The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this year’s recipients of the Nobel Prizes in their respective fields of academics and sciences. This year’s chemistry winners for 2024 are DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and famed chemist John Jumper who are sharing half of the prize with David Baker, head of …
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Doom and Doom II are getting some massive updates in time for QuakeCon this weekend. Both games are being combined into one listing, and will be getting some new online features. Over on the Steam page, Doom and Doom II are now bundled into one definitive and newly enhanced package. …
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It didn’t take long for a deft individual to bring the recently revealed Shield Saw from Doom: The Dark Ages to the original Doom. This is no mere decoration, either, as the modded item can be thrown to dice up enemies and also used to rip through them in close-quarters …
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The latest inductees to the Strong Museum’s Video Game Hall of Fame have been revealed, as groundbreaking mystery, controversial (at the time) survival-horror, and retro classics are being honored. Asteroids, Myst, SimCity, Ultima, and Resident Evil have been recognized for their cultural impact, and join other landmark games like Barbie …
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Blizzard is rereleasing Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, and the original Diablo through Battle.net. The classic ’90s games are available now on Blizzard’s launcher. The three titles are among the first games Blizzard ever released, with 1994’s Warcraft: Orcs & Humans the first Warcraft game the …
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With literally thousands of games launching on Steam every year, sometimes it can be difficult to find the exact game you’re looking for–especially when that game falls into a larger genre like first-person-shooters. Valve has made it easier for retro-minded shooter fans to find their next game, as the label …
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Over the years, Bethesda has developed and published some incredible games, as well as a few stinkers like Rogue Warrior, a 2009 shooter that some consider to be one of the worst games ever. If you’re looking to create a Bethesda Best-Of Steam library, you can head on over to …
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Two of gaming’s greatest first-person shooter franchises, Doom and Call of Duty, have collided in a new DLC pack for Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare II, letting players of Infinity Ward’s latest wield two of Doom’s most iconic weapons. Doom’s Super Shotgun, first introduced in Doom II, is …
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What’s better than playing Galaga on an arcade cabinet? Playing Galaga on a tiny arcade cabinet. That’s right, one of the most influential games of its era is headed back to arcades (for the millionth time), albeit in a more compact form that won’t hog space in your home or …
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John Romero, the co-creator of Doom and Wolfenstein and one of the originators of the First Person Shooter, is releasing a new autobiography on July 18, aptly titled Doom Guy: Life In First Person. Preorders for the hardcover edition are available for $27.49 at Amazon, or you can pre-purchase the …
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