Displaying items by tag: Doom

It's a common joke that for any new platform that arises someone will port Doom to it. Well, now you can even run Doom on Snowflake, the data cloud.

With two years of work, a dedicated Minecraft Java edition player has released a DOOM-inspired adventure map, for free. The almost 80MB download includes textures, levels, collectibles, coloured keycards, and even the chainsaw.

Seriously, Doom holds a seminal place in video-game history, but can id software, with new-found confidence under the Bethesda Softworks publishing brand get the public to fall in love with Doom again?

Yep, those recesses of your brain that indicate you have heard the term Wolfenstein before are gnawing at your consciousness correctly.  Wolfenstein 3D began the First Person Shooter genre (well, popularised it at least) and returns this year in the form of Wolfenstein: The New Order.  Click on through for a video and the news of the inclusion of another shooter franchise resurrection in the form of DOOM with every pre-order.