A brief summary of COGconnected's monthly reviews, featuring the highest and lowest ranked games from May 2025.

John Linneman interviews id Software's director of engine technology Billy Khan about the tech of Doom: The Dark Ages.

Doom’s gameplay doesn’t stay stagnant. Where 2016 was a mostly grounded experience with a little movement tech thrown in, Eternal innovated ... playing on the base PS5, especially in the ...

The Dark Ages on Xbox Series X, unleash your inner warrior as you navigate through intense battles (Photo by Ahmad Abualkas) ...

The addition of the shield helps the gameplay feel entirely fresh, with the parry system and melee combat helping it differentiate itself from Doom Eternal ... of the best PS5 shooters ever ...

In broad strokes, this is a strong technical success but how well does the game play out across PS5 ... Doom Eternal, with titanic mech sections, wide-open dragon combat, and larger on-foot ...

Something else Doom: The Dark Ages does to differentiate itself from its predecessors is mix up the kind of levels you play ...

Sign into your PSN account on PS5 Find Doom Eternal in the PlayStation Store or find the game hub in your game library Open the Doom Eternal game hub and find the upgrade offer Select Download or ...

A shield is introduced very early on in Doom: The Dark Ages. Enemies will throw out attacks that glow green, meaning they can be parried, which you will soon realise is the central mechanic of the ...

PlayStation 5 players venturing into the dark and violent universe of Doom: The Dark Ages might experience their gameplay suddenly cut short by surprise crashes.

And that’s about as much story as the trailer wants to give us before going right into the meat of things: the gameplay ... Doom: The Dark Ages will tone down the high mobility of Eternal ...

More than five years after Doom Eternal, we’re once again ready to ... Doom: The Dark Ages will be released on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5. Of course, since Bethesda is part of Xbox Game ...