- Авторы DOOM 2016 ждали сокрушительного провала игры накануне релиза из-за критики бета-версии - 21 September 2026
Перезапуск культовой серии DOOM, вышедший 13 мая 2016 года, сегодня считается одним из главных успехов в новейшей истории жанра, однако внутри студии id Software накануне премьеры царила атмосфера тихой паники. Бывший ведущий художник по персонажам Эмануэль Палалич в интервью подкасту Kiwi Talkz вспомнил, что разработчики были практически уверены в неизбежном фиаско своего проекта. Коллектив всерьез ожидал, что многолетний труд обернется скандалом и жестким неприятием со стороны игрового сообщества. Главным поводом для всеобщего уныния стала разгромная реакция геймеров на открытое бета-тестирование мультиплеера. Пользователи интернета массово критиковали проект на форумах, ругали медленный темп сетевых баталий и открыто сравнивали новинку с провальной Duke Nukem Forever. По словам Палалича, шквал негативных отзывов деморализовал авторов настолько сильно, что команда практически смирилас…
- Doom joins Call of Duty Black Ops 7 as its final season kicks off a horror show - 18 September 2026
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Season 6 is here, and The Haunting returns with new maps and weapons, alongside a Doom crossover for the FPS. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Doom joins Call of Duty Black Ops 7 as its final season kicks off a horror show
- This mod transforms Doom into a terrifying tactical shooter, and it's partly inspired by another PC gaming classic - 22 August 2026
It takes a brave soul to ask the question "What if Doom was an incredibly slow-moving tactical shooter?" In fact, it's not a question I ever thought I'd want an answer to—we aren't exactly short of grim-faced, hyper-lethal first-person shooters these days. But the most recent footage of Blackout has convinced me that tactical Doom might be a good idea, if only because its dark and dangerous demo looks so darned terrifying... Read more.
- I got so freaked out by the fact that Gordon Freeman is canonically 27 that I decided to find out how old all the other classic FPS protagonists are, and it didn't make me feel better - 15 August 2026
When I first played Half-Life at the tender age of 11, I found it a terrifying experience. Admittedly, I was scared of pretty much everything at 11. Wasps, heights, loud noises, football (or more specifically, everyone finding out how bad I was at football). I was an anxious child all around. Hence, playing an interactive disaster movie filled with weird aliens was an intense experience and lashings of violence was an intense experience... Read more.
- id co-founder John Carmack revisits Doom at QuakeCon: 'Still a great game after all these years!' - 8 August 2026
t this year's QuakeCon in Gaylord, Texas, a number of id Software's OGs and founders are in attendance for a retrospective talk and reunion, and it looks like legendary programmer John Carmack took some time to refamiliarize himself with the reason for the season... Read more.
- John Romero says id Software once sold empty Doom boxes to Taiwanese pirates so fans there could have legit copies: 'For us, it was distribution' - 6 August 2026
Doom, one of the most influential videogames of all time, was famously distributed via the shareware model: The game's first chapter was completely free, and if you liked it, you sent id Software some money and they mailed you the remaining two episodes... Read more.
- Proving Doom can actually run on anything, one programmer has made a working build for Commodore 64 - 30 July 2026
You can play Doom on a vape, a printer, an oscilloscope, a pregnancy test, an ATM, and inside Doom itself, but can you play it on a Commodore 64? The old 8-bit powerhouse was discontinued just a year after Doom's 1993 release, and while it was capable of small miracles for its time, it was not a natural home for first-person shooters... Read more.
- Early '90s animation tools were so primitive that Doom's lead artist says he pretty much did the whole thing with 'the undo key' - 23 July 2026
Human ingenuity is a powerful—sometimes terrifying—thing. Throughout history, no matter how basic the tools available to us, we have always found a way to build the weird obsessions that appear in our minds. You know, like Stonehenge, or the Pyramids, or Doom (1993)... Read more.
- The Washington Post selects Doom as one of the 25 'most influential works of American culture' - 15 July 2026
We often talk about Doom—the original 1993 shooter from the young upstarts at id Software—as one of the most influential videogames of all time . But the Washington Post, one of the country's most highly-regarded papers of record, has elevated it to an even higher plateau: It has selected Doom as one of the 25 most influential works of American culture , representing the absolute pinnacle of its era... Read more.
