Back in 1996, Quake's shareware CD locked id Software's entire catalog behind flawed encryption that made it a free-for-all
A flawed CD copy-protection scheme cost id Software 150,000 unsold discs
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Quake turns 30, and it just got two surprise expansions in one week
"Dawn of the Machine" adds 19 new maps to the original, and a lost Quake 4 expansion from a secondhand PC
Microsoft is cutting 3,200 Xbox jobs and spinning off four game studios
Cutting corners: The first wave of massive layoffs that Microsoft teased several weeks ago has arrived. Most of the losses will hit the Xbox division over the next year as the company consolidates its gaming strategy. Microsoft will spin off Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs, while Arkane enters labor negotiations. Bethesda, ZeniMax, id Software, Activision, Obsidian, and Microsoft's accessibility team will all see deep cuts.
Game designer Sandy Petersen recalls how Quake's development "broke" id Software
An intense development cycle led to id's dream team disbanding
Doom: The Dark Ages is the first Denuvo DRM game of 2025 to be cracked
Doom joins the small list of modern Denuvo-protected games to be cracked
Doom has officially been ported to earbuds, streaming at 18 fps
Making Doom run on yet another unconventional platform
Doom experiment proves the game can run non-stop for 2.5 years before crashing
Retro games often hid overflow bugs that only appear after years of play
QuakeCon surprise: Heretic and Hexen enhanced remasters are now available
Modern makeovers with new content and multiplayer features
Wolfenstein video game franchise set for TV adaptation at Amazon MGM
After four decades, Wolfenstein is headed to the small screen
Doom: The Dark Ages hits 3 million players, but is the success real?
Is Bethesda's victory lap warranted or is it an attempt to drum up some viral marketing?
Nvidia bundles Doom: The Dark Ages with RTX 50-series GPUs... if you can find one
Nvidia also unveiled the game's path tracing implementation
John Carmack developed Doom's engine during a 28-hour coding marathon
How one grueling coding marathon changed gaming and tech forever
A true gaming pioneer Doom is one of the most successful and influential video games ever created, and John Carmack was the lead programmer behind this groundbreaking project. Carmack went above and beyond to bring Doom to life, finalizing its code during a grueling coding marathon that few could endure.
Doom: The Dark Ages gameplay details, release date, and system requirements revealed
Hardware-accelerated ray tracing and NVMe storage required
Highly anticipated: As Bethesda and id Software start the final hype cycle before the launch of Doom: The Dark Ages on May 15, the official PC system requirements reveal that ray tracing, a once-optional feature that dramatically reduces frame rates, is increasingly becoming mandatory in major game releases. Notably, the game also requires an NVMe SSD.
Doom 2 gets ray tracing support, try it here
This 90s classic has been modded to include ray tracing giving it a whole new feel. For those nostalgists, you can download Doom 2 with Ray Tracing, as well as the classic version, right here.
Classic Doom games receive a new official episode and a major update for Quakecon
Cross-play, 25 new deathmatch maps, new accessibility features, and more
First trailer confirms Doom: The Dark Ages tells the Doom Slayer's Hellish origin story
Doom Slayer returns as a medieval super weapon of "gods and kings" with a new buzzsaw shield
Ripping and Tearing: 3 Decades of Doom
Doom is rightly considered the granddaddy of the FPS genre, a claim few games can make. Let's look at each memorable entry in the Doom series from development to reception.
Someone got Doom to run in Notepad at 60FPS
It might be easier to ask, "What can't run Doom?"
Nearly 20 years after release, Wolfenstein ET gets official dedicated servers
A free-to-play FPS classic endures
Top 10 Game Developers of All Time
Let's take a closer look at the development studios behind some of our favorite games to determine what makes them tick, and how they have contributed and influenced the industry.
id Software's PC port of Super Mario Bros. 3 has been donated to the Strong Museum of Play
Imagine an alternate universe where Mario games were produced for the PC
Doom Eternal is finally getting its ray tracing update
RTX support gives gamers an excuse to play through one more time
Doom Eternal's second campaign DLC, The Ancient Gods Part 2 arrives tomorrow
Take on the Dark Lord and end the Doom Slayer's war against Hell