The cat is out of the bag. Doom: The Dark Ages will launch on May 15, 2025, and it’ll be the third ‘nu-Doom’ game from esteemed developer id Software. But this game, which is confusingly a prequel to the instant classic Doom (2016), will eschew a trend established both by the first game in the […]
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There’s a very significant through-line between the three newest Doom games (which we collectively sometimes refer to as ‘nu-Doom’). His name is Hugo Martin; a games industry veteran who was also a key player in the art department during the creation of Pacific Rim (2013). Read more
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has just rocked up at today’s Xbox Developer Direct, offering us another look at its very Final Fantasy vibes-filled adventure about stopping an artist in Belle Époque France from doing some painting. It’s also now locked in a concrete release date of April 24, 2025. Read more
This is not a drill. ANinja Gaiden 2 remake has just been announced at the Xbox 2025 direct, and it’s available to play on PC and Xbox consoles right now! Read more
Microsoft promised to bring us a deeper look at South of Midnight during its January 2025 Xbox Developer Direct, and the publisher has delivered. The stylish action game’s segment was a highlight, and it even came with a release date on PC and Xbox. Read more
The identity of the mystery game being revealed on today’s Xbox Developer Direct has been the subject of much speculation. While most agreed it would come from a Japanese studio, very few actually managed to guess what it could be. Read more
Have you ever heard about chemical memory? It’s the phenomenon whereby RNA, or ribonucleic acid, can apparently transfer rudimentary memories between living things. A controversial experiment undertaken at UCLA found that taking RNA from one slug and injecting it into another resulted in the latter creature ‘remembering’ the experiences of the first. You can read […]
Last year, a bunch of studios that revealed themselves to be developing not quite Disco Elysium successors, and soon we learned that they’d all brushed shoulders with each other in a bunch of ways – some of which were controversial or bizarre – prior to making those announcements. Read more
There are plenty of ways of making games more immersive, if that’s what you’re into. You can head into the options menu and turn off the HUD. You can elect to play on ‘realistic’ modes that have you die from one bullet wound. You can toggle cinematic cameras when wandering around towns, or riding your […]
The 2025 Oscar nominations have finally been unveiled, with Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and The Brutalist set as frontrunners, and crowd-pleasers like The Substance and Dune: Part Two also landing some solid hits. Read more