As development teams become more sprawling, and as increasing numbers of art assets are outsourced to remote studios in the east, it must be extremely tempting for developers to indulge in external post-processing to bring pre-release screenshots to the level of 'polish' that they expect of the final product. Internet forum dwellers, hawk-like in their awareness, intolerant of deception (perceived or actual), and quick to coin a phrase, have long dubbed these images 'bullshots', at least partly as a deterrent.
There was some doubt when early screens from Race Driver Grid surfaced as to whether they were entirely the work of Codemasters' proprietary EGO engine. Suspicion was accentuated by the knowledge that TOCA Race Driver 3 was announced alongside a series of incredibly detailed target renders – high standards of which the final game fell well short. With the release of Grid it has become a moot point if the screenshots were doctored, most would have trouble identifying any exposed seams in comparison to the finished article.
Neil writes: "The month of May is nearly over but as 2021 continues to roll on, the bargains still keep coming. That is no more true than with the variety of discounts, bargains and absolute steals that are present in the latest Xbox Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale with the one running between 25th-31st May 2021 delivering the goods for Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S players. "
The Humble Codemasters Racing ReBundle 2020 just launched today. It features games like F1 2019, Dirt Rally 2.0, GRID, and more.
This month’s Humble Choice features twelve games. The headliners for June are GRID Ultimate Edition, Supraland, and Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice. New games are added to Humble Choice on the first Friday of every month.
Was surprised to see Hellblade again, they gave it away last year with Humble Monthly
