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lazy sundays
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Most of my weekend will be spent playing a little real-life Tetris, as I attempt to find open slots for all the boxes, furniture and knickknacks still in boxes from the Kotaku Towers West relocation endeavor. More »
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Comment by Spidery_Yoda: The original Rollercoaster Tycoon :). Nostalgia drives to maximum. 9 Responses | Other threads
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lan party
QuakeCon 2009 Is Going To The Gaylord
id Software's annual gathering of Quake, Doom and Wolfenstein fans will happen August 13th to August 16th. And it will happen at a new location, the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas. More » -
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Doom Resurrection: The iPhone Game That Nearly Wasn't
With the rail-shooter Doom Resurrection for the iPhone hitting the App Store at any moment, Kotaku spoke to John Carmack about design decisions, multiplayer, and why the game was nearly canceled months into development. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by conditionals: Hopefully this game will Rock as much as the movie. 13 Responses | Other threads
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breaking
id Software Bought By Bethesda Parent Company, ZeniMax
Doom, Fallout, Oblivion, Wolfenstein, Carmack, Howard... all in one company. More »
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Comment by choral_music: Within the next 10 years, we'll only have 4 huge American game companies. 28 Responses | Other threads
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iphone
id Resurrects "Next-Gen" Doom On iPhone Next Week
Quake developers id Software are very fond of Apple's iPhone as a gaming platform. The first-person shooter focused id has already released Wolfenstein 3D Classic and is planning double the Doom, including a scaled down semi-remake of Doom III. More »
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Comment by WoundedBum: Odds on that this will be better than the actual Doom 3. 30 Responses | Other threads
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iphone
Doom Is Coming For The iPhone
Having first teased the game a few months ago, id's John Carmack has provided a slew of details on the company's upcoming iPhone port of their classic PC shooter Doom. More »
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Comment by stalin23: Looks good. If I have an iPhone this is one game to ha- nah. my sweaty hands doesn't like touch screen... 6 Responses | Other threads
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doom
Doom 4 Is So Not A Sequel
Doom 4 comes after Doom 3. But is Doom 4 a sequel to Doom 3? According to id's Todd Hollenshead, no, it is not a sequel to Doom 3. More » -
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A Visit To id Software Circa 1993
John Romero takes us back to the early formative days of id Software, way back to November 1993, about a month before the release of the original Doom. More »
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Comment by PegasusActual: Classic. Now if only they had put out something good in the last 10 years :( 16 Responses | Other threads
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doom
The Rock Deems Doom Movie A Failure
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, like everyone else, says that the 2005 Doom movie adaptation was an example of "trying and failing" at making the jump from video game to movie. Yes, he went there! More »
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Comment by Steffanic: I didn't think the film was too bad, i've seen worse. Did need more...I dunno...HELL MAYBE?? The inclusion of specific enemies... 18 Responses | Other threads
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doom
Fifteen Years Of Doom
On December 10th 1993, id Software introduced a title that would change the face of gaming as we knew it. Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the revolutionary FPS, Doom. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Boom! Turducken!: We need to remember not just what Doom was but what Doom inspired...and that is the Doom novels. 9 Responses | Other threads
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hot flashes
Doom Finally Ported To Flash
What hasn't Doom been ported to at this point? You can't answer "Flash 10!" anymore, as an enterprising Newgrounds contributor has gone to the effort to port the id Software classic to Adobe's platform, making the first-person shooter playable in the web browser of your choice. It's a tidy little port, if a bit slow on my 2 year old MacBook Pro. More »
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Comment by Factory Records # 50: Please port the first true Doom Killer: Dark Forces... someone anyone? 26 Responses | Other threads
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dear kotaku
Hey Microsoft, Bulgaria Is Not Germany, Japan or Korea!!
Alex from, you guessed it, Bulgaria writes: More »
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Comment by Alex_Mexico: That last bit was harsh, Bash. Myself being a mexican in a country where we've been all but ignored as gamers... 10 Responses | Other threads
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doom movie
id Would Like Another Doom Movie
id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead would like to do another Doom movie, perhaps one based on the still in production, and yet-to-be-named, new Doom game. More »
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Comment by austy108642: Lets just hope, if they do make a new Doom movie... they make it scary... haha more » | Other threads
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quakecon
Doom 4 To Use 3X The Horsepower Of Rage, Run At 30 FPS
John Carmack revealed at the opening day of QuakeCon today that "the next Doom", which we'll just call Doom 4 for now, will surpass the already announced Rage, running on id Tech 5, in visual quality.
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colors
Whatever Happened to Color?