- Doom dev Id is now "about the same size we were when making Doom 2016" after layoffs - 11 July 2026
A message from Id Software thanks fans for their support, but says it is still big enough "to build the games and tech we're known for." Read the full story on PCGamesN: Doom dev Id is now "about the same size we were when making Doom 2016" after layoffs
- Id Software founder John Carmack mourns layoffs: "Games need to succeed, not just be beloved" - 10 July 2026
John Carmack expresses sadness for the job cuts at Doom and Quake developer Id Software, but believes that legacy isn't enough to survive. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Id Software founder John Carmack mourns layoffs: "Games need to succeed, not just be beloved"
- How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's? - 9 July 2026
In 1984, an upstart retail company called Costco had just opened its first handful of voluminous warehouse stores on the west coast of the United States when it decided to try an experiment. It installed a hot dog cart in front of its San Diego store and started selling Hebrew Nationals with a drink for $1.50. People, it turned out, liked the hot dogs. The cart became Cafe 150, named for the combo price... Read more.
- I've played countless Doom engine games, so believe me when I say this one that combines the FPS with JRPG combat might be the coolest one in 30 years - 25 June 2026
I know my Doom , and its many derivatives . I've been covering it for years . It has almost never left my PC in over three decades, so I do not say this lightly. End of Starchild —a completely free, standalone game from prolific musician and indie dev Em Essex—might be the single coolest thing built on Doom's venerable, time-tested foundations... Read more.
- One mad lad has spent the past 3 years remixing hundreds of classic metal songs in the Doom midi soundfont - 4 June 2026
If there's one thing I respect in this fallen world anymore, it's commitment to a bit. Jim's Music Dungeon on YouTube is Knee Deep in the Bit, having taken hundreds of classic metal songs and made them sound like Doom level music—and he isn't slowing down... Read more.
- In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually? - 20 May 2026
We all know Doom was so popular, so monumental, that it changed videogames forever. As a society, we're still obsessed with installing Doom on increasingly improbable devices, from pregnancy tests to vapes . But sometimes I run into an old factoid about Doom, some detail from its heyday that I'd forgotten, that still puts it in perspective... Read more.
- The original Doom soundtrack joins 'our national playlist' in the US Library of Congress - 14 May 2026
The United States Library of Congress got a little cooler today by inducting the soundtrack of the original Doom into its National Recording Registry. The Doom soundtrack, by composer Bobby Prince, is one of 25 recordings now designated as "audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.".. Read more.
- Doom is 10 years old today, and you can pick it up for just $2 on Steam - 13 May 2026
Today is the 10 th anniversary of Doom—not the 1993 classic that changed the world, but the 2016 reboot that proved to be far better than I'd dared to hope. We celebrated the big birthday by confirming with Doom co-creator John Romero that Doom Guy was not intentionally rocking a sexy tummy window , but had in fact had his shirt torn open by the legions of Hell. Why did we do this? Because we're PC Gamer and we do whatever the hell we want, that's why... Read more.
- It's time to set the record straight: Doomguy's armor does not have a tummy window, his shirt just got ripped - 7 May 2026
I believe that Doomguy, the protagonist of seminal FPS series Doom, may have a more whimsical reputation than he deserves. The culprit? His belly, which is readily visible in Don Punchatz's cover art for the 1993 classic. Doomguy did not go into battle wearing a jaunty little cutoff tee, nor did he have a uniform purpose-stitched to display his impeccable abs, but I believe he may have left this impression on untold thousands (millions?) of gamers... Read more.
- A ludicrous Doom mod which adds 28 pilotable mechs just released after 2 years in development - 18 April 2026
Ever since Godzilla first battled Mechagodzilla all the way back in 1974, it's been clear to everyone that nothing exists which cannot be made cooler by the inclusion of giant robots. This axiom is self-evident, so there's no need to ask a question like, "Would Doom be cooler if you could pilot a mech in it?" Thankfully, someone did anyway... Read more.
- A petri dish of human neurons has learned to play Doom: 'The cells play a lot like a beginner who's never seen a computer, and in fairness, they haven't' - 9 March 2026
Doom is a cultural cornerstone, where every new piece of tech (gaming or otherwise) and every game is forced to somehow—no matter how impossible—run Doom. It's a test, and we've seen the 1993 classic on everything from a motherboard's BIOS , old potatoes , a Lego brick , to a home pregnancy test , and even Doom running inside Doom ... Read more.
