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Doom creator John Romero reckons the iconic FPS has a similar legacy to Dungeons and Dragons. In a new interview with our colleagues at Edge Magazine (opens in new tab), Romero touches on Sigil, the nine-episode unofficial follow-up to Doom’s fourth level, and then launches into a broader discussion around …

The idea for QuakeCon originally came from an internet chatroom between fans and developers who wanted to play iD Software’s games together.  As detailed in issue 227 of Retro Gamer, QuakeCon was born in an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) room in the early 90s. Run for fans, by fans, the …

Video games are obsessed with secrets. Not only ones like release dates and surprise sequel announcements, but the kinds that reward you for pausing to peer into a corner as others rush by on the way to their next objective. For one elaborate example, look at Wolfenstein: The New Order …

Kicking it analogue If you’re like me, video games don’t end when you set down the controller. Books, comics, movies, and more – I’m always looking for ways to work video games into my non-video game activities. And how do you get your fix when your console is on the …

Doom (opens in new tab) may have demon-punching, face-melting, and gore galore, but there’s always room for improvement. Thankfully, Bethesda and id Software are still giving the hellish FPS some love. An upcoming update will add free-for-all Deathmatch mode, as well as support for private matches. Oh, and it’s free. …

All games are immersive to some degree. That’s the very nature of interactive entertainment. But it’s the degrees that matter when it comes to designing a lead character. Do you want your protagonist to exist slightly outside of the player, behaving as a combination of movie hero, buddy and wing-man? …

While the multiplayer beta (opens in new tab) doesn’t begin until March 31 and the full game won’t be out until May 13, you can still put a little more Doom (opens in new tab) in your day thanks to a new teaser and map details from Bethesda. The demon …

Doom (opens in new tab) isn’t what you think it is. There’s a good chance Doom has never been what you think it is. I’m talking about id Software’s new Doom, of course – which I played a great deal of recently and, no, still haven’t recovered from – but …

Ladies and gentlemen, we stand together on a momentous day. Truly, it is one that will go down as a landmark in the history of human freedom and man’s progressive attitude towards art, his fellow man, and in fact pretty much every aspect of everything relating to human existence ever. …