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2020 was a hellish year for most, but especially for the musicians behind these infernal soundtracks Gaming’s obsession with the devil’s domain goes back decades. Burning pits, endless torture, and towering structures of gore and primordial ooze are all par for the course whenever a videogame hero visits hell’s chthonic recesses. Doom Eternal, Hades, and BPM: Bullets Per Minute all transported us to their own interpretations of hell in 2020. But while the underworld’s aesthetic is alrea...

It is not clear who will replace Robert Altman as CEO of ZeniMax Media. Robert A. Altman, the founder and CEO of Bethesda parent company ZeniMax, has passed away. News of Altman’s passing was shared on Twitter via the official Bethesda account. Robert Altman was 74 years old and is survived by his wife Lynda Carter and their two children. The message shared by Bethesda on Twitter reflected on the career of the ZeniMax founder. “He was a true visionary, friend, and believer in the spirit of...

Robert A. Altman, Who Sold ZeniMax Game Studio to Microsoft, Dies Dina Bass, Christopher Palmeri and Devon Pendleton, Bloomberg News LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 05: ZeniMax Media Chairman/CEO Robert A. Altman attends the Fallout 4 video game launch event in downtown Los Angeles on November 5, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Bethesda) , Photographer: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- Robert A...

The games industry moves pretty fast, and theres a tendency for all involved to look constantly to whats next without so much worrying about what came before. That said, even an industry so entrenched in the now can learn from its past. So to refresh our collective memory and perhaps offer some perspective on our fields history, GamesIndustry.biz runs this monthly feature highlighting happenings in gaming from exactly a decade ago. Good News for Developers Who Love Bad News February of 2011 was...

So many of today’s FPS games were either directly or indirectly influenced by the Doom and Quake franchise. Behind these titles is id Software one of the most iconic and impactful game developers of all time. This date marks a special day for the company, as id Software is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Happy birthday! Id Software was founded on February 1, 1991 by John Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, and Adrian Carmack. The studio’s first title was Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vort...

Published 23 Dec, 2020 Now that Steams servers have recovered from the marauding horde of bargain-hunters who arrived when the Steam Winter Sale started last night, we can look at whats actually worth buying. Normally at RPS we do a big batch of recommendations from the whole gang, but everyone else has already sacked off for the year so its just me and my factual opinions. Probably the best RPS recommendations ever, Id imagine. For your budgeting convenience, Ive ordered ...

Fallout and Skyrim fame. The rating encompasses many warnings, most notably one for “high impact violence”. This particular warning is shared by Id Softwares latest release, The rating matrix is vague, but gives a basic overview of the game’s content. Drug use, sex, and nudity remain greyed out, meaning there is no warning needed for the content, but language and ‘themes’ both get a high rating alongside violence which comes out highest. Advertisement Little is known a...

Id Software Appears To Be Making a VR Game An Australia classifications board rating suggests a new VR game, possibly in the Doom or Quake franchise, is coming. A rating on an Australian classifications board suggests id Software may be at work on a new VR Game. And based on the rating, at least, this VR game will be a pretty grisly one. The rating for "Project 2021A" was filed on January 22, 2021, with Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax, and id Software listed by name. The name doesnt give any clues ...

Manish Rajesh  | Published on 11 Jan 2021 The votes are in and we have our winners! It was extremely close in some categories and a landslide in others. Our game of the year falls in the former category. Make your way to the end to find out which game is SKOAR!’s Game of the Year 2020! And of course, read on to find out who won the Cyberpunk 2077 T-Shirt and Mafia Trilogy Steam PC key! The game with the Ghost of Tsushima This shouldn’t come as a surprise. Ghost of Tsushima (review) ble...

Why these revered developers started a game studio in Ireland By The Washington Post By Niall ODonoghue When you talk to veteran game designers John and Brenda Romero these days, its only a matter of time until they mention their new home, Ireland. During a skype call alongside Brenda from their home in Galway, John, 53, who is best known for designing the PC shooters "DOOM" and "Wolfenstein," reminisced about a conference he attended. He went to a pizzeria to catch up with a friend, who soon ...