Wolfenstein II, Echo lead Nordic Game Awards 2018 finalists

MachineGames’ Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Danish studio Ultra Ultra’s Echo show the range of blockbusters and indies earning nominations from the Nordic Game Awards. The event has revealed its list of finalists, and it will announce the winners during the Nordic Game Conference from May 23 to May 25 Malmö, Sweden. It’s th…Read More

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus DLC rolls out between now and March

The fight against Nazi America doesn’t end by the time you see the credits in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. The dark middle chapter also gives you plenty of ways to keep fighting as well, and that includes The Freedom Chronicles downloadable content. Publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer Machine Games have already launched Episode Zero […]

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus review: A few bumps on the road to epic combat

Enlarge / BJ is a wanted man in Nazi-overrun America for some reason. Probably because he has killed thousands of Nazis. (credit: Bethesda) Wolfenstein: The New Order pulled off a pretty neat trick in 2014. Spiritually, the shooting-game surprise felt like a lost gem from the late ’90s era of first-person, single-player shooters, yet it had all the bombast […]

Nazis aren’t Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus’s worst villains

In video games, you kill Nazis. That’s what we do. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (read my review) doesn’t try to disrupt or examine this. The latest shooter from developer Machine Games treats Nazis like zombies, aliens, or robots — or the same way games have always treated Nazis. But Machine Games uses our history with Nazis […]

There’s a New Mario Game Out This Week (and Assassin’s Creed, and Wolfenstein), But Fall Ain’t What It Used to Be

The holidays used to feel like a deluge of new games—now it’s just a shallow sea of annualized sure-thing sequels. https://media.wired.com/photos/59ee3ee1c2c41472a6d3e56d/master/pass/Wolfenstein-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest

What’s on TV: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Wolfenstein’ and ‘Mario’

This week the World Series gets rolling, but we’re just killing time until Friday morning when the Stranger Things season two binge begins. For gamers, the big question will be what they want to play first, as Destiny 2 makes its PC debut before Super Mario Odyssey, Assassins Creed Origins and Wolfenstein II: The New […]

‘NOT MY AMERICA’: Video game maker releases powerful ad for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Bethesda Softworks/YouTube Video-game publisher Bethesda Softworks tapped into the contentious political climate in the US to produce a powerful advertisement for its upcoming first-person shooter, “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.” As armored soldiers march across a street lined with Nazi flags, a simple, yet bold message flashes across the screen: “NOT MY AMERICA.” “Make America […]

Nintendo Switch games news: Doom, Wolfenstein 2 and Skyrim updates

Nintendo Switch games fans can look forward to some big launches from Bethesda in 2017 and 2018. The Nintendo Direct event yesterday has provided some big news on what new projects are coming to the hybrid console. Doom for Nintendo Switch was one of the more eye-catching announcements, with Bethesda revealing that the popular shooter […]

Nintendo Switch lands Doom and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Enlarge Bethesda, one of the first third-party publishers to pledge support for Nintendo’s fledgling hybrid console with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has committed two new games to the Nintendo Switch via a Nintendo Direct: the lighting-fast shooter Doom, and the upcoming Nazi-blasting fun-fest that is Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Doom launches “this winter,” […]