Tag Archives: iD Software

Brutal Doom – New Video Shows How Awesome This Mod Actually Is

Modder ‘SGtMarkIV’ has released a new video from the latest build of Brutal Doom, showcasing some of its gore effects, the extra rotation sprites for zombies that John Romero released on his Twitter, and the return of the shotgun’s wooden grip. Brutal Doom looks phenomenal, so be sure to watch the video after the jump! Continue reading Brutal Doom – New Video Shows How Awesome This Mod Actually Is

Speedrunner Finishes Doom II In Just 23 Minutes, Making A New World Record (In Glorious 60FPS)

YouTube’s ‘Zero Master’ has shared a new speedrun video for Doom II, in which he was able to finish id Software’s game in just 23 minutes. Thus, Zero Master has made a new speedrun world record for this classic FPS title. As Zero Master noted, this run improves ‘the previous record by Looper (30uv2325) set in Dec. 2010. by 22 seconds. Previous record before that was by Radek Pecka (30uv2609) set in Dec. 2003.’ Enjoy! Continue reading Speedrunner Finishes Doom II In Just 23 Minutes, Making A New World Record (In Glorious 60FPS)

Quake Live Comes Tomorrow On Steam As A Free-To-Play Title

Bethesda has announced that Quake Live is coming tomorrow on Valve’s digital distribution service as a free-to-play title. In order to celebrate it, the company has also released a Steam launch trailer that can be viewed below. In Quake Live, you play against players around the world in over 100 arenas with a dozen of game modes. Enjoy! Continue reading Quake Live Comes Tomorrow On Steam As A Free-To-Play Title

Doom 3 Turned Ten Years Old, Still Looks Gorgeous Even For Today’s Standards

Three days ago, Doom 3 turned 10 years old. While Doom 3 was not as action-packed as its predecessor, it did look amazing for its time. Doom 3 tried to experiment and adopted a more ‘survival’ gameplay. And while the end result may disappointed a number of gamers, it definitely looked spectacular. Fast forward ten whole years and here we are today, with a game that looks even great for today’s standards (provided you use a number of mods and texture packs). Continue reading Doom 3 Turned Ten Years Old, Still Looks Gorgeous Even For Today’s Standards

John Carmack on Doom, Quake & id Software: Our first game was basically a clone of Super Mario Bros

While Bethesda did not invite John Carmack for his annual QuakeCon speech, this great programmer guru talked at SMU in April and yesterday his entire 2.5h speech was made available to the public. During that talk, Carmack talked – among other things – about id Software, Doom and Quake. Continue reading John Carmack on Doom, Quake & id Software: Our first game was basically a clone of Super Mario Bros

Doom – Quakecon Demo Displayed Visuals Really Close To Those Of The Pre-Rendered E3 Teaser Trailer

Since Doom was revealed behind closed doors – and as there is still no footage from it – a lot of gamers wondered whether the E3 teaser trailer packed in-game visuals or not. After all, Bethesda has never commented on whether the teaser trailer featured in-engine visuals or not. Well, according to Doomworld‘s members ‘GoatLord’ and ‘Caffeine Freak’ who attended Quakecon, Doom’s demo was pretty close to that E3 teaser trailer (graphics wise), though it did look exactly the same as that pre-rendered trailer. Continue reading Doom – Quakecon Demo Displayed Visuals Really Close To Those Of The Pre-Rendered E3 Teaser Trailer

Here Are The First Details For The New Doom Game, Straight From QuakeCon 2014

During this year’s QuakeCon 2014, Bethesda revealed the first details for id Software’s upcoming Doom game that will be powered by id Tech 6. According to Marty Stratton, this new game will be called Doom and not Doom 4. In short, Marty confirmed that this will be some kind of a reboot of the franchise. Continue reading Here Are The First Details For The New Doom Game, Straight From QuakeCon 2014

New Doom To Be Unveiled Tonight At 7PM EST, Quake Tourney Currently Under Way

The moment most old-school FPS fans have been waiting for is almost upon us. Bethesda has confirmed that the new Doom game that is being developed by id Software and that is – most probably – powered by id Tech 5 will be unveiled tonight at 7PM EST. Continue reading New Doom To Be Unveiled Tonight At 7PM EST, Quake Tourney Currently Under Way

DOOM Gets A Teaser Trailer, Full Reveal At This Year’s QuakeCon

Holy cow. Now this came out of nowhere. Bethesda has just released a teaser trailer for DOOM. Yeap, you read that right. Here is a teaser trailer for the new DOOM game. According to the publisher, the first reveal of the game will be at QuakeCon 2014. Enjoy and stay tuned for more! Continue reading DOOM Gets A Teaser Trailer, Full Reveal At This Year’s QuakeCon