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Doom 2's Oldest Speedrun Record Finally Beaten After 26 Years
17.4.2024
The opening level of Doom 2 is very short. Without any practice, most players can easily finish it in less than a minute. But back in 1998, one skilled speedrunner completed the small level in five seconds. And finally, after nearly three decades of people suggesting it was impossible to beat...
Here's What The Original Doom Would Look Like Riddled With Microtransactions
15.4.2024
The original Doom, released in 1993, is a damn fine video game. But what if every time you picked up an item you had to pay a small fee to keep playing? That seems like a terrible way to experience this classic shooter. But someone went and made that version of Doom, just in case you were morbidly...
One Of 2023’s Best Shooters Is Now On Game Pass
5.3.2024
Another day, another batch of new and old games are coming to Xbox’s popular Game Pass subscription service. This time around, Xbox is bringing one of 2023’s best shooters to the Game Pass library as well as a great remake, a fantastic Remedy-developed adventure, a new baseball game, and more. Read...
Doom Is Now Playable On A $2,000+ Lawnmower Because Why Not
26.2.2024
Once again it’s time to open up the massive and ancient tome titled “Things You Can Play Doom On” and update it. Now, thanks to the magic of the future, you can play id’s classic ‘90s FPS on a robo-lawnmower, just as John Carmack intended…probably.Read more
The Fantastic Four Cast Is Confirmed, Happy Valentine's Day
14.2.2024
After months of speculation, the cast for the upcoming Marvel film The Fantastic Four has been announced by way of adorable Valentine’s Day-themed art. The art also revealed a release date: July 25, 2025.Read more
Someone's Playing Doom On Sound Waves
13.2.2024
Welcome to another installment of “What Weird Thing Has Someone Ported Doom To This Week?” This time, it’s a user on Reddit who has translated the game into an audio signal that can be displayed by a spectrogram.Read more
One Of The Best Sonic Games Is About To Get Even Better
31.1.2024
2011's Sonic Generations is widely considered to be one of the best 3D Sonic the Hedgehog games. It’s a “greatest hits” game in which Sonic meets his younger self and they both go through some of the highlights of different games. But now, that game is about to get infinitely better, because...
Doom Kinda Runs On Human Bacteria Now, If You’ve Got 599 Years
31.1.2024
The determination to run 1993’s seminal shooter Doom on absolutely everything is one of humanity’s finest features. From tractors to pregnancy tests, if the technology exists, someone’s trying to install Doom on it. And you know what else is technically technology? Living organisms. Yes,...
30 Years Ago, A Gory Gaming Triumph Changed Pop Culture Forever
29.1.2024
There’s a certain rarified echelon of video games that have birthed entire genres based on their innovation, and their fingerprints can still be spotted all over many games today. Super Mario Bros. defined the concept of a side-scrolling platformer, DOTA made the MOBA mainstream, and Doom is...
New Deal Offers 8 Great Shooters For Just $10
22.1.2024
A new deal letting you create your own bundle of shooters, with options that include new classics like Dusk or older hits like Doom, is the best way to instantly fill your Steam library with some of the best FPS games ever made for just $10 or less.Read more
Indiana Jones, TLOU 2, And The Week's Hottest Gaming Takes
20.1.2024
After a couple sleepy weeks, the gaming hype train of 2024 is finally moving at full steam. We saw the first major showcase of the year with Xbox’s Developer Direct, dug into The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and oogled MachineGames flamin’ hot digital dupe of ‘80s Harrison Ford. These are...
The Best Shooters Of 2023
28.12.2023
2023 was yet another solid year for fans of shooty-shooty-bang-bang video games. While the Golden Era of shooters might be slowing down as the year wraps up, we still got some dang good ones, both in first-person and third-person variants, over these past 12 months. Read more
Dr. Doom Embraces What He Once Scorned: Nouriel Roubini’s Firm Rolls Out Crypto Amidst Criticism
9.11.2023
Critics are currently roasting economist Nouriel Roubini, whose disdain for cryptocurrency is well-documented, as his company Atlas Capital announces its venture into the very market he once scorned. The firm is rolling out a crypto asset token crafted to combat the “negative effects...
Doom's Iconic Super Shotty Looks Right At Home In Call Of Duty
29.9.2023
Call of Duty’s collaborations this year have cast a wide net, ranging from putting rapper Nicki Minaj in as a playable character to adding cosmetics that are based on the Diablo series. Next month, the series is leaning into all things spooky and hellish, and that includes a tribute to Doom,...
New Doom Mod Is Basically A Badass Indiana Jones Game
29.9.2023
Doom is still a very good first-person shooter, even if it’s nearly 30 years old. But that first, world-changing chapter did lack something that its predecessor, Wolfenstein 3D, had plenty of—Nazi killin’. Thankfully a new total conversion mod for Doom, called Venturous, has fixed this and in...
Cyberpunk 2077 Now Contains A Hidden Doom Clone Starring Keanu Reeves
26.9.2023
Cyberpunk 2077 players have discovered a new arcade cab hidden in an abandoned church just outside Night City. This new arcade machine, added as part of Cyberpunk 2077’s free 2.0 update, lets you play a Doom-like retro shooter starring Keanu Reeves’ character, Johnny Silverhand. Read more
I Can’t Stop Playing This Titanfall-F.E.A.R.-Killzone-Doom-Like
25.8.2023
Folx, I’m falling in love. If you ever wanted to combine the gloom of the original Killzone with gameplay from Titanfall and F.E.A.R. as well as Doom and its neo-retro children—and toss in some immaculate vibes from 1995’s Ghost in the Shell for good measure—then let me tell you about Sprawl.Read...
Turok 3 and Star Wars: Dark Forces Are Getting Remastered
23.8.2023
If you’re a fan of retro shooters, today is a good day. Nightdive Studios has released two trailers for remasters of 2000’s N64 shooter Turok 3 Shadow of Oblivion and the classic 1995 computer FPS, Star Wars: Dark Forces. Read more
Turok 3 and Star Wars: Dark Forces Are Getting Remastered
23.8.2023
If you’re a fan of retro shooters, today is a good day. Nightdive Studios has released two trailers for remasters of 2000’s N64 shooter Turok 3 Shadow of Oblivion and the classic 1995 computer FPS, Star Wars: Dark Forces. Read more
13 Things That You Can Play Doom On (But Probably Shouldn't)
10.8.2023
A talented modder has created a keyboard keycap that can play the original ‘90s hit shooter Doom. It even has sound! The new creation is just one more example of how the open-sourced shooter can be played on just about anything with a screen.Read more