Romero Games shares hope for the future of their canceled FPS project
Following the chaos of the Microsoft layoffs, Romero Games has shared an optimistic update. The studio is not closed, and publishers have reached out.
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Matt Buckley
July 7, 2025
We know another victim of Microsoft's layoffs. It's the studio of Doom and Quake co-creator, whose new game was essentially scrapped
Microsoft's massive layoffs have hit the Romero Games studio founded by the legendary developer. Allegedly, all members of the team responsible for Empire of Sin have lost their jobs.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
July 4, 2025
30 Years of Doom; Romero and Carmack Celebrated the Anniversary
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.
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Hubert Sledziewski
December 11, 2023
Legend Returns to the Roots; John Romero Makes FPS on Unreal Engine 5
John Romero is working on a new game. The upcoming game from under the Romero Games banner will be developed on Unreal Engine 5.
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Adam Adamczyk
July 19, 2022
Doom 2 Gets New Level From John Romero; Proceeds Go to Victims of War in Ukraine
Video game industry legend John Romero has created a new level for 1994's Doom 2. Players can purchase it for five euros, with all proceeds going to charities helping victims of the war in Ukraine.
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Hubert Sledziewski
March 3, 2022
Romero's Empire of Sin Launches
Today, the strategy game Empire of Sin, created by Romero Games, will debut on Steam and consoles (eighth generation plus Nintendo Switch).
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Bart Swiatek
December 1, 2020
First Reviews: Empire of Sin - No Second Daikatana, but No Hit Either
On the eve of launch, the embargo on reviews of the gangster strategy game Empire of Sin developed by Brenda and John Romero was lifted. The game is above average, but there are a lot of mistakes in it and in some respects it turned out to be lacking.
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Bart Woldanski
November 30, 2020
Empire of Sin – Romero's Gangster Strategy Game Delayed
We found out that Empire of Sin, John Romero's upcoming gangster strategy, will be delayed by quite a lot. The launch of the game will take place a few months later than originally planned. We still don't know the exact release date.
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Bart Woldanski
February 18, 2020
Empire of Sin - Mafia and Prohibition in Paradox's New Strategy Game
One of the fathers of the Doom series has joined forces with the developers at Paradox. The result is Empire of Sin, a gangster strategy game set in times of prohibition.
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Adrian Werner
June 11, 2019
John Romero and Paradox Interactive are Making a Strategy Game
Romero Games – a developer team founded by one of the fathers of Doom, John Romero – has signed a cooperation deal with Paradox Interactive. Its result is to become a completely new strategy game IP.
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Bart Swiatek
April 2, 2019
Last Two Shovel Knight Expansions Delayed and Other News
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.
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Milosz Szubert
February 19, 2019