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Doom Eternal Doesn’t Have Deathmatch Because It Doesn’t Feel Like Doom Anymore

Doom Eternal, which releases on March 20, will not have a traditional deathmatch mode, and is instead shipping with its own unique twist on multiplayer: Battle Mode. Deathmatch was the most maligned part of Doom 2016, but since the original 1993 Doom essentially created the mode, some might wonder why the latest game in the series would abandon it.Now, in an interview with Shacknews, Bethesda VP of public relations Pete Hines has explained why Doom Eternal has done away with deathmatch. Hines gave a decisive answer when asked if he

Doom Eternal Doesn’t Have Deathmatch Because The Mode Doesn’t Feel Like Doom Anymore

Doom Eternal, which releases on March 20, will not have a traditional deathmatch mode, and is instead shipping with its own unique twist on multiplayer: Battle Mode. Deathmatch was the most maligned part of Doom 2016, but since the original 1993 Doom essentially created the mode, some might wonder why the latest game in the series would abandon it.Now, in an interview with Shacknews, Bethesda VP of public relations Pete Hines has explained why Doom Eternal has done away with deathmatch. Hines gave a decisive answer when asked if he

Best iPhone Game Updates: ‘Dandara’, ‘Mario Kart Tour’, ‘Teppen’, ‘AFK Arena’, and More

TouchArcade Rating:Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. Lots of good stuff to check out this time around, friends. We’ve got a fine mix of big names and small, the usual suspects and new faces, all assembled for your reading pleasure. Of course, you can keep an eye out for updates yourself using AppShopper or by participating in the TouchArcade forums. This weekly summary is just here to fill you in on the

You Can Help Create A Coronavirus Vaccine By Playing This Game

COVID-19, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus, is an ongoing global outbreak that has affected over 97 countries and territories. Declared as a public health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO), there is currently no vaccine to completely stop this global epidemic. However, a team of researchers at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle have come up with an unusual technique to combat the COVID-19 virus outbreak: video games, providing a glimmer of hope in this gloom and doom time.  Foldit, the crowdsourcing online puzzle video game that was launched

Free Steam Game Available Now–But Only For A Short Time

It's a great weekend to try out some new games for free--some huge titles, like Rainbow Six Siege and Mortal Kombat 11, are both free to play for a few days. But for Steam users, there's another game you can check out for free this weekend, and this one is yours to keep.Normally listed at $15, The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day is free to claim on Steam now until Monday, March 9. The story-driven adventure game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans have disappeared and been replaced by

What Made VR Gaming Highly Popular

The ecosystem of digital game development is all about using the latest technologies to attract and engage gamers all over the world. Games, as one of the prime sources of entertainment, could be more prominent by becoming more interactive and immersive. Technologies like VR are being used widely to make games distinctive and entertaining so that both avid and casual gamers can enjoy their favorite games irrespective of time and place.In fact, with the introduction of virtual reality in the game development industry, the revenue earned has gone up considerably.

Insert coin: Level up your player support experience

If you’re wondering if I’m a gamer, I’m not.I don’t play video games every day, I don’t crowd my mobile phone with gaming apps, belong to any gaming community, I’m not even that good at them! However, from time to time, I do play a game or two. I’ll get excited and even start screaming to the lifeless screen in front of me — and that’s when my inner gamer, dormant most of the time, comes out to play.For this reason, going to Gamescom 2018 was an entirely new experience

P.S.: I love you. When gamers break up with you.

Quick disclaimer: I am not a gamer.But there was this one time, a few years ago, when I came home to find a borrowed PlayStation with a Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas case right next to it in the living room. It was my girlfriend who had left it there.She had been playing it all afternoon and as soon as I got home she told me all about her plan. The idea was for us to spend a different kind of weekend together, just the two of us, playing GTA.Little

How Artificial Intelligence is changing the gaming industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) in gaming isn’t a recent innovation. As early as 1949, mathematician and cryptographer Claude Shannon pondered a one-player chess game, in which humans would compete against a computer.Indeed, gaming has been a key engine of AI, and a proving ground for the simulations, constructed environments and tests of realism that are the foundation of virtual experiences.AI for the gaming experienceIn 1989’s Sim City, for example, players controlled complex simulations, and rudimentary gaming AI was deployed to simulate something close to realism – i.e. deeply human characteristics like unpredictability.