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Tuesday20th Aug 2019
News DOOM Eternal Will Keep You Decimating Demons For Up To 22 Hours
Raze hell
If the original conversion of DOOM for the Nintendo Switch is anything to go by (as well as the Wolfenstein ports that fulfil a similar ideal), then DOOM Eternal should be a seriously saucy romp through Hell and back, and what's more you could be doing so for up to 22 hours. In an interview with QconForums.com, Id Software's Marty...
Wednesday14th Aug 2019
Video DOOM Eternal's 2-v-1 Multiplayer Battlemode Looks Brutally Brilliant
Destroy your friends
Bethesda has released a lengthy trailer which gives us a good, proper look at Battlemode, a new multiplayer option set to be featured in DOOM Eternal. Battlemode is a 2-v-1 multiplayer mode that takes all of the action we know and love from DOOM's single-player content, mixes it up a bit, and fires it into a new, "every bit as...
Tuesday23rd Jul 2019
News This Year's QuakeCon Is Celebrating 25 Years Of DOOM With Two Special Panels
Focusing on the past and present
QuakeCon starts later this week in Dallas, Texas and will run from 25th to 28th July. This year's event is dubbed "QuakeCon: Year of DOOM" and celebrates the 25th anniversary of the hellish series. As part of these celebrations, Bethesda will host two special panels on Friday and Saturday. DOOM Eternal will also...
Saturday13th Jul 2019
News DOOM Eternal's Multiplayer Will Be Equally As Satisfying As The Single-Player Campaign
Have fun, together
Doom Eternal is easily one of the biggest third-party titles coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. While Doom 2016 was predominantly focused on the single-player campaign, this time around the plan is to distribute the fun across both the single-player and multiplayer modes. During an interview with VGC, Doom Eternal's...
Monday10th Jun 2019
Deluxe Edition is confirmed, though
Update: It doesn't look like Switch owners will be getting the fancy Collector's Edition of the game, which comes with a frickin' Doom Guy helmet you can actually wear on your bonce. Boo. Original Story: This just in: DOOM Eternal will be released on the Switch on 22nd November. The game's Creative Director Hugo...
Tuesday19th Mar 2019
News Bethesda Confirms E3 2019 Showcase
"It’s going to be a hell of a night"
After EA announced its press conference would be replaced by multiple live streams at E3 2019, a number of other publishers have been encouraged to reveal their own plans. Bethesda is the latest one, confirming it will be returning to E3 this year to host its annual video game showcase. Here's the rundown from...
Tuesday12th Mar 2019
News Just To Make It Clear, id Software Has No Involvement With Doom: Annihilation
Hell no
At the time of writing, the Doom: Annihilation movie trailer has had more than 350,000 views. So far, more than 8,800 viewers have disliked the 30-second clip, and just under 700 apparently like the look of Hell. Shortly after the trailer went live, a fan reached out to id Software and the official DOOM account on Twitter to see how the...
Monday4th Feb 2019
News id Software And Bethesda Still “Investigating” If Rage 2 Would Be Possible On Switch
Switching it up?
Last year, it was revealed DOOM Eternal – developed by id Software and published by Bethesda – would be released on the Switch in 2019. Not long after this, it was confirmed port specialist Panic Button would be handling the Nintendo release. In an interview around the same time with Variety, id Software studio director Tim...
Sunday6th Jan 2019
News DOOM Eternal Composer Recruiting Heavy Metal Choir For Unspecified Project
It’s probably DOOM
Last year, Bethesda announced DOOM Eternal would be coming to the Nintendo Switch at QuakeCon. Once again, the studio handling the Switch port will be the specialists at Panic Button. The hellish soundtrack for the game is being handled by the returning composer Mick Gordon. In what is quite possibly related news, Gordon is...
Monday10th Dec 2018
News Bethesda Celebrates 25 Years Of DOOM With New Slayers Club, Get Exclusive Content And Rewards
Including a special skin for DOOM Eternal
The first entry in the DOOM series launched on this very day 25 years ago on 10th December 1993, and Bethesda is celebrating the anniversary in style with a new video and a year's worth of exclusive goodies for fans, all wrapped up inside a new Slayers Club program. The video (which you can watch above)...
Monday5th Nov 2018
News Nintendo's System Specs Have Always Been A "Big Barrier" For Bethesda
Until the Switch came along
Not long ago, Bethesda held a panel at PAX Australia 2018 discussing its games and even speaking about relations with certain other companies. At the time, Bethesda's Marketing Executive Pete Hines said Fallout 76 wouldn't be coming to the Switch and it was also briefly mentioned how the MMO
Sunday26th Aug 2018
News Bethesda's Pete Hines Says Switch Game Releases Have Been A Huge Success
Strong support will continue
There's no hiding the fact Bethesda are big fans of the Nintendo Switch. Since the launch of the system, we've seen the company release Skyrim and bring across DOOM and Wolfenstein as well. In an
Wednesday15th Aug 2018
News DOOM Eternal's Protagonist Is Faster And More Powerful Than Ever Before
Unleash the demon inside
Based on the extended trailer shown at this year’s QuakeCon, DOOM Eternal looks to be the most intense entry in the series so far. In an interview with Gamereactor, the creative director Hugo Martin said this was primarily because the team had worked on making the game's hero faster and more powerful than ever before:...
Monday13th Aug 2018
News DOOM Eternal On Switch Will Target 30fps
"No sacrifice to the experience"
Following the reveal of DOOM Eternal, more information regarding the Switch version of the game has begun to emerge. Eurogamer had the chance to sit down with the game's executive producer Marty Stratton and the creative director Hugo Ma
Sunday12th Aug 2018
News DOOM Eternal's PvP Component Won't Be An Extension Of Existing Multiplayer Mode
Internally developed as well
At QuakeCon, Bethesda announced DOOM Eternal was coming to the Nintendo Switch at some point in the future. The game will be handled by port specialist Panic Button and will include a new "Invasion Mode" where players can enter other player’s campaign runs. It's no surprise the game will also include other...
News id Software Evaluating If Rage 2 Would Be Possible On Switch
“We stream everything, and we’re just looking”
This year’s QuakeCon revealed DOOM Eternal - developed by id Software and published by Bethesda - would be coming to the Switch in the near future, with port specialist Panic Button officially handling the Nintendo version of the game. During an interview with
Friday10th Aug 2018
News DOOM Eternal Will Raise Hell On Nintendo Switch
To hell, and back
Bethesda has announced that DOOM Eternal is coming to the Nintendo Switch, with Panic Button - the studio that ported DOOM and Wolfenstein II - handling conversion duties. The news came at this year's QuakeCon, with the publisher confirming a Nintendo version alongside the PS4, Xbox One and PC editions of the game...
