Tag: Bethesda
News Bethesda Will Not Host a Replacement E3 Event This Summer
"Exciting things" in the coming months
With E3 2020 cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus situation, a lot of publishers have been looking into other ways to spread the message about their upcoming games this summer. "Digital events" seem to be the way to go, but Bethesda says that it won't be following the trend. "Given the many challenges...
News Sounds Like DOOM Eternal Had a Hell of an Opening Weekend
Breaks franchise records
One of 2020's big new games, DOOM Eternal, landed at the end of last week, and by the sound of it has done very well for Bethesda. The hellishly good first person shooter had a record-breaking opening weekend, according to the publisher. Although no sales figures have been provided, Bethesda says the sequel more than doubled...
Mini Review DOOM 64 - After More Than 20 Years, DOOM's Oft-Forgotten Third Instalment Packs a Punch
It's been 64 years
It’s easy to forget that DOOM 64 is not simply a port of the original DOOM to Nintendo 64, but a fully-fledged sequel that was developed Midway Games. It’s even easier to forget that this was actually a pretty impressive step forward. While aiming is still archaic – lateral aiming only – the level design represents a...
News Pick Up DOOM Eternal Early from UK GAME Stores
Hell yeah
DOOM Eternal is the best first-person shooter on the PlayStation 4, and you could be playing it as early as tomorrow morning. Despite not being scheduled to release until 20th March, it looks like GAME has been given the go-ahead to sell copies starting 18th March. The York branch was the first to confirm the early release date, but others...
Round Up DOOM Eternal PS4 Reviews Suggest It's One Hell of a Shooter
MOOD
The verdicts have come flying in today for DOOM Eternal, PlayStation 4's latest major game. It seems id Software's brand new first person shooter has impressed most critics, as the title stands with a very healthy metascore right now. Different publications all praise the frenetic gameplay, smooth performance, and new features of the brutal...
Review DOOM Eternal - The Best First-Person Shooter on PS4
Hell's Bells
After a dismal start to the year for new releases, id Software has issued the industry with the firmest kick up the arse imaginable. DOOM Eternal is absolutely incredible. In building off of a fantastic predecessor, the Texas-based studio has reached new heights as its equation of intense, fast-paced action and enjoyable exploration has...
News DOOM Eternal Launch Trailer Does Plenty of Ripping and Tearing
Doom Slayer is here
We cannot wait to get our hands on DOOM Eternal and this new launch trailer isn't helping things. Due for release on PlayStation 4 at the end of next week, the action-packed footage couldn't look any cooler even if it tried. If DOOM 2016 is anything to go by, this will be one of the best PS4 games of 2020. Just get a load of that...
News DOOM Eternal Gives the Doom Slayer a Makeover with Character Customisation
Isn't that cute
The Doom Slayer gives off a very, very serious vibe, but if this latest DOOM Eternal trailer is anything to go by, he loves to customise his armour and don an entirely different outfit once in a while. That's right, when the next great id Software title drops next week on PlayStation 4, you'll be able to tweak nearly everything...
News The Elder Scrolls Online Patch 2.00 Requires 67GB Download, Makes Huge Overall Improvements
And you get a free pet
The Elder Scrolls Online's latest update, patch 2.00, is now live on PlayStation 4 -- and it's a big one. The update represents the next step in overhauling the game's performance, promising much better load times and frame rates across the board. Faster asset loading also means that your adventure through Tamriel should be a...
News DOOM 64 PS4 Port Features a Never-Before-Seen Level Fans Should Enjoy
Along with minor enhancements
DOOM Eternal might be the big PlayStation 4 release of the month, but it's not the only trip you can take to hell and back this March. Available as a pre-order bonus alongside id Software's latest and greatest or purchased separately on the PlayStation Store for $4.99, DOOM 64 is getting a PS4 port on the very same day...
News DOOM Eternal Comes Packing a Day One Patch on PS4
At least it runs at 60fps
There are some things in modern games we just have to grin and bear, and one of these is the day one update. Most major games require the download of a big patch, usually including some crucial bug fixes, performance enhancements, and more. It means your games will be that much better when you play them, but it can be a...
News Ghostwire Tokyo Appears to Still Be on Track After Creative Director Exit
Parallels to DOOM Eternal
Despite never being officially cancelled by Bethesda, a lot of people feared the worst for Ghostwire Tokyo after the game’s creative director suddenly left the company just a few months after its announcement. Ikumi Nakamura was the one to grab the headlines at E3 2019 when her adorable presentation of the title turned a...
