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USA Network Orders Masters Of Doom Pilot

Deadline is reporting that a pilot for a Masters of Doom adaptation has been ordered by USA Network. An adaptation of the book of the same name, the story follows John Romero and John Carmack’s…

June 28, 2019 | 01:24 EDT

DOOM SIGIL Mod Finally Releases On May 31
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DOOM SIGIL Mod Finally Releases On May 31

John Romero first announced the DOOM mod/expansion SIGIL following the 25th Anniversary of the original 1993 release DOOM last December. According to the announcement, the megawad file will feature…

May 27, 2019 | 09:14 EDT

DOOM SIGIL Mod Fan Boxes Will Ship This Week
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DOOM SIGIL Mod Fan Boxes Expected To Ship This Week

John Romero first announced the DOOM mod/expansion SIGIL following the 25th Anniversary of the original 1993 release DOOM last December. According to the announcement, the megawad file will feature…

May 20, 2019 | 07:20 EDT

DOOM Mod SIGIL Delayed For The Third Time
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DOOM SIGIL Mod Delayed For The Third Time

John Romero first announced the DOOM mod/expansion Sigil following the 25th Anniversary of the original 1993 release DOOM last December. According to the announcement, the megawad file will feature…

May 13, 2019 | 01:40 EDT

DOOM Mod SIGIL Delayed For The Third Time
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DOOM Mod SIGIL Delayed Again Until First Week of May

John Romero first announced the DOOM mod/expansion Sigil following the 25th Anniversary of the original 1993 release DOOM last December. According to the announcement, the megawad file will feature…

April 10, 2019 | 01:20 EDT

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Romero Games Announce New Strategy IP Under Paradox Interactive

John Romero has a long and storied career in game development. He started as a solo indie developer for the Apple II in the early 1980s, with small studios such as Capitol Ideas Software and Ideas…

April 2, 2019 | 02:39 EDT

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John Romero's SIGIL DOOM Mod Delayed Until April

In December 2018, famed game designer and DOOM co-creator John Romero revealed that he's been working on SIGIL, a brand-new mod for the original DOOM that'll be distributed for free if you don't…

February 19, 2019 | 04:22 EST

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John Romero Announces SIGIL to Celebrate DOOM's 25th Anniversary

Twenty-five years after the release of DOOM, fans of the ultraviolent first-person shooter still have a lot to look forward to. John Romero, co-founder of id Software and game designer for DOOM,…

December 10, 2018 | 05:56 EST

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35 Years Of Influence - A Look Back at Origin Systems, Creators of Ultima and More

There was a whole lot going on in the world of computers and games in the years leading up to the founding of Origin Systems in 1983. It was the golden age of the arcades, and Dungeons & Dragons…

April 19, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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John Romero Refutes Tim Willits with the Real History of Multiplayer Only Maps

In a recent blog post, John Romero has refuted claims made by Tim Willits that he invented the idea of mulitplayer-only maps during his work on Quake. The claims were made by Willits during an…

August 31, 2017 | 02:27 EDT

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John Romero Reveals DOOM Guy Box Art Model

John Romero, an industry legend who was involved in classic games like DOOM, Wolfenstein 3D, Hexen, and many others, has revealed the model behind the DOOM Guy box art according to a post on his…

July 20, 2017 | 08:30 EDT

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Gunman Taco Truck Review: ¡Òrale Vato!

When I first heard about Gunman Taco Truck, I immediately wanted to try it. Much of the pre-release media from Romero Games focused on the fact that the game was designed by nine-year-old Donovan…

February 8, 2017 | 09:00 EST

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Brenda and John Romero Talk Blackroom, VR, and Gunman Taco Truck

In the next in our series of interviews from the Yorkshire Games Festival, TechRaptor's Dom O'Leary speaks to two legends of the industry: John Romero and his fellow games designer, and wife, Brenda…

November 23, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Yorkshire Games Festival 2016: Full Lineup Preview

You might not have heard of the Yorkshire Games Festival, as this year marks the debut of the event after all. So what is it all about, I hear you cry. Here's how the organizers describe it: …

November 8, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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John Romero Makes New Doom Level For the First Time In 21 Years

In what feels like a sudden transport back to gaming's infancy, Doom mastermind John Romero announced via Twitter that he has made the first Doom level in over 21 years. This new level is available…

January 16, 2016 | 09:00 EST