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• John Romero is auctioning off his DOOM 2 floppy disks

  For several hundred American dollars, you can own John Romero’s personal copy of DOOM 2.

• Fascinating historical archive shows just how much Quake changed during development

  Quake is having a birthday, and we get the present.

• Romero and Carmack's Blackroom Kickstarter put on hold to make a gameplay demo

  Put those wallets away. For now.

• Another DOOM classic level from John Romero

  DOOM fans, potential Blackroom backers: come see what the fuss is about.

• John Romero's new shooter will be revealed on Monday

  DOOM, Quake and, uh, Daikatana designer John Romero is back in the saddle.

• Doom and Quake co-creator teasing new FPS project

  John Romero is teasing a new PC first-person-shooter.

• John Romero has created a new level for Doom after 21-years

  It’s been ages since John Romero created a level for the shooter Doom. As of today, the 21-year drought has ended.

• The Super Mario Bros. 3 PC port that changed the industry forever

  Super Mario Bros. was indirectly responsible for the rise of the first-person shooter genre. No, seriously.

• DOOM developer John Romero selling his Turbografix-16 and SNES collection on eBay

  DOOM and Quake developer John Romero is selling off parts of his game collection as well as a rare console through several One Day auctions on eBay.

• Watch John Romero play Doom

  John Romero made DOOM, and now you can watch him play it, dropping many a delightful gem of insight regarding one of the most important shooters of all time.

• Doom designer: "we’ve barely scratched the surface" of shooters

  John Romero, designer of Doom and Daikatana, reckons there’s plenty of opportunities to innovate in the first-person shooter genre.

• Is the world ready for a new shooter from the creator of Daikatana?

  Doom and Daikatana designer John Romero is “starting to work” on a new shooter – his first in 14 years.

• Where are they now? The dissipation of id Software

  Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake and Rage. With three of the biggest shooter properties in gaming (and also another one), id Software has clearly housed some of the industry’s brightest stars. Where is this talent now?

• Before there was Doom, there was this

  Mullets, Genesis games, an unfinished copy of Doom and more feature in this half hour tour of id Software, circa 1993.

• Daikatana appears on Steam, priced £4.99

  Daikatana, John Romero’s notorious shooter that was marred by ill-advised marketing and delays, has appeared on Steam. You can download it now.

• Brenda, John Romero to oversee new UC Santa Cruz master's degree

  Industry veterans Brenda and John Romero will oversee UC Santa cruz’s new 12 month master’s degree program in games and playable media.

• John Romero in negotiations with Square Enix - rumour

  Former id Software star John Romero has set NeoGAF abuzz by allegedly tagging himself at Square Enix’ Californian offices with the words “now let’s get a deal done”. There are a couple of theories as to what the mysterious message could mean; Romero’s social gaming company, Loot Drop, could be a good fit for Square […]

• Brenda Brathwaite and John Romero tied the knot this weekend

  They’re both industry legends, they’ve both worked on some of gaming’s most treasured franchises, and now they both have the same surname: Brenda Brathwaite and John Romero got hitched this weekend in a quiet ceremony at Disneyland. The pair have worked together for years, co-founded Loot Drop together, and were engaged earlier this year. Congratulations […]

• John Romero planning "MMO-ish" PC shooter

  John Romero has confirmed to Eurogamer he currently has the design nailed down for a PC shooter that will be “MMO-ish” in some aspect.