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id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs

35 years ago today, Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons - Episode 1: Marooned on Mars was released by a dev team including John Carmack and John Romero.

Tom’s Hardware

DOOM developer id Software has officially unionized under Microsoft — marking a major shift in the gaming industry’s labor landscape

id Software, the Texas-based developer behind DOOM and Quake, has unionized, with Microsoft voluntarily recognizing the union.

Windows Central

I'm never getting any work done ever again, thanks to this website that lets me play thousands of user-made Doom levels in my browser

RIP (and tear) my productivity.

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Doom: The Dark Ages' latest update overhauls its customisable arena mode, and id Software wants to add the best player-made slaughter-fests as selectable presets

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Quake was the only game to support DOS and Win95 with TCP/IP multiplayer in one executable—deep dive explains how id Software did it

Deep dive explains how Quake targeted DOS, Windows 95, and TCP/IP simultaneously

Tom’s Hardware

Wolfenstein 3D publisher recalls fight to distribute game in Germany — porn stores and plain packaging came to the rescue of 1990s FPS gamers

The publisher of Wolfenstein 3D has recalled the struggle to distribute copies of this seminal FPS game in Germany back in the early 1990s.

Tom’s Hardware

Former id Software artist argues performance and optimization are 'as much of an art problem' as a tech one: 'Killzone 2 looks incredible today. FEAR looks incredible today'

Defect lead Emanuel Palalic thinks leaning into this mindset from early development will leave the game optimized as well as pretty.

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A short history of John Romero wishing Sandy Petersen well before nuking his Doom tweets from orbit with ruthless precision

John Romero is about to hope you're doing well.

PC Gamer

Best space horror games, ranked: Cosmic spooks and interstellar terror await this Halloween

Outer space is pretty scary on its own, but the best space horror games excel at taking scares further with alien monsters, rogue AIs, and psychological horror.

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Doom: The Dark Ages gets Steam Deck verification and a bunch of portable optimisations, just in time for the launch of Microsoft's new handheld

Update 2.2 also brings further tweaks to combat fundamentals and enemy encounters.

PC Gamer

DOOM: The Dark Ages gets a gaming handheld-focused update — bringing Steam Deck verification and better Xbox Ally X performance

Update 2.2 for DOOM: The Dark Ages is now available, bringing better performance across gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck and Xbox Ally X.

Windows Central

Former Bethesda exec Pete Hines says Game Pass is 'nothing' without the people making the games

Will Game Pass ever not be the one to blame, or will we continue down this road of blame game forever?

Windows Central

Bethesda's studio buying spree was fueled by wanting to work with likeminded devs: "If you have a chance to work with [Resident Evil creator] Shinji Mikami, you should always say yes"

Pete Hines remembers the time Bethesda bought the makers of Doom, Dishonored, and Wolfenstein

GamesRadar

Wolfenstein 3 could still happen, says MachineGames

Xbox studio MachineGames still wants to make Wolfenstein 3, according to comments from studio head Jerk Gustafsson.

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Nightdive and id Software are a match made in gaming heaven — As I play Heretic + Hexen, I'm hopeful for more remasters across Activision and Bethesda

Nightdive and id Software's collaborations set an industry standard for remasters, so I'm hopeful regarding what could be next.

PC Gamer

After all these years, Heretic plays better than it ever has—and thanks to Nightdive, even Hexen sucks far less

You can't win 'em all.

GamesRadar

Doom designer John Romero could have been "System Shock designer John Romero," but the FPS legend got the offer to set up id Software "the week before" another offer to set up what would become Looking Glass

He did later work with LookingGlass dev Warren Spector at Ion Storm

PC Gamer

id Software co-founder John Romero was apparently one week removed from co-founding a completely different icon of PC gaming, but he'd already made plans

There's another timeline where Romero worked on System Shock instead of Doom.

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DOOM: The Dark Ages Just Got a Customizable Horde Mode and a Huge Campaign Rebalance — Here’s Why I’m Excited to Dive Back In

During QuakeCon 2025, id Software shared Update 2 for DOOM: The Dark Ages, revealing a huge balance pass for the campaign and customizable Horde mode.

PC Gamer

Id Software kicks off QuakeCon with a surprise release of Heretic + Hexen, an 'enhanced' bundle with cross-platform multiplayer, mod support, and more

One year after the Doom + Doom 2 bundle, id Software and Nightdive Studios has done it again.

PC Gamer

FPS legend John Romero says Wolfenstein 3D was the first game id Software took its time with⁠—a luxurious 4-month development instead of just 2

"The results spoke for themselves."

Windows Central

Xbox FY25 Q4 gaming revenue is up 10% year-over-year, driven by growth in first-party games — with Xbox Game Pass reaching nearly $5 billion in annual revenue "for the first time"

Microsoft shared its financial results for FY25 Q4, revealing gaming revenue is up 10% driven by first-party games and Xbox Game Pass.

Inverse

PS Plus Quietly Added An Ultraviolent Throwback To Sci-Fi Shooters Of The '90s

'Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun,' the fast-paced FPS set in the grimdark scifi universe, was free on PlayStation Plus this year and well worth the download.

PC Gamer

Fanatical's latest build your own bundle lets you grab 23 shooters for under $2 apiece

Get Dusk, Amid Evil and, er, Pathologic 2 for less than a cup of coffee each.

Windows Central

Romero Games' next project loses funding due to Xbox cuts — most of the studio is now laid off

Romero Games' next project is now on ice, with most of the studio being laid off after losing funding from Microsoft's cuts to Xbox.

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