Ryse: Son Of Rome

Ryse: Son Of Rome headlines

• Crytek clarifies Ryse: Son of Rome minimum and required PC specs

  Apparently the minimum and required PC specs posted on Steam the other day for Ryse: Son of Rome were for 4K gameplay.

• Ryse: Son of Rome out on PC next month, system requirements revealed

  Time to polish your lorica segmentata, or whatever type of armor it is Marius Titus wears in Ryse: Son of Rome.

• Is Ryse getting a GOTY-style edition on Xbox One?

  Ryse: Son of Rome received quite a lot of DLC pieces as part of its Season Pass, and if a listing from a Belgian retailer is to believed, Microsoft is about to release an edition with all the DLC included.

• Ryse developer: "we are not 100% happy with Xbox One sales"

  A sequel to Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome isn’t impossible, but developer Crytek is waiting for sales of the console to pick up before anything can be confirmed.

• Ryse: Son of Rome coming to PC to fulfill your dreams of being a gladiator

  Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome, is coming to PC this fall through a publishing deal with Deep Silver for the boxed version and Crytek handling the digital distribution.

• Four Xbox One games get a permanent discount as of this week's Deals with Gold

  Microsoft has permanently trimmed the price tag on four Xbox One games as part of this week’s Deals with Gold promotions.

• Here are the 29 Xbox One launch titles coming to Japan in September

  Xbox One will launch in Japan on September 9, and Microsoft has unveiled the consoles 29-strong launch line-up. It’s pretty good as launches go, but will it be enough to penetrate the Nintendo and Sony dominated market?

• Xbox One & PS4's 8 gigs of RAM can easily be filled, warns Crytek

  PS4 and Xbox One may boast a leap in technology over their predecessors, but Crytek’s US engine business development manager Sean Tracy has warned that the jump isn’t that big, and that the 8GB of RAM within both machines can now be filled easily.

• Xbox One Games With Gold starts June; first free games revealed

  Microsoft has revealed its first free Xbox One games that will start the console’s Games With Gold incentive in June, while 360 owners can look forward to a free download of Dark Souls and other titles.

• Ryse: Son of Rome - Duel of Fates add-on pack released

  Ryse: Son of Rome has a third downloadable content package available called Duel of Fates. It features two new arena mode “round-to-round maps” and a survival map titled “Island.” Players will also be able to access two new gladiator skins: Glott the barbarian chief, and the game’s protagonist Marius Titus. The DLC is available through […]

• Ryse: Son of Rome images compared with and without various effects, new tech methods revealed

  Ryse: Son of Rome development was discussed by Crytek in great detail at GDC last week, and the information keeps on coming. This time a batch of screens have been revealed that show the game with and without various effects, along with a huge list of fresh technical details.

• Ryse: Son of Rome's tech torn down at GDC session, Marius model initially made of 130,000 polygons

  Ryse: Son of Rome received a technical tear-down during a GDC panel session last week, which revealed a reduction in polygon counts due to optimisation. The biggest change was in lead character Marius, whose model went from 130,000 polys down to 85,000 before launch.

• Xbox One UK: Zavvi adds one free game to the £399.99 Titanfall bundle

  Microsoft’s £399.99 Xbox One console bundle is looking all the more enticing. UK retailer Zavvi is offering you the choice of any of the launch games when you buy the Titanfall bundle.

• Ryse: Son of Rome's Challenge Editor will not be released, says Microsoft

  Ryse: Son of Rome’s Challenge Editor, which was to be implemented using the SmartGlass app, will no longer be released for the gladiator game, Microsoft has confirmed.

• Ryse: Son of Rome gets new DLC pack, game on sale for $40

  Ryse: Son of Rome developer Crytek has announced a new DLC pack titled, Mars’ Chosen Pack. The DLC is part of the game’s season pass and will bring with it a new co-op survival game mode.

• Microsoft reflects on Ryse review scores: "Metacritic is a complicated topic"

  Ryse: Son of Rome’s middling review scores have been discussed by Microsoft Studios head Mike Ybarra, who suggests that despite the numbers, plenty of people still enjoyed Crytek’s skull-crushing Roman epic.

• Inside the development crunch pandemic - part two

  Talent burnout, hospitalisation and a culture of fear – is this what you sign up for when you enter games development? VG247’s Dave Cook continues his investigation into crunch.

• Inside the development crunch pandemic – part one

  Is development crunch an evil born from poor management or is it a necessary facet of game production? VG247’s Dave Cook asks over 20 developers for their view, revealing stories of sacrifice, compromise and thoughts of suicide.

• Ryse: Son of Rome gets free and paid multiplayer DLC

  Ryse: Son of Rome has received a few pieces of free and paid multiplayer DLC, Microsoft has confirmed.