Wolfenstein: The New Order marches in May with a Doom beta in tow

By Adam Rosenberg Published April 24, 2023

Check out our full written Wolfenstein: The New Order review.

MachineGames’ steampunk-ified revival shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order is set to launch in North America on May 20, 2014, publisher Bethesda Softworks confirms. A launch in Europe will follow on May 23, 2014. The game, which sends series protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz into an alt-reality 1960 where the Nazis and their steam-powered machines won World War II, is coming to PC, as well as PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

Recommended Videos

Those that pre-order the game will score beta access to Doom. No, we don’t know what that is. All Bethesda will say is that the beta’s for the next Doom game from id Software. Soooooo… new Doom confirmed! And you can get into the beta, whenever it launches, by pre-ordering Wolfenstein! You’ll find more details about the pre-order bonus on the official website.

While we can’t tell you anything more about Doom, we can share this newly released Wolfenstein trailer, which offers an extended look at some gameplay. You get not one but two separate moments in which a knife is shoved into someone’s throat. Don’t be sad. It’s really okay. The stabbing victims are Nazis. Those guys exist in video games to be abused. Just wait until you see how the trailer ends….

Former Gaming/Movies Editor

Previously, Adam worked in the games press as a freelance writer and critic for a range of outlets, including Digital Trends…

Topics

Action Games

Gaming

You don’t need a Switch to play Mario Kart. This YouTube video somehow lets you join the race.

Someone smuggled Rainbow Road into YouTube, and it kind of works

Electronics, Phone, Mobile Phone

A pair of creators has found a way to make YouTube more than just a video streaming experience. You can now play Mario Kart inside it. Atlas Arcade and Animated Subtitles have created a fan-made interactive video that lets desktop users drive through Rainbow Road using keyboard controls.

It lasts just over a minute and offers a stripped-down version of the familiar kart-racing experience, yet the technical trickery behind it is far more interesting than its size suggests. This is not an official Nintendo release or a complete browser port of Mario Kart. It is a YouTube video twisted into behaving like a game, and that may be even cooler.

Gaming

Xbox spins off four studios, including Senua-maker Ninja Theory, as mass layoffs begin

Thankfully, these cuts won't lead to cancellation of any publicly announced first-party games or projects.

Project Helix Xbox Asha Sharma Featured

Microsoft's Xbox division has kick-started a big reset today, a move it has been hinting at for weeks. The company has announced layoffs covering approximately 3,200 roles throughout 2027, of which nearly half of the roles are being terminated starting today. Additionally, the gaming arm is letting go of four studios, including Ninja Theory, which developed the smash hit Senua series of games. Notably, the company assures that none of the first-party games that have already been announced will be affected or cancelled.

What's happening?

Gaming

Google executive ports Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour to iPhone and Mac using Claude

A classic PC RTS is now running natively on iPhone, and Claude helped make it happen

Computer, Electronics, Animal

AI-powered game development has recently been blamed for flooding app stores with low-effort mobile games, but every now and then, the technology produces a far more interesting result. Google lead product and design executive Ammar Reshi says he used Fable 5 to port Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour to the iPhone and iPad.

This is not an emulator or a cloud-streamed version. According to Reshi’s GitHub page, the actual 2003 game engine has been compiled natively for ARM64 and runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The project uses EA’s GPL source release and builds on existing community work, while adding the iOS and iPadOS port.