Making Doom and building the FPS industry at 100 miles per hour | John Romero interview
John Romero is perhaps the ideal person to record the early history of first-person shooters, the genre of hardcore gaming with tens of billions...
Empire of Sin: Brenda Romero spent decades noodling on this mob strategy-RPG
With Brenda Romero‘s Empire of Sin game about the Chicago mob, the place came first. From the days when she was a curious child...
The DeanBeat: How Germany does gaming events right with Gamescom
In the past, Gamescom (the giant fan event in Cologne, Germany) was a sideshow for the worldwide game industry. Companies could choose to come...
WarDucks raises $3.8 million for augmented reality game studio
WarDucks has raised $3.8 million in funding to launch a location-based augmented reality game studio, and it has tapped Doom co-creator John Romero for...
John Romero reveals Sigil ‘megawad’ for the original Doom
On the 25th anniversary of the launch of the original Doom, John Romero has revealed Sigil, a free “megawad” (a big mod) for the...
Doom co-creator John Romero teases a new game
John Romero, co-creator of Doom, has teased a new game. OK, well, he has teased something. In a message on Saturday evening, Romero Games...
Game pioneer Brenda Romero receives special award from U.K.’s Oscars
Brenda Romero has worked on 47 games in a game career that has spanned more than 36 years, and she’s getting recognition for that...
Doom creator’s 12-year-old son releases first game on Steam: Gunman Taco Truck
Gunman Taco Truck has arrived on Steam. The zany post-apocalypse title was designed by Donovan Romero-Brathwaite, the 12-year-old son of two famous game developers,...
John Romero isn’t done with the first-person shooter genre he helped create
John Romero made a name for himself in game development as one of the original creators of Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake. He helped establish...
After 4 days, Doom creators pull plug on Blackroom Kickstarter to work on a demo
John Romero needs to do some programming before he continues asking you for money. After 2,287 pledged $131,052, developer Night Works Games has canceled...