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Bethesda and id Software are in an unenviable position with the Doom series. Doom is known as the pioneer of the first-person shooter. It redefined the genre with the 2016 reboot by going back to ...

The DOOM series has been a high-profile franchise since the original installment in 1993. While not the first first-person shooter game, DOOM ushered the genre into the mainstream in brilliant, gory ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Doom: The Dark Ages looks like it’ll be one of the biggest games of ...

"You're a space marine, one of Earth's toughest, hardened in combat and trained for action. Three years ago you assaulted a superior officer for ordering his soldiers to fire upon civilians. He and ...

The Shield Saw is exactly what it looks like. It’s a crude looking metal shield with a saw attachment that gives the Doom Slayer another way to shred through the demons in his path. The Shield Saw can ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Bethesda and id Software have dropped the embargo for the highly anticipated DOOM: The Dark Ages, the prequel to DOOM (2016), which puts players back into ...

Talking to Doom: The Dark Ages game director Hugo Martin and producer Marty Stratton for the cover story of PC Gamer's upcoming print issue 408 (396 in the US), I had to ask what they thought about ...

The greatest level in the entire Doom series is still Phobos Lab. It doesn't have the gimmicks of a Doom 2 stage, the dark claustrophobia of Doom 3 and 64, or the speed and scale of Eternal and 2016's ...

The Dark Ages takes somewhat of a different approach to combat than its two predecessors, Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal. In The Dark Ages, there’s a heavy emphasis on melee attacks; you get a shield, ...