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Thirty years ago today, id Software released Wolfenstein 3D, a thrilling first-person shooter game set during World War II. It broke new ground for action-based PC games and continued a string of growing successes for id Software. With help from John Carmack, John Romero, and Tom Hall, we’ll take a look at what made it special.

They say hindsight is 20/20, but I'd like to think if I were a successful videogame executive in the early '90s, I would have been pretty jazzed to see an early build of id Software's Wolfenstein 3D. According to John Romero, the revolutionary first-person shooter didn't set off any sparks for Sierra On-line co-founder Ken Williams in a meeting that nearly ended with Sierra buying id.Romero recounted the meeting in a GDC 2022 talk held today (as told by IGN). ...

Admit it. We all love free stuff, even things we don’t need, and the same goes for gamers and our games. There is something reassuring to see an ever-growing library of games, in physical or digital forms. Since physical space is finite, and digital space is somewhat infinite (therefore, solving the age-old geek question about whether space is finite), the...

Indie game publisher aims to use funding to expand business portfolio

Indie game publisher aims to use funding to expand business portfolio

In an interesting move this week, Apogee Entertainment has taken over the publishing rights to Rise Of The Triad Remastered.

Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded (Formerly known as "Duke Nukem: Next-Gen), is a complete revision of the smash hit videogame "Duke Nukem 3D", using Unreal Engine 3 technology - Created on the basis, of an official non-commercial license from Gearbox Software...

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Olivia Zoito will be the town's Project 351 Ambassador this year. The eighth-grader's selection was noted at last week's School Committee.   The...

Anyone who enjoys playing video games these days owes a debt of gratitude to Scott Miller. Across an impressive career, Miller has had a hand in some of the biggest games and trends to come down the pipe over the last 35 years. From founding Apogee Software in 1987 to pioneering the shareware distribution concept for PC games, very few could match the last impact Miller has delivered to our beloved hobby. It was our pleasure to host Scott for an interview session recently. Our own Video Editor ...

Following the release of Doom 2, id Software wrestles with bleeding-edge technology and internal strife over what type of game to make next.