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Imp-ressive?
Bethesda sure are the good guys this Christmas, eh? After coveting controversy with its review code policy over a year ago, the publisher’s really recaptured the adoration of gamers this holiday, supporting fledgling new formats like the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation VR. And following on from last month’s transformative virtual...
Hands On DOOM VFR Supports Three PSVR Controllers, But None Feel Quite Right
Hell in your hands
DOOM VFR is a very handsome game with PlayStation VR, a statement we’re noticing ourselves make more often as virtual reality titles mature. Bethesda’s also gone out of its way to support all three of Sony’s PSVR controllers: the DualShock 4, the PlayStation Move, and the (underused but outstanding) PlayStation VR Aim...
News PlayStation Plus Members Get a Free Week of The Elder Scrolls Online
Starting tomorrow
Fancy giving The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited a shot for free on PlayStation 4? The MMO is free to download and play on Sony's system starting tomorrow, the 30th November. The free period will last until the 6th December, so you've got a decent amount of time to try it out. However, you'll need to be an active...
News Fancy Shooting Some Stuff? You Can Try Wolfenstein II on PS4 for Free Right Now
Lock and load
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus now has a free trial out on the PlayStation Store. Get it downloaded and you can blast your way through the whole first level of the game. If you enjoy it enough, you can go ahead and buy the full thing, which will retain any progress that you've made. The tempting part about this is that the...
Review The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (PS4)
Fus Ro Dayum
The story of the Dragonborn is one endlessly retold. Quite literally, in fact – this is the third time that The Elder Scrolls V has released on a PlayStation platform in little over five years. But unlike last year’s strong yet safe PlayStation 4 remaster, Skyrim VR represents a seachange for Bethesda Game Studios’ gigantic...
Hands On Skyrim VR Looks and Plays Great with PlayStation VR
Is The Elder Scrolls any good in virtual reality?
We’re some four hours into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR and we’ve already got a quest list longer than our armspan, but we can say definitively that this is a great version of the game. Adapted for PlayStation VR, Bethesda’s behemoth open world looks exactly like you remember it – but also...
Hands On Skyrim VR Has Improved a Helluva Lot with PlayStation VR
The Elder Scrolls V's final build fares much better in virtual reality
Our early The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR impressions weren’t exactly enthusiastic. We tested the game in sub-optimal convention conditions with hellish teleportation enabled, and walked away from our demo like we’d just spent an afternoon in The Bannered Mare. The opportunity...
News Take a Virtual Tour of Hell with DOOM VFR Bundle for PSVR
Time to meet your DOOM
Sony’s flooding the market with new PlayStation VR bundles at the moment, and DOOM VFR is the latest title to get the pack-in treatment. Bethesda’s bloody first-person shooter will be available alongside (what appears to be) the revised PSVR headset, as well as a PlayStation Camera and the new demo disc. It’ll be...
Soapbox Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Is a Better Game to Watch Than to Play
Liam's feeling conflicted
It’s hard to call Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus my most disappointing game of 2017 when Mass Effect Andromeda released just shy of nine months ago. But, if it wasn’t for that let-down of a space excursion, BJ Blazkowicz’s latest Nazi rampage would be taking that less than coveted prize. However, this...
Hands On DOOM VFR Cleverly Keeps You on the Move in PlayStation VR
Welcome to your DOOM
DOOM is not a stop and pop shooter. In last year’s franchise reboot, developer id Software transformed the kinetic nature of the original games into a game mechanic, with Glory Kills forcing you to get up close and personal with your demonic adversaries in order to recover ammunition and health. It was a genius system, forcing...
News Skyrim VR Loots a New PlayStation VR Bundle
Dragonborn again
One of the biggest criticisms pointed at PlayStation VR is that it lacks big games, and while there’s a discussion to be had about whether lengthy releases are the right fit for virtual reality, titles don’t come much bigger than The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR. Thus, Sony has announced a new bundle for North America, which comes...
News DOOM VFR Reloads with PlayStation VR Aim Controller Support
Hell yeah
It’s been rumoured for a little while, but DOOM VFR will have full PlayStation VR Aim Controller support. Sony’s likeable virtual reality accessory originally released with Farpoint, and gives you unprecedented control in first-person shooter games. Judging by a
Review Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4)
Make America great again
No one was really expecting that much from Wolfenstein: The New Order when it came out a few years back. It was a nice surprise to find that its bloody, satisfying combat and memorable, well written characters helped make it one of the best shooters on the PlayStation 4. Now that the sequel – Wolfenstein II: The New...
