When id Software unleashed Doom on us in 2016, they kept it simple, calling it Doom instead of Doom 4, despite it being the fourth core game in the series and building on some of the lore established by previous titles. When the team unveiled the sequel, we were surprised to see it titled Doom Eternal instead of Doom 2. But there are a couple good reasons for the decision, it turns out...
Bethesda had a ton of stuff going on at E3 this year, and they couldn’t have fit everything into the show. They revealed that 2016’s incredible Doom is getting a sequel, but didn’t have anything to show just yet. Now, with Quakecon underway, Bethesda and id Software are ready to show off the game’s gory goings-on. In this sequel, things have gotten worse, and Hell itself has...
There are so many big games coming this fall, it’s hard to keep track of all of them. For a second, I forgot about Fallout 76 because I’m so focused on Spider-Man and Red Dead Redemption 2. But Fallout 76, Bethesda’s first triple-A venture into the multiplayer space, releases this November for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. If you’re looking for it on PC, though, you might have to do...
Bethesda usually has a hard time at E3. The company shows up with huge expectations for the next Fallout or Elder Scrolls game, and it has to somehow pace an entire hour and a half long show based around the fact that people really show up for only one reason. Not this year though. This year started off rough with a questionable performance by Andrew W.K. that made me want to scratch...
E3 is here – that means more press conferences than you can shake a stick at. Because your arm would get tired before the first one even ended. Put the stick down. Real slow-like. Now, check out this schedule for all the shows happening between Saturday, June 9 and Tuesday, June 12: June 9 (Saturday) Electronic Arts kicks off the round of E3 press conferences early on...
We took time out to talk about Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo’s E3 showings and what we think they might reveal – and what we hope they reveal. But those aren’t the only 3 companies at E3. There are a whole ton of others, and a bunch of them have shows and big reveals planned. Companies like Ubisoft, CD Projekt Red, Bethesda, and Electronic Arts will be there with projects to show. So...
Bethesda has been letting us peek at its plans for E3 one game at a time. We saw Rage 2 a couple weeks ago, and now Bethesda has announced Fallout 76, the next game set in the Fallout universe. The company hasn’t revealed yet what type of game it is, and the trailer doesn’t tell us much more: We’re presented with a look at a very clean-looking vault setting – Vault 76. The...
Way back around 2010 and 2011, we had this huge glut of competent but entirely-forgettable shooters. Among them was Id Software’s RAGE, a game that paired Mad Max-like sensibilities with Id’s legendary game design. The end product was a solid enough game that never caught on. Now, eight years later, Bethesda is bringing RAGE back. The trailer doesn’t tell us a lot. It tells us,...
Fallout 4 launched way back in Nov. 2015, over a whole year ago, and in that time, it has quickly risen to be the biggest game that the company has ever made. The news comes from Bethesda Marketing Executive Pete Hines in an interview on Kinda Funny Gamescast, and he directly points to the most stunning and improbable fact of all: Fallout 4 is bigger than Skyrim. Fallout 4 has gotta...
Bethesda has formally clarified their position on media reviewing games. The publisher will not offer pre-release review copies to games press. This policy can be applied retroactively to DOOM‘s release in May of this year. Bethesda-published games include DOOM, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Dishonored and Prey. They have more, too, but those are the banner current titles. With the...