John Romero and John Carmack Reunite to Celebrate DOOM’s 30th Birthday

John Romero and John Carmack Reunite to Celebrate DOOM’s 30th Birthday

Designer John Romero and programmer John Carmack, famous developers and two of the founders of the no less famous studio id Software, have been at odds for a long time, the whole internet knows that, right? Except that wasn’t quite the case, as Romero detailed in his excellent autobiography Doom Guy: Life in First Person, … Read more

Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda and id Software will strengthen Xbox’s RPG and first-person game development capabilities #Zenmix Media (158964)

The head of the Xbox department emphasized that it will not interfere with the existing development content of game studios such as Bethesda and id Software, and will not change the development model of these game studios on other game console platforms. The acquisition of Zenmix Media is expected to be completed within the year … Read more

Second update is available for download

For Doom Eternal the second update has been released. It includes the new battle mode map “Torment”, provides more “strengthened demons” in the campaigns (without showing the names of finished players) and brings many small improvements, which are more detailed in the Change-Log be presented. The developers want to have optimized the latency in the … Read more

Denuvo Anti-Cheat is removed after massive criticism; further bugs are fixed

With the first update for Doom Eternal is among others Denuvo Anti-Cheat has been implemented as a protective measure against cheaters. The anti-cheat system includes a kernel mode driver (operating system kernel; full access to hardware and RAM) that starts automatically when the game starts and ends later. The developers promised that Denuvo Anti-Cheat will … Read more

The first update with “strengthened demons” will appear in mid-May

At id Software, i.a. at the first update frDOOM Eternalwhich will be published in mid-May. The patch introduces “Strained Demons”, which can penetrate other players’ solo games. In addition, general improvements to Battle Mode and the single player campaign are to be made. The following features are calleddeveloper: “Strained demons: Those who want to give … Read more