id Software
Latest about id Software

John Romero commiserates with ousted id devs as around half the studio reported axed, says he hopes someone is preserving its work like he did before he left
By Joshua Wolens Published
News "I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on."

Bethesda Game Studios and ZeniMax hit hard by Xbox layoffs, says union
By Andy Chalk Published
news ZeniMax Online Studios and id Software have survived the latest bloodbath at Microsoft, but it sounds like they've been cut deeply.

A short history of John Romero wishing Sandy Petersen well before nuking his Doom tweets from orbit with ruthless precision
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
Doomed John Romero is 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
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.

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.

One mad lad has spent the past 3 years remixing hundreds of classic metal songs in the Doom midi soundfont
By Ted Litchfield Published
news Hell yeah dude.

In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually?
By Wes Fenlon Published
🕵️ Re-examining an old quote from Valve's Gabe Newell reveals a big gap in what we know about Doom's popularity.

The original Doom soundtrack joins 'our national playlist' in the US Library of Congress
By Andy Chalk Published
news Bobby Prince's groundbreaking soundtrack is one of 25 recordings inducted into the famed Library of Congress today.
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.