Round Up Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus PS4 Reviews Serve Up Strawberry Milkshake
And it's delicious
The follow-up to MachineGames’ acclaimed first-person shooter Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus has arrived to take out some Nazi tail, and reviews are beginning to trickle out like blood from protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz’s nose. We’ve got our strongest soldier Alex Stinton working his way through this one as we type, so...
News Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Brings Out the Big Guns in New Trailer
Did you Nazi that coming?
We know Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is having a bit of fun with its occupied America setting, but fictional game show ‘German or Else’ sounds like something that we’d watch. Like, for real! There’s not much to say about the launch trailer for MachineGames’ sequel: it’s got huge firearms, even bigger biceps,...
Review The Evil Within 2 (PS4)
Subdued spooks
There’s a certain genius to madness. That’s especially true for crafting superb survival horror that balances the irrational and bizarre with careful consideration. The Evil Within, which put players in a psychopath’s mind-made reality, was one such example. There was tension-inducing enemy encounters amid erratic pacing...
News The Evil Within 2 Fixes First Game's Framerate Problems, But Has No PS4 Pro Support
You what?
The Evil Within 2 has just lurched onto PlayStation 4, and as always, Digital Foundry is first on the scene with a detailed technical analysis. Those of you who played the first game will no doubt recall that it had some pretty bad framerate issues, which, at points, could really damage the experience. Fortunately, the survival-horror...
Hands On The Evil Within 2 Is a Familiar Yet Different Beast
Daddy issues
The Evil Within was an overlooked survival horror gem. It may have been rough around the edges with some performance and gameplay issues, but it was a much-appreciated return to old survival-horror design philosophies. Scarce ammo, unforgiving difficulty, intentionally limiting controls – elements like these filled the void that...
Round Up The Evil Within 2 Reviews Reveal an Improved Fear-Fest
Silent but deadly
The Evil Within 2 launches tomorrow, but Bethesda policy means we won’t have our review ready for a few more days yet. The rest of media is in the same boat, of course, but a few verdicts have trickled out online – and a couple of impressions pieces, too. We figured that we’d round these up for you, because it’s probably...
News The Evil Within 2 Is Out This Week By the Way
Here's its launch trailer to prove it
The Evil Within 2 launches on the PlayStation 4 this week, which feels a bit weird, doesn’t it? The first game had a massive marketing budget behind it, mostly focusing on the return of Resident Evil 4 director and all-around video game hall of famer Shinji Mikami. This one? We’ve barely seen a sniff of it...
News Skyrim's Getting a Full Survival Mode, But It's Part of the Crappy Creation Club
BETHESDAAAAA
Skyrim's getting a survival mode? Cool! Or so we thought. Bethesda has revealed that it's bringing an all-new survival mode to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition. It adds all the things that you'd expect, like having to eat, drink, and sleep in order to survive. Temperature also plays a part, meaning that you'll have to...
Hands On Is Skyrim Any Good with PlayStation VR?
Fus ro dang
PlayStation VR, in this author’s opinion, is at its best when it’s offering brief bursts of immersive gameplay like SUPERHOT VR and Batman: Arkham VR. Despite this personal preference, it’d take a very closeted editor to ignore the pent-up demand for meatier experiences from PlayStation’s very vocal fanbase – and games don’t...
V.A.T.S. more like it
Republished on Tuesday 26th September 2017: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the release of Fallout 4's Game of the Year edition on PlayStation 4. The original text follows. Well, here we are. Seven years after Bethesda's last crack at post-apocalyptic America, Fallout 4 is easily one of the...
News Fallout 4 Game of the Year Edition Wanders onto PS4 Today
War never changes
Fallout 4's long awaited but always inevitable Game of the Year edition is out today on PlayStation 4. It includes the base game and all of its downloadable content. It's a pretty huge package, that's for sure. Fallout 4 first launched back in November of 2015, and although it was never quite able to capture the heart of many a...
News Fear 20 Minutes of The Evil Within 2 Gameplay
Dead good?
The Evil Within 2 is out in a matter of weeks now, and Bethesda hasn't been shy about publishing new gameplay footage. This time it's Game Informer who's gone live with 20 minutes of terror from the forthcoming Tango Gameworks developed sequel. Can you feel the heat from here?
