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Editor ’s Letter

Richard BrayE D I T O R

info@ceiga.co.uk

I don’t know if you’re aware of this but I really like video games, I mean really like video games.

The whole reason I studied 3D art at university was with the hope of making assets for games,

my music taste as a teenager was influenced heavily by racing games (Burnout, Midnight Club,

Gran Turismo ...), and if I was given a choice to watch a World Cup match with my country playing

or watch Ubisoft’s E3 press conference, it’ll be Ubi all the way. So putting this issue of Ceiga Plus

together has been pure passion project for me and I hope to do more issue like this in the future.

If you are a publisher or developer of a game and want to promote it in a unique way, fell free to

send me images or videos, preferably of games that haven’t been released yet.

Now to talk about what’s in this issue. With the arrival of E3 2014 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) –

or departure depending on when you’re reading this issue, I’ve put together a group of impressive

looking games of the last generation so I can truly wave away the graphics of the last generation

and get ready for the new generation of game graphics. All of the images are screenshots not

taken by anyone directly involved with the creation of the game but by players of the game and

most of the shots for this issue were taken by Duncan J Harris (deadendthrills.com) who was nice

enough to let me use his images.

As you may have noticed this isn’t a main issue of Ceiga but a Ceiga Plus instead, mainly because

like the first issue of Plus this is also an experimental issue which means the more people that view

and share this, the more of these types of issues I’ll make.

I hope you enjoy this issue and if you have feedback of any sort please don’t hesitate to let me

know.

“THIS IS AN EVENT GAME, THE KIND OF THING YOU SIMPLY NEED TO

OWN EVEN IF YOU DON’T CONSIDER YOURSELF A GRAND THEFT AUTO FAN.”

GRAND THEFT AUTO IVCyril Lachel, Gaming Nexus, 2008

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GRAND THEFT AUTO IVDeveloper: ROCKSTAR NORTH Publisher: ROCKSTAR GAMES

Phototographer: DUNCAN J HARRIS (deadendthrills.com)

Asphalt

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Cherry Pop

Eyeshine

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Coast is Clear

With Flare

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Slick

The Heisenberg Principle

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Waiting for the Man

Wings

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Lamping with Flavour

MIRRORS EDGE

“NOT MANY GAMES CAN DELIVER THE HIGH OCTANE, ADRENALINE FUELLED CHASES THAT MIRROR’S EDGE CAN. UNIQUE, ORIGINAL, BEAUTIFUL AND INNOVATIVE ... WHAT ELSE CAN YOU

ASK FOR?”Dan Webb, Xbox Achievements, 2008

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MIRRORS EDGEDeveloper: DIGITAL ILLUSIONS CE Publisher: ELECTRONIC ARTS

Phototographer: DUNCAN J HARRIS (deadendthrills.com)

Bird on a Wire

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Faceless

Iris

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Water World

Strong Arm

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Super Structure

Monospace

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Perfect Crime

View to a Kill

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Mirror Mask

BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY

“BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY IS A RARE TREAT, MUCH LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR.

NOT ONLY IS IT A GREAT LICENSED GAME, IT IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST

SUPERHERO GAME EVER MADE.”Ken McKown , ZTGD, 2011

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BATMAN: ARKHAM CITYDeveloper: ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS Publisher: WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Phototographer: DUNCAN J HARRIS (deadendthrills.com)

The Prisoner

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Psycho Circus

Cellblock

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So 2009

Angels and Demons

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Diary of a Mad Man

Melting Point

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Look Sharp

Take the Money and Run

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A bunch of Questions

MASS EFFECT 3

“MASS EFFECT 3 IS A REMARKABLY SATISFYING CONCLUSION TO A

BELOVED TRILOGY, AND A POIGNANT AND MEMORABLE ROLE-PLAYING ACTION GAME IN ITS OWN RIGHT.”

