX processing in this case will be done on the CPU. Given the heavy processing loads that are required for accurate physics simulation, the benchmark limits the PhysX features to the "Low" setting found in the actual game.
For GeForce users who purchased a retail (boxed) copy of Dark Void. In order to play Dark Void with enhanced PhysX features, this patch must be installed.
So today, we’re going to hit up a game from about two years ago that’s now available for $15 used, Nier.
Nier is the last game made by the now defunct Cavia Inc. and published by Square-Enix. You’ll remember Cavia for the many, uh, games they’ve made like Bullet Witch and Drakengard, and I should probably stop mentioning their previous games. Anyway, remember Drakengard, because it’s important. See, Nier is a spin-off of sorts, with the story stemming... read more...