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The classic Doom games get a surprising update from BethesdaJan 29, 2025 - PCGamesNFriday December 10, 1993: that's the day the FPS genre changed forever as Doom came barreling onto our PCs. The weapon feedback, blood-pumping soundtrack, and unashamed over-the-top violence might seem quaint today, but that's only because the entire videogame industry learned from the lessons id Software was teaching. That was over 30 years ago, though, and since then every other shooter to grace our screens owes the Doomguy an unpayable debt. This is why the recent Doom re-releases from Bethesda are so important, because not only do they make these classics easier to play than ever, but they're spruced up for the modern age. There was one thing missing at launch, however, and Bethesda has finally added it to the games. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: You can now play Doom on the Google search bar We almost had a Doom and Halo crossover, but Xbox apparently said "nah" This official Doom themed Starfield mod lets you play a hellish new quest The first two Doom games have been rebuilt with 64's assets, and new contentOct 13, 2024 - PCGamesNWe've seen thousands of Doom mods that add new gameplay, restore lost content, and expand upon the iconic original game. Even when not modding the game itself, hardware modders are getting it to run on all sorts of devices. But that's not where the list of amazing Doom creations ends, as now a good chunk of Doom 64 is running inside the first two Doom games. I promise it's not deliberately confusing, this is actually monumentally impressive. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Famous Doom mod reportedly banned by Bethesda due to politics Wolfenstein 3D looks amazing with ray tracing Doom is back, enhanced, better than ever, and free to upgrade Wolfenstein 3D looks amazing with ray tracingAug 28, 2024 - PCGamesNWe've seen plenty of older games getting treated to a dose of Nvidia RTX magic, including Doom and Quake II, but now we've been given a taster of how Wolfenstein 3D ray tracing would look with full RTX path tracing, and the result is both beautiful and bewildering in equal measure. Arguably the original first-person shooter, Wolfenstein 3D wowed 90s PC gamers (including me) with its fast-paced and surprisingly smooth 3D action on our big, beige boxes, although it all looks quite primitive by today's standards. However, these screenshots show a secret Wolfenstein 3D level in Doom 2, with the lighting handled by an RTX path on one of today's best graphics cards, making the game almost unrecognizable. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Doom is back, enhanced, better than ever, and free to upgrade Doom is back, as a medieval prequel arrives in 2025 Get $154 worth of FPS games, including Doom and Turok, for only $20 Doom is back, enhanced, better than ever, and free to upgradeAug 9, 2024 - PCGamesNDoom. I don't really need to tell you why it matters. Probably the most important FPS game to ever grace the PC, the 1993 shooter and its sequel Doom 2 would define an entire genre and set the standard for everything to come - Call of Duty, Half-Life, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Halo, Battlefield, Apex Legends, you name it. Now, the original id Software classics are back in a remastered form that's bigger and better than ever before, and the best part is that you might just get them for free on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Doom is back, as a medieval prequel arrives in 2025 Get $154 worth of FPS games, including Doom and Turok, for only $20 Doom has been flawlessly integrated into this JRPG, and it rocks QuakeCon sale gives you up to 85% off these essential FPS gamesAug 2, 2023 - PCGamesNA QuakeCon sale gives you huge discounts on many top series from the legendary studios behind some of the best FPS games. Along with Doom and Quake creator id Software, Bethesda (now a part of Microsoft) also comprises Wolfenstein developers Machine Games, Dishonored and Deathloop maker Arkane Studios, and Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within and Hi-Fi Rush. Now, that huge catalogue gets some equally massive discounts to celebrate the upcoming QuakeCon. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Get Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of Starfield Dishonored meets Jurassic Park in this steampunk RPG Awesome Games Done Quick's complete January 2018 schedule has been released Get Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of StarfieldJun 16, 2023 - PCGamesNThe Elder Scrolls, Doom, Fallout, Dishonored, Wolfenstein, Quake, The Evil Within - you name it, Bethesda has some of the best PC games in its catalog, and you can get most of them for next to nothing right now thanks to a sale with up to 85% off the likes of Skyrim, Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas, Wolfenstein 2, and Prey. With the Starfield release date swooping over the horizon, what better time than now to enjoy Bethesda's best? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dishonored meets Jurassic Park in this steampunk RPG Awesome Games Done Quick's complete January 2018 schedule has been released Dishonored co-creative director "hopeful" for future of complex, PC-like multiplatform games Steam's top modern FPS games are up to 90% off, but not for longMay 28, 2023 - PCGamesNSeveral of the biggest modern FPS games on Steam are currently on sale with discounts up to 90% off, but you'll need to move fast to grab them. Love a good shooter? So do we here at PCGamesN, and some of the best FPS games from recent years are part of an ongoing Steam sale, but you'll have to act quickly if you want to grab the bargains. Whatever your flavor of FPS, you'll likely find something of note among these Steam bangers. