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A high fidelity mobile Elder Scrolls and a multiplayer survival Fallout aren't the games the fanbase wants, but they could win the series a new audience
Read More »Bethesda’s E3 conference shows a company willing to reinvent its big franchises
Bethesda Game Studios launches first new franchise in 25 years: Starfield
Not much is known about the anticipated title, but it is a single player RPG
Read More »Exclusive: Bethesda appoints Think Jam as PR agency
Think Jam are on a publicity retainer for software giant
Read More »How Brink’s parkour changed FPS games forever
Aubrey Hesselgren, a technical designer on Brink, talks about overcoming the six foot jump problem, and making parkour feel right
Read More »Bethesda announces Roy Campbell as new UK managing director
Campbell has been consulting for Bethesda for the past year
Read More »Bethesda, Konami and Nintendo won’t play with new European digital charts
Chart rolls out of beta in France and is coming to UK in early 2019
Read More »Doom VFR is now working on Rift, but without official support
Oculus Rift owners were temporarily left out in the cold following last week’s launch of Doom VFR. The VR shooter was only ever pitched as being for HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, but with so much cross-compatibility in modern VR, Rift owners fancied their chances. As it happened, however, the …
Read More »Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – What’s Old is New
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the latest in a twenty five year old franchise which has watched countless other FPS IPs rise and fall over the years. Jem Alexander talks to Arcade Berg, senior game designer at MachineGames to find out how shooter design is evolving
Read More »Wolfenstein 2’s ‘Punch a Nazi’ marketing campaign is ‘a healthy avenue to vent frustration’ says Bethesda
Bethesda has opened up about its recent marketing campaign for its upcoming shooter Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Launched on Twitter over the weekend, the short video showed an in-game Nazi being punched in the face with the slogan, ‘If you are a Nazi, GTFO’ in huge letters either side …
Read More »Nintendo unveils Mario Switch bundle, plus Doom and Wolfenstein II
Nintendo unveiled a swathe of new Switch and 3DS titles last night, including a brand new Super Mario Odyssey-themed Switch hardware bundle and the news that Bethesda’s critically acclaimed Doom (2016) and upcoming Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus titles will also be heading to Switch over the next year. Doom …
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