Since Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout first launched, the Takeshi’s Castle styled battle royale game has collaborated with a number of popular video game IPs to bring skins from various characters into the game. In a teaser by the team, it has been revealed that the DOOM Slayer from the long-running …
Read More »The DualSense‘s haptics are precise enough to play music
With the review embargoes for the PlayStation 5 lifting, one of the biggest next-gen features to be celebrated by reviews is that of the DualSense controller. With its adaptive triggers and new haptics, games reportedly feel more immersive than ever before. Surprisingly however, the DualSense’s haptic motors appear to be …
Read More »Forza Motorsport 7 and Brutal Legend announced for Game Pass
On a regular basis, Microsoft updates its Xbox Game Pass library, both adding new games to the service, and taking some away. For the first half of OCtober, subscribers can look forward to getting their hands on DOOM Eternal, Forza Motorsport 7, and Brutal Legend, to name a few. The …
Read More »DOOM Eternal is coming to Xbox Game Pass
With Microsoft recently purchasing ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion, there was an expectation that one of the first moves as part of this newly created ownership was for Microsoft to bring Bethesda’s back-catalogue of games to the console manufacturer’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Lo and behold, this is indeed …
Read More »New render modes are coming to DOOM Eternal
Recently, we reported that The Last of Us Part II would be adding new render modes to its game, allowing fans to replay the title while experiencing it in a number of different ways. Following in its footsteps is DOOM Eternal, which has now announced that it too will be …
Read More »noblechairs launches DOOM Edition gaming chair
The partnership between noblechairs and Bethesda continues today with the brand new HERO-series DOOM Edition gaming chair!
Read More »DOOM Eternal update brings new map and lots of quality of life fixes
If any of you are diving back into DOOM Eternal, then you may want to check out the latest update. The game’s second major patch has now dropped, making changes to Empowered Demons, introducing a new map for Battlemode and also adding quality of life improvements and fixes. In a …
Read More »DOOM Eternal is getting its first major update this month
If you are still hopping into DOOM Eternal, then there is a big update to look forward to this month. The game’s first major update promises to bring ‘a ton of features and enhancements’, including quality of life improvements and new multiplayer updates. Empowered Demons is a new addition to …
Read More »Mick Gordon promises to fix bad DOOM Eternal soundtrack himself
A few days ago, the official OST for the highly-praised DOOM Eternal was released to those who purchased the game’s collector’s edition. Unfortunately, some fans noticed that the soundtrack featured much flatter dynamic mixing when compared to DOOM (2016). The game’s composer, Mick Gordon, voiced his disapproval of the release. …
Read More »Mick Gordon disapproves of DOOM Eternal’s OST release
The DOOM series is known and loved for a large number of reasons. One of the reasons is its soundtrack which has been composed by Mick Gordon for its last two entries. Gordon’s use of digitally synthesized progressive metal has resonated greatly with fans, and has contributed to the title’s …
Read More »Bethesda and noblechairs partner up, Fallout gaming chair coming first
The folks at noblechairs are bringing a fresh new look to its chairs later this year thanks to a new partnership with Bethesda. Under the partnership, we’ll see officially licensed chairs based on Bethesda’s biggest franchises, including Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, DOOM, RAGE and Wolfenstein. The final designs for each …
Read More »DOOM Eternal is estimated to have sold 700k copies on PC alone
Recently we reported on DOOM Eternal’s sales success. The first person shooter which released on the 20th of March, was said to have been the best launch ever for the franchise – though no specific figures were given. Now, thanks to PlayTracker, we know that the game is estimated to …
Read More »DOOM Eternal has best launch ever for the franchise
DOOM Eternal launched on the 20th of March to rave reviews and proved to be quite popular on PC, outperforming many of Bethesda’s other titles when it came to concurrent Steam users. We now have more concrete details on the first-person shooter’s overall launch performance showing that the game performed …
Read More »Doom Eternal won’t hit 4K60 on Stadia as was previously promised
The promise of Google Stadia when it was first announced was that the streaming platform would allow for users to play games at 4K and 60fps regardless of the hardware capability of one’s PC. Since Stadia’s release however, many of the games featured on the platform have failed to hit …
Read More »DOOM Eternal studio was in crunch mode for most of 2019
DOOM Eternal previews arrived this week, with press outlets already creating positive buzz for the game. Getting the shooter to this point was no easy task though, with id Software’s Marty Stratton admitting that the studio had to go through plenty of crunch periods to get to this point. Crunching …