News After That Awful Ad, the DOOM Eternal Soundtrack Sounds Incredible
Get the team together
If the recent TV advert for DOOM Eternal which had us all questioning the choice of music put you in a state of concern, you can now worry no longer. Bethesda has put out a new video teasing the game's heavy metal soundtrack alongside how the team put it together, and it all sounds like something truly special. Check out the...
News DOOM Eternal's TV Ad Is Being Torn Apart for Its Shocking Lack of Metal Music
Rightly so
What do you think of when you think of DOOM? Demons, big mad guns, blood-soaked hellscapes, brutal action... And thumping metal music, obviously. The unapologetically metal soundtrack to 2016's DOOM elevated the shooter massively, and we expect DOOM Eternal's track list to do the same. So whose idea was it to put generic borderline...
News Fallout 76 Wastelanders Update Finally Arrives in April
Population spike
Fallout 76 is finally getting its Wastelanders update in April, Bethesda has announced. Billed as the game's biggest ever content drop, Wastelanders was originally set to launch in the autumn of 2019, but it was pushed into 2020 after a lengthy period of silence on the subject. The update primarily adds non-playable characters to...
News Don't Worry, There Are No Microtransactions in DOOM Eternal
Eternally grateful
In case you were ever worried DOOM Eternal might employ such hellish practices as microtransactions, fear not. The upcoming FPS will have some unlockable items, but you won't be able to pay for them; you have to earn them. This information comes straight from the title's creative director, Hugo Martin. Responding to a fan...
News DOOM Eternal Is Pushing the PS4 Hardware to Its Limit
"The best technology we've ever made"
DOOM Eternal is shaping up to be a real looker on PlayStation 4, so much so that id Software executive producer Marty Stratton reckons the game pushes Sony's current-gen console to its absolute limit. The trip to hell and back already sounds like an incredible experience following a new round of previews earlier...
Round Up DOOM Eternal Sounds Like a Worthy Trip to Hell in New Previews
DOOM cranked to 11
DOOM Eternal has already been delayed once on PlayStation 4 so it can't be pushed back any further than its March 2020 release date, right? We certainly hope that's the case, so much so that this new set of previews fills us with confidence that id Software's next first-person shooter is going to be something special. We've...
The Starfields align
So, what's going on behind the scenes at Bethesda Game Studios? At E3 2018, studio head Todd Howard confirmed that the developer has two projects in the works: Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI. However, we've barely heard a peep about either of them since. And while we do know that Starfield is coming first, we've never really...
News DOOM Eternal Rips and Tears Its Way to a New Trailer
The Doomslayer is back
Bethesda teased that it would be releasing an all-new DOOM Eternal trailer today, and of course, the publisher has delivered. The folks at id Software look set to launch one of 2020's most frantic, hellish, and downright fantastic experiences on PlayStation 4, so the latest footage showcased above is well worth checking out...
News Bethesda Teases Next DOOM Eternal Trailer for Tomorrow
Back from hell
DOOM Eternal might no longer be one of the biggest PlayStation 4 releases of 2020, but if its 2016 predecessor is anything to go by then this sequel is set to be one hell of a good time. Better yet, Bethesda has confirmed that we'll get our next look at the trip to hell and back tomorrow in a new trailer. How many more times can we...
News Classic FPS Games DOOM and DOOM 2 Updated on PS4
Slayer
They may have originally released in 1993 and 1994 respectively, but DOOM and DOOM 2 have just received a beefy update on the PlayStation 4. The headline addition is 60 frames-per-second support, upping the framerate from its original (and, by modern standards, unusual) 35 frames-per-second. Bethesda’s also making a curated list of add-ons...
Starfield cancelled too
We know that talk of acquisitions has never been more fierce, but this latest rumour is just a little bit too silly for our liking. A Reddit poster, who goes by the name Zenimaxinsider of all things, claims that Sony is in talks to buy The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim publisher ZeniMax Media along with every other developer it...
Game of the Decade Skyrim's Impact on RPGs and Open World Gaming Can Still Be Felt Eight Years Later
The Dragonborn Legend
We’re listing the ten Games of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation titles released over the past ten years that we believe have left a historic mark on the industry. Whether it’s Destiny's impact on the Games as a Service space or Journey’s innovative approach to online connectivity, these are the releases that the...
News The Elder Scrolls Online Teases a Return to Skyrim in 2020
"The dark heart of Skyrim"
The Elder Scrolls Online has wrapped up its Elsweyr saga with a final cinematic trailer, but your hero's adventures are, rather predictably, far from over. Developer ZeniMax Online Studios has had a lot of success with its MMO over the last few years, and much of that success is down to the robust and well received...
News RAGE 2's TerrorMania Expansion Is a Cursed Twist on the Wastelands, Out Next Month
Wield a really cool sword
RAGE 2 is back once again with another slice of downloadable content to give those still playing the game something else to do for a handful of hours. Titled TerrorMania, it is pitched as an alternate take on the wastelands that are full of curses and twists. It's out on PlayStation 4 next month on 14th November. Much like...