TrustyGamer has a point. Photorealism is a good thing, but can it really be an escape from reality — especially for ostensibly lighthearted fare — when the color palette it draws on represents the depressing color scheme of our own worlds? Increasingly, that seems to be the case in every title, including EA's Skate, which "look(s) like shots from a heroin game where you have to skate to get your next fix." More » -
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The Evolution of the Team Multiplayer FPS
According to one writer, seven games parented the genre of the multiplayer FPS. Halo and Call of Duty: Not on it. Ed Borden reasons they did not add gameplay innovations, merely perfected the themes. That's up for discussion (and why I'm posting it, of course), but a fair point. More »
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By ogoodComment by navyrican911: wow i am really disappointed in golden eye not being one of those parents, i understand doom and quake but... more » | Other threads
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clips
Quake 3 on iTouch with Tilt Controls
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm getting pretty sick of seeing Doom/Quake games show up on everything from calculators to refrigerators too, but this port is a little special. It seems to support both multiplayer gaming and tilt controls. If it's not being faked, it looks like you move around by tilting your i Pod touch in different directions. Now that's pretty friggin' sweet. More »
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Comment by Tarv: somewhere, somebody at nintendo hq is saying "see! they're even making their own games using tilt control. people can't get... more » | Other threads
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xbox live arcade
XBLA Doom and Assault Heroes Get Cheaper
This week's Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday sees the addition of two new games to the Arcade Hits program, which take top-selling Arcade titles and tries to squeeze some more sales out of them by slashing prices. This week's new additions include Assault Heroes, which is a damn fine shooter whether you play alone or with a friend, and DOOM, which is...well, DOOM. If I have to explain to you guys what DOOM is you might be at the wrong website. Might I suggest an alternative? For those of you still with us, the XBLA version of DOOM features four-player online multiplayer and looks pretty damn old. Both of these titles will be available Wednesday for 400 points apiece. Hit the jump for the full press release, which includes a look at some of the upcoming XBLA titles you'll eventually be able to buy at half price. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Video: I want Doom, Ultimate Doom, Doom II and Final Doom all that in one cartridge for the Nintendo DS with... more » | Other threads
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clips
New Doom Weapon Rickrolls Demons To Death
The most powerful aftermarket Doom weapon? The voice of Rick Astley apparently, as some enterprising Doom fan has created their own tribute to the English singer-songwriter-meme source in the form of a deadly boombox that never gives up. Hey, it may be old(!!!!1) to you, but since we make it a point not to troll /b/ too often, it's news to us. Hilarious, hard hitting news. Thanks for the linklog, Waxy.
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Comment by Upsilon: That is so much WIN that I may have to take it in 3 doses over a period of six... more » | Other threads
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smack talk
John Romero Dishes on "Bitch Ad"
Doom co-creator John Romero and Gamecock's Mike Wilson go way back. Before he founded Gamecock, Mike Wilson was the CEO of Ion Storm, a company Romero founded. In less than a year, he was pushed out. (The company churned out the acclaimed Deus Ex and the not-so acclaimed Daikatana.) But Wilson's gone on to set up Gamecock, which he describes as an "independent film company for small developers." After reading the Gamecock's release schedule right here on Kotaku, Romero blogged this about his former colleague: More »
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Comment by Herodito: @Oyn: I do know the story bro. [www.rome.ro] Pretty egomaniac behavior to me. more » | Other threads
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steam
Steam Super Sale Starts Now
If you didn't find anything for the PC gamer on your list in our holiday gift guide, you may want to turn to Valve's super duper Steam sale. Everything in the virtual store is between 10% and 50% off, including The Orange Box which is temporarily at the low, low price of $37.45. Other bargains? The id Super Pack, which contains 22 titles for $52.45. Think of the value! More »
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Comment by karl_hungus: thanks for the heads up....i couldnt stop myself from getting the orange box any longer... my pc meets the minimum requirements... more » | Other threads
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mobile gaming
iD Consummates Mobile Marriage
iD Software has announced a partnership with Fountainhead Entertainment to create a new mobile games division, iD Mobile. Id and Fountainhead had previously worked together on Doom RPG and Orcs & Elves. More » -
id software
Carmack Good At Coding, Making Rockets Explode
Longtime id programmer and technical director John Carmack is good at many, many things—writing and rewriting 3D game engines, typing up .plan files that read like moonspeak, and nearly being successful at simulating lunar landings. Unfortunately, Carmack and his team at Armadillo Aerospace are also quite proficient at blowing up aircraft on the landing pad, throwing them out of competition in the recent Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. While the team was successful in getting its modular class rocket off the ground, an engine explosion ultimately kept them grounded. More » -
environment
EA & BP Add Global Warming Threat To SimCity
Here's a fun new addition to the upcoming SimCity Societies game. EA and BP have teamed up to include climate education in the game...effectively adding the looming threat of global warming to the title. Hooray! While the game doesn't force you to power your city in any specific way, using cheaper, carbon dioxide producing sources of energy will raise the town's carbon ratings, causing disasters like droughts, heat waves, and the like. Alternatively, choosing from a variety of BP Alternative Energy low-carbon power options like hydrogen, natural gas, wind farms and solar power, players keep their cities safe from harm and feel all warm and fuzzy about themselves while learning about some of the causes and consequences of global warming, which may or may not exist depending on your viewpoint. BP was one of the first major energy companies to publicly acknowledge the need to reduce carbon emissions and begin taking precautionary measures, as well as being the world's number one source for food cooked on rollers. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by EnigmaNemesis: @sxp151: You do realize the CO2 levels were double than they are now back in the ice age right? You do realize... more » | Other threads
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defective
Halo 3 Disc Read Errors Rampant
A storm is brewing in both the Xbox and Bungie forums, where over a hundred posters have now verified that their copies of Halo 3 are causing disc read errors. lockups, and even the dreaded RRoD on their Xbox 360 consoles. From what I can glean from skimming through the 22 pages of replies to the original poster's problem, most of the people affected purchased the standard edition, though a few are reporting having the problem on both the standard and the LE version of the game. Some believe the discs are corrupting the data on the hard disc itself, as some have had their game discs replaced twice or more now with similar results, and removing the hard disc seems to keep the error from occurring with some posters. Some can load the game fine and play it for short bursts before the problem occurs, while others are finding the issue limited to certain game modes. Check out the forum threads for more info on the problems had, and hopefully some official response will be given about the issue soon. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by ReeceD: My Play station 2 (old big one) stayed on for weeks at a time while I played FF11; My play... more » | Other threads
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quakecon07
Hollenshead Talks Wolfenstein Movie
While not totally finalized, Todd Hollenshead confirmed with me today rumors that id Software has indeed licensed the film rights to an adaptation of Return to Castle Wolfenstein and that Roger Avary will both be writing and directing the movie.
