Category: id software

Xbox Game Pass has more than 15 million subscribers

[ad_1] Tucked away in its blockbuster announcement that it’s buying Bethesda Softworks, id Software and Arkane Studios parent company ZeniMax Media, Microsoft revealed that Xbox Game Pass now has more than 15 million subscribers. That means it has added more than five million members in the last six months or so. Microsoft has beefed up […]

After 27 years, ‘Doom’ and ‘Doom 2’ get widescreen support

[ad_1] Speaking of mods, there’s now official support for DeHackEd, a tool people have been using for years to modify the games. Another tweak adds an optional crosshair. According to id, enabling the feature can help some players who experience motion sickness when playing the games. There’s also a new timer next to the minimap […]

Doom Eternal’s first expansion arrives on October 20th

[ad_1] The Ancient Gods: Part One, the first campaign expansion for Doom Eternal comes out on October 20th. Developer id Software shared a full trailer showing off the upcoming DLC during Gamescon 2020 earlier today. Your war is not over… DOOM Eternal’s first campaign expansion, The Ancient Gods: Part One – available October 20, 2020. […]

‘Quake II’ is free right now from Bethesda, ‘Quake III’ next week

[ad_1] Last weekend during its online QuakeCon event, Bethesda made the original game available for free via its launcher on PC. The promotion encouraged donations to charities like the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Trevor Project, and of course gave PC gamers a reason to save a couple dollars by installing and activating the […]

Snag ‘Quake’ for free this weekend in the Bethesda Launcher

[ad_1] Fallout 76 – Up to 50% off DOOM Eternal – Up to 50% off The Elder Scrolls Online base game – 50% off (from 8/4 through 8/25 on all platforms except PlayStation, which will be from 8/5 through 8/19) The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor – 35% off The Elder Scrolls Online Crowns – 25-40% […]

Indie history: How shareware helped build Epic Games

[ad_1] Present May 4th marked the 20th anniversary of GodGames’ acquisition by Take-Two. Wilson, Miller and Sweeney have all trod their own paths in the video game industry, and they’re all still active today. They started out in the undefined, pre-internet, post-shareware fog of the early 1990s, where they learned plenty about large-scale business and […]

This chip plays ‘Doom’ and nothing else

[ad_1] It’s been over 25 years since Doom was unceremoniously released on a university FTP server. And despite its age, the classic first-person shooter has become a mainstay, not just for gamers, but also for programmers. The game has shown up on a ridiculous amount of hardware, from ATMs to printer screens to iPods. Graphics […]

‘Doom Eternal’ updates will add supercharged demons and a fresh campaign

[ad_1] Whatever you think of Doom Eternal right now, id and Bethesda are determined to spice it up going forward. They’ve hinted at what’s coming next for the hellish shooter, starting with a preview of the game’s first free update. The simply titled Update 1 release will tweak core mechanics in a number of ways, […]

‘Quake II RTX’ update delivers more realistic ray-traced visuals

[ad_1] The upgrade expands just where you’ll see ray tracing kick in, too. It’s now visible on security monitors, and you can even see hall-of-mirrors recursive reflections on certain surfaces. Performance might also improve depending on your system. You now have the choice of dynamic resolution scaling that will try to maintain 60 frames per […]