News Disgruntled Fallout 76 Fan Makes a Mockery of Fallout 1st by Purchasing Critical Web Domain
Nuclear disaster
As with all things Fallout 76, the game's newly announced premium service Fallout 1st has arrived with its share of problems. For starters, the subscription costs $100 a year, which is bad enough, but you're not even paying for a fully working set of new features. As of right now, the Scrapbox - which allows players to store...
News Key Feature of Fallout 76's New Subscription Service Is Completely Bugged
Scrap the Scrapbox
"It just works." Bethesda boss Todd Howard's iconic words, uttered across time and space for all to hear through an infinite number of Fallout 76 meme compilations on YouTube. Fallout 76 has never just worked. The title remains a bug-ridden mess on PlayStation 4 almost one whole year after its release, and Bethesda still has the...
News Fallout 1st Is a Premium Membership for Fallout 76, Costs $100 a Year
Private servers! Scrapbox! A tent!
For those of you still playing Fallout 76, there's some news that's sure to receive mixed feelings. Today, Bethesda has introduced Fallout 1st, a premium membership for its online-only shooter that will grant you access to private servers, unlimited storage for crafting items, a monthly supply of Atoms, and much...
News Fallout 76 Gets Paid Private Servers Next Week, Wastelanders Update Delayed into 2020
Falling out
Fallout 76 is still stumbling along, believe it or not. We haven't played the thing in ages, but we have heard that the experience has been improved over the last few months. Bethesda's at least sticking to its guns and supporting the game, which is a good thing for those who enjoy playing it. The title's just been hit with a bit of a...
News DOOM Eternal Delayed to March 2020
Hell rests easy for a little longer
We were rolling in today's excellent news surrounding the next-gen PlayStation 5 when id Software came along all of a sudden and dropped a bit of a stinker. DOOM Eternal, originally scheduled to release next month, has been delayed to early next year. It'll now release on 20th March 2020 along with a sweet...
News Fallout 76 Continues to Be the Butt of All Jokes Thanks to Helmet Health Hazard
No, really
This is one of those stories that you just couldn't make up. After finally sorting out all that Fallout 76 collector's edition bag nonsense, Bethesda's been hit with another wave of bad press thanks to a collectable Fallout 76 power armour helmet. The admittedly cool looking headgear first went on sale back in June at GameStop for a...
News RAGE 2 Reminds You It Exists with First DLC Details, Coming Later This Month
Rise of the Ghosts
RAGE 2 released in 2019. Yeah, remember that one? It might have been a decent but forgettable experience, however, Bethesda isn't prepared to give up on the open-world shooter just yet. The game's first major piece of DLC has just been detailed, and it's coming to PlayStation 4 later this month on 26th September. The Rise of the...
News E3 Star Ikumi Nakamura, Creative Director on GhostWire Tokyo, Leaves Developer Tango Gameworks
Just like that
Remember Bethesda's shockingly awful E3 2019 press conference? One of the event's only highlights was seeing the enthusiastic Ikumi Nakamura take to the stage and introduce the intriguing looking GhostWire Tokyo. The creative director won over the hearts of many with her obvious passion, but as it turns out, Nakamura is actually...
Interview Synthesising Some Answers on Wolfenstein: Youngblood's Soundtrack with Composer Tom Salta
Synthicide
To put it lightly, Wolfenstein: Youngblood has been a rather divisive game -- one fraught with problems, but not one completely devoid of good things either. One of those good things, if not the best thing, happens to be Tom Salta’s fantastic synth score. We got to have a chat with him about what influences the soundtrack, how it felt...
News The Elder Scrolls Online's Scalebreaker Expansion Gets a Hype Trailer
Coming to PS4 tomorrow
If you've just finished up everything The Elder Scrolls Online's latest expansion, Elsweyr, has to offer after it launched this summer, even more content is on its way in the form of Scalebreaker. Available on PlayStation 4 tomorrow, its latest trailer gives us a glimpse of what to expect. The DLC expands on the events of the...
News DOOM Eternal Dev Reckons It'll Take Up to 22 Hours to Beat the Game's Campaign
On a full playthrough
DOOM Eternal hasn't really cropped up at Gamescom 2019 whatsoever just yet, but we're still getting a couple of minor details about the upcoming demon-slaying experience. As spotted by Escapist Magazine, executive producer Marty Stratton recently commented on how long DOOM Eternal's single player campaign will
News Upcoming Wolfenstein: Youngblood Patch Will Allow You to Pause the Game
Thank god for that
One of the stupidest things about last month's bang average Wolfenstein: Youngblood was that you couldn't even pause the game when you were playing by yourself in an offline state. The game would continue to run in the background while you browsed its menus, but it looks like MachineGames is listening to criticism and adding a...
