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• VietDoom is the love-child of Apocalypse Now and id Software

  One Veteran Doom modder has taken it upon himself to create a new Doom campaign set during the 1968 Vietnam War that takes inspiration from the classic Francis Ford Coppola’s war film Apocalypse Now. But, you know, Doom style.

• This Doom Eternal video gives you an overview of 2v1 Battlemode

  Battlemode is the 2v1 multiplayer mode in Doom Eternal, and this overview video gives you the complete rundown.

• Former id Software studio head Tim Willits joins World War Z publisher as CCO

  Tim Willits, former studio head at id Software, joined Saber Interactive this month as the Chief Creative Officer.

• Let's celebrate the glory kills of id's departing studio head, Tim Willits

  As an interviewee, Tim Willits embodies the spirit of id shooters – wired and unpredictable. Sitting in a hospitality room high above the blinking LEDs and self-cooling PCs of QuakeCon 2017, he shifts in his seat, as if barely contained by it.

• Doom 64 rated for PC and PS4

  It looks like Bethesda is getting ready to release Doom 64 on platforms other than Nintendo 64.

• Ancient Aliens and rebirth: the most psychedelic Doom mods

  Time’s a flat circle, man.

• id Software studio director Tim Willits to depart company after QuakeCon 2019

  Studio director, level designer and former co-owner id Software, Tim Willits, has announced he will be leaving the company after 24 years.

• Doom Eternal’s Souls-style invasions are seen as an “endgame” activity for masterful players

  One of Doom Eternal’s biggest new features is an invasion mechanic that lets you play as a demon and disrupt a single-player game.

• Heaven in Doom Eternal is “interwoven into every single thing; the past, the future, the present”

  Doomslayer isn’t only taking on the hordes of hell in Doom Eternal, he’s going to make angels weep.

• “We're not making an immersive cinematic experience - we're making a video game” - why Doom Eternal has floating pickups

  In Doom 2016 you found new guns gripped in dead hands. Doomslayer ripped them from the corpses you found and then you’d have a new tool for your arsenal. Doom Eternal might be doing things a little differently.

• It’s “meant to be big and bold” - id Software responds to criticism of Doom Eternal’s UI

  Recently we put a video up that showed off a bunch of combat from Doom Eternal and one piece of criticism kept cropping up: people hated the UI.

• Developers don't want to show gameplay at E3 anymore, and who can blame them?

  Game developers try to show, not tell, when teaching you about how a game works. But on the stages of E3 this year, they haven’t been showing very much either.

• Doom Eternal feels like you're constantly clenching your asscheeks

  Doom developer id Software might seem like it’s doubling down on story and character for Doom Eternal, but slick, violent combat still takes center stage.

• Doom Eternal will answer a few questions about the Doom Marine

  It’s no secret that id Software is placing a bigger emphasis on story in Doom Eternal.

• Doom only clicked for me once I understood the Doomslayer

  There are people out there – actual human beings – who think Gordon Freeman is one of the best video game characters of all time.

• I didn't want to look like "an egotistical prick" - Tim Willits on that pooping Rage 2 NPC

• Check out the Rage 2 launch trailer ahead of release next week

  Rage 2 hits next week, and to pump up the excitement, the launch trailer is now available for your viewing pleasure.

• "I will not sit here and say the deep story is why you should play Rage 2" - Avalanche talks open worlds

  Rage 2 may be full of baddies to shoot and things to blow to smithereens, but Avalanche has storytelling ambitions too.

• Rage 2 devs went with 1080p 60fps for PS4 Pro, Xbox One X

  Rage 2 developers chose framerate over visuals for the more powerful consoles.