Game Update: DOOM

I still remember the first time I played Doom: in the 90s, during Computer Science class in high school.

Instead of learning Turing's computer, our teacher happened to be more of a video-game addict who would spoil us with "free PC time" after -quickly- reviewing the class materials of the day.

I'm talking about a time when internet was not widely available as it is today, and when you had to use a phone cable to "dial up" and connect. So "free PC time" equalled a window to the world, and to the best and most amazing and horrific games on the web.

After their success with Wolfenstein in 1992 -which hugely popularized the first-person shooter genre- id Software developed Doom in 1993. Doom introduced the gaming community to the magic of 3D graphics, third dimension spatiality, networked multiplayer gameplay, and its most wonderful addition to the gaming world: support for player-created modifications with the Doom WAD format.

This was a golden age of collaboration, where video games could actually be modified and enhanced by players, making the Doom experience even better than id Software had imagined. What were the outcomes of Doom WAD, you ask? Extra levels, harder zones, and my personal favourite: unlimited life!!! It was thanks to the Doom WAD and the Doom players that I cleared the game and enjoyed many more hours of fun.

Doom had 2 subsequent releases: Doom II (1994) and Doom III (2004). I played Doom II, cleared, and forgot about it for the rest of my life. By the time I was in college Doom III was released, with super badass graphics that my computer was never able to run. So I skipped the Doom III fun, although it is a plan of mine to play it before the new DOOM is released by the end of this year.

Which takes us to the title of this post. As we know, id Software announced in 2008 that Doom 4 was in the makings. The project was subsequently renamed to DOOM, and it would continue where Doom III had left. However nothing really happened until 2011, when the game was re-started completely with Bethesda as the publisher.

If there is one game I await for this year, it is DOOM. As you may remember, Bethesda got the rights to Wolfenstein from Activision (who got it from id Software). The game Wolfenstein: The New Order was a huge hit in the shooter world, and has some of the best reviews you could read out there. Hell, even the trailer is orgasmic. If Bethesda was able to re-flavour Wolfenstein to the badassery that we saw in New Order and Old Blood, I shiver and pee a little thinking what is going to happen with DOOM.

According to the trailer the game is supposed to be released in Spring this year, although Amazon has it listed as release date Dec 30th 2016. I can only cross fingers for it to become available soon!!

Stay tuned for more news, and let us know what you love the most about the Doom series!!