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Deep Silver takes UK chart with Metro: Last Light first, Dead Island: Riptide second

Posted: 20.05.2013 by Technet2k

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The UK all format chart has been taken over by publisher Deep Silver as Metro: Last Light debuts atop the ladder, followed by Dead Island: Riptide, who has only just been demoted from the chart throne.

EA's FIFA 13 came third, with Nintendo's Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity after that. Injustice: Gods Among Us slips from fourth to eighth. BioShock Infinite is tenth.

4A Games responds on 'underdog' story, Rubin "only THQ President" to visit

Posted: 16.05.2013 by Technet2k

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Following Jason Rubin's account of the rather terrible conditions developer 4A Games has to endure to stay in business, Metro: Last Light creative director Andrew Prokhorov responds to the former THQ boss.

Rubin was "the only THQ President" to visit them in their 10-year relationship with the publisher, and did so on his "second week" as the new boss. 4A strives to 'earn' better conditions.

4A Games release 'FOV and AMD' patch for Metro: Last Light

Posted: 16.05.2013 by Technet2k

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The promised tweaking of FOV for PC Metro: Last Light has arrived with the latest update via Steam. This lets those dead sure they want more on screen edit a config file - against 4A's general advise - to cram more in.

Also attached in this update is a fix for AMD cards of the 7xxx variety where some pesky shadow corruption was causing mischief; it forced Metro into a 3:1 resolution on some TVs.

Jason Rubin champions 'underdog' 4A Games, worked without 'power and heat'

Posted: 16.05.2013 by Technet2k

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Metro: Last Light's 4A Games is that developer from... erm, er - where are they from? That's precisely the problem, says Jason Rubin - the former Naughty Dog man thrown the hot potato that was THQ.

Rubin is doing what he can to tell the story behind the game of Metro, and it's far, far from an ideal situation for any developer - or any company for that matter. Electricity would've been nice.

Custom FOV update for PC Metro: Last Light, 4A Games warn of 'breakages'

Posted: 15.05.2013 by Technet2k

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Developer 4A Games has heard the rallied cry of the community and are going to let PC fans tweak a config file to adjust the Field of View setting for Metro: Last Light. However, they warn of the consequences.

The studio thought of offering "three different FOV presets" but it would demand "significant work to re-do every animation," adjusting the HUD, UI and other odd bits. So they compromise.
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