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The embargo for DOOM: The Dark Ages has officially lifted, giving us a look at the new blood-soaked DOOM game by Bethesda and id Software. Below are a selection of 4K screenshots to show off its glory.

I was lucky enough to snag an early copy of DOOM: The Dark Ages and have been diving into the action for the past couple of days. What can I say about it? Well, it's exactly what you would expect if you are a DOOM fan. It's adrenaline-pumping, fast-paced, glorious, graphically impressive, and, of course, an absolute slaughter. I haven't come across a game that makes you feel more like a badass than DOOM, as both the good guys and the bad guys (demons) fear the Slayer - and for good reason.

Taking control of an unstoppable force such as the Slayer and being pitted against the armies of Hell as the only savior is an undeniably enticing premise. It's you versus them. Equipped with a variety of weapons, and this time around, a shield that works like Thor's hammer, which eventually gets upgraded with blades, players will feel like a force to be reckoned with. DOOM: The Dark Ages releases on PS5, Xbox, and PC on May 15. Check out some of the action below in the screenshots, and if you are interested in some Mech gameplay or the opening cinematic, they are both linked below.

Mafia: The Old Country is set to arrive on August 8 and we've just been treated to the PC hardware requirements.

Check out the specs your gaming PC will need below, as shared via the game's Steam page (hat tip to Wccftech). Overall, it's not too demanding, except for recommending that you have 32GB of system RAM.

Of course, recommending 32GB of RAM is becoming more commonplace in PC gaming these days, and the minimum spec still lets you get away with 16GB. (Which really is the bare minimum for contemporary gaming - when it comes to a new rig, everyone should be shooting for 32GB in terms of future-proofing at this point).

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.5.1 is here, and if you're a Radeon gamer planning on picking up DOOM: The Dark Ages, make sure you update as it adds day one support for the highly anticipated game. This is also a big one for RDNA 4 owners with a Radeon RX 9070 or Radeon RX 9070 XT, as FSR 4 support has also been added to seven new games.

Alongside DOOM: The Dark Ages, which launches next week, the latest driver for Radeon graphics adds support for F1 25, the latest annual entry in Codemasters and EA's Formula 1 racing series, due to arrive at the end of the month.

Titles getting FSR 4 support, AMD's latest AI-powered version of FSR exclusive to the Radeon RX 9000 Series, include some major titles like Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut, Frostpunk 2, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, and The Finals. FSR 4 significantly improves over FSR 3.1 and rivals DLSS 3 regarding image quality.

Mafia, Mafia: Definitive Edition, Mafia II, and Mafia III are now all playable on GeForce NOW, NVIDIA's streaming service, where you can game on a cloud-based GeForce RTX 4080. This announcement arrives alongside the latest gameplay trailer for Mafia: The Old Country, which is set to launch on April 8, 2025, on PC (Steam). As part of the big mafioso library of games coming to GeForce NOW, Mafia: The Old Country is set to arrive on the service on day one.

This is a cool addition because it includes over two decades of games in a long-running series, with the original Mafia dating back to 2002. To put that into context, this is the year when Microsoft pushed its brand-new Windows XP operating system while most of us were still running Windows 98. It's also the year of the GeForce 4 series of graphics cards. For its time, the original Mafia was considered one of the most visually impressive games ever made, thanks to its digital recreation of a bustling fictional New York-inspired Empire Bay set in the 1930s.

Mafia: Definitive Edition, which was released in 2020, is an impressive, built-from-the-ground-up faithful remake of the original Mafia, so it's great to see both versions of the game supported on GeForce NOW.

Although Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed to May 26, 2026, the next entry in publisher 2K's other organized crime series is set to launch on August 8, 2025. Alongside the release date announcement for Mafia: The Old Country, which is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, a new gameplay trailer showcases its "focused, linear" cinematic action.

The latest entry in the popular and long-running Mafia series is set in 1900s Sicily. Players take on the role of Enzo Favara as he "works his way up Don Torrisi's crime family." The trailer showcases several cinematic and gameplay elements snippets, including sections where Enzo is on horseback, driving a car, exploring ruins, and fighting through a lavish estate.

