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John Romero wishes Sandy Petersen well, says 20M Doom players weren’t pirates

John Romero and Notch push back on Sandy Petersen's piracy claims.

Doom legend John Romero says the FPS game's 20 million shareware players "were not 'pirates' by default" and "history is messier than 'pirates killed the companies'"

Doom legend John Romero says the FPS game's 20 million shareware players "were not 'pirates' by default" and "history is messier than 'pirates killed the companies'"

John Romero's about to hope you're doing well

John Carmack apologizes after Sandy Petersen says 'Quake ruined id Software,' and for once John Romero doesn't tell Sandy he's wrong

John Carmack apologizes after Sandy Petersen says 'Quake ruined id Software,' and for once John Romero doesn't tell Sandy he's wrong

Three of the principals from the early days of id Software shared some faintly maudlin but ultimately uplifting reminiscences from those long-ago days.

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"I regard it as a great missed opportunity": Former DOOM dev reveals new details about Xbox's canceled Halo 'Titan' MMO that never saw the light of day

Ex-DOOM and Ensemble Studios dev Sandy Petersen has revealed new details about Microsoft's dead Halo MMO that was canceled 20 years ago.

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Wolfenstein 3D publisher recalls fight to distribute game in Germany — porn stores and plain packaging came to the rescue of 1990s FPS gamers

The publisher of Wolfenstein 3D has recalled the struggle to distribute copies of this seminal FPS game in Germany back in the early 1990s.

Tom’s Hardware

A short history of John Romero wishing Sandy Petersen well before nuking his Doom tweets from orbit with ruthless precision

John Romero is about to hope you're doing well.

Doom designer Sandy Petersen alleges former Xbox boss Don Mattrick killed Ensemble Studios and its Halo MMO to protect his personal stock bonus: 'Don started as an EA hatchet man so what would you expect?'

A BFG blast of a tweet.

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Former Age of Empires 2 dev claims Microsoft demanded its first expansion should have a Korean faction, because 'StarCraft sold 3 million copies in Korea'

Former Age of Empires 2 dev claims Microsoft demanded its first expansion should have a Korean faction, because 'StarCraft sold 3 million copies in Korea'

"Once someone simply repeats a previous argument, it's clear they are no longer functioning from logic or intelligence."

"You are incorrect": John Romero has been correcting Doom history for the past 4 years, and he's not about to stop now

"You are incorrect": John Romero has been correcting Doom history for the past 4 years, and he's not about to stop now

"Hi Sandy, hope you’re doing well"

Doom is eternal: The immeasurable impact of gaming's greatest FPS

Doom is eternal: The immeasurable impact of gaming's greatest FPS

"As long as the solution to every problem involves the player being aggressive somehow, it feels like Doom."

Doom at 30: what it means, by the people who made it

Doom at 30: what it means, by the people who made it

In 1993, a team of five coders released what would become one of the most influential video games ever made. Three decades on, they explain how they did it

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