Category: Video Games

If you’re looking to slay demons in Doom: The Dark Ages, add the best of the Doom and Wolfenstein franchises to your library, and make a difference in the world by donating to Direct Relief, the brand-new id & Friends Humble Bundle is the one collection you’ve been waiting for.

This id & Friends Humble Bundle, which boasts a $194 value and will stick around until April 13, allows you to pay what you want and get rewarded for doing so. We’ll detail the three different options below, but we’ll start by highlighting the 11-item bundle that gets you a 10% coupon off Doom: The Dark Ages and its Premium Edition.

For those unfamiliar, Doom: The Dark Ages is set to be released on May 15, 2025, and serves as a prequel to 2016’s Doom and Doom Eternal that sends the Doom Slayer into the dark and sinister medieval war against Hell. We’ve already had the chance to get our hands on Doom: The Dark Ages, and we said “every aspect of it looked and felt incredible.”

So, by paying at least $28 to the id & Friends Humble Bundle, you’ll unlock that 10% discount for Doom: The Dark Ages and its Premium Edition alongside the following;

• Doom Eternal
• Doom Eternal Year One Pass
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
• Doom (2016)
• Doom + Doom II
• Wolfenstein: The New Order
• Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
• Doom 3
• Doom 64

If you don’t need the coupon or aren’t ready to jump into the Doom Slayer’s latest adventure, there are other options as well! By donating at least $12, you’ll unlock the following;

• Doom (2016)
• Doom + Doom II
• Wolfenstein: The New Order
• Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
• Doom 3
• Doom 64

Lastly, those who just want to donate a $5 to make a difference can do so and add Doom 3 and Doom 64 to their library.

The id & Friends Humble Bundle is all about choice and rewarding you for helping out Direct Relief, and yes, you’ll be able to redeem these codes on Steam and play the games on Windows PCs. And as we mentioned, the bundle will be available until April 13, so be sure to jump on it if you’re ready to rip and tear your way into some fantasic games.

For more, check out why we think Doom is having its moment with The Dark Ages and what we thought about the game during our first preview back in January 2025.

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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in games has been discussed more and more lately. NieR series director Yoko Taro has weighed in too, expressing concern that it could lead to game creators losing jobs to AI.

In a recent interview at Famitsu, as translated by Automaton, several Japanese game developers known for narrative and storytelling discussed their approach to game creation. Alongside Yoko Taro, there was also Kotaro Uchikoshi (Zero Escape, AI: The Somnium Files), Kazutaka Kodaka (Danganronpa), and Jiro Ishii (428: Shibuya Scramble).

During the interview, the group was asked what the future of adventure games might be, and both Yoko and Uchikoshi discussed AI.

“There’s a lot of new games I want to create, but with AI technology evolving at such a high speed, I fear that there is a possibility that AI-generated adventure games will become mainstream,” said Uchikoshi. He went on to note that current AI struggles to achieve “outstanding writing” comparable to human creativity, and that maintaining the “human touch” would be crucial to staying ahead of the tech. Yoko, though, also expressed concerns.

“I, too, believe that game creators may lose their jobs because of AI,” said Yoko. “There’s a chance that in 50 years, game creators will be treated like bards.”

When it came to whether they thought AI could imitate the worlds and stories, including the twists and turns, of their works, Yoko and Ishii agreed. Kodaka, however, said that even if AI could imitate their work and styles, it wouldn’t be able to behave like a creator. He drew comparisons to David Lynch, and how creators could write a scenario in Lynch’s style, but Lynch could then change up his own style while still making it feel authentic and Lynchian.

While Yoko posed the idea of using AI to generate new scenarios, like a route in an adventure game, Kodaka noted how this personalized nature would lead to games being less of a shared experience.

Notable creators have been weighing in with their thoughts on AI, large language models, and other generative systems for a while now. Some have even been experimenting with it, including Capcom and Activision. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently said generative AI can be used in “creative ways,” but it would also raise issues with intellectual property rights. Microsoft and PlayStation have also weighed in on the topic.

Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone have a new premium emote that lets you hide in a cardboard box — and of course players are abusing it.

Call of Duty has seen its fair share of microtransactions dubbed pay-to-win by the community. The infamous Roze skin, which was incredibly hard to see, ended up being changed for battle royale Warzone. The developers of Call of Duty recently ended up changing a Terminator skin for similar reasons. But this cardboard box emote may be the most pay-to-win of them all.

It’s part of the premium 2,400 COD Points Cardboard Commando bundle, which turns your soldier and weapons into cardboard. Fun at first glance, and certainly in-keeping with Call of Duty’s penchant for goofy skins. But it’s the Surprise Gift emote included in the bundle that has raised more than a few eyebrows within the Call of Duty community.

A former PlayStation narrative director is petitioning the creators of the Until Dawn movie to credit the game’s writers in the film.

As spotted by Eurogamer, Kim MacAskill’s petition is “calling upon Sony, a leader in the gaming world, to set a precedent for change by revising the Until Dawn credits” by “asking for them to revise their approach to IP crediting, particularly in transmedia adaptations.”

“I’ve just left Until Dawn where the film director, writers, etc, were all credited, but instead of [Sony] mentioning the leading game dev(s) who created this ICONIC game you’re clearly proud of, [Sony] just wrapped it as ‘based on the Sony game’,” MacAskill wrote.

“They spent years breaking their brains to make something incredible, and the world DESERVES to know their names… instead… No credit. No thanks. No honor.”

MacAskill went into more detail on a LinkedIn post, asking what the difference was between HBO’s adaptation of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us — which credits both the studio itself and Neil Druckmann as both writer and director — and the Until Dawn movie.

The director said Sony execs “firmly told” her that “the IP I personally created would NEVER be credited to me as I was salaried (no royalties, no control, no ownership, no acknowledgement)”, addressing Sony directly with: “I am struggling with the difference between Neil Druckmann’s favor and that of others in your company.”

The creative director said that when she enquired about the rights to the intellectual property she created while working for Sony, a company rep told her the megacorp “understood” her position but “this is not something that [Sony] can do,” and that it was “nothing personal” — “this is not specifically for you, but this is completely firm-wide.”

“All I wanted was to be credited and to potentially have enough ownership for adaptation,” she added.

“I am asking for [Sony] to revise their approach to IP crediting, particularly in transmedia adaptations,” the director wrote on the petition. “Providing an executive producer credit or acknowledgment equivalent would honor those creators whose visions and passion have given birth to these incredible stories and design, proving transformational in the entertainment landscape.

“Let’s advocate not only for the Until Dawn creators but for the integrity of the industry. By ensuring that creative voices are properly recognized, we can continue to inspire future generations of creators who dare to dream beyond current constraints. Sign this petition to urge Sony… and stand with all game creators… demanding well-deserved recognition in transmedia narratives.”

In related news, we reported earlier today that it appears one of the PlayStation Plus games for May 2025 will be Until Dawn Remastered. It could be a means of promoting the new Until Dawn movie, which released just ahead of the weekend. It didn’t particularly impress us; we awarded it 5/10, writing in IGN’s Until Dawn movie review: “Until Dawn is more disappointing than deadly, leaving all the promise of the horror game behind for a jumble of horror-movie re-creations.”

Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.