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Hello Games’ The Last Campfire is coming to Switch

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…
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Nintendo Indie World March 2020: All trailers and announcements

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…
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Doom Eternal impressions — One of the best shooters, eva

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…
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Xbox One S Roblox Bundle launches for $300 in an appeal to families

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…
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Doom Eternal — A double boss fight

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…
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Doom Eternal — my lucky shot at a Cacodemon

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…
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Doom Eternal — one of my favorite firefights in the game

Never stop moving. Aggression solves every problem. That’s the mantra of the game designers for Doom Eternal. You can’t hide out in one place in this single-player first-person shooter, because the enemies will just spawn right on top of you. A good example of this is…
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Nintendo will show off Switch indie games on March 17

Nintendo announced that it will host an Indie World broadcast at 10 a.m. Pacific on March 17. You can watch it here. In the past, these video presentations have coincided with the Game Developers Conference. But even with that event cancelled this year (it would’ve started today in San Francisco), Indie World will go on. The show will be 20 minutes long. Switch has become a hotbed for indies…
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