Kevin VanOrd , Gamespot, 2012

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MASS EFFECT 3Developer: BIOWARE Publisher: ELECTRONIC ARTS

Phototographer: DUNCAN J HARRIS (deadendthrills.com)

Frostspire

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Lap of the gods

My World

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New Clothes

Overwatch

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Rescue Me

Schools Out

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Smells like Victory

Stainless Style

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The Killing Field

THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM

“IT’S A MESMERIZING GAME THAT DRAWS YOU INTO AN FINELY CRAFTED

FICTIONAL SPACE PACKED WITH CONTENT THAT CONSISTENTLY

SURPRISES.”Charles Onyett , IGN, 2011

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THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM

Developer: BETHESDA GAME STUDIOS Publisher: BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

Phototographer: DUNCAN J HARRIS (deadendthrills.com)

A River Runs through it

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Atlas

Grove Street

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Legend

Power Monger

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Solitude

Stone Haven

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The Kind and I

Tundra World

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Unto the Reach

Warchild

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You only live Twice

TOMB RAIDER

“THIS IS THE TOMB RAIDER YOU’VE WANTED FOR YEARS. IT NEEDS A FEW MORE PUZZLES, BUT THAT’S A SMALL GRIPE WHEN CAST AGAINST SUCH A

MARVELOUS ADVENTURE.”Susan Arendt, The Escapist, 2013

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TOMB RAIDER

Developer: CRYSTAL DYNAMICS Publisher: SQUARE ENIX

Phototographer: DUNCAN J HARRIS (deadendthrills.com)

Bad Reception

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Deliverance

Everglade

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Lazarus

Lust for Life

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Neverland

Shout at the Devil

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Show of Strength

Survivors

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Wild Child

INFAMOUS: SECOND SON

“SECOND SON IS EASILY THE BEST GAME IN THE FRANCHISE THAT NOT ONLY CONTAINS SUPERIOR GAMING

MECHANICS BUT IT HAS SOME SPECTACULAR GRAPHICS AND SPECIAL

EFFECTS!”Alex Thompson, Impulse Gamer, 2014

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INFAMOUS: SECOND SON

Developer: SUCKER PUNCH PRODUCTIONS Publisher: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT

Phototographer: NEOGAF USERNAME MENTIONED BELOW IMAGE

Stillmatic

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symphonask

emalord

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Namikaze1

Discoid

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Marsh90

kanuuna

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dr guildo

Zomba13

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Chuck

USF

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Shin-Ra

Cmagus

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Kane1345

FantasticMrFoxdie

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Rollo_Larson

nbnt

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roboshawn

MODS USED

Custom 4:3 and 16:9 resolutions ~4K, L3EVO 2012NY ENB, Cam Control mod, in-game replay editor, variable FOV and in-game filters, SweetFX (for SMAA injection), driver-level FXAA, various car and character mods, Simple Trainer 6.5.

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV

Noclip, NoHUD, Timestop, CustomFOV, menu map gameflow edited, time trials file-swapped for SP maps, INI tweaks, Unreal Kismet, SweetFX (screen capture only)

MIRRORS EDGE

Debug build supplied by Rocksteady Studios/modified retail build. Free camera, timestop, custom FOV, 4K rendering/8K tiledshot. Monochrome ‘comic’ shots: pause menu effect using modified shader w/ overlay removed via Texmod.

BATMAN; ARKHAM CITY

Custom 48megapixel resolutions @ 3:4, 2:1, 3:1 and 1:1 aspect ratios, Smartek and Jean-Luc hi-res textures injected via ME3 Explorer, costume swaps, squadmates disabled, free camera, timestop, custom FOV.

MASS EFFECT 3

Official HD texture patch, antialiasing (injected FXAA w/ texture pre-sharpening), free camera, time stop, time and weather control, custom FOV.

THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM

noclip, noHUD, custom FOV, camera tilt, custom depth of field, custom Cheat Engine script to enable timestop, debug code supplied by Crystal Dynamics, PlayClaw, SRWE for window resize (aka ‘Hotsampling’)

TOMB RAIDER

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