Review Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot - An Unexpectedly Impressive PSVR Excursion
I, robot
Machine Games and Arkane Studios’ Wolfenstein collaboration spans two titles, but much of the emphasis during marketing was on the cooperative shooting of Wolfenstein: Youngblood. The PlayStation VR title, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, has hardly gotten any attention. It was shown – briefly – at this year’s E3, and apart from the odd...
News Take a Long Look at DOOM Eternal in Gameplay Walkthrough with Creative Director
"The thinking man's action game"
We all know roughly what to expect from DOOM Eternal when it unleashes hell on PlayStation 4 in November, but it's been a little while since we've seen it properly. That is, unless you were in attendance at this year's QuakeCon, where creative director Hugo Martin and executive producer Marty Stratton talked through...
Tamriel limited
Following the release of its latest expansion, Elsweyr, near the beginning of June, The Elder Scrolls Online has run into a number of performance problems on all platforms. These issues range from frustrating bouts of lag to plummeting frame rates, and they've resulted in a bit of a backlash from players over the last few weeks. In...
News Deleted Age Rating Suggests DOOM 64 Is Coming to PS4
Doubt there will be cross-play
Bethesda has gone a bit DOOM mad in celebrating its 25th anniversary. The publisher recently released DOOMs 1, 2, and 3 on PlayStation 4, letting fans and a whole new generation play these old school shooters afresh. However, there's the possibility they aren't the only retro games heading to modern hardware. As...
Review Wolfenstein: Youngblood - What Happened Bethesda?
Daddy issues
A few years back, Bethesda couldn’t stop boasting about its line-up of purely single player titles. The space for solo players was never in any real danger of disappearing completely, but in the age of online looter shooters and the rise of the games as a service concept, the commitment was appreciated. Fast forward to 2019, however,...
News Classic DOOM PS4 Ports to Have BethesdaNet Login Requirement Removed
Publisher working on an update
Last week, Bethesda released DOOM, DOOM II, and DOOM 3 on PlayStation 4 as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The surprise arrival of the trilogy was naturally well received, but a symptom of modern games got in the way of playing the classic shooters. It was quickly discovered you first have to login to...
News Bethesda Boosts PS Now with DOOM, Wolfenstein, and Fallout
Coming on 6th August
There’s good news for PlayStation Now subscribers: Bethesda is bringing DOOM, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Fallout 4 to the service from 6th August. The publisher announced the all-star selection of software during a panel at QuakeCon. As these are all native PlayStation 4 games, you’ll have the option to either download...
News The Original DOOM Trilogy Is Now Available on PS4
DOOM 1, 2, and 3 stealth dropped
Surprise! Bethesda has kicked off its annual QuakeCon event with an "available now" announcement. If you're a fan of the original DOOM games, you're in luck -- DOOMs 1, 2, and 3 are all up for purchase right now on PlayStation 4. The first two titles include split-screen multiplayer for four players, while the third...
News RAGE 2 Grabs New Game Plus, Ultra Nightmare Difficulty, and a Few Welcome Changes
All the rage
RAGE 2's second big update has been detailed, and it all sounds pretty good. The headline here is that the open world shooter's getting New Game Plus, allowing you to start the whole thing over while retaining your character progression. We don't have the details on this just yet, but we assume combat skills and weaponry all carry over...
Round Up Wolfenstein: Youngblood Reviews are a Little Hit and Miss
Twin tales
Wolfenstein: Youngblood, the co-op enabled, lower-priced shooter sequel that sees B.J. Blazkowicz's twin daughters slaughter all kinds of Nazis, has received slightly mixed reviews. Most sites are calling it a perfectly competent and enjoyable shooter, but others are dinging it for lacklustre story elements and stunted character...
News There Are Two New Wolfenstein Games Out This Week
You could be forgiven for forgetting
This week sees the release of not one but two new Wolfenstein titles: Youngblood and Cyberpilot. The tangentially related titles will drop on 26th July, with the former introducing co-op to MachineGames’ likeable franchise reboot for the first time. Playing as the so-called ‘Terror Twins’ – the daughters...
News The Fallout 76 Canvas Bag Saga Finally Appears to Be Over
7 months later
Remember when Bethesda said that the Fallout 76 collector's edition would come with a canvas bag, and then it didn't? After the collector's edition shipped with a visibly cheap nylon bag, people were understandably angry, and it only added fuel to the dumpster fire that was Fallout 76 at the time. What's more, customers who got in...