Read More »DOOM and DOOM 2 get 60 FPS support, quick saves, and more
Both DOOM re-releases, DOOM (1993) and DOOM II, have received an update that will enable 60 FPS gameplay, curated add-ons, quick save support, lots of fixes and optimisations, as well as quality of life adjustments and extra features. This update has been released on all platforms, for free. The add-ons can be downloaded …
Read More »Doom is rumoured to get another film adaptation
Doom is one of the many gaming franchises to suffer from the video game movie curse, in that its Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-fronted film from 2005 was a complete disaster. Given the success of the 2016 video game reboot, it seems that a new Doom movie adaptation might be in …
Read More »DOOM lands on Nintendo Switch on November 10th
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s report that Nintendo is opening itself up to more mature games on the Switch, Bethesda has announced its release date for DOOM on the console. If shooting demons on the go appeals to you at all, then you’ll be able to do so starting …
Read More »DOOM and Wolfenstein II are both coming to the Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch’s Year One game library just got a bit stronger as last night, Bethesda surprisingly announced that it would be bringing both DOOM and Wolfenstein 2 to the console. DOOM will be arriving this year and is the surprise game release Bethesda alluded to last week. DOOM Switch …
Read More »Bethesda is rebooting DOOM’s multiplayer, all DLC now free
DOOM was very popular when it first launched in May 2016 but unfortunately, the game’s multiplayer base didn’t end up staying healthy for very long. A big reason for this is that Bethesda split up the player base by releasing map packs, which isn’t a very good system unless you …
Read More »Denuvo DRM has been removed from DOOM
Denuvo has become an incredibly popular form of DRM amongst game publishers over the years but as we have seen over the last year, it can be cracked, it just takes quite a bit of time. This week, DOOM is dropping Denuvo DRM on PC after finally being cracked, in …
Read More »‘Arnold’ is the true king of Doom bots
Using a similar technique to Google when it taught its Deepmind network to play Atari games, two researchers from Carnegie Mellon university have created a self-taught Doom bot which became the most efficient killer at a recent competition. Known affectionately as Arnold, the bot placed second in the end, though it …
Read More »Vulkan API support now available for DOOM
If any of you were waiting on Vulkan support to start playing this year’s Doom then you will be happy to hear that support has officially been implemented. Vulkan is a new graphics API created by Khronos Group and similarly to AMD’s Mantle or DirectX 12, it gives developers lower …
Read More »id Software is making some additions to Doom multiplayer on PC
While most critics have been in full agreement that DOOM’s campaign is fantastic, the multiplayer hasn’t impressed quite as many people. However, id Software will be making some changes and adding new features over the next few months to keep players coming back, including new custom game settings, private matches …
Read More »DOOM will be getting SLI support soon
Just as the Vulkan API isn’t currently implemented into DOOM (2016) in the public build, SLI support is also missing at the moment. This is unfortunate for those with high-end multi-GPU PCs built to power the latest titles at 4K/UHD resolutions but support is on the way, according to one …
Read More »AMD Hotfix driver aims to fix R9 390 performance in DOOM
If you happened to check out our DOOM game analysis earlier this week, then you may have noticed that there were some pretty poor performance numbers coming from the R9 290 and R9 390x. However, just last night AMD released a new Hotfix driver, which claims to boost in-game performance …
Read More »Win a copy of DOOM (2016) on PC this week
We have another little competition running today over on our Facebook page – the chance to win a a copy of DOOM (2016) on PC! There’s no major catch, all you need to do is head over to our Facebook page and give an entertaining caption to the image below …
Read More »DOOM PC Game Analysis
DOOM is finally here, complete with a fantastic campaign, Snap Map system and plenty of multiplayer modes to jump in to but is the PC version up to snuff? When the DOOM open beta came around, the advanced graphics options were locked out so we didn’t really know what to …
Read More »Nvidia releases Doom, Homefront ready driver
With the release of Doom this week, Nvidia has unveiled a newly optimised driver so that owners of its graphics cards can expect the best performance when running it. The new 365.19 WHQL release gives the game a nice boost, and even ups the efficiency for upcoming Homefront: The Revolution and February release, Master …
Read More »The Doom open beta will go on for a little longer
If you didn’t manage to get your fill of the Doom open beta over the weekend then you still have some time to play as Bethesda has announced that it is extending it for an extra day. The Doom open beta, which contains two play modes, two maps, a handful …
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