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Abandoned Pistol in ‘DOOM Eternal’ Accessible Via Cheats
While it makes sense that id Software did away with your pithy pistol that you were supposed to start with in DOOM Eternal, it turns out that the devs didn’t completely remove it from the game.
Leave it to Dave Oshry of New Blood Interactive (the folks behind DUSK, by the way) to spill the beans on the pistol, which you can access via cheat codes.
You've probably heard by now that DOOM Eternal originally had a pistol and YES it's still in the game and accessible via console commands (with Cheat Engine)
I've heard it was scrapped because it didn't really fit the combat flow.
Still pretty sweet looking. pic.twitter.com/FZFmrhQwCB
— Dave Eternal (@DaveOshry) March 26, 2020
Unfortunately, Bethesda has decided to not make the cheat codes available to players right out of the gate. So to access the ability to use cheat codes, you’ll have to use a cheat engine like this one.
Speaking of cheats, a YouTuber named Postposterous recorded their exploits using the cheats that id Software left in the game, including using a gib code that’s quite explosive.
DOOM Eternal is out now on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.