Hell on Earth on Xbox
E3 2008: id Software partnering with EA
July 14, 2008 Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES — In a landmark team-up, Electronic Arts will welcome the creator of the first person shooter, id Software, as its newest partner. “It really is a good match for an indie studio like id, because it gives us access to their world-wide marketing muscle,” said id’s John Carmack during the Electronic Arts E3 [...]
Download Doomsday and the addons
May 24, 2008 4 Comments
Doomsday and projects like jDoom have kept the game going well into the 21st century, with support for high resolution graphics and textures, OpenGL, new character models, particle effects, high-quality audio and a whole host of hacks, tweaks, mods and fixes for Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom, Hexen and Heretic. It also brings 16-player multiplayer [...]
Wad Tools 2.0
April 2, 2008 Leave a Comment

Maybe one of the most useful Doom-related software utilities ever made, and one of the most relevant today, Wad Tools 2.0 is a command line tool that lets you literally browse through a WAD file like Doom2.wad, Hexen.wad and user-created PWAD levels. Why is this useful? Because with Wad Tools 2.0, (also called WT2) you [...]
Doom Metrics
April 1, 2008 Leave a Comment

This document tells level editors and creators about the limits and size specifications of Doom Doom Metrics ———— Scott Ampoker (scott@basis.com) Creation of a successful Doom level requires that the PWAD designer be aware of the “physical” sizes and limitations of the Doom world. On a less critical level, the choice of wall, floor, and [...]