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Comment by Trackback: Films based on games have had a long and sorry history. But hope springs eternal as Electronic Arts announced today... more » | Other threads
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doom ii
Our Love Is Like An FPS
As a gamer, I can relate when someone uses a gaming term or analogy to refer to their love life. Girlfriend aggro used to be a big issue before she got hooked on World of Warcraft with me, for instance. It's normal to superimpose aspects of your favorite hobby over your personal life. Just not the entirety of your personal life, like Boyd over at the Mingle2 dating blog has done, comparing a relationship with his ex to playing Doom II. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Blain: "If you can sum up an entire relationship using Doom II, you're probably better off just sticking to gaming with... more » | Other threads
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doom
PS3 Breaks Sales Records In UK
To read coverage of the recent European (and Australian!) PLAYSTATION 3 launch here and elsewhere may lead gamers to envision Sony execs weaping over mountains of unsold stock and staffers leaping from rooftops from the resounding failure. But you'd be wrong—it wasn't that bad. In fact, according to gaming industry mag MCV, it was good. Record breaking, even!
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Comment by homaru56: IM not surprised at those numbers.. why wouldnt it sell great? it has a way stronger launch then that of... more » | Other threads
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Comment by wildweasel: Ugh. The very sight of a Doom mod like this sickens me, not because of its subject matter, but because... more » | Other threads
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doom
DHOOM 2 Game Coming. Yes, DHOOM.
DHOOM 2: BACK IN ACTION! DHOOM: 2 BACK IN ACTION!! Everyone say it with me, DHOOM 2: BACK IN ACTION!!! More »
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Comment by Atreya96: I liked Dhoom2 very much. The mechanism in that picture was outstanding. I liked Hrithik in that picture, he was... more » | Other threads
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Comment by pavementeater: Gwog & rezuth heheh so true to what you two posted I have to disagree with most people on their Vista... more » | Other threads
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Comment by dowingba: "and multicores doign x86 are a god damn waste" Are you talking about the 360? It's a PPC processor. more » | Other threads
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doom
Carmack Eyes DS
John Carmack, the man that brought us Doom, is now bringing us a cell phone game Orcs and Elves and possibly a DS version of, well, Orcs and Elves. The game is an old style RPG. Carmack tells Wired's Chris Kohler: More »
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Comment by mnemosyne: Speaking of id Tech 5 and megatexture technology: + Watch video more » | Other threads
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quake
QuakeCon 07 Announced
Stop showering now, Quake and Doom fans. You have less than eight months to build up a respectable gamer odor before the next, newly announced QuakeCon. The yearly event is scheduled to take place August 2-5, 2007 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. More »
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Comment by -the_mole-: um, there was never much game-playing at the quakecons i have been to...just trading of email, adresses, etc. so we... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Purple Dave: I think Sony will need at least one more console before they call it quits. The PS3 was released... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Norellicus: So uh, what exactly is the game in the screenshot attached to this post of randomness? I find myself... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by ShradhdhaCheeky: Definently Doom 2, i hope the rumors of it are true more » | Other threads
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Comment by sduensin: Matters: It's great to hear that someone out there still remembers the APCiMPGS! We put an insane amount... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Cereal Killer: Gagaman: Actually Nintendo may do just that. Back when they announced the Virtual Console, they said they might give some games... more » | Other threads
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x06
X06 News Shocker Summary
It sounds like X06 was quite an amazing press conference, filled with the sort of surprises and delights befitting a regular carnival of gaming.
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Comment by uncsalt: If Microsoft would have just told us all that they had finally worked the kinks out of the xbox 360... more » | Other threads
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