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‘DOOM Eternal’ Creative Director Dishes on New Demon Destruction System

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If you’re like me, you probably had a joygasm watching that DOOM Eternal gameplay trailer last week. A big highlight for me (and I’m not the only one) is seeing that you can now literally rip and tear demons using the new tech. Or, as creative director Hugo Martin called it, ‘destructible demons’. PCGamer managed to sit down with Martin to get details on the new system, which essentially allows you to see the physical destruction of demons as you shoot, kick and punch them into oblivion.

According to Martin, the system is “purely visual flair”, but it also affects the game in terms of its feel. So much that, when you go back and play DOOM, it’s “really hard to play it” because of the tech’s absence. “We feel like [the new system] has such an impact on the power of the weapons, the power of the player, it feels amazing.”

Martin also says that demon destruction isn’t limited just to their flesh and bones. For the cybernetically-enhanced enemies, you can essentially disable their primary means of attack by targeting their weapons! Granted, they’ll still be able to attack you, “but that you would alter the effectiveness of [their] attacks”. It doesn’t work for all enemies, mind you. As Martin puts it, “[it’s] mostly if the opportunity presents itself and it feels intuitive. We don’t want to crowbar that stuff in.”

The system will probably undergo some tweaks before the game unleashes Armageddon next year, but damn it if it’s not going to blow everyone away. PC gamers had better start saving for that new video card.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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