Intel Precompiled Shaders: Faster Loading, Smoother Gaming

Say goodbye to shader compilation stutters and lengthy loading screens What It Is Intel Precompiled Shaders is a game-changing technology that automatically downloads pre-optimized shader files from Intel’s cloud storage directly to your PC. Instead of forcing your system to compile shaders, this innovative feature delivers ready-to-use shader files that dramatically reduce loading times and eliminate those frustrating stutters that occur when shaders compile on-the-fly. Think of it as having a head start on the first game launch – we compile the shaders and deliver them to you, so your gaming experience starts off faster and is smooth from the moment you hit play. While Intel Precompiled Shaders Distribution Service […]

All Aboard for Everwind

It’s time to unfetter your imagination, and let it soar skyward, as you pilot a floating island through the airborne remains of a mysterious world. Everwind approaches, and developer Enjoy Studio and publisher Bohemia Interactive have put the call out to recruit adventurous aeronauts for the Early Access test flights that depart from March 17th. Check in here for a mission briefing with Intel Gaming Access before taking to the skies. We’ve been tracking Everwind’s development for some time, and we’re not the only ones with eyes on this. One of the most played demos at Steam’s Next Fest has garnered a tidy amount of fans already, drawn to its […]

Life’s a Beach: Death Stranding 2 Reaches PC Shores

From March 19th, Hideo Kojima’s latest incredible feat of cinematic storytelling, DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH, is available to PC gamers. The sequel to the much-garlanded DEATH STRANDING returns players to a world where a door to the dead has opened up. In the original DEATH STRANDING, creatures known as Beached Things (BTs) wash up from the afterlife to earth, where they can consume the living.  This causes a cataclysmic explosion called a “voidout” and produces a kind of rain (Timefall) that ages and withers everything it falls upon. In retreat, humanity holes up in small colonies, or Knot Cities, and relies on porters to deliver supplies. In this […]

Square Up to Survival: THE CUBE, SAVE US

Judgment from above arrives March 18th, in the form of The Cube. In XLGAMES’ THE CUBE, SAVE US, the mysterious structure appears in the skies over a world already frayed to breaking point, and is the trigger for a nuclear apocalypse as nations scramble to defend themselves. Forward to the aftermath: humanity goes to ground to survive, and resurfaces after seven decades. The Cube is waiting. Those that survive its trials get all they need to live well, but survival is rare. XLGAMES’ Park Young-sung, producer of THE CUBE, SAVE US, gives Intel Gaming Access an insight into the judgment to come when Early Access begins on the 18th. Worlds […]

Go the Distance: Marathon Starts March 5th

The mission to colonize Tau Ceti IV has failed. All contact was lost with the 30,000 brave souls who set out to build a new world… until now. Responding to a mysterious signal across the galaxy, you’ve given up your human body to become a cybernetic mercenary (Runner) and scavenge the remains of the lost colony. Your chance to unbury the secrets of the past starts with Marathon’s release on March 5th, so now’s the time to hot foot it over to Intel Gaming Access and get some tips on survival from Bungie studio’s own Marathon man, game director Joe Ziegler. No Walk in the Park Marathon is all about […]

Go Scorched Earth: Battlefield 6 Season 2 Is Fire

Season Two of Battlefield 6 has arrived, and the theatre of total war gets its second act. Are you combat-ready? The tides of battle turn fast: gains must be built on, losses must be absorbed, and tactics must be revised or refined. The Season Two mayhem begins with Extreme Measures which dropped February 17th. Get up to speed and check out the trailer here. Pax Armata is winning, and the conflict is going global. A former NATO airbase in Germany is the target, with a grueling mountainous assault required. Gear up, soldiers. Keep Out? Nice Try Usually when an area is designated Contaminated, it’s a warning. In Battlefield 6, however, […]