"You hear us say it all the time, we call it Doom 2016, and the internet has called it Doom 2016. We go back and forth on whether it was a mistake to call it Doom. I still don’t think it was a mistake, because we really were kind of drawing a new line in the sand. Coming out and saying ‘we’re going to do Doom 2,’ we would have ‘Doom 2: Year of Release Date.

From the frenetic, "push forward" pacing of the combat to the much-coveted glory kill mechanic, all the elements are in place. "More and better" seem to be the keywords that developer id Software kept in mind for DOOM Eternal , and if what's been shown so far is any indication, they were adhered to pretty stringen

While these short sections did break things up, the traversal mechanics that have been added in combat arenas are largely great. Jumping and swinging on a monkey bar to launch yourself into the air only to then drop out of the sky and blast a Cacodemon in the face with your Super Shotgun is extremely satisfy

If there's one thing that I cannot understate about my time playing DOOM Eternal this week it would be that it just feels incredible to play. The shooting, movement, and everything else in between just feel s perfect. Conveying the feel of a game is a hard thing to get across in pieces like this without having actually played it for yourself, but the way everything bleeds into one another in this game is incredi

Competitive multiplayer in Doom 2016 was not developed internally at id Software. That won’t be the case with Doom Eternal as multiplayer is developed by id this time around. Expect additional details in the coming months.

Arguably Microsoft's biggest game, Halo: Infinite , was back at E3 this year, getting a featured spot at the very end of its annual press conference. This year's footage was more story-centric, revealing an unnamed UNSC pilot discovering Master Chief floating in space. After reviving the iconic hero, a mysterious yellow lightning strikes the USNC Pelican, prompting Master Chief to grab a gun and jump out of the ship. For fans wanting more, Microsoft is essentially putting Halo Infinite back on ice until E3 2020 ahead of its holiday 2020 launch on Project Scarl

id’s philosophy extends to the game’s setup. Humanity isn’t all on board with demon’s entering their plane of existence. Some share Olivia Pierce’s love of hell, and the rest want nothing to do with it. It's up to players do discover what happened to humanity between the two games. Also left ambiguous is whether we’ll see angels or Heaven in Doom Eternal. Concept art displayed at Quakecon hinted at the possibility, but the developers aren't saying anything yet.

The physical rewards include a full-sized wearable DOOM Slayer Helmet replica. There is also a playable cassette tape and downloadable codes for digital copies of Mick Gordon’s DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal original soundtracks. The package also contains a DOOM lore book and "Gift of Doometernalplay.com Argent Power" Lithogr

So just how did those development wizards over at id seemingly make DOOM Eternal so much better than what came before it? To me, it's the game's speed. While 2016's DOOM was a fast game already, Eternal ramps things up even further. Enemies fill up the screen in droves much more than the last game and they are much more aggressive. As DOOM taught us a few years ago, the best way to succeed is to be that much more aggressive than your foes, meaning that here in Eternal , you have to be even more proactive and deadly than ever bef

At the beginning of the Square Enix E3 2019 presentation, fans received an extended look at the highly anticipated Final Fantasy 7 Remake . A lengthy trailer also provided another glimpse at the game including the new combat mechanics , boss battles, and previously unrevealed characters like Tifa Lockhart and Sephiroth. Midgar was also featured heavily in the footage, including some sweeping wide shots that seem to hint the city will play a bigger role in the story this time aro

The second of two Smash Bros DLC reveals, this one came at near the end of Nintendo's E3 2019 presentation. It smartly reused King K. Rool's reveal trailer, this time putting the King inside of Donkey Kong's house with Diddy. The trailer played out similarly with the Duck Hunt Dog trolling the group until Banjo and Kazooie finally showed up and revealed their inclusion at long last. For many fans, it was also a cool moment to see King K. Rool, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Banjo, and Kazooie all together once again considering their shared history under the development studio R

It turns out that Bethesda's upcoming **Doom Eternal ** gained an unusual tie to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy when it came to naming the sequel. 2016's Doom reinvented the shooter series from its original roots and brought the demonic world of Slayers to the next-generation of gaming conso

Looking at the history of the series, it makes sense that Doom Eternal be called something other than Doom 2 . Fans of the games will remember that 1993's original was followed by Doom II: Hell on Earth in 1994. Hell on Earth was usually shortened to Doom 2 , so it's easy to see why Stratton and his team wanted to avoid the confus