Last week, Bethesda made available a free demo for id Software’s latest shooter, DOOM. This demo was meant to be removed at the end of E3, however Bethesda decided to extend this offer due to popular demand. As a result of that, the demo is still available on Steam. Continue reading DOOM’s free demo has been extended, grab it while you still can
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DOOM, Dead by Daylight & Grand Theft Auto V are this week’s best selling PC games
The latest PC UK retail, Steam Digital and Green Man Gaming charts have been revealed and as we can see, DOOM, Dead by Daylight & Grand Theft Auto V are this week’s best selling games in UK, on Steam and on GMG. You can view the full charts after the jump! Continue reading DOOM, Dead by Daylight & Grand Theft Auto V are this week’s best selling PC games
New Brutal Doom video shows off volumetric lights and water reflections (tech demo available for download)
Modder ‘SGtMarkIV’ has released a video, showcasing some of the new graphical effects – volumetric lights and water reflections – that he’s currently working on. SGtMarkIV aims to implement these new effects in the upcoming version of Brutal Doom 64. Continue reading New Brutal Doom video shows off volumetric lights and water reflections (tech demo available for download)
DOOM – Next update will bring new Photo Mode, Classic DOOM weapon placement & Snapmap features
Bethesda has announced some of the key features that will be included in the next update for DOOM. According to the publisher, DOOM’s next update will include several improvements and will introduce a new Photo Mode, as well as a Classic DOOM weapon placement/view model option. Continue reading DOOM – Next update will bring new Photo Mode, Classic DOOM weapon placement & Snapmap features
DOOM surpasses 500K sales on the PC
It appears that DOOM is doing well on the PC as id Software’s title has sold 500K units so far. This information comes from Steamspy; a Steam stats service based on Web API provided by Valve. Steamspy’s numbers are slightly delayed – if Total War: WARHAMMER’s stats are anything to go by – so we can safely assume that DOOM did sell 500K units on the PC. Continue reading DOOM surpasses 500K sales on the PC
DOOM & Total War: WARHAMMER are this week’s best selling PC games
The latest PC UK retail, Steam Digital and Green Man Gaming charts have been revealed and as we can see, DOOM and Total War: WARHAMMER are this week’s best selling games in UK, on Steam and on GMG. You can view the full charts after the jump! Continue reading DOOM & Total War: WARHAMMER are this week’s best selling PC games
DOOM fan tries to recreate a 100K Revenants map, runs immediately into SnapMap limitations
It appears that while DOOM’s SnapMap is kind of cool, it’s not as powerful or as friendly to modders, and comes with a lot of limitations. As we can see below, YouTube’s ‘MarphitimusBlackimus’ has tried to recreate a map with 100K Revenants, and ran immediately into SnapMap’s limitations. MarphitimusBlackimus was unable to create such a map, as he was limited to 64 Revenants (and 21 empty rooms). Continue reading DOOM fan tries to recreate a 100K Revenants map, runs immediately into SnapMap limitations
AMD Radeon Software 16.5.2.1 released, increases performance in DOOM
AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2.1 increases performance by up to 35% on AMD Radeon R9 390 series products in Doom. In other words, this is a must-have driver for those with AMD GPUs. Continue reading AMD Radeon Software 16.5.2.1 released, increases performance in DOOM
DOOM is selling well on the PC as it is this week’s best selling PC game in UK, on Steam and on GMG
It appears that id Software’s new DOOM game is selling well on the PC. The latest PC UK retail, Steam Digital and Green Man Gaming charts have been revealed and as we can see, DOOM is this week’s best selling games in UK, on Steam and on GMG. You can view the full charts after the jump! Continue reading DOOM is selling well on the PC as it is this week’s best selling PC game in UK, on Steam and on GMG
DOOM – PC Performance Analysis
DOOM is a highly anticipated game as it’s the first title that is being powered by the new id Tech 6 Engine. id Tech 6 is an OpenGL/Vulkan based game engine developed by id Software, and we were really looking forward to it. After all, this is the engine that other future Bethesda games will be using, so we were curious whether it would be plagued by the same issues that affected its previous iteration, the id Tech 5. Thankfully, id Software did a great job with this engine and as a result of that, DOOM looks and plays wonderfully on the PC platform. Continue reading DOOM – PC Performance Analysis