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Id Software reunion at QuakeCon 2026: John Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, and Adrian Carmack
'Thank you so much for the best weekend ever': The id Software gang got together at QuakeCon, and it sure looks like everyone had a great time

By Andy Chalk Published

news I love a happy ending.

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Trent Reznor alongside a Doom pinkie demon
Trent Reznor on Doom: 'In some ways I felt a parallel with what I was trying to do with music'

By Shaun Prescott Published

News A new range of Nine Inch Nails Quake merch is out.

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Quake's Dawn of the Machine update
30 years after it 'ruined id Software,' Quake gets another big update while the studio once again grapples with adversity

By Tyler Wilde Published

news New levels from MachineGames and archival development material have been added to the id Software classic in a free update.

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Doom (1993) key art depicting Doom Guy shooting at hordes of demons clawing at him from below.
How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

By Wes Fenlon Published

Hell world If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.

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An edit of the famous red Daikatana ad that reads "John Romero's about to hope you're doing well"
A short history of John Romero wishing Sandy Petersen well before nuking his Doom tweets from orbit with ruthless precision

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

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

By Andy Chalk Published

news 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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Quake Champions - Quake guy bathed in light
Quake Champions gets a huge update and free battle pass to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Quake

By Andy Chalk Published

news No, it is not dead, and if you've ever wanted to jump in, this would be a great time.

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Soldiers march around a stark, industrial sci-fi building. A propaganda poster reads, "ORDER."
Quake modders banded together to release the third Brutalist Map Jam, with two campaigns' worth of FPS goodness in 'a megalithic community project more than a year in the making'

By Justin Wagner Published

News The Quake Brutalist Jam is back and bigger than ever.

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Quake's third Brutalist Jam now has a whopping 75 maps, and its organiser is working on a hub to stitch them all together: 'this is going to be an insane challenge'

By Rick Lane Published

News The mapping project features new weapons to use and enemies to fight.

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John Carmack
John Carmack celebrates Quake's induction in the Videogame Hall of Fame: 'We threw everything we had at it, and it was really a little bit more than we could chew at the time… it was rough'

By Rich Stanton Published

"The real legacy of Quake is in the metagame rather than the game itself."

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