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: EA says even more FPS studios are facing "increased harassment" Battlefield 2042 season 4 release date trailer is close-quarters chaos Battlefield 2042 update 3.2.1 patch notes nerf dart guns hard Doom 2 RPG has been unofficially ported to PCMay 9, 2023 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunDuring the noughties, developer ID Software adapted some of their iconic shooters into curious mobile spin-offs with Doom RPG, Doom 2 RPG, and Wolfenstein RPG. These mixed Doom with old-school dungeon-crawler design, letting you shoot monsters at a considerably slower pace. Over a decade after their initial releases, developer GEC.inc unofficially ported Doom RPG onto PCs and now the team is back with a port for the sequel. Read more Jeremy Corbyn played a Doom mod that lets you kill Margaret ThatcherSep 26, 2022 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunEx-Labour Party head and leader of the UK parliamentary opposition Jeremy Corbyn was spotted engaging in some quality gaming time over the weekend, taking on the Iron Lady in Doom 2 mod Thatcher’s Techbase. The left-winger and lifelong reader of Rail magazine got his thumbs a-twiddlin’ for a special arcade version of the mod while at The World Transformed, a festival being held in Liverpool that celebrates radical politics, art, and culture. This is what he’s doing instead of singing God Save The King at the party conference then. Read more We’re simplifying the id Software Steam Store ListingsAug 10, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsSpanning across multiple decades, id Software’s library of work is as vast as it is full of amazing games. However, this means a number of the id’s offerings have been released or reiterated in ways that can make our digital storefronts a touch…confusing. Rather than write out the differences between Final DOOM, Ultimate DOOM and just DOOM, we’re consolidating our Steam library of titles! For those id Software experts that do know all the variations of our games released on Steam, bear with us as we simplify how our games appear so that newcomers have an easier time. HERE’S THE PLAN: Starting August 10, we will begin rolling out changes to our Steam Store listings for select id Software games. In short, we are consolidating each game under one major title and/or changing the title for a simpler shopping experience. Below will detail our current plans for Steam consolidation and how it affects your current Steam library if you’ve purchased these games already. And don’t worry, even if we are delisting a title you currently own, you’ll still have the game in your library to download and play like always. Without further ado, the lowdown: DOOM (1993) We will be changing the name of Ultimate DOOM in the Steam Store to DOOM (1993). No other major changes are being made at this time. DOOM II DOOM II will include Final DOOM and Master Levels as one install package. Each can be launched separately as follows: DOOM II DOOM II (Enhanced) Master Levels for DOOM II Final DOOM DOOM 3 DOOM 3 will be merged into a package containing the original DOOM 3 plus the Resurrection of Evil expansion and DOOM 3: BFG Edition. The package allows each version to be installed separately as follows: DOOM 3 DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires DOOM 3 to be installed) DOOM 3: BFG Edition NOTE: Players that already own DOOM 3 or DOOM 3: BFG Edition on Steam will be upgraded to the DOOM 3 consolidated package with all three releases for free! Quake II Quake II and its mission packs, The Reckoning and Ground Zero, will be merged into one install package with multiple launch options: Quake II The Reckoning Ground Zero Quake III Arena Quake III Arena and Quake III Team Arena will be merged into one package with separate installs: Quake III Arena Quake III Team Arena STEAM BUNDLES In addition to updating our id Software titles on Steam, we’re also revamping our bundles (as well as introducing some new ones!) Note that if you already own certain titles listed in each bundle, you can complete it to get the remaining games added to your library at a discounted price. See below for details: DOOM Classic Bundle Replaces the DOOM Classic Complete Bundle on Steam, with this bundle now including DOOM 3 and DOOM 64. Includes DOOM (1993), DOOM II, DOOM 3 and DOOM 64 DOOM Franchise Bundle Explore more DOOM with this bundle, including both the classic DOOM games as well as DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal. Includes DOOM Eternal Deluxe Edition, DOOM (2016), DOOM (1993), DOOM II, DOOM 3 and DOOM 64...John Romero's Doom 2 level raises over €25K for Ukrainian reliefMar 3, 2022 - PCGamesNMarch 7, 2022: John Romero's new Doom 2 level for Ukrainian relief has raised over €25,000 so far. John Romero is one of PC gaming's most legendary figures, and he's out here continuing to create new levels for his most famous works. Sigil released in 2019 as a free, unofficial fifth episode for the original Doom, and now Romero has released a new, paid Doom II level supporting humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. The level is called One Humanity, and it's available for €5.00 (about $5.80 USD) on Romero's website. Every penny, as Romero explains on Twitter, goes to the Red Cross and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. You'll need to make use of a modern Source port of Doom II in order to play the .WAD file. The new Doom 2 level for charity was announced and released on May 3, and now just four days later, John Romero has announced that their efforts have raised over €25,000 for Ukrainian relief - which is around $27.3K USD or £20.6K GBP - and the count is still going up. