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30 Years of Doom; Romero and Carmack Celebrated the Anniversary

Hubert Sledziewski, 11 December 2023, 14:12

Doom has turned 30 years old. Its co-creators, John Carmack and John Romero, celebrated the beautiful anniversary with a long, nostalgic onversation. The latter released the free Sigil 2, the unofficial sixth episode of Doom.

Doom Rebuilt Using 1992 Game's 'Bible'; Check out Big Changes [Update]

Jacob Blazewicz, 01 December 2022, 15:22

Doom: Fall of Tei Tenga is a mod recreating the original vision of the first gam in the iconic FPS series, according to a 1992 documentary.

Doom in Notepad is so Crazy Even John Romero is Impressed

Jakub Tarchala, 10 October 2022, 11:54

Doom can even be played in Notepad and at 60 fps. John Romero is impressed, which may encourage other developers to implement more crazy ideas. The release of Doom.txt is just a few days away.

CountryCide - New Version of Stunning Dark Mod for Doom 2

Adrian Werner, 19 April 2022, 11:41

Version 1.1 of the excellent mod CountryCide has been released. Project takes the players to dark, dieselpunk universe enriched with elements of the Cthulhu mythos.

30-year-old Doom is Getting Beautiful Thanks to Ray Tracing Mod

Hubert Sledziewski, 05 April 2022, 15:50

Doom with ray tracing enabled looks really good. No, I'm not talking about Doom Eternal or Doom from 2016. We are talking about the very first installment of the series, released almost thirty years ago.

Doom Playable on... Twitter; Meet Tweet2Doom

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 October 2021, 11:58

You can run Doom on anything. Even on a social network that looks nothing like an FPS gaming platform.

Doom and Skyrim Launched on Pregnancy Test

Agnes Adamus, 07 September 2020, 21:56

A Twitter user known as foone decided to use a pregnancy test in a most unusual way. He used it to run two iconic games - Doom and Skyrim.

Doom and Doom II Get a Massive Updated Years After Release

Conrad Hazi, 05 September 2020, 17:03

As it turns out, even nearly thirty-year-old titles can expect big patches. Courtesy of Id Software, Doom and Doom II have just received a lot of updates that touch both the technical aspects and the gameplay itself.

Doom Eternal Launches; First Two Installments Hidden In Game

Adrian Werner, 20 March 2020, 10:39

Doom Eternal has launched. It turns out that it hides the full versions of the first two installments of the cycle, namely Doom and Doom II: Hell on Earth. In addition, Nvidia and AMD released updated drivers for GeForce and Radeon GPUs.

Classic Doom Launched on McDonald's Cash Register

Paul Wozniak, 02 October 2019, 14:54

A certain 19-year-old managed to launch 1993 Doom on McDonald's electronic cash register. He did it in a few simple steps and now plans to launch Sonic Adventure 2 on his „custom gaming device”.

Forced Login to New Doom Ports Will Soon be Optional

Paul Wozniak, 28 July 2019, 19:10

The need to log in to the new Doom ports through Bethesda's website has angered mobile gaming fans, as they are unable to enjoy the games without an internet connection.

Doom Series Goes Console and Mobile to Celebrate 25th Anniversary

Agnes Adamus, 26 July 2019, 23:55

Id Software and Bethesda decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Doom franchise. On this occasion, the first three parts of the series were released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Doom I and II also received ports for mobile devices.

Last Two Shovel Knight Expansions Delayed and Other News

Milosz Szubert, 19 February 2019, 17:15

Today's collection of short news: the last two expansions for Shovel Knight, as well as the SIGIL mega mod from Johna Romero are delayed, Steam info corner gets a new layout.