My Little Hell-ny After a delay,Doom Eternalis nearly here, and it looks pretty crazy. I’m just talking in terms of the expanded scale and some of the newer enemies that developer id Software has shown off, and that’s to say nothing of the newly revealed customization options, which are arguably more out there. Publisher Bethesda has revealed the extent to which you can customize your Doom Slayer hero, and it looks pretty comprehensive....

We all knewWii Partywas coming and that it would be a collection of mini-games, but what we didn’t know was that… ummm… actually I think we pretty much got it there. However, Nintendo showed it off at their press conference and gave a few more details that might be there. The upcoming game will have 13 party games and 70 different mini-games. The trailer showed off a bomb passing game and a game called “Balance Boat” along with a plethora of other mini-games that you chortle at now, but you’ll be playing and having fun with when it launches....

The Slow it Down Evolution is now live inEA FC 25, and you’re able to upgrade one of your lower rated cards for free. This evolution offers some amazing upgrades to base stats, along with the introductions of new playstyles. While the evolution can include a wide set of cards, there are certain requirements which determine which items can be used. EA FC 25 Slow it Down Evolution requirements Here are the requirements of the Slow it Down Evolution inEA FC 25....

Jeez, that reference was a stretch Nintendo has released a new trailer allowingFire Emblem Heroesfans the chance to check out two new characters, along with a new paralogue story, headed to the mobile battle adventure tomorrow. The new update will see Ylgr, the dinkiest member of the prestigious Nifl family. Ylgr will be rocking ice, seeing as her homeland of Nifl is encased in the stuff. On the hotter side of things, fire will be represented by the mighty Surtr, overlord of the flaming kingdom of Muspell, and antagonist ofFire Emblem Heroes Book II....

Check out the Brink developer’s latest flavor Splash Damage has shared some early pre-alpha footage of its upcoming PC multiplayer shooter,Dirty Bomb. Check out the gunfire and explosions blanketing London in the video above. What do you reckon? Looks fairly inoffensive to me. Nothing truly outstanding so far, but hardly bad. As a fan ofBrink, I’m hoping it’ll be a pretty cool game, especially with the war-torn London aesthetic providing something a little more interesting....

Fortnite’sfirst-everStar Warsseason is here, and it’s brought with it plenty of exciting changes all around the island. There’s a lot to explore, so you may want to review the patch notes to learn about everything you can find and experience. Since the island is quite vast, it can be tricky to uncover everything new when a fresh season begins. It’s a lot easier to know what you’re looking for when you’re already familiar with all of the new content....

Smart move A 100-person battle royale needs a thriving playerbase to work well (and stand a chanceagainstPUBG). Epic Games has made the timely call to setFortnite‘s still-fairly-newBattle Royalemode free — it’ll be available standalone on PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One starting next Tuesday, September 26. There is “no catch,” according to Epic. “Fortnite Battle Royaleis free and we will not sell items that give a competitive advantage. At some point in the future we will sell other things including cosmetics or compendium-like content....

Jane McGonigal, who easily sheds the “developers all live in caves and are (rightly) terrified of their own ghastly visages” image that the industry has harbored for so long, spoke earlier today about collaborative games, and the effect they will theoretically have on the world as we know it. She was one of the main people behind thatHalo 2advergameI Love Bees, that became a huge phenomenon a few years back, and she postulates that Collective Intelligence, the confluence of huge groups of people via a digital medium in order to play games and solve problems, can be developed through such games, and used to predict and shape the future....

“We have an audacious plan for the the next two years to continueGOG.com‘s success story, and that depends on three things,” states managing director Guillaume Rambourg. Step one is pursuing newer games in 2012, while still continuing to build up a library of classics. “Of course, these new titles will have to come at a new, higher price point, but our key focus will always be on the same core values that have made GOG....

I love all the old retro appeal of my original Atari controllers, but I tell you what, you tell me I can play with a grenade controller instead and those old things would get retired for a while. I mean, it’s a GRENADE. It’s even called The Terminator. How badass does one’s gaming experience get? We spotted these over atCrunchGeartoday. Made in Denmark, they were posted on the Flickr page of a user namedKlonoaxerowho says he picked up from a friend....

Pint-size troublemaker We all loveHades,right? Of course we do, we’re notmonsters.But I’m sure you’d agree that for such a cool-looking, stylish game, packed with the hottest cast this side of Asphodel, there is ashockinglack of available merch — Where the hell is my plush Artemis? Still, Good Smile Company is trying to get the boulder rolling, opening pre-orders on a new Nendoroid of Hades’ swoonsville protagonist, Zagreus. As is typical of the Nendoroid line, the trouble-causing Prince of the Underworld stands a dinky four-inches high, and will also come complete with a selection of fun accessories — including a Bloodstone cast, his trusty Blade of Stygius, his Captain America-esque Shield of Aegis, and a little bottle of nectar to offer Dusa, Than, Nyx, or Good Boy Cerbereus....

I think… OnceThe Witnesshas its hooks in you, itreallyhas its hooks in you. Chances are, there’s no turning back. There is only playing, dreaming, and day-dreaming. Everything is aWitnesspuzzle waiting to happen, as I realized when Idrove past Domino’s. Me? I’m having conversations about it with no fewer than seven different people every day. Around here, Chris, Jordan, Ben, Patrick, and Zack have all fallen under the game’s spell. It’s fascinating to hear them recount their progress and revelations....

When thecollector’s editionforThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimwas announced, PC gamers got themselves in a bit of a tizzy because the box art revealed the dreaded Games for Windows logo. Those gamers can breathe a collective sigh of relief, as it’s been revealed Skyrim won’t require LIVE. Games for Windows LIVE is almost universally despised among PC gamers because it is garbage. AlthoughSkyrimwill fly the flag of Games for Windows, the “LIVE” part won’t be needed, which is terrific news for all and sundry....