Microsoft is adding a new category of rewards to its Netflix-style subscription service for games. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks are launching today to give subscribers in-game bonuses in a number of free-to-play and live-service releases. This should give gaming fans in the Xbox ecosystem even more reasons to get and maintain an active subscription to Game Pass.
As part of the first round of Xbox…
Valve is kicking off the Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition tomorrow. This event gives studios a chance to show off their in-progress projects through public, downloadable demos. The Steam Game Festival kicks off at 10 a.m. Pacific on March 18.
As part of the festival…
Call of Duty: Warzone adds solo mode
March 17, 2020
Activision Blizzard announced today that a solo mode has come to its battle royale shooter Call of Duty: Warzone.
Warzone launched a week ago on March 10. In its first four days, the free-to-play game attracted 15 million players. Adding new modes is one way to keep them…
Hello Games’ The Last Campfire is coming to Switch
March 17, 2020
Nintendo revealed during its Indie Showcase today that The Last Campfire from Hello Games is coming to Switch this summer.
Hello Games is the indie studio behind the popular galactic exploration game No Man’s Sky. The Last Campfire may not be as ambitious in scope, but it looks like a lovely action-adventure game with a focus on solving puzzles.
The studio announced The Last Campfire in 2018…
The Nintendo Indie World Showcase for March 2020 happened earlier today. The event gave the company a chance to promote some upcoming Switch games from smaller studios. We’ve gathered up as many announcements and trailers from that presentation as we could. You can find…
Doom Eternal impressions — One of the best shooters, eva
March 17, 2020
Earth is under attack from the legions of Hell. And against all that Hell can conjure, id Software and Bethesda have sent, in the name of protecting Earth from demons, only me.
Yes, I am playing Doom Eternal, as the only GamesBeat employee brave enough to tread back into the…
As Xbox One moves into the end of its life, Microsoft is working to make the system appeal more to families. To that end, the company is launching the Xbox One S Roblox Bundle that includes some in-game bonuses for the popular player-powered game.
The Xbox One S Roblox Bundle is available now for $300 with a 1TB version of the console. It also includes a download code for Roblox, which is a game…
You may remember that I had some trouble figuring out how to maneuver through a scene in id Software’s Doom Eternal, which comes out on the consoles, the PC, and Stadia on March 20.
But never fear, once more into the breach. The second time around, I breezed through the…
Doom Eternal — A double boss fight
March 17, 2020
Doom Eternal is a long game, and when you run into a boss encounter, you think you’re getting close to the end. The problem — or perhaps the good thing about this great first-person shooter — is that there are a lot of these boss fights.
I discovered that with my…
Doom Eternal — my lucky shot at a Cacodemon
March 17, 2020
Doom Eternal has a lot of great moments, and nothing feels better than getting a lucky shot at a demon. I had my chance when I switched from an ineffective plasma gun to a shotgun in this scene.
I jumped down a hole and avoided the gnashing teeth at the bottom with a dash to the side at the last second. Then I got a boost up to the top of a shaft, where a bunch of new enemies awaited…