Although confirmation that the game will be linear might be a little confusing, even though Mafia has traditionally been compared to Rockstar's GTA series, most entries have been linear experiences set in open environments with minimal side activities. The vast locales are merely backdrops for the action.

Nintendo expects the Switch to become its new best-selling system of all time by March 2026.

The Nintendo DS' reign is about to end. That's according to Nintendo, whose latest hardware sales forecast shows the Switch 1 could outpace the legendary dual-screen handheld by early next year.

According to Nintendo's latest FY25 report, the Switch 1 family of consoles (launch model, Lite, OLED) has shipped a combined 152.12 million units globally. Nintendo actually expects to ship another 4.5 million Switch 1 consoles throughout the new Fiscal Year 2026 period (which began on April 1, 2025 and ends March 31, 2026). That would put the Switch's total shipments at 156.62 million compared to the Nintendo DS' longstanding 154.02 million.

The current global tariff war will eat into Nintendo's bottom line and shave off hundreds of millions of dollars in net profit, company president Shuntaro Furukawa tells investors and media.

Tariffs have impacted Nintendo's Fiscal Year 2026 outlook. The Japanese games-maker expects its new Switch 2 platform to be a hit, with forecasts at 15 million systems shipped and 45 million games sold. Nintendo forecasts net sales to spike by +63% year-over-year to 1.9 trillion yen (about $13 billion in today's forex rates), and if achieved, this would be a new all-time earnings record.

Unfortunately, Nintendo's FY26 profit forecast isn't as optimistic, with a small +7.6% increase from FY25's results to deliver 300 billion yen (about $2 billion). This is on the lower end of Nintendo's annual profits made during the Switch 1's lifecycle.

Nintendo has carefully laid out its annual earnings forecast with only the current tariffs in mind, and if the economic landscape changes too much, Nintendo says it is prepared to consider a price hike.

Today, Nintendo published its Fiscal Year 2025 results online, complete with Switch 2 sales predictions, and held a press briefing for Japanese media to discuss the numbers. Nintendo's forecast, which calls for 1.9 trillion yen in net sales ($13 billion), is modeled after the current tariff structure.

If tariffs were to dramatically shift upwards, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa told reporters that the company is prepared to raise prices of its products to compensate. Nintendo has maintained the Switch 2's $450 price in the United States despite impact from tariffs, but that may change depending on market trends. Nintendo had already raised prices of its games to $80 for the new Switch 2 generation.

Nintendo's newly published Switch 2 sales forecast is conservative and reserved compared to analyst expectations.

Nintendo expects the Switch 2 to sell 15 million units in about 10 months, making it the fastest-selling console ever. This milestone is impressive on paper, but comparing the forecast with historical results shows that the Switch 2 would only beat the Switch 1's first-year sales by some 130,000 units (with 2 months to spare).

Analysts like Niko Partners director of research and insights Daniel Ahmad says that this estimate is an example of Nintendo holding back and being reserved, which is typical of the company. Niko Partners had the Switch 2 shipping 14.5 million consoles in just a six-month period (by the end of December 2025). Nintendo's 15 million Switch 2 estimate is sizable 10-month period ranging from June 2025 - March 2025, and in Niko's forecast, the Switch 2 would hit 14.5 million with an entire extra 3-month quarter to spare.

The Switch 2 could ship 15 million units in its first year, making it the fastest-selling video games console in history.

Nintendo today published its Q4 FY25 results, showing a predictable drop in earnings as consumers gear up for the Switch 2's launch. The company published its sales forecasts for the Switch 2 which see the system shipping 15 million consoles worldwide. Given this time period is only 10 months (Switch 2 launches on June 5, 2025, and Nintendo's FY26 ends on March 31, 2026), the Switch 2 would be the highest-selling system in a such a period, also making it the fastest-selling system in terms of sell-in/shipment volume.

We've put together a quick checklist based on historical data to show how the Switch 2's forecasted results weigh against other historical hardware launches. Bear in mind all of the platforms included in our comparisons are based on 12-month sales except for the Wii U, which achieved 3.61 million shipments in 9 months, and the aforementioned Switch 2, which is expected to ship 15 million units in 10 months.