Review Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PS4)
Lurking around
The immersive sim is one of the most rewarding genres in gaming. The more you put into them, the more you get in return, and the Dishonored series is one of the best examples of this in recent years. Death of the Outsider is a smaller scale adventure at around half the length of 2016’s Dishonored 2, but it retains the same brilliant...
News Watch the Bodies Hit the Floor in The Evil Within 2 Trailer
Dead good
Ain’t nothing subtle about this The Evil Within 2 trailer as protagonist Sebastian Castellanos hangs with religious cultists and cuts the throats of all kinds of reanimated corpses. With the survival horror sequel being barely a month away, it doesn’t feel like there’s much hype for Tango Works’ latest terror – but we’re sure...
News No, Bethesda Doesn't Have an Unannounced Game Coming Out This Year
So says Pete Hines
There's a story doing the rounds today that Bethesda has an unannounced game ready to be released before the year is out. Said story is based on an interview with VP of marketing Pete Hines in which he states that the company has a secret project due to launch in 2018. Naturally, this kind of comment got people talking. What the...
News Here's the Kind of Creation Club DLC You Can Expect for Fallout 4 and Skyrim
PC beta goes live
Bethesda's Creation Club program has entered its beta phase on PC, giving us a glimpse of what we can expect once it hits the PlayStation 4 versions of Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. For those out of the loop, the Creation Club was revealed during the publisher's E3 2017 press conference, and it basically allows...
Rumour The Elder Scrolls, Fallout Dev Is Working on a Game of Thrones Title
Bethesda really likes dragons?
A rumour that's erupted overnight, Bethesda may have a project in the works that's based on the wildly popular Game of Thrones property. All of the current speculation is swirling around a single product page on US retailer Target's website, which simply reads "Bethesda: Game of Thrones". Not really much to...
News There's Still Hope for Fallout 4 on PlayStation VR
Rad
Fallout 4 could yet come to PlayStation VR – even if we have our misgivings about whether it would actually run on the PlayStation 4. Earlier this week, HTC described the Vive version of the apocalyptic virtual reality role-playing game as an “exclusive”, but publisher Bethesda was quick to respond, stating that it will simply launch...
Gamescom 2017 DOOM, Skyrim Dated for PlayStation VR
Bethesda brings the big guns
Bethesda’s bringing some of its biggest brands to PlayStation VR – and you won’t have to wait long to test them out. First up is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR, which will launch for Sony’s headset on 17th November. As previously reported, it’ll cost a pretty penny – but man, it’s bleedin’ Skyrim in...
News Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Kills Some Strangers in Gameplay Trailer
One and Dunwall
We reckon it’s probably fair to say that Dishonored: Death of the Outsider was one of those E3 2017 announcements that very quickly got overshadowed by bigger games. Fans of Dishonored 2 should be looking forward to this standalone story, though, as it looks to add a slew of flashy new combat options to an already impressive suite...
News Fallout 4 Finally Gets Game of the Year Edition Next Month
Includes all DLC
It's about time this bomb dropped. Bethesda has announced that Fallout 4 will finally be getting a Game of the Year edition next month. As you'd expect, the complete package will include all of the game's downloadable content and updates. It launches for PlayStation 4 on the 26th September. Did you miss out...
Hands On Blasting Baddies in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
In a wheelchair, no less
Take a look at most forms of media these days and you’ll notice a lot of familiar material getting the remaster, remake, and reboot treatment. Current media in general seems to be relying on the hits of the past a tad more so than usual, resulting in releases such as the recently chart-annihilating Crash Bandicoot N.Sane...
News Cinematic Wolfenstein II Gameplay Sets the Tone
Milkshake this
Bethesda's released the full version of that Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus gameplay clip that we saw earlier in the year. You know, the one with the creepy Nazi officer ordering a strawberry milkshake as protagonist BJ sits there in awkward silence. Yeah, that one. Obviously there's not that much more to see here, but it's a...
News The Evil Within 2's Survive Trailer Trots Out the Little Girl Trope
Daddy issues
You know you’re in trouble when your (potentially) dead daughter develops a sinister side and starts inhibiting your head from beyond the grave. That’s what appears to be going on in this The Evil Within 2 trailer, which introduces gameplay and gruesome monsters from the impending sequel. Some of these designs are straight-up...
News Bethesda Owner ZeniMax Is Being Sued Over Fallout 4 Ad
Dion ain't happy
Cast your mind back to the year 2015, just before the launch of Fallout 4. The video that we've embedded above was one of the game's main advertisements, and we happen to think it's pretty cool - especially for a live action ad. However, almost two years later, singer and songwriter Dion is suing Bethesda parent company ZeniMax...
