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Dev Chat 01 – Doom 64 Composer Aubrey Hodges

In the inaugural episode of Shacknews' Dev Chat series of conversations with game developers, Doom 64 composer Aubrey Hodges discusses his background in music, his experience with Doom, and more. There are two kinds of soundscapes in Doom. One, invented by legendary composer Bobby Prince and carried on by Doom 3 musician Chris Vrenna and Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal rock star Mick Gordon, played to the series' action roots. (Doom 3 was more action-survival horror, but its main motif was very much an evolution from Trent Reznor's and Nine

WWE Raw Will Air Live With No Audience Due To Coronavirus

As the situation surrounding the COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to evolve, WWE is moving forward with its weekly programming, but not in the previously scheduled locations.As with the March 13 episode of Smackdown, the company has announced that the March 16 episode of Raw will broadcast live from the WWE Performance Center. What's more, there will be no studio audience for the show. In a tweeted statement, the company explained, "This Monday night, Raw will air live as regularly scheduled and emanate from WWE’s training facility in Orlando, Florida with only

NBA Shutdown Is Causing Issues For NBA 2K20

Thanks to the coronavirus, the NBA season has been put on hold. While the choice was made in the interest of the player and public health, there's one thing they didn’t consider--how it would affect NBA 2K20.One of the main features of NBA 2K20 is the MyLeague mode, which allows the player to build a career based on the current season and stats of the NBA. While creating a pretty realistic game mode and experience for the player, this requires 2K20 to pull from the official schedule and statistics online

2K Will Start Making NFL Games Again, Challenging EA Sports And The Madden Series

In a big shake-up for the world of sports video games, 2K Games has announced a partnership with the NFL to make football video games, giving EA Sports and the Madden series a new challenger.The multi-year deal will see 2K Sports creating non-simulation football games, which is a key detail to note. EA Sports' Madden NFL series is a simulation-based franchise, and those games will continue to be made alongside the new ones from 2K.2K is not sharing any details on the specific games, who is making them, or when

This Week on Xbox: March 6, 2020

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you can feast your eyes on our weekly video show above. Be sure to come back every Friday to find out what’s happening This Week on Xbox! Expand Your Collection with New Special Edition Xbox Wireless

Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass for Console: NBA 2K20, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and More

My favorite part about being an Xbox Game Pass member is playing games that I haven’t tried yet and enjoying them on day one when they’re released. This week we have both of those and more! (I didn’t say I would be good at these games — there’s some bad basketball in my future). If you haven’t tried Xbox Game Pass yet, now is a great time to try your first month for $1. Let’s jump in! March 5  NBA 2K20 2K continues to redefine what’s possible in sports gaming with