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John Romero's brutal megawad Sigil 2 has formally chainsawed its way into Bethesda's Doom + Doom 2 remaster

Doom's unofficial sixth episode is now considerably more official.

PC Gamer

Former Age of Empires 2 dev claims Microsoft demanded its first expansion should have a Korean faction, because 'StarCraft sold 3 million copies in Korea'

"Once someone simply repeats a previous argument, it's clear they are no longer functioning from logic or intelligence."

PC Gamer

Maximum points: what is the most influential video game ever?

As Bafta launches a survey asking the public to nominate the most influential game of all time, we asked people from across games and culture for their picks

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"You are incorrect": John Romero has been correcting Doom history for the past 4 years, and he's not about to stop now

"Hi Sandy, hope you’re doing well"

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Heroic programmer of the first three Final Fantasy games says he'd 'never seen any roleplaying games until Final Fantasy'

The man who John Romero called "my number one programming god" spoke about his work on the foundational JRPGs.

PC Gamer

Original Final Fantasy programmer reappears after years of silence, casually says writing his legendary code "was pretty simple" and it could even be better

Nasir Gebelli remains a programming icon and a pillar of JRPG history

GamesRadar

This year John Romero declared that 'gib' is pronounced like 'giblet' and it's the gif debate all over again

Why you gotta do us like this, man?

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30 Years Ago, This Legendary Sequel Changed Gaming Forever

‘Doom II’ was more than a follow-up, it was a formula for a whole new genre.

Inverse

John Romero says that what set Wolfenstein and Doom apart 'was our speed—the speed of the game was critical'

"That's what really differentiated them from everyone else."

PC Gamer

Mighty allfather of FPS games and co-creator of Doom John Romero decrees that 'gib' is pronounced in the most upsetting way possible

Gifs all over again.

PC Gamer

Colfax Marathon runners have near miss as stolen car veers onto route

The driver of the stolen vehicle was fleeing from police when it plowed into the middle of the race

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"My love of real heavy thrash riffs comes from slaying beasts in Doom". Made by metalheads and beloved by bands including Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein and GWAR, 1993's Doom was the first true metal videogame

Game designer John Romero shares how a love for metal inspired one of the most legendary shoot-em-ups of all time: 1993's Doom

Metal Hammer

As catastrophic layoffs rattle the games industry, FPS legend John Romero says "I've never seen anything like we're seeing now"

"I am so sorry to everyone who has lost their jobs," Romero adds

GamesRadar

Doom is eternal: The immeasurable impact of gaming's greatest FPS

"As long as the solution to every problem involves the player being aggressive somehow, it feels like Doom."

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Sigil 2, original Doom's brand new sixth episode, is the most visceral, adrenaline-inducing and brutal PC gaming experience I've had in 2023

Rip and tear, until it is done

GamesRadar

We're still Doomed! How John Romero's FPS design rules live on in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

Interview | John Romero casts his mind back over the last 30 years, and looks to the future of a tried and tested genre

GamesRadar

Gears of War and Dishonored devs help lead Doom's "incredible" 30th birthday celebrations

"My memories of 1993 are vivid"

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For Doom's 30th anniversary, one fan has complied everything that the first-person shooter can run on

One player has found every way you can play Doom, and some may stretch the imagination.

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For Doom's 30th anniversary, the Johns Romero and Carmack reunited to celebrate the FPS that changed everything: 'I want to thank everybody in the Doom community for keeping this game alive'

The two reminisced about the shooter's development and how it differed from id's games up to that point.

The Guardian - UK

Doom at 30: what it means, by the people who made it

In 1993, a team of five coders released what would become one of the most influential video games ever made. Three decades on, they explain how they did it

PC Gamer

PC Gamer magazine's latest issue is on sale now: SIGIL II and Doom's 30th anniversary

Plus: The Inquisitor, Nightingale, Beast, Cities: Skylines II, Alan Wake 2, RoboCop: Rogue City, Lords of the Fallen, and much more!

PC Gamer

Mail trucks and millions of dollars: how shareware transformed PC gaming forever

We can thank floppy disks in Ziploc bags for the FPS genre as we know it.

PC Gamer

Cliff Bleszinski recalls his '90s FPS beef with John Romero was so intense he wanted to 'take that guy down'

Bleszinski got candid about the go-go '90s in a recent interview with IGN.

PC Gamer

John Romero and John Carmack are still buds and they're going to prove it by teaming up for a livestream celebrating Doom's 30th anniversary

And no, it's not weird: Romero says he and Carmack have remained friends throughout their post-Doom careers.

PC Gamer

Sorry, Doom dreamers: John Carmack wishes John Romero 'the best' but they're not working on a secret new project together

Carmack said Romero's new autobiography reminds him of the glory days when they were "the 3D game hackers."

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