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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 coming back. At launch, Warzone only supported squads of three players. Now, you can fight by yourself. While playing on a…
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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…
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Nintendo Indie World March 2020: All trailers and announcements

March 17, 2020
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

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 jungles of social media. I am the lone savior of our planet, which on March 20 will be overrun with everything from…
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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 encounter with the Doom Hunter, who is after my body. This is a part demon, part machine that you encounter after numerous hours…
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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…
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Doom Eternal — one of my favorite firefights in the game

March 17, 2020
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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Doom Eternal — the opening fight scenes turn you into a demon slayer

March 17, 2020
The game designers at id Software throw you into the fire early on with Doom Eternal. You can see that in this video of my gameplay of the first 21 minutes or so of Bethesda’s big game, which debuts on March 20 on the consoles, Stadia, and the PC. You have to learn how to get competent with a shotgun early, and you learn the leveling system for improving your weapons, your firing modes, and how…
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