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Doom Shinobi mod is basically a new Ninja Gaiden This Doom mod is System Shock, Prey, and Aliens combined - and there's a demo Doom II mod Ashes 2063 is now a standalone free game Doom Shinobi mod is basically a new Ninja GaidenFeb 19, 2022 - PCGamesNIt seems like every day there's a new Doom mod that completely blows away our understanding of what Doom mods can achieve - from open-world apocalypse to Golden Axe. Now the Doom Shinobi mod threatens to add Doom to the best sword games on PC, as it turns the shooter into basically Ninja Gaiden 4. The new Doom Shinobi mod is out now and can be downloaded from ModDB. Creator edypagaza says they aimed "to bring and experience a new gameplay style for players" and they have definitely done just that. While there is some similarity to the third-person melee combat mod for Doom II, that's based more on weaponless hand-to-hand combat. Doom Shinobi, on the other hand, is all about awesome and ridiculous swordplay. The mod adds a traditional ninja blade, a ridiculous Final Fantasy VII-like broadsword, and throwing weapons like shurikens and kunai knives. Players can unleash multiple combo types and even magic powers against the demons. It really is quite insane. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This Doom mod is System Shock, Prey, and Aliens combined - and there's a demo Doom II mod Ashes 2063 is now a standalone free game This Doom II mod lets you rip and tear demons with your bare hands This Doom mod is System Shock, Prey, and Aliens combined - and there's a demoJan 22, 2022 - PCGamesNIf there's one thing the original Doom games aren't short on, it's fantastic mods that completely change the experience. New Doom mod Siren is a creepy new survival horror take in the style of System Shock, F.E.A.R., Prey, and Aliens - and there's a new demo to try out now. While id Software tried its hand at a Doom survival horror game with Doom 3 nearly 20 years ago, the more recent games like the fantastic Doom Eternal have put more emphasis on action over creepiness. This leaves room for modders to make their own horror takes on Doom, something they regularly deliver on. Siren is a new mod made by creator Dithered Output and has been in development for at least two years - and the latest 0.6 build is playable right now in a new demo. The modder says that they aimed to create "an experience closer to an Aliens game but with the variety and gameplay benefits the roster of Doom monsters brings". Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Doom II mod Ashes 2063 is now a standalone free game This Doom II mod lets you rip and tear demons with your bare hands This Doom 2 mod replaces the guns with terrible MS Paint drawings Doom II mod Ashes 2063 is now a standalone free gameDec 7, 2021 - PCGamesNOne of the more ambitious modding projects for Doom II has become its own standalone free game. Ashes: Afterglow now includes two full episodes of post-apocalyptic, Mad Max action, and it's available for downloading if you've ever wanted to drive around through the ruins of Atlanta on a motorcycle with machine guns on it. Ashes: Afterglow is one of the most convincing throwbacks to '80s B-tier action movies I've ever seen, and it began life as a total conversion mod for Doom II, although it's grown a lot over the course of the past six years. Lead modder Vostyok says it's inspired by Doom's action, the big open Build Engine levels of Duke Nukem 3D, and the vibes of the Stalker series, and you can see that all on display in the trailer below. You'll have to scavenge and fight your way through the ruins of an America devastated by a cataclysmic nuclear explosion in Atlanta, locking horns with raiders, mutants, vicious animals, and supernatural enemies borne out of the ambient radiation left in the wake of the disaster. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This Doom II mod lets you rip and tear demons with your bare hands This Doom 2 mod replaces the guns with terrible MS Paint drawings Here's Doom 2 made entirely out of cardboard (and John Romero) This Doom II mod lets you rip and tear demons with your bare handsOct 12, 2021 - PCGamesNWhen it comes to demons, we all love a bit of ripping and tearing - usually in the form of some good old Doom levels. But with the classic FPS game's fixation on ranged weapons, sometimes we can't help but wonder, "what if we could do this manually?" Fortunately, now there's an incredible Doom II mod that lets us do exactly that: beat up demons using Marquess of Queensberry rules. Spotted by PC Gamer, Doom Fighters is a Doom II mod that shifts the perspective to third person and makes it into a straight-up brawler. You don't get a shotgun. You don't get a pulse rifle. You definitely don't get a BFG-9000. It's you, the Doomguy, and your two fists against every pinky demon and revenant that Hell can send within punching distance. Modder edypagaza has added a 3D Doomguy model, which is important since you'll now be looking at yourself from the new third-person perspective all the time. You get light and heavy attacks, and can pull off cool moves like flips and roundhouse kicks - the trailer below even shows the Doomguy doing pro wrestling moves, grabbing zombiemen by the armpits, spinning them around, and then hurling them into next week. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This Doom 2 mod replaces the guns with terrible MS Paint drawings Here's Doom 2 made entirely out of cardboard (and John Romero) Ratchet and Clank become Doom Guy in this Doom 2 mod This Doom II beat 'em up mod lets you punch and fling demons aroundOct 11, 2021 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunKicking demons off Earth with a generous application of bullets is swell, sure. A bit impersonal though, right? Thanks to this new Doom II mod, the Doomslayerguy can turn hell's residents into pools of blood with his own two fists. Doom Fighters turns yon classic FPS into a third-person brawler where you can uppercut and chuck baddies all over the place. You can snag it right now or just appreciate the excellent biff baffing demon slapping in this trailer. Read more This Doom 2 mod replaces the guns with terrible MS Paint drawingsSep 27, 2021 - PCGamesNDoom 2 has been out for a long time, and the Doom modding community is still endlessly creative with finding ways to add to, change, or completely remake the classic series of gory FPS games. Other modders have other goals in mind, however. There's a new mod out called 'Doom 2 but the guns look bad,' which replaces all the weapon artwork in Doom 2 with a version that looks like it was made in Microsoft Paint, probably because it was. 'Doom 2 but the guns look bad' doesn't touch anything else in Doom 2, it just makes the guns look bad. Modder TechIguess explains on the ModDB page: "Yup, I literally just took Doom 2 and redrew the weapon models to make them look worse." If you were to judge the mod by how well it accomplishes the goals the modder set out for it, it's a smashing success: all these guns look extremely bad. Take the chaingun, for instance. Normally it's shown as a series of silver barrels bound together toward the muzzles, with hand-drawn lighting effects showing that it's made of reflective metal. The modded version looks like an icon for a fence. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Here's Doom 2 made entirely out of cardboard (and John Romero) Ratchet and Clank become Doom Guy in this Doom 2 mod Doom 2's next free add-on comes with 32 new levels with branching paths Send Thatcher back to Hell in this new Doom 2 mod todaySep 24, 2021 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunFollowing a short delay caused by Tennent's Lager (actual true story), Margaret Thatcher has returned from Hell to menace us once more. Thankfully, one doomed space marine will stand up and venture into the tenth circle of Hell (aka the UK) to put the reviled British prime minister down for good. Thatcher's Techbase is its name, and Doom 2 is the game you'll need to play this free mod now it's out. It is quite the thing, and even has a custom soundtrack from Paradise Killer's composer. Read more You can now pick up the five-game Doom Slayers Collection on SwitchAug 19, 2021 - EurogamerSwitch-owning fans of demon murder (who somehow still haven't played id Software's legendary Doom saga) are in luck; as part of this year's QuakeCon, id has announced a five-game Doom Slayers Collection for Nintendo's console, which is available to purchase now. The reveal isn't too much of a surprise - US retailer Best Buy successfully managed to leak the Doom Slayers Collection for Switch earlier today ahead of its official reveal - but the game's immediate post-announcement launch most certainly was, and Switch players can now enjoy some demon-hued FPS japes all in one bundle, featuring seminal 1993 original Doom, Doom 2, Doom 64, Doom 3, and 2016's sort-of-rebooted Doom. Notably, that's one more game than was featured in the Doom Slayers Collection for Xbox and PlayStation, which released toward the end of last year minus Doom 64 - a pleasant treat for Switch owners, based on Digital Foundry's previous enthusiasm for the port. Read more Here's Doom 2 made entirely out of cardboard (and John Romero)Feb 15, 2021 - PCGamesNThere's a YouTube channel dedicated to recreating classic games using a very unusual medium - cardboard - and it's more than a little impressive. The channel, named simply Games Made of Cardboard, has captured the essence of a whole bunch of retro titles via this very manual and creative medium, and its creator Bill Thorpe has now unveiled the latest: Doom 2 made of cardboard. Describing Doom 2's latest port as his "most ambitious and creative project to date" and a "personal tribute to one of my most treasured games of all time", the creator explains that the project took them an eye-watering nine months to complete, adding he's "both happy and relieved to have completed it". After nine months and plenty of hard work - as you can see through the various 'making of'-style videos of it on the channel - it's easy to see why, but the final result is worth it. The clip below showcases the final thing - Doom 2 as played via cardboard. The classic FPS game's levels are recreated painstakingly, with combat encounters, gun and destruction effects, and even Doom Guy's snarling (and sometimes bloody) avatar faithfully remade. Not to mention, John Romero himself has jumped into the fun, recreating his role as the famous 'Romero's Head' Doom 2 easter egg. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Ratchet and Clank become Doom Guy in this Doom 2 mod Doom 2's next free add-on comes with 32 new levels with branching paths Doom 2 goes Warhammer 40k in this full conversion mod

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