Tag Archives: Doom

15 things that prove that Doom will run on literally anything is a really weird headline, isn’t it? But I promise, from here on, things get even weirder. Because if running Doom on fridges, ATMs, and smartwatches doesn’t drop your jaw – I bet the 1995 all-time classic shooter running …

UPDATE, July 28, 2017: As of the recent update 6.66, Doom now has upgraded, reworked multiplayer, a ludicrously low price-point, and all DLC is free. With a free weekend running on PS4 until 11pm Sunday CT / 5am Monday UK – comprising the first two campaign levels, all of multiplayer, …

It’s going to be pretty tough for Doom (opens in new tab) to top its first update, which added the all-important option to keep your guns locked in the center of the screen (opens in new tab) just like back in 1993. Update 2 won’t have quite the same pop …

Doom’s E1M1 – otherwise known as ‘At Doom’s Gate’ – is the best piece of music in all of action games. It just is. It’s perfectly placed, its tone is spot-on, and although initially born by an unashamed piece of ‘inspiration’ from the work of an established metal band – …

The new Doom (opens in new tab) is an homage to the old-school original in more than just its fast movement and outlandish weaponry. Developer id Software is also inserting snippets of levels from Doom and Doom 2 as secrets for players to find, one of which they revealed during …

Doom (opens in new tab)’s demons are what make the series work. Sure, sprinting around a space station with a Super Shotgun in hand is thrilling, but if you don’t have interesting targets to blast into a cloud of gore, what’s the point? The minions of Hell are what give …

Okay, so the original Doom isn’t a procedurally generated rogue-like, obviously. But it does use a ‘random number lookup table’ to control certain aspects of the game. Jonathan Michael Thomas Dowland, a senior Software Engineer, played with it (opens in new tab) to see what happened. This, according to Jonathan, …

Doom. A crusty old shooter with a dull modern sequel, or something more? The answer is a lot more. With a passion for user-generated content even way back in 1993, iD’s John Carmack deliberately designed Doom to be easily editable for players. Level and graphic data was stored in WAD …