Review The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind (PS4)
Magic mushrooms
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited is stuffed with interesting places to visit, as you'd expect of such a gigantic massively multiplayer online world. From the frozen wastes of Skyrim to the harsh deserts of Hammerfell, you can't fault the game's environmental variety, but nothing quite equals the strange majesty of...
Feature All the E3 2017 Press Conferences Rated and Reviewed
Not exactly a bumper year
E3 2017 has come to a conclusion, which means that it’s time for us to look back on all of the big media briefings and dish out our all-important report card. Which publisher passed its summer exam – and which will be sitting a re-test before term starts again? Here are our grades for the four big PlayStation press...
E3 2017 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR Won't Be Cheap
But it is the entire game
Perhaps one of the biggest shocks during Sony’s E3 2017 press conference is that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is coming to PlayStation VR later this year. Considering that games don’t get much bigger than Bethesda’s bulky role-playing release, this should prove positive for those who’ve been waiting for some...
E3 2017 Wolfenstein II's Story Is Going Bigger and Better for Sequel
Oh, and there will likely be a Wolfenstein III
If DOOM and Titanfall 2 were signs of the first-person shooter genre's revitalization last year, then 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order was the forerunner of this unexpected movement. With an impossibly ridiculous yet serious story that rivals the Metal Gear Solid series' tone and impeccable...
E3 2017 The Evil Within 2 Story and Gameplay Details Emerge
We don't Kidman
The Evil Within was incredibly bonkers and unpredictable, but it's these attributes that made it the bizarre, tense horror game that we loved. With appropriately scarce resources, deliberately hampered movement, and terrifying enemies, we've been hoping that Shinji Mikami wouldn't cave and turn the sequel into something like the...
E3 2017 The Elder Scrolls VI Still Isn't In Development, Says Bethesda
Hmmm
It may have been the basis for a question in our E3 community predictions quiz, but realistically, most of us weren't expecting Bethesda to even mention The Elder Scrolls VI at its press conference - and it didn't. Despite Bethesda's constant denial, however, we've always assumed that the project is underway behind closed doors. Not so,...
E3 2017 Surprise! Skyrim Announced For PlayStation VR
Coming this November
One of Bethesda's most beloved games, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, is heading to PlayStation VR. Take a look at the reveal trailer above. This is great news for those looking for bigger, more meaningful games on Sony's headset. What's more, it'll be available this November. Will you be dipping back into Skyrim for its VR...
E3 2017 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Will Take You on a Tour of America
Flex those guns
If you didn’t catch the reveal trailer for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, then we highly recommend putting your feet up and sitting through that now, because it’s bloody brilliant from start-to-finish. Of course, a little more has been revealed about the game in the aftermath of Bethesda’s press conference yesterday, with...
E3 2017 The Evil Within 2 Blends Psychological Thrills with Survival Spills
Out on 13th October
Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami is back with his sophomore survival horror effort: The Evil Within 2. Announced overnight as part of Bethesda’s E3 2017 showcase, and set to release on 13th October for the PlayStation 4, the game plots the return of Detective Sebastian Castellanos, as he descends into the “disturbing world...
Guide What Time Is Ubisoft's E3 2017 Press Conference?
And where's the best place to watch it?
Ubisoft is one of the few big third-party publishers to actually hold an E3 2017 press conference, and while it’s hosted its fair share of awkward showcases in the past, it usually brings better wares than EA. This year’s likely to be all about Assassin’s Creed Origins, The Crew 2, and Far Cry 5 – but...
E3 2017 DOOM: VFR is Coming to PlayStation VR This Year
Take a guess what the F stands for
During Bethesda's E3 press conference, it highlighted two virtual reality titles it has in the works. DOOM: VFR is a made-for-VR game with the trademark lightning quick and bloody gameplay you know and love. Better yet is that it's heading for PlayStation VR later this year, as well as HTC Vive. Bethesda did also...
E3 2017 Bethesda's Creation Club Brings More Paid Content to Fallout 4 and Skyrim on PS4
It never ends
Revealed during Bethesda's E3 2017 press conference, the company's Creation Club seems like a pretty cool idea at a glance, but there's a catch. Essentially, Creation Club will bring high quality content to Fallout 4 and Skyrim - Special Edition - bits and pieces made by both Bethesda and "